Soil temperature and moisture are widely-recognized controlling factors on heterotrophic soil respiration (Rh), although they often explain only a portion of Rh variability. How other soil physicochemical and microbial properties may contribute to Rh variability has been less studied. We conducted field measurements on Rh half-monthly and associated soil properties monthly for two years in four...

Deoxycorticosterone salt (DOC-salt) hypertension-induced renal damage is enhanced in α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (α-CGRP) knockout (KO) compared with wild-type (WT) mice. However, since the α-CGRP KO mice have a 15-20 mmHg higher baseline mean arterial pressure (MAP) than WT mice, they also have a higher MAP than WT mice throughout the course of DOC-salt hypertension. To determine the mec...

The cultivation of oil palm on peat swamps in Malaysia has changed the water quality and aquatic ecosystems. We determined fish species composition conditions at a disturbed swamp, i.e., plantation, Kuala Langat swamp reserve forest, Selangor. Fishes were collected via gill net five selected drains during dry wet seasons between August 2014 January 2015. In-situ (electrical conductivity (EC), d...

Aedes aegypti is adapted to live in close association with human dwellings, where it lays eggs several man-made container types a broad range of size, shape, and material. Biotic abiotic conditions larval habitats determine the abundance body size emerging adult mosquitoes. Here, we estimated predictive potential physicochemical water variables for Culicidae immature Ae. four neighborhoods dist...

BACKGROUND In rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the endocrine control of spermiation is not fully understood. Besides 11ketotestosterone (11KT) and 17alpha, 20beta-dihydroxyprogesterone (MIS), the potential physiological ligand of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC), is a credible candidate in O. mykiss spermiation regulation as spermiation is accompanied with ch...

The aim of this study was to determine whether objective ocular torsion in intermittent exotropia (IXT) changes after recession surgery, and to evaluate the relationship between change in ocular torsion and clinical parameters in IXT. Sixty patients between 3 and 14 years of age underwent lateral rectus (LR) recession for IXT. Digital fundus photographs were obtained from both eyes of each subj...

The cutting, lay-up and bagging of out-of-autoclave (OOA) prepregs for composite part fabrication can take from several days to weeks, depending on the desired part size. This period of ambient temperature “out-time” induces resin polymerization/cross-linking, and affects critical physicochemical phenomena such as minimum viscosity, gelation, and vitrification. Therefore, the capability to moni...