The afforestation of abandoned farmland significantly influences soil organic carbon (OC). However, the dynamics between OC inputs after afforestation and the original OC are not well understood. To learn more about soil OC dynamics after afforestation of farmland, we measured the soil OC content in paired forest and farmland plots in Shaanxi Province, China. The forest plots had been establish...

Measurement of the double longitudinal spin asymmetry in inclusive jet production in polarized p+p collisions at √ s = 200 GeV Abstract We present preliminary results for the first measurements of the double longitudinal spin asymmetry A LL in inclusive jet production at mid-rapidity in polarized proton-proton collisions at √ s = 200 GeV. The data amount to ∼ 0.5 pb −1 collected at RHIC in 2003...

Chizuko Sugizaki, Morimitsu Tomikawa, MD, Akinori Shukuya, MD, PhD, Takanori Imai, MD, PhD, and Motohiro Ebisawa, MD, PhD. Department of Pediatrics, and; Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan. Background: Efficacy and safety of slow oral immunotherapy (SOIT) is not yet clear, especially regarding tolerance acquisition. Methods: We...

A stationary plasma thruster (SPT, or Hall Thruster) is an electromagnetic thruster whose properties make it especially suitable for applications such as satellite station-keeping. Fig. 1 represents schematically the geometry of the SPT. Xenon is injected from the anode (rate on the order of 5mg/s), at the end of the dielectric cylinders and on the cathode side, outside the cylinders. We are ma...

Chizuko Sugizaki, Morimitsu Tomikawa, MD, Akinori Shukuya, MD, PhD, Takanori Imai, MD, PhD, and Motohiro Ebisawa, MD, PhD. Department of Pediatrics, and; Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan. Background: Efficacy and safety of slow oral immunotherapy (SOIT) is not yet clear, especially regarding tolerance acquisition. Methods: We...