Basal rate of metabolism (BMR) and resting maternal rate of metabolism around peak lactation (RMR(L)) were measured in Crocidura russula, Mus domesticus and Microtus arvalis. These species have a moderate or high BMR relative to the scaling relationship of Kleiber. One goal of the study was to check whether females of these species show elevated rates of metabolism during lactation. A second go...

This study investigated geographic variation in the Asian lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura shantungensis Miller, 1901, among a number of localities in East Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, Tsushima Island, Cheju Island, and Taiwan, using univariate and multivariate analyses of cranial morphometric characters. Sexual differences were found in Taiwanese shrews, but were not evident in t...

This study presents the operation of a biotrickling filter when treating a monochlorobenzene (MCB) contaminated gaseous emission. Treatment dynamics were characterised by exposing the reactor to various MCB Organic Loads (OL). The use of different growth support materials, namely limestone, sand, ceramic and PVC pall-rings, was investigated. Limestone led to dogging of the reactor due to the ac...

We have examined the properties of six heat and moisture exchange filters (HMEF) to ascertain their resistance to liquid flow and their ability to retain a challenge bacterium, Pseudomonas diminuta, from aqueous and nebulized suspensions. Only one HMEF, the Pall Ultipor was able to withstand a significantly greater pressure of liquid than that found in clinical practice. However, when breached,...

A Pall Maxi-Gaskleen purifier of the Pall AresKleen family of gas purification products was evaluated for its efficacy in reducing oxygen impurities in a silicon germanium (SiGe) deposition process for a strained silicon application at a major IDM in the US. Impact on process parameters such as hydrogen pre-bake temperature and interfacial/within-film oxygen concentration were studied as a func...

Globodem roswch!ens!s and G. pall!da harched (l-day-old in poraro roor diffusare) second srage juveniles 02) conrained 29.2 % and 27.2 % lipid (of dry weighr), respectively. Globodera roslOch!ens!s J2 lipid consisred of 72.8 % neutral lipid, 11.3 % free fatty acids and 15.9% non-acetic phospholipid. The neutral lipid fraction comprised 95.5 % triacylglycerides, 1.8 % diacylglycerides, 2.3 % mon...

INTRODUCTION In March 2010, more than 213 countries worldwide reported laboratory confirmed cases of influenza H1N1 infections with at least 16,813 deaths. In some countries, roughly 10 to 30% of the hospitalized patients were admitted to the ICU and up to 70% of those required mechanical ventilation. The question now arises whether breathing system filters can prevent virus particles from an i...

Foliar water uptake (FWU) is one of the primary sources for desert plants. Desert plants’ capacity essential in maintaining balance carbon and water. However, there are few studies on FWU plants physiological ecological characteristics that lead to differences capacity. In order clarify strategies influencing factors ecosystems, this study measured contact angle, parameters, hydraulic parameter...