cucumbers grown under open air conditions, encounters chilling damages, during cold seasons. plastic tunnels provide suitable heat environment for growing cucumber. the objective of this research was to evaluate cucumber phonological stages and leaf area expansion within three different plastic tunnel microclimates to moderate air temperature and air humidity. three microclimates including 1. c...

A trisonic wind tunnel has been modified to improve its flow quality when operating at transonic speeds through perforated walls and side suctions. The usefulness of such a perforated wall, already known, is reduction of the blockage effect as well as the shock elimination. Two types of perforated walls have been used in this investigation. The first wall had a porosity of about 22% and the hol...

Cold-adapted enzymes are generally derived from psychrophilic microorganisms and have features that make them very attractive for industrial and biotechnological purposes. In this work, we identified a 50 kDa extracellular protease (MP10) from the Antarctic isolate Pseudomonas sp. AU10. The enzyme was produced by recombinant DNA technology, purified using immobilized metal affinity chromatograp...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different covers (oil, plastic film, perforated polystyrene float, peat and zeolites) on slurry settling characteristics and ammonia emission during storage and following surface application in the field. Laboratory trials were carried out for 15 days using a pilot scale device. Samples of 5 kg slurry were used. At the end of the storage peri...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Impressions are made using high-viscosity putty vinyl polysiloxane impression materials in conjunction with disposable plastic stock trays. The impression materials have been shown to be dimensionally stable. However, it remains unclear if the disposable plastic stock trays are rigid enough to resist deformation thus yielding potentially unreliable results. PURPOSE This s...

Miriplatin, a novel lipophilic platinum complex approved to treat hepatocellular carcinoma, is administered into the hepatic artery after suspension in an oily contrast medium. Little is known concerning the mechanism of acquired resistance to miriplatin. In this study, we established and characterized a rat hepatoma cell subline, AH109A/MP10, which was about 10-fold more resistant to miriplati...

Micro-perforated absorber is a newly developed sound absorber, and it has a number of attractive features: • Unlike conventional perforated absorbers, micro-perforated absorber can be made from transparent materials like plastic glass. • Unlike commonly used fibrous absorptive materials, micro-perforated absorber is fibrous-free and thus, there is no health concern. • Micro-perforated membranes...

Aphids are amongst the most devastating sap-feeding insects of plants. Like most plant parasites, aphids require intimate associations with their host plants to gain access to nutrients. Aphid feeding induces responses such as clogging of phloem sieve elements and callose formation, which are suppressed by unknown molecules, probably proteins, in aphid saliva. Therefore, it is likely that aphid...

Methods: Dust swabs were collected from 18 ultrasound machines of three common types. Five were used completely covered (closed plastic bags or household plastic cling-film), four incompletely covered (with open or perforated plastic bags), and nine uncovered. Swabs were tested for porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for porcine reproductive and respiratory syn...