Taiwanese Filmmakers Wang Shaudi and Huang Liming

SOIL pH AND LIMING

When crops do not grow well, one of the first question an agronomist is likely to ask is “What is the pH of the soil?” The reason for this question is that soil pH tells us more about a soils ability to produce crops that any other single measurement. A measurement of soil pH is like a doctor’s measurement of a patient’s temperature. It gives an indication something may or may not be wrong, but...

Soil Acidity and Liming

Soil pH, soil acidity, and their effects on plants The pH scale, ranging from 0 to 14, is used to indicate acidity and alkalinity. pH is a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions (symbol = H) in the water contained in the soil. A pH of 7.0 is neutral, values below 7 are acidic, and those above 7 are alkaline (basic). The lower the pH, the more acid the soil. Each unit pH drop indicates te...

Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Spine: A Case Report YUNG-CHENG WANG JING-SHAN HUANG CHIN-MING JENG SHIH-HUNG HUANG CHING-HUEI KUNG

A 16-year-old male patient abruptly developed weakness and tremor of the right leg and was unable to stand up two months ago. Lumbar spine radiograph revealed a suspicious, purely osteolytic lesion at the vertebral body of L5. No pathologic fracture was noted. The lesion showed permeative, purely osteolytic bone destruction of the vertebral body of L5 on computed tomography (CT) image. An epidu...

Liming and its Principles in Aquaculture

The favorable influence of liming on fish/shrimp/prawn production in aquaculture ponds of soft and acid waters has been attributed to several of the effects on water quality. Liming increases the pH of bottom mud and thereby increases the availability of phosphorus added in fertilizer. Liming increases benthic production in fertilized ponds, apparently through increased nutrient availability an...

Soil Acidification and Liming Interactions with Nutrient