Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc Printer-friendly Version Interactive Discussion EGU Abstract While we now know that marine N 2 fixation is a significant source of new nitrogen (N) in the marine environment, little is known about the fate of this production, de...

The Charge transport in desoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is being intensively investigated in view of its biological implications in damage and repair, protein bonding, and envisioned integration in future (bio)electronics or DNA-based chips. Notwithstanding, despite sustained efforts to unveil the nature and range of charge transfer in these biomolecules, present knowledge lacks stable foundations...

OBJECTIVE To reveal the incidence and clinical significance of mediastinal nodal metastases without N1-station nodal metastases ('skip-N2 metastases') in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS A total of 450 NSCLC patients who underwent tumor resection with a systemic mediastinal nodal dissection were retrospectively reviewed. p53 status and proliferative activity represented as prolifer...

Understanding toothed whale (odontocete) diving gas dynamics is important given the recent atypical mass strandings of odontocetes (particularly beaked whales) associated with mid-frequency naval sonar. Some stranded whales have exhibited gas emboli (pathologies resembling decompression sickness) in their specialized intramandibular and extramandibular fat bodies used for echolocation and heari...

Threat-related attentional disruptions in anxiety may relate to changes in cognitive control during task processing. The present study examined this question using the N2 event-related brain potential. It was predicted that threat stimuli will selectively influence the N2 for those showing elevated trait anxiety and that reduced N2 may reflect a compensatory process predicting better attention ...

A mathematical model was used to explore if elevated levels of N2, and risk of decompression sickness (DCS), could limit dive performance (duration and depth) in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus). The model allowed prediction of blood and tissue (central circulation, muscle, brain and fat) N2 tensions (P(N2)) based on different cardiac outputs and blood flow distributions. Estimated mixed...

Contributions of intermolecular electron energy transfers in the electronic quenching are calculated for molecular collisions N2(A6 u , W 1u)+N2(X6 g , v=0), N2(A6 u )+N2(X 16+ g , v≥0), N2(A 36+ u )+O2(X 36− g , v=0– 2), O2(a1g , b16+ g )+O2(X 36− g , v=0–2). The calculation has allowed one to estimate the product branching ratios. It is shown that there is a dependence of the calculated rate ...