Salinization is the accumulation of water-soluble salts in the soil solum or regolith to a level that impacts on agricultural production, environmental health, and economic welfare. Salt-affected soils occur in more than 100 countries of the world with a variety of extents, nature, and properties. No climatic zone in the world is free from salinization, although the general perception is focuse...

IN a previous paper [Clifford, 1925] the effects of the halogen salts of sodium, potassium, ammonium, and calcium on salivary digestion were described. These salts were found to vary in their action on ptyalin, some delaying digestion, others being inert, and some increasing the speed of reaching the achromic point. It was thought advisable to continue the investigation with other enzymes, and ...

Hammarsten [1872, 1874, 1877] first demonstrated that the rennin action on caseinogen was specific and independent of the action of the calcium salts. His explanation was that the caseinogen molecule was split up into a large molecule (Ruase) and a smaller one (Molkeneiweiss). The "Kiise" was rendered insoluble by the presence of soluble calcium salts and formed the clot. Since then little has ...

The effects of anionic salts in the transition diet on serum and urine calcium at calving and on peripartal health, subsequent milk production and fertility performance were studied in a well-managed, high-producing Friesland dairy herd. Over a period of a year, approximately 21 days before the expected date of calving, 28 pre-partum heifers and 44 multiparous dry cows were randomly allocated w...

A cotton textile dried with various hygroscopic salts then contaminated with Staphylococcus epidermidis and dried again, showed remarkable reduction in viable bacterial cells. Of the salts investigated, sodium acetate was found to have the greatest antibacterial effect. Calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and magnesium sulfate, also showed some antibacterial effect. For sodium acetate, drying ...

Calcium channel blockers (CCB) are the cardiovascular medicines most commonly associated with overdose death1. Amlodipine, a dihydropyridine CCB, can cause shock at overdose levels. The hemodynamic shock is likely caused by calcium channel blockade in myocardial smooth muscle and beta cells. This blockade leads to peripheral vasodilatation, hyperglycemia, hypoinsulinemia, metabolic acidosis and...

In small ruminants especially in caprine breeds clinical obstructive urolithiasis is most frequently seen in young males that have been castrated at an extremely young age because of marketing to the pet market rather than the production market. The stones can be composed of phosphate and calcium salts: calcium phosphate (apatite), magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), calcium carbonate, cal...