Abstract Key message Long Bosnian pine chronologies from different mountains are shaped by climatic parameters and can help identify past drought events reconstruct landscape histories. We developed a 735-year-long Pinus heldreichii chronology the southern distribution limit of species, expanding available database long chronologies. Tree-ring growth was mainly positively correlated with growin...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the alpha-amylase (sAA) and cortisol levels in children with Global developmental delay (GDD) before and after dental treatment and its association with the children's behavior during treatment. The morning salivary cortisol levels and activity of sAA of 33 children with GDD were evaluated before and after dental treatment and were compared to 19 healthy...

Abstract The El Cañizar de Villarquemado pollen record covers the last part of MIS 6 to Late Holocene. We use Tolerance-Weighted Averaging Partial Least Squares (TWA-PLS) reconstruct mean temperature coldest month (MTCO) and growing degree days above 0°C (GDD 0 ) ratio annual precipitation potential evapotranspiration (MI), accounting for ecophysiological effect changing CO 2 on water-use effic...

Larvae of the whitemarked tussock moth, Orgyia leucostigma (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), defoliate and contaminate blueberries, Vaccinium corymbosum L., in eastern North America, but infestations are often not detected until economic damage has been caused. To improve monitoring techniques and understand the phenology of the whitemarked tussock moth in blueberry, we compared four tr...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for exposure of glaucoma drainage devices (GDD). SETTING This retrospective, observational study was conducted in the eye clinic of an academic medical centre. PARTICIPANTS Participants included 1073 consecutive adults who underwent GDD surgery between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2011. Participants were included if chart rev...

In this paper we present a framework for modelling potential species distribution (PSD) of balsam fir [bF; Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.] as a function of landscape-level descriptions of: (i) growing degree days (GDD: a temperature related index), (ii) landsurface wetness, (iii) incident photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and (iv) tree habitat suitability. GDD and land-surface wetness are d...

prediction of seasonal weed seedling emergence patterns is useful in weed management programs. this study was carried out in research fields of islamic azad university – karaj branch in 2009-2010. five crop fields were chosen including: barley, sugar beet and three wheat fields and in each fields between 3 to 5 sites selected randomly. three quadrates were fixed in each sites for studying weeds...

Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) (IWG) is a perennial grass being domesticated for grain production with potential to provide economic return and ecosystem services across broad geographic range in North America, yet optimum seeding dates biomass yield are unknown. Our objective was determine the effect of late-summer, fall, spring on grain-type IWG population. Trials were condu...