Local adaptations to environmental conditions are of high ecological importance as they determine distribution ranges and likely affect species responses to climate change. Increased environmental stress (warming, extreme drought) due to climate change in combination with decreased genetic mixing due to isolation may lead to stronger local adaptations of geographically marginal than central pop...

Enhancing water shedding behavior on aluminum surfaces is important in the design of energy-efficient heat exchangers. In this work, a method for fabricating oil-infused aluminum surfaces for HVAC&R systems is described for the purpose of exploiting the slippery nature of such surfaces, thereby improving the overall surface wettability. A microstructured, porous aluminum fin stocks with heterog...

Full blown uremic syndrome of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is seldom seen these days due to early initiation of renal replacement therapies (RRT) [1, 2]. Uremic frost is a manifestation of advanced CKD but rarely seen due to effective RRT. We came across a 21-year-old male patient, brought to us with complaints of nausea, anorexia, oliguria and recent onset alteration in sensorium. On physical ...

CMAJ • NOVEMBER 23, 2010 • 182(17) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors E800 A62-year-old man with a history of diabetic ne phropathy presented with confusion, generalized swelling and shortness of breath. He had been noncompliant with dialysis therapy and then had been lost to medical follow-up for about six months. On clinical examination, the patient was somnolent and disorie...

Frost accumulated on the surface of evaporator leads to increase heat transfer resistance between refrigerant and environmental medium, which reduces system performance cold storage air source pump. To solve this problem, surface-modified can achieve retardation frost formation, greatly improves exchange effect external environment. In paper, a novel coating sprayed was developed using sol-gel ...

Decenylsuccinic acid induces resistance to desiccation, cold, and frost in young bean plants. When decenylsuccinic acid is sprayed on flowering peach, apple, and pear trees, most of the flowers are resistant to a frost of -6 degrees C.

The observation of Milch and his associates in 1957 that tetracycline becomes localised in areas of new bone formation has been confirmed on many occasions (Milch, Rail and Tobie 1958: Frost, Villanueva and Roth 1960; Harris 1960; Muzii 1961), and in 1960 Harris suggested that tetracycline might be suitable for use as a marker whereby the rate of bone formation could be measured. Since then a n...