The evolution of microstructure during Au-mediated solid phase epitaxial growth of a SixGe12x alloy film on Si~001! was investigated by in situ sheet resistance measurements, x-ray diffraction, conventional and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Annealing amorphous-Ge/Au bilayers on Si~001! to tempe...

Introduction American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. once occurred over much of the eastern deciduous forests of North America (Russell, 1987), with a natural range exceeding 800,000 km (Braun, 1950) (Figure 1). Castanea dentata was a dominant tree species throughout much of its range, comprising between 25-50% of the canopy (Braun, 1950; Foster et al., 2002; Russell, 1987; Stephens...

A lead bismuth eutectic (LBE) spallation target will be installed in the Target Test Facility (TEF-T) in the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The spallation target vessel filled with LBE is made of type 316L stainless steel. However, various damages, such as erosion/corrosion damage and liquid metal embrittlement caused by contact with flowing LBE at high temperature, and irr...

We studied the temporospatial distribution of psocids in steel bins containing 32.6 tonnes of wheat in 2005 and 2006 in Manhattan, KS. Psocids were sampled in the top 0.9 m of wheat using a 1.2-m open-ended trier; samples were taken from the bin center and in the four cardinal directions at 0.15 and 0.76 m from the bin wall. In addition, a 2.4-m partitioned grain trier with 16 compartments was ...

OsSPX1, a rice SPX domain gene, involved in the phosphate (Pi)-sensing mechanism plays an essential role in the Pi-signalling network through interaction with OsPHR2. In this study, we focused on the potential function of OsSPX1 during rice reproductive phase. Based on investigation of OsSPX1 antisense and sense transgenic rice lines in the paddy fields, we discovered that the down-regulation o...

Motivated by examples of erosive incision of channels in sand, we investigate the motion of individual grains in a granular bed driven by a laminar fluid to give us new insights into the relationship between hydrodynamic stress and surface granular flow. A closed cell of rectangular cross-section is partially filled with glass beads and a constant fluid flux Q flows through the cell. The refrac...

Objective: The aim of present study was to evaluate the association between dietary intake and endothelial function among the erectile dysfunction males attending for clinics. Methods: We performed a prospective study between March 2014 and June 2014 at the urology OPD in TriService General Hospital. Forty-four patients were enrolled and filled out the IIEF (the international index of erectile ...

Although the rice growth response to FACE (free-air CO2 enrichment) has been widely studied and is considered important within the scientific community, few studies have attempted to examine the effects of FACE on the yield of indica rice, which is typically the parent of indica hybrids in China. The effects of FACE on the yield, yield components, biomass, N uptake and leaf photosynthesis of Ya...

The LOGFLOW is a distributed Prolog system running on multi-transputer machines and workstation clusters. The engines (Distributed Data Driven Prolog Abstract Machines, 3DPAM) execute the Prolog program parallel with fine-grain execution. Coarse-grain pieces of work are executed by traditional sequential WAM (Warren Abstract) machines. In the execution of logic programming languages the memory ...

Nickel (Ni) availability in soil varies as a function of pH. Plants require Ni in small quantities for normal development, especially in legumes due its role in nitrogen (N) metabolism. This study investigated the effect of soil base saturation, and Ni amendments on Ni uptake, N accumulation in the leaves and grains, as well as to evaluate organic acids changes in soybean. In addition, two N as...