Population structure determines sugarcane yield, of which canopy structure is a key component. To fully understand the relations between sugarcane yield and parameters of the canopy structure, 17 sugarcane varieties were investigated at five growth stages. The results indicated that there were significant differences between characterized parameters among sugarcane populations at different grow...

Detailed knowledge of how the surface physical properties, such as mechanics, topography and texture influence axonal outgrowth and guidance is essential for understanding the processes that control neuron development, the formation of functional neuronal connections and nerve regeneration. Here we synthesize asymmetric surfaces with well-controlled topography and texture and perform a systemat...

In an attempt to quantify grain boundary diffusion of hydrogen in nickel, permeation in electrodeposited foil has been investigated. Pinhole-free specimens were plated from a nickel sulfamate bath onto a reusable anodized titanium cathode. The microstructure was a mixture of regions of fine grains (diameters <0.1 tm) and individual grains up to 2 tm in diameter. The specimens were subjected to ...

We present a network modeling approach for various thin film growth techniques that incorporates reemitted particles due to the nonunity sticking coefficients. We model re-emission of a particle from one surface site to another one as a network link and generate a network model corresponding to the thin film growth. Monte Carlo simulations are used to grow films and dynamically track the trajec...

We are interested in the effects of diffusivity and chemotaxis on the competition of several species for a limited resource. Diffusivity of cells is also called motility in some engineering literature. Chemotaxis is the oriented movement of cells in response to the concentration gradient of chemical substances in their environment. It is ”anti-diffusion”. It was observed experimentally that mot...

Environmental antibiotic risk management requires an understanding of how subinhibitory antibiotic concentrations contribute to the spread of resistance. We develop a simple model of competition between sensitive and resistant bacterial strains to predict the minimum selection concentration (MSC), the lowest level of antibiotic at which resistant bacteria are selected. We present an analytical ...

The toxicity and time-dependent sorption of three hydrophobic organic chemicals to Rhodococcus rhodochrous bacteria were investigated. In experiments, environmentally relevant concentrations of pentachlorophenol (PCP), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and dichlorobiphenyl (DPCB) were applied to living (both growing and nongrowing) bacteria as well as to dead bacteria. For PCP (an ionizing chemical), ba...