The Fig (Ficus carica.L) is a woody perennial crop, cultivated worldwide in subtropical regions. Since, salinity is the main concern of fig industry, therefore, studying the pattern of ion absorption and accumulation contribute during the stress in different plant organs can lead understanding the mechanism of tolerance/sensitivity. So, during 2016-2017, seven fig cultivars (‘Sabzʼ, ‘Siyahʼ, ‘S...

The radiofrequency quadrupole linear ion trap is a widely used device in physics and chemistry. When used for trapping of large ion clouds, the presence of anharmonic terms in the radiofrequency potential limits the total number of stored ions. In this paper, we have studied the anharmonic content of the trapping potential for different implementations of a quadrupole trap, searching for the ge...

In ancient t imes, wax seals impressed with signet r ings were aff ixed to documents as evidence of their authent ic i ty . A digi ta l counterpart is a message authent icat ion code f ixed f i rmly to each important document. We sketch an archite cture that accompl ishes this by using encapsulat ion of content with provenance metadata, cryptographic seal ing, and webs of t rust rooted in respe...

We have demonstrated that using a transition metal ion to partially substitute Cu ion of the YSr2Cu3Oy can stabilize its crystal structure and retain superconductivity. The superconducting transition temperature in YSr2(Cu1-xMx)3Oy, where M is transition metal ion, ranges from 40K to 80K depending on the specific M ion. Lattice contraction due to Sr substitution makes the Ba/Sr ion to move clos...

Transition metal oxides display various electronic and magnetic phases such as high-temperature superconductivity. Controlling such exotic properties by applying an external field is one of the biggest continuous challenges in condensed matter physics. Here, we demonstrate clear superconductor-insulator transition of LiTi2O4 films induced by Li-ion electrochemical reaction. A compact electroche...

High Cd concentrations and excess Zn often interfere with mineral nutrients uptake by ion competition as well as affecting membrane permeability (Siedleska, 1995). The induced changes in cell ion homeostasis generally provoke different physiological disorders resulting finally in plant growth inhibition. It has been suggested that Cd and Zn have a similar mode of toxic action (Breckle, 1991; Cl...

Tempering of the wheat samples with d ifferent amounts of water was done to obtain f lour t rea tments having different moisture levels i .e . T1 (13.5%), T2 (13%), T3 (12%), T4 (11%), T5 (10%) and T6 (9%) af ter mil l ing. These treatments were separately packed in polypropylene and paper bags. During the s torage per iod of 60 days, each t reatment in both polypropylene and paper bags was eva...

Two phenolic compound parameters (total phenolic and flavonoid contents) and 5 antioxidant parameters (DPPH [2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl] radical scavenging activity, HRSC (hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity), FRAP (ferric ion reducing antioxidant power), CUPRAC (cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity), and MCA (metal chelating activity) were measured in bulbs and bolts of 43 garlic cult...

Changes in freezing injury percentage, lipid peroxidation (malonaldehyde formation), antioxidant enzymes activity and proline content were monitored in the leaves of olive cvs. ‘Fishomi’ and ‘Roughani’ under diff erent freezing temperatures (-5, -10, -15 and -20°C for 10 h). Th e results showed that freezing injury (determined by electrolyte leakage analysis) and malonaldehyde (MDA) content of ...