Equivalent water thickness (EWT) is a major indicator for indirect monitoring of leaf content in remote sensing. Many vegetation indices (VIs) have been proposed to estimate EWT based on passive or active reflectance spectra. However, the selection characteristics wavelengths VIs mainly statistical analysis specific species. In this study, characteristic wavelength algorithm PROSPECT-5 model wa...

The process of industrialisation in Russia was accompanied by the creation many cities, economy which is associated with a certain industry. At same time, city completely dependent on one or more type enterprises. Such an enterprise called city-forming one, since it employs 30 % all working people city, and their families make up half urban population. dependence that main problems, state direc...

Cathepsins, a superfamily of hydrolytic enzymes produced and enclosed within lysosomes, function in immune response in vertebrates; however, their function within the innate immune system of invertebrates remains largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated the immune functionality of cathepsin A (catA) in Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), a commercially important and disease vulnerable ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The Working Group on Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology presents on a yearly basis a report on the data collected for the national registry. This information displays how procedures are distributed throughout Spain and makes comparisons with other countries feasible. METHODS Institutions render their data voluntarily (online) and they are analyze...

OBJECTIVES The present study reports on the development and initial psychometric properties of the Computer Assisted Maltreatment Inventory (CAMI), a web-based self-report measure of child maltreatment history, including sexual and physical abuse, exposure to interparental violence, psychological abuse, and neglect. METHODS The CAMI was administered to a geographically diverse sample of colle...

Capillary invasion (CI) has been found to play an important role in metastasis and recurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). However, the prognostic significance of CI is still controversial. From January 2005 to December 2011, 1398 patients with GAC who underwent gastrectomy were retrospectively enrolled and divided into CI (+) and CI (-) groups. Clinicopathological features and survival out...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Hyperphosphatemia is highly prevalent in dialysis patients and may be associated with immune dysfunction. The association of serum phosphate level with infection remains largely unexamined. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS In an incident cohort of 1010 dialysis patients enrolled from 1995 to 1998 and treated in 80 US clinics, the association of phosphate...

UNLABELLED Colonoscopy is a procedure that used largely, in assessment, screening & management of lower gastrointestinal disease. Some of these diseases that assessed are colorectal cancer, polyps & inflammatory bowel disease. The goal of this study is determining of frequency of lower GI disease among patient who have elective colonoscopy. This cross-sectional study was conducted retrospective...

This study explores the spatial association between social vulnerability and smoke plume dispersion at the census block group level for the 13 southern states in the USDA Forest Service’s Region 8. Using environmental justice as a conceptual basis, we use Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis to identify clusters or “hot spots” for the incidence of both higher than average socially marginal populat...

Latent inhibition (LI) is a preconscious gating mechanism that allows animals with complex nervous systems to ignore stimuli previously experienced as irrelevant. Decreased LI has been associated with dopaminergic agonist intoxication and schizophrenic conditions. We previously demonstrated reductions in LI among individuals characterized by higher levels of trait Openness and Extraversion. Thi...