Increasing sediment input into coastal environments is having a profound influence on shallow marine habitats and associated species. Coral reef ecosystems appear to be particularly sensitive, with increased sediment deposition and re-suspension being associated with declines in the abundance and diversity of coral reef fishes. While recent research has demonstrated that suspended sediment can ...

Tidally driven flows, waves, and suspended sediment concentrations were monitored seasonally within a Zostera marina seagrass (eelgrass) meadow located in a shallow (1–2 m depth) coastal bay. Eelgrass meadows were found to reduce velocities approximately 60 % in the summer and 40 % in the winter compared to an adjacent unvegetated site. Additionally, the seagrass meadow served to dampen wave he...

Single cell analysis has allowed critical discoveries in drug testing, immunobiology and stem cell research. In addition, a change from two to three dimensional growth conditions radically affects cell behavior. This already resulted in new observations on gene expression and communication networks and in better predictions of cell responses to their environment. However, it is still difficult ...

Angiogenesis is required for the growth and metastasis of solid tumors. The anti-malarial agent dihydroartemisinin (DHA) demonstrates potent anti-angiogenic activity, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not yet fully understood. During the process of angiogenesis, endothelial cells migrating from existing capillaries may undergo programmed cell death after detaching from the extracellul...

The technologies most commonly used for performing secondary treatment of municipal wastewater rely on microorganisms suspended in the wastewater to treat it. Although these technologies work well in many situations, they have several drawbacks, including the difficulty of growing the right types of microorganisms and the physical requirement of a large site. The use of microfiltration membrane...

Graphene is a thin atomic layer of carbon atoms which has a hexagonal lattice structure. Due to its exceptional properties such as high electrical conductivity, high carrier mobility, high thermal conductivity, high optical transparency and super hydrophobicity, graphene is expected to play an important role in future nanoscience and nanotechnology. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a novel te...

in this paper, two formulas were chosen among those that estimate the suspendedsediment discharge in rivers. these two formulas were lane and kalinske and bagnold. forstudying and knowing the correlation between input parameters and calculated suspendedsediment discharge (cssd), the spss17 software was used. input parameters in these twoformulas were as: water velocity, water discharge, suspend...

effect of automobile pollution on the productivity of crocus sativus was studied for one year time period (october 2005-april 2006). the parameters which were analyzed viz total chlorophyll, carotenoids, leaf area, plant height, corm size, corm weight, corm yield, biomass, flower production, and length of stigma and style, showed a remarkable decrease as compared to control. total chlorophyll ,...