Available water resources for agricultural irrigation have decreased worldwide in recent decades, prompting advances in water saving methods. In this study, soil water regime and water balance in a transplanted rice field with reduced irrigation (multiple shallow depth irrigations) in the Taihu Lake Basin of East China were observed and then evaluated using Hydrus-1D model during two consecutiv...

© 2013 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1393 Journal Compilation © 2013 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Gout is a clinical syndrome presenting with recurrent, painful arthritis caused by deposition of monosodium urate. Urate crystal deposits are usually detected in the synovial membranes, joint capsules, articular cartilage, and periarticular tissue, and, rarely, in extra-articular...

Accepted for publication 2 February 1993 Abstract One case of non-penetrance of the familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) gene at 59 years of age and late onset of polyps on endoscopy and biopsy in this and two other families is described. Screening protocols should include dental screening as well as indirect ophthalmoscopy and endoscopy to detect minimal manifestations of the gene. In the abse...

introduction: for some time now the field of medical education has been criticized by many of its stakeholders. countless debates have been presented in the literature regarding the quality of medical education research, adequacy of methodological rigor, and other concerns. methods: at present, the views expressed have largely come from physicians and individuals with less familiarity with educ...

Yearly, testosterone (T) levels fluctuate as many vertebrates cycle through reproductive and non-reproductive periods. Among many temperate birds, it is well established that levels of T peak as gonads recrudesce for breeding and then fall as gonads regress prior to the non-breeding season. While the tissues producing breeding season T are well studied, the tissues responsible for non-breeding ...

Beginning computer science students often have great difficulty with the analysis and design of solutions to programming related problems. Using the Shuttle Puzzle problem as a vehicle the process of analyzing a problem and synthesizing observations into an algorithm is presented in a detailed, step-by-step manner. Introduction When I was child and went to visit my grandparents, I would often e...

THE TITLE COMPOUND (SYSTEMATIC NAME 2,4-dihydr-oxy-5-iodo-pyrimidine), C(4)H(3)IN(2)O(2), which was first reported by Sternglanz, Freeman & Bugg [Acta Cryst. (1975 ▶), B31, 1393-1395], has been redetermined, providing a significant increase in the precision of the derived geometric parameters. The asymmetric unit comprises a non-planar mol-ecule in a slightly distorted B(25) boat conformation. ...

In the title compound, [Ru(C(5)H(4)NO)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)]PF(6)·0.5C(6)H(6), the Ru(2+) cation has a distorted octa-hedral RuN(5)O coordination environment. This complex is more distorted than the closely related ruthenium complex containing a pyridine-2-thiol-ate ligand [Santra et al. (1997 ▶). J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. pp. 1387-1393]. The distortion is caused by the difference in size betwee...

‘Then’ as one of conjunctions, has many usages in Arabic language. Since one of its usages is in the religious texts and the Holy Quran so that its different usages effect on the style, meaning, and concepts, and also, due to the sensitivity and significance of the Holy Quran, understanding the exact meaning of this conjunction, i.e. ‘then’, and studying its various stat...