in this work, the effects of silicon (si) supplementation were studied in pistachio (pistacia veral. cv ahmadaghaii) plants exposed to high salinity stress. plants were grown in pots undercontrol and salt (ec=15 ds m-1) conditions without or with si treatment (0.35 g na2sio3 kg-1soil) under field conditions. salt stress reduced the plants’ growth significantly in both –si and+si plants; however...

The analytic solution to the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation describing the ion distributions surrounding a nucleic acid or other cylindrical polyions as a function of polyion structural quantities and salt concentration ([salt]) has been sought for more than 80 years to predict the effect of these quantities on the thermodynamics of polyion processes. Here we report an accurate asymptotic...

Two experiments involving 1,020 litters were conducted at eight research stations to determine the effects of dietary NaCl (salt) concentration during gestation and lactation on reproductive performance of sows. Primiparous and multiparous sows were fed fortified corn- or grain sorghum-soybean meal diets at 1.82 kg/d during gestation. During the winter months (December, January, February) the f...

In this work, the effects of silicon (Si) supplementation were studied in pistachio (Pistacia veraL. cv Ahmadaghaii) plants exposed to high salinity stress. Plants were grown in pots undercontrol and salt (EC=15 dS m-1) conditions without or with Si treatment (0.35 g Na2SiO3 Kg-1soil) under field conditions. Salt stress reduced the plants’ growth significantly in both –Si and+Si plants; however...

We compared growth, leaf gas exchange characteristics, water relations, chlorophyll fluorescence, and Na(+) and Cl(-) concentration of two cultivars ('Koroneiki' and 'Picual') of olive (Olea europaea L.) trees in response to high salinity (NaCl 100mM) and elevated CO(2) (eCO(2)) concentration (700microLL(-1)). The cultivar 'Koroneiki' is considered to be more salt sensitive than the relatively ...

In the design and control of reverse osmosis desalination plants, the clean water flux, which passes through the membranes, is the most important variable. Flux depends on several parameters, such as the membrane permeability or the temperature, but mainly on the salt concentration on the membrane surface. The salt concentration is easily measured in the bulk of the feed, but not on the membran...

The effect of changes of dietary sodium chloride intake and posture on plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentration and renal function was studied in 11 normal human volunteers. Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentration was higher in the upright posture on a high than it was on a medium or low salt diet. On the medium and high but not on the low salt diet the concentration increased si...

INTRODUCTION We evaluated the effect of health education on the use of iodized salt in a remote region. METHODS We randomly selected 31 villages in teh Lotkoh tehsil of district Chitral in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. We then randomly selected 7 households from each village and inteviewed the eldest women of the family. We also tested samples of salt for iodine concentration ...

We report our studies of the linear and nonlinear rheology of aqueous solutions of the surfactant cetyl trimethylammonium tosylate (CTAT) with varying amounts of sodium chloride (NaCl). The CTAT concentration is fixed at 42mM and the salt concentration is varied between 0mM to 120mM. On increasing the salt (NaCl) concentration, we see three distinct regimes in the zero-shear viscosity and the h...