Many aspects of the behaviour of high temperature superconducting (HTS) wires are well understood for dc applications. However, models of HTS suitable for use in circuit analysis by power engineers designing HTS applications are not readily available. This paper describes the initial development of suitable models for HTS wire. The V-I characteristics for wires carrying dc transport current can...

The use of bioactive tanniniferous plants was suggested as an alternative to control gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) infections in small ruminants. This study aimed to evaluate the anthelmintic effect of acetonic extract of Hedysarum coronarium (Ecotype Bikra 21, sulla) as fresh or dried biomass (hay) in the infective larvae (L3) of Haemonchus contortus. The larval exsheathment assay (LEA) was...

Salinity represents a major environmental constraint which can severely limit plant establishment in the arid and semi-arid areas in Tunisia. The present work was carried out to study the response of Pistacia vera L. and Pistacia atlantica Desf. seedlings to salt stress. Evaluation of salinity effects on both species was investigated using five increasing NaCl concentrations (0, 20, 40, 60 and ...

Chin J Cancer Res 2013;25(6):784-785 www.thecjcr.org In September 2013, the Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) launched a focus issue on “Prostate Cancer”, which was guest-edited by Dr. Jer-Tsong Hsieh and Dr. Ganesh Raj from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA. In this focus issue, Dr. Raj and Dr. Hsieh invited an international expert panel of clinicians and b...

Reciprocal selection is a breeding procedure for population improvement and hybrid development. Both female and male parents contribute genes to their offspring, but the influence of female parent often extends beyond simple genetic transmission. Nine parents were crossed in a full diallel and evaluated for maternal genetic effects for resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease. This study ...

Samples of (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3-xZnxO10+δ (Bi-2223, x=0.0 to 0.30) were synthesized by solid-state reaction route. We carefully synthesized these compounds and characterized them for phase formation, structural/microstructural, electrical and magnetic measurements. The phase identification /gross structural characteristics of synthesized (HTSC) materials explored through powder x-ray diffractomete...

In the present work, olive-crop yields and olive oil physico-chemical quality were studied after three and six years of olive mill wastewater (OMW) spreading at three levels (50, 100 and 200 m3 ha-1 year-1). Olive yield showed improvements with OMW level. Insignificant difference in oil content and oil quality indices of the control and treatments amended by OMW was observed. Moreover, olive oi...