Abstract Althought safflower is a tolerant crop against many environmental stresses, but its yield and performance reduce under stress. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect silicon (Si) application on possibility increasing salinity resistance related mechanisms in safflower. A greenhouse conducted effects Si spraying (0, 1.5 2.5 mM) plants grown salt stress condition (non-s...

Rossby Wave Chromatography (RWC) is implemented in a linearized barotropic model as a tool to understand the response of the mid-latitude jet to external forcing. Given the background zonal-mean flow and the space-time structure of the baroclinic wave activity source, RWC calculates the space-time structure of the upper tropospheric eddy momentum fluxes. RWC is used to diagnose and understand t...

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of planting pattern and irrigation system on antioxidant activity of wheat and Persian clover. The experiment was carried out as a two-factor factorial with three replications. The first factor was irrigation system (conventional and partial root-zone irrigation) and the second was planting pattern (sole wheat, sole Persian clover, alterna...

Currently residential wood combustion (RWC) is increasing in Europe because of rising fossil fuel prices but also due to climate change mitigation policies. However, especially in small-scale applications, RWC may cause high emissions of particulate matter (PM). Recently we have developed a new high-resolution (7×7 km) anthropogenic carbonaceous aerosol emission inventory for Europe. The invent...

the anatomical and epidermal characteristics, as well as the physiological response, of 'colombia' ecotype cape gooseberry plants treated or untreated with foliar applications of kaolin at 2 irrigation levels (well-irrigated plants vs. water-stressed plants) were evaluated. relative water content (rwc), stomatal density, and chlorophyll index were reduced under water stress. water stress increa...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether adding water-contrast in the rectum during transvaginal ultrasonography (RWC-TVS) improves the diagnosis of rectal infiltration in women with rectovaginal endometriosis. METHODS This prospective study included 90 women, with suspect rectovaginal endometriosis, who underwent operative laparoscopy. TVS and RWC-TVS were independently perf...

Objectives. The aim of this study was to compare the musculoskeletal and physical strain on healthcare workers, by measuring range of motion (ROM), muscle activity, and heart rate (HR), during transfer of a simulated patient using either a robotic wheelchair (RWC) or a conventional wheelchair (CWC). Methods. The subjects were 10 females who had work experience in transferring patients and anoth...

Plants of Ramonda serbica were dehydrated to 3.6% relative water content (RWC) by withholding water for 3 weeks, afterwards the plants were rehydrated for 1 week to 93.8% RWC. Plasma membranes were isolated from leaves using a two-phase aqueous polymer partition system. Compared with well-hydrated (control) leaves, dehydrated leaves suffered a reduction of about 75% in their plasma membrane lip...

OBJECTIVES Elevated blood cholesterol is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol level surveillance is necessary to study population disease burden, consider priorities for prevention and intervention and understand the effect of diet, lifestyle and treatment. Previous studies show a cholesterol decline in recent decades but lack data to follow individuals born in diffe...