Epiphytes that grow in the canopies of tropical and subtropical forests experience different water regimes when compared with terrestrial plants. However, the differences in adaptive strategies between epiphytic and terrestrial plants with respect to plant water relations remain poorly understood. To understand how water-related traits contrast between epiphytic and terrestrial growth forms wit...

* Abbreviations: CPE = cytopathic effect, MB = methylene blue, CM = complete growth medium, CDM = chemically defined medium, BAF = bovine amniotic fluid, dil. = dilution, f = final, v.i. = vide infra, ab. = about, med = medium, TC = tissue culture. 1 E. KovÄcs, V. STÜRTZ and G. W A G N E R , Z. Naturforschg. 15 b, 116 [ I960] . 2 E. KovÄcs, G. W A G N E R and V. STÜRTZ , Z. Naturforschg. 15 b, ...

Technetium-99m (Tc) has been the radionuclide of choice for nuclear medicine procedures and experimental research. Because of its optimal nuclear properties, Tc is suitable for high efficiency detection with the advantage of reduced radiological waste. Crotalus venom (CV) has been shown to reduce tumors in clinical studies and tissue distribution studies are very important for clinical use. The...

Intensity prediction of tropical cyclones (TC) has been one the major challenges for operational forecast and warning service, as well consequential assessment impacts including high winds, storm surge heavy rainfall caused by TC. With advances in global numerical weather (NWP) modelling systems, TC track intensity forecasts medium range are available every 6 or 12 h, ensemble system (EPS) outp...

Objective: To investigate sensitive evaluation markers in hospitalized patients with nutritional deficiency malnutrition. Methods: A total of 358 hospitalized patients were enrolled. Each patient was analyzed with Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), and was divided into well nutrition group, medium nutrition group and poor nutrition group. The relationships between low plasma total cholesterol ...

Mechanisms of the water extracts of Polygoni Multiflori Radix (PMR) and its processed products (PMRP) on liver lipid metabolism were observed in this paper. Aqueous extract of PMR and PMRP was given to nonalcoholic fatty liver model rats, respectively. PMR was better in reducing the contents of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) than PMRP and the positive control groups. In the aspect of regul...

Anaerobic, but not aerobic, cultures of Escherichia coli accumulated Tc(VII) and reduced it to a black insoluble precipitate. Tc was the predominant element detected when the precipitate was analyzed by proton-induced X-ray emission. Electron microscopy in combination with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis showed that the site of Tc deposition was intracellular. It is proposed that Tc precipitat...