abstract incorporation of plant residues in soils is an important agricultural practice for maintaining soil fertility under organic management systems. plant residues quality, soil physical and chemical properties, and the microbial population diversity of soils are the most important factors influencing the decomposition of added organic matter to soils. decomposition rate of municipal wastes...

composite solid propellants were prepared with and without nano-alloys (ti-co, ti-ni, ti-zn), where nano-alloys used as catalyst. these nano-alloys are prepared by hydrazine reduction method. catalytic properties of these nanomaterials were measured on ammonium perchorate/hydroxyterminatedpolybutadiene propellant by thermogravimetery analysis and differential thermal analysis. both experimental...

introduction various factors like climatic conditions, vegetation, soil properties, topography, time, plant residue quality and crop management strategies affect the decomposition rate of organic carbon (oc) and its residence time in soil. plant residue management concerns nutrients recycling, carbon recycling in ecosystems and the increasing co2 concentration in the atmosphere. plant residue d...

to determine the effects of vinasse on physicochemical properties of a calcareous and an acidic soil experiment was factorial and had a complete randomized design and three replications. factorial combinations of five vinasse levels (0, 5, 10, 20 and 40 t/ha) and three exposure times (10, 20 and 30 days) were considered as the treatments of this experiment. the result of experiment showed that ...

quantification of arterial elasticity and its dependency to age is considered in this paper. we use radiofrequency (rf) signals fromcarotid artery ultasonography to evaluate this dependency. blood pressure, blood flow, and tethering to surrounding tissue are the maincauses of the motion of the carotid wall. tracking carotid artery wall motion from a series of ultrasound b‑mode images is challen...