We suggest that the high R-2 for respiration suggests that soil organic matter quality, microbial community composition, and clay mineralogy explain at most 22% of the variance in respiration, while they could explain up to 67% of the variance in net N mineralization. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“The development in cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, is described from a Dutch perspective. The newly formed Republic in the 17th century, with its pragmatism and

business-like character, became an ideal breeding, ground for Descartes’ new philosophy. His separation of body and soul provided a mechanistic model of body structure and formed a firm basis for anatomical selleck inhibitor and physiological research to become catalysts for a tempestuous growth and progress in medicine. (Neth Heart 2009;17:130-5.)”
“The continuous catalytic oxidation of aqueous Crystal Violet (CV) solutions has been investigated using a nickel catalysts (7 wt%) supported over Mg-Al mixed oxides in a trickle-bed reactor. The influence of the temperature, pressure, gas find more flow and dye initial concentration were studied in the catalytic wet air oxidation of CV. The catalyst showed a very stable activity up to 350 h on stream with an average total organic carbon (TOC) conversion of 64%. CV and TOC removal were very sensitive to the temperature. Dye conversion augmented from 44.7%

at 120 degrees C to 86.1% at 180 degrees C Dye conversion varied from 62.6 to 18.4%, TOC from 59.5 to 18.7% and TN from

66.6 to 14.0% within 10 to 50 ppm of initial dye concentration. The leaching of Ni was 6 wt% of the initial metal present in the catalyst and a 0.59% of carbonaceous deposit was formed onto the catalyst surface. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.”
“The efficacy of soil treatments of three native entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema carpocapsae, S. feltiae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora) against Tuta absoluta larvae, pupae and adults was determined under laboratory conditions. The selleck kinase inhibitor effect of three insecticides commonly used against T. absoluta, in the survival, infectivity and reproduction of these nematode strains was also evaluated. When dropped into soil to pupate, soil application of nematodes resulted in a high mortality of larvae: 100, 52.3 and 96.7 % efficacy for S. carpocapsae, S. feltiae and H. bacteriophora respectively. No mortality of pupae was observed and mortality of adults emerging from soil was 79.1 % for S. carpocapsae and 0.5 % for S. feltiae. The insecticides tested had a negligible effect on nematode survival, infectivity and reproduction. No sublethal effects were observed. Infective juveniles that survived to insecticide exposition were able to infect Galleria larvae with no significant differences from the control.