Sulfur (S) is an essential nutrient element required in a large quantity by mustard. S regulates photosynthesis and plant growth through improving nitrogen (N) acquisition. Mustard cultivars Alankar, Varuna, Pusa Jai Kisan, and SS2 differing in S accumulation capacity calculated as sulfate transport index (STI) were tested for ATP-sulfurylase activity, S and N accumulation, photosynthesis, and shoot dry mass (DM) at 30 and 60 d after sowing (DAS). The activity of ATP-sulfurylase, shoot N content, net photosynthetic rate (PN), leaf area, and shoot DM of the cultivars were in the order: Pusa Jai Kisan>Alankar>Varuna>SS2. ATP-sulfurylase activity was strongly and positively correlated with PN and shoot DM in all the cultivars. Hence ATP-sulfurylase activity may be used as a physiological trait for augmenting photosynthesis and shoot DM. and R. Nazar, N. A. Khan, N. A. Anjum.
This paper presents the methodology and results of a survey carried out in the Czech Republic. The survey deals with perception of environmental noise annoyance and the quality of life of people living in environmental noise affected areas. The focus is to identify which type of environmental noise like for instance road traffic noise, aircraft noise, wind turbine noise or other noise sources, is the most annoying. and Tento článek prezentuje metodiku a výsledky průzkumu provedeného v České republice. Tento průzkum byl zaměřen na vnímání obtěžování lidí hlukem z venkovního prostředí a na kvalitu života lidí, kteří žijí v oblastech zasažených environmentálním hlukem. V článku jsou posuzovány nejvíce obtěžující zdroje hluku životního prostředí, jako je například silniční doprava, letecká doprava, větrné turbíny a další zdroje hluku.
Notopronocephalus peekayi gen. et sp. n. is described from the intestine of Elseya latistemum Gray, 1867, E. dentata (Gray, 1863) and Emydura signala Ahi, 1932 from rivers in Queensland. The new genus is distinguished by the absence of ventral glands, simple (neither diverticulate nor sinuous) caeca terminating at the anterior margin of the testes, excretory arms not uniting in forebody, single ovary, two opposite testes close to the posterior end of the body, intracaecal genital pore, vitelline follicles anterior to the testes, cirrus-sac orientated obliquely and not divided into two portions, and the uterus intracaecal. This is the first pronocephalid to be described from an Australian freshwater turtle and the first from the family Chelidae.
Let us look at light used in art from the perspective of art history. Light is important in the methods used for displaying reality and the formation of different styles in painting. During the middle ages painters sought not only to display the real behaviour of light in the world but used light to view transcendental elements. Magister Theodoricus for example seemingly placed the light source inside the volume of figures of saints, and thus strengthened their spiritual presence in the area of the chapel in Karlštejn castle. The master of the Wittingau altar used a shadow to amplify the mystery of the scene, like the Dutch masters from the early 15th century in their night scenes. By using sfumato, Leonardo forced the viewer to start actively looking at indistinct contours of his characters and thus intensified their vividness. Caravaggio from before 1600 put emphasis on the contrasts of light and darkness, thus his chiaroscuro figures sharply emenate into light. The light carves objects out of the surrounding darkness and facilitates composing images. During this time, Galileo through his telescope and his art of drawing identified "spots" of the Moon as craters. Simultaneously, Annibale Carracci, and before him Jan van Eyck and after him Velásquez and many others used mirror optics for various pictorial representations of reality. Together, relations between light phenomena, optics and painting are rich in their complexity. and Ladislav Daniel.
In radiometric measurement of the object temperature, in measurement and evaluation of heat escape from buildings we meet with materials, which can be characterised as transparent or semitransparent. One of them is glass. The objective of the present article is to analyse glass features, including emissivity in dependence to wavelength and temperature and also the thermal transmissivity of glass. and Pri bezkontaktných meraniach teploty objektov, pri meraní a vyhodnotení úniku tepla z budov sa stretávame s materiálmi, ktoré možno označiť ako priezračné alebo polopriepustné. Jedným z bežne používaných materiálov je sklo. V príspevku sa pokúšame analyzovať vlastnosti skla, jeho emisivitu v závislosti na vlnovej dĺžke a teplote.