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962. Application of chlorophyll fluorescence to screen eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) cultivars for salt tolerance
- Creator:
- Hanachi, S., Van Labeke, M. C., and Mehouachi, T.
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- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- fotosyntéza, lilek, biomasa, photosynthesis, biomass, salt stress, photosystem II, 2, and 581
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- Multiple languages
- Description:
- The objective of this study was to investigate the relative salt tolerance of four eggplant cultivars (Solanum melongena L.) by studying chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence parameters during the vegetative growth stage under increasing salinity levels. The plants were grown in pots filled with peat under controlled conditions and were subjected to the salt stress ranging from 0 (control), 20, 40, 80, and 160 mM NaCl for 25 days. The results showed that the increasing NaCl concentration affected hardly the maximum quantum yield of photosystem (PS) II. The quantum yield of PSII (ΦPSII) decreased significantly in ‘Adriatica’ and ‘Black Beauty’ under the salt stress. The photochemical quenching decreased in ‘Black Beauty’ and nonphotochemical quenching increased in ‘Adriatica’ under the salt stress. The Chl fluorescence parameters did not change significantly under the salt stress in ‘Bonica’ and ‘Galine’, revealing their tolerance to salinity. After 25 days of the salt stress, the plant growth was reduced in all cultivars, however, this decline was more pronounced in ‘Adriatica’ and ‘Black Beauty’. Additionally, a significant correlation between the biomass and ΦPSII was observed in ‘Adriatica’ and ‘Black Beauty’. Our results suggest that ΦPSII can be used as a diagnostic tool to identify salt-tolerant egg-plant cultivars., S. Hanachi, M. C. Van Labeke, T. Mehouachi., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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963. Application of compound mixture of caprylic acid, iron and mannan oligosaccharide against Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) in gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata
- Creator:
- Rigos, George, Mladineo, Ivona, Nikoloudaki, Chrysa, Vrbatovic, Anamarija, and Kogiannou, Dimitra
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- print, počítač, and online zdroj
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- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- parazitologie, parasitology, monogeneans, treatment, Sparidae, MOS, 2, and 59
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- We have evaluated the therapeutic effect of a compound mixture of caprylic acid (200 mg/kg fish), organic iron (0.2% of diet) and mannan oligosaccharide (0.4% of diet) in gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata Linnaeus, infected with Sparicotyle chrysophrii Beneden et Hesse, 1863 in controlled conditions. One hundred and ten reared and S. chrysophrii-free fish (197 g) located in a cement tank were infected by the parasite two weeks following the addition of 150 S. chrysophrii-infected fish (70 g). Growth parameters and gill parasitic load were measured in treated against control fish after a ten-week-period. Differences in final weight, feed conversion ratio, specific growth rate and feed efficiency were not statistically significant between the experimental groups, suggesting no evident effect with respect to fish growth during the study period. Although the prevalence of S. chrysophrii was not affected by the mixture at the end of the experiment, the number of adults and larvae was significantly lower. The mean intensity encompassing the number of adults and larvae was 8.1 in treated vs 17.7 in control fish. Individual comparisons of gill arches showed that the preferred parasitism site for S. chrysophrii it the outermost or fourth gill arch, consistently apparent in fish fed the modified diet and in control fish. In conclusion, the combined application of caprylic acid, organic iron and mannan oligosaccharide can significantly affect the evolution of infection with S. chrysophrii in gilthead sea bream, being capable of reducing adult and larval stages of the monogenean. However, no difference in growth improvement was observed after the trial period, potentially leaving space for further optimisation of the added dietary compounds., George Rigos, Ivona Mladineo, Chrysa Nikoloudaki, Anamarija Vrbatovic, Dimitra Kogiannou., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public
964. Application of infrared spectroscopy and chemometric methods to identification of selected minerals
- Creator:
- Ritz, Michal, Lenka Vaculíková, and Eva Plevová
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- article, články, model:article, and TEXT
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- Geologie. Meteorologie. Klimatologie, minerály, diskriminační analýza, minerals, discriminant analysis, identification, IR spectroscopy, principal component analysis, 7, and 551
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- A new way of identification of minerals was suggested. The identification was based on chemometric analysis of measured IR spectra of selected minerals. IR spectra were collected using diffuse reflectance technique. The discriminant analysis and principal component analysis were used as chemometric methods. Five statistical models were created for separation and identification of clay minerals. Up to 60 samples of various mineral standards (clay minerals, feldspars, carbonates, sulphates and quartz) from different localities were selected for the creation of statistical models. The results of this study confirm that the discriminant analysis of IR spectra of minerals could provide a powerful tool for mineral identification. Even differentiation of muscovite from illite and identification of mixed structures of illite-smectite were achieved., Michal Ritz, Lenka Vaculíková and Eva Plevová., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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965. Application of newly developed rotational sensor for monitoring on mining induced seismic events in the Karviná region
- Creator:
- Zdeněk Kaláb, Jaromír Knejzlík, and Markéta Lednická
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- Geologie. Meteorologie. Klimatologie, seizmicita, seizmologie, seismicity, seismology, mining induced seismicity, rotational ground motion, rotational sensor, seismic monitoring, 7, and 551
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Classical Russian pendulum seismometer S-5-S was modified for recording of the rotational components of ground motion around the vertical or horizontal axes; the modified sensor is denoted here as S-5-SR. Experimental field testing of the S-5-SR sensor started in December 2010 in the Karvina coal region that is known as an area of intensive mining induced seismicity. First seismic station was installed in Doubrava village characterized by thick sedimentary layers. Next seismic station was installed in Orlova village, in different local geological conditions, i.e. in region without sedimentary layers. More than 200 mining induced seismic events were recorded on each seismic station during the period of six months of seismic monitoring. The recorded wave patterns confirm the existence of rotational ground motion components in this region; the strongest recorded value of this component exceeded 1 mrad.s-1. Analysis of the obtained records is presented in this paper., Zdeněk Kaláb, Jaromír Knejzlík and Markéta Lednická., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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966. Application of non-invasive spectroscopic and photoacoustic techniques in research on photosynthetic performance of intact leaves
- Creator:
- Vredenberg, W. J., Snel, J. F. H., Buurmeuer, W. F., and Boumans, H.
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- model:internalpart and TEXT
- Language:
- Multiple languages
- Description:
- The principles and application prospects of a set-up for simultaneous measurements of oxygen evolution and fluorescence in intact leaves on a fast (10 ms) time scale are descríbed. The oxygen evolution is measured with a photoacoustic technique. The method shows among other things (a) a direct deteimination of the intrinsic yield of 'open' reaction centres (RCs) of photosystem 2 (PS 2), and (b) ihe involvement of a 20-30 % firaction of PS 2 RCs with an apparent low oxygen yield in the light-adapted leaves. Double-flashPS 15 measurements in the light- and dark-adapted leaves have substantiated the absence of inactive RCs in leaves that were kept in the dark for more than 12 h.
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967. Application of persistent scatterers interferometry for landslide monitoring in the vicinity of Roznow Lake in Poland
- Creator:
- Perski, Zbigniew, Andrzej Borkowski, Wojciechowski, Tomasz, and Wójcik, Antoni
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- article, články, model:article, and TEXT
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- Geologie. Meteorologie. Klimatologie, sesuvy půdy, interferometrie, landslides, interferometry, Karpaty (pohoří), Carpathian Mountains, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, SAR interferometry, LIDAR, 7, and 551
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The paper presents the preliminary results of the analysis of two archival SAR datasets acquired by ERS-1/2 satellites of the same area of Roznow Lake in Southern Poland. Both datasets cover the same period of 8 years (1992 - 2000) and refers to the same area by the 50% of overlap between the neighbouring satellite tracks. The main purpose of this analysis was to derive the overlapping data about deformation velocity calculated using PSI (Persistent Scatterers Interferometry). The presented PSI results refer to PS (Persistent Scatterers) located on active landslides and therefore representing landslide movement. In Polish Carpathians, due to sparse urbanization, vegetation and rough relief the obtained PS density is usually not very high and generally difficult to interpret. The application of two overlapping datasets, where both of them observe the same phenomena, allow to cross-validate the data by identification of common PS points. For two datasets acquired from different tracks, usually many PS are not common and occur at different locations. Such situation could be explained by the difference between the incidence angles for both acquisitions. In a case of two tracks and therefore different terrain objects might act as PS. By joining the PS point sets from such neighbouring tracks the density of PS could be significantly increased. In order to perform a PSI analysis of Roznow Lake the data acquired from 179 and 408 tracks have been used and a few hundred of PS were obtained from PSI processing. For both tracks similar deformations velocity were obtained within a range of +/- 6 mm/yr. The PS points on active landslides are usually related to the buildings (walls, roofs) and roads affected usually by high risk., Zbigniew Perski, Andrzej Borkowski, Tomasz Wojciechowski and Antoni Wójcik., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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968. Application of proteomics in biomarker discovery: a primer for the clinician
- Creator:
- Tambor, V., Alena Fučíková, Juraj Lenčo, Marian Kacerovský, Vít Řeháček, Jiří Stulík, and Radek Pudil
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- Type:
- article, články, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Fyziologie člověka a srovnávací fyziologie, proteomika, hmotnostní spektrometrie, proteomics, mass spectroscopy, biomarker, plasma, mass spectrometry, 14, and 612
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- English
- Description:
- Ever since proteomics was proven to be capable of characterizing a large number of differences in both protein quality and quantity, it has been applied in various areas of biomedicine, ranging from the deciphering molecular pathogenesis of diseases to the characterization of novel drug targets and the discovery of potential diagnostic biomarkers. Indeed, the biomarker discovery in human plasma is clearly one of the areas with enormous potential. However, without proper planning and implementation of specific techniques, the efforts and expectations may very easily be hampered. Numerous earlier projects aimed at clinical proteomics, characterized by exaggerated enthusiasm, often underestimated some principal obstacles of plasma biomarker discovery. Consequently, ambiguous and insignificant results soon led to a more critical view in this field. In this article, we critically review the current state of proteomic approaches for biomarker discovery and validation, in order to provide basic information and guidelines for both clinicians and researchers. These need to be closely considered prior to initiation of a project aimed at plasma biomarker discovery. We also present a short overview of recent applications of clinical proteomics in biomarker discovery., V. Tambor ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy
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969. Application of resistivity imaging method for investigation of geologic structure of pleistocene sediments
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- Żogała, Bogdan, Dubiel, Ryszard, Lewandowski, Józef, Zuberek, Waclaw M., and Gąska, Grzegorz
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- article, články, model:article, and TEXT
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- Geologie. Meteorologie. Klimatologie, pleistocén, pleistocene, resistivity imaging, eologic structure, 7, and 551
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- This paper presents the results of geophysical survey performed in the Pilawa River valley in the area of Middle Pomerania (Poland). The resistivity imaging method was applied. Resistivity profile measuring eight hundred metres allowed to investigate the geologic structure to the depth of 150 metres. The resistivity cross section shows the structure of Pleistocene sediments and the depth of Miocene - Pleistocene boundary. The significant lowering of the boundary is related to assumable ice-sheet margin range of Pomeranian phase of North Polish Glaciation. The lowering of the boundary may be a result of sediments compaction and the subglacial tunnel slope as well., Bogdan Żogała, Ryszard Dubiel, Józef Lewandowski, Waclaw M. Zuberek and Grzegorz Gąska., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
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970. Application of resistivity imaging to recognition of geological structure in the area of shallow Zn-Pb ore bodies: (preliminary study)
- Creator:
- Jochymczyk, Krzysztof, Cabala, Jerzy, and Poreba, Artur
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- Geologie. Meteorologie. Klimatologie, geodynamika, geodynamics, resistivity imaging, geophysics ore recognition, Zawiercie Zn-Pb ore deposits, 7, and 551
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Depletion of exploited mineral ore resources and their constant price increase have contributed to active interest in recognition and exploitation of new workable deposits. Exploration work which has been carried out in the vicinity of non-exploited ore areas such as Klucze, Zawiercie and Laski results in confirmation of Zn-Pb commercial deposits. In this region Zn-Pb ores occur in the Devonian and Triassic carbonate formation at a depth of 70 - 80 metres under the surface. Geological recognition is based on the analysis of data taken from bore-holes. To determine the mode of the ores occurrence and service conditions, it is necessity to work out a spatial image of overburden structure. For this reason resistivity measurements with highly distributed LUND Imaging System were introduced in the area of Zawiercie I. The studies were carried out according to three measuring protocols: Schlumberger, Wenner and dipole-dipole. The measurements were performed along three parallel six-hundred-metre profiles. The resistivity cross sections were elaborated using Res2D software. The results of the geophysical research were correlated with the data taken from bore-holes in order to testing the efficiency of applied geoelectrical methods. The study showed a significant diversification of geoelectric characteristics of the rockmass and thus it allowed to recognise accurately the overburden structure of the deposit and to locate precisely zones of faulting. In future, the applied geoelectrical methods are certainly to be used for localization ore bodies at a considarable depth range., Krzysztof Jochymczyk, Jerzy Cabala and Artur Poreba., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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