Massive biobank yields first results—with more to come

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 1326-1326
Author(s):  
Elie Dolgin
Keyword(s):  
First Results ◽  
To Come

scholarly journals MECHANIZED HARVESTING TESTS PERFORMED BY GRAPE HARVESTERS IN SUPER INTENSIVE OLIVE ORCHARD CULTIVATION IN SPAIN

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Gennaro Giametta ◽  
Bruno Bernardi
Keyword(s):  
Observational Studies ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Maturity Stage ◽  
Tree Crown ◽  
Olive Orchard ◽  
First Results ◽  
Olive Groves ◽  
Olive Cultivation ◽  
To Come ◽  
Almost All

Today also those countries boasting a century-old olive growing tradition have to look at the latest, most dynamic, non labour-intensive olive growing systems to abate production (notably, harvesting operations) costs and remain competitive in a globalized market. This is why over the last few years super intensive olive orchard cultivation has been attracting a lot of interest on the part of olive growers all over the world as it accounts for an innovative model whereby olive groves are tailored to the special needs of grape harvesters. This paper reports the first results of experimental mechanical harvesting tests in a super-intensive olive cultivation. The study is intended to explore both productivity and work capacity of two of the most commonly used grape harvesters, Grégoire G120SW and New Holland Braud VX680, in a view to assessing their harvesting performance by a series of tests conducted in Spain. On the basis of the tests it was possible to verify that the machines are able to detach the almost all the drupes (more than 90%), with one only passage, and this independently of both size and location of drupes on the tree crown and of their maturity stage. Using these machines, two people can often carry out the whole harvest process: an operator driving the harvester and another person transferring the fruit from the harvester in the field to the olive oil mill for processing. With this system, the work speed is usually, in the best working conditions, about 1.7 km/hour and the average harvesting time is about 2.5-3 hours/ha. For the time being it is however impossible to draw definitive conclusions in terms of performance of the above cultivation systems and harvesting machines. Additional key observational studies are needed in the years to come to assess the efficiency of the entire model.

scholarly journals Simultaneous Multi-Wavelength Observations of Microquasars (The Mine Collaboration)

2004 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 28-29
Author(s):  
Y. Fuchs ◽  
J. Rodriguez ◽  
I. F. Mirabel ◽  
S. E. Shaw ◽  
P. Kretschmar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Compact Object ◽  
First Results ◽  
Multi Wavelength ◽  
To Come

AbstractWe present the international collaboration MINE (Multi-λ INTEGRAL NEtwork) aimed at conducting multi wavelength observations of microquasars simultaneously with the INTEGRAL satellite. The first results of GRS 1915+105 are encouraging and those to come should help us to understand the physics of the accretion and ejection phenomena around a compact object.

The AMOC at 47° North in Observations and a High Resolution Ocean Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Wett ◽  
Monika Rhein ◽  
Arne Biastoch ◽  
Claus W. Böning ◽  
Klaus Getzlaff
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Meridional Overturning Circulation ◽  
Model Simulations ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
First Results ◽  
Continuous Current ◽  
Meridional Overturning ◽  
To Come

<p>The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the main driver of northward oceanic volume and heat transport in the Atlantic. Due to its definition via the streamfunction the exact calculation of the AMOC requires knowledge of the full velocity field. Since the early 2000s, observations of the AMOC are available at 47° North in the form of hydrographic sections across the Atlantic and continuous current measurements from moored instruments at specific locations. However, the spatial resolution of current measurements is coarse and shipbased hydrographic sections are mostly done only once a year. Also the observational timeseries still remain too short to come to conclusions about decadal trends in the AMOC variability. Thus, today our knowledge about the role of the AMOC in the global climate system is mainly based on model simulations. Comparing these model simulations against observations remains an important task to accurately predict the future of the AMOC and adapt to changes.</p><p>We present first results of a model observations comparison in the subpolar North Atlantic between observations at 47° North and the high resolution ocean model VIKING20X. The model has a 1/20° nest in the Atlantic embedded in a global 1/4° model. It covers the years from 1980 to 2018 and thus overlaps with the whole observational period. This comparison will help assessing different methods of estimating the AMOC strength from observations.</p>

scholarly journals Sequencing the Potato Genome: Outline and First Results to Come from the Elucidation of the Sequence of the World’s Third Most Important Food Crop

2009 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 417-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. F. Visser ◽  
Christian W. B. Bachem ◽  
Jan M. de Boer ◽  
Glenn J. Bryan ◽  
Swarup K. Chakrabati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Crop ◽  
Important Food ◽  
Potato Genome ◽  
First Results ◽  
To Come

The Armenian-German Archaeological Project: Results from the Excavations in Artaxata 2018–2021

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
Hayk Gyulamiryan ◽  
Syuzanna Muradyan ◽  
Mkrtich Zardaryan ◽  
Achim Lichtenberger ◽  
Torben Schreiber
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Deep Drilling ◽  
First Results ◽  
Archaeological Project ◽  
To Come

The report deals with the first results of the Armenian-German Artaxata Project (AGAP) which started in 2018. The project focuses on the Lower City of Artashat/Artaxata, the capital of Artaxiad and Arsacid Armenia. So far, the area was investigated by over 30 hectares of magnetic prospection, large-scale excavations in over 400 sqm and selective deep drilling. Several structures of possibly domestic and public functions – in parts with an elaborate character – were uncovered. The project will continue in the years to come with further excavation campaigns.

Investor-State Dispute Settlement under NAFTA Chapter 11: The Shape of Things to Come?

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 263-290
Author(s):  
J. Anthony VanDuzer
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Minimum Standards ◽  
The North ◽  
State Behaviour ◽  
Nafta Chapter 11 ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Right

SummaryRecently, there has been a proliferation of international agreements imposing minimum standards on states in respect of their treatment of foreign investors and allowing investors to initiate dispute settlement proceedings where a state violates these standards. Of greatest significance to Canada is Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which provides both standards for state behaviour and the right to initiate binding arbitration. Since 1996, four cases have been brought under Chapter 11. This note describes the Chapter 11 process and suggests some of the issues that may arise as it is increasingly resorted to by investors.

Discussion of the Oblique Rotator Model Cases Of 108 Aqr and x Serp.

1976 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 577-588
Author(s):  
C. Mégessier ◽  
V. Khokhlova ◽  
T. Ryabchikova
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Formulation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rotator Model ◽  
Oblique Rotator ◽  
First Results

My talk will be on the oblique rotator model which was first proposed by Stibbs (1950), and since received success and further developments. I shall present two different attempts at describing a star according to this model and the first results obtained in the framework of a Russian-French collaboration in order to test the precision of the two methods. The aim is to give the best possible representation of the element distributions on the Ap stellar surfaces. The first method is the mathematical formulation proposed by Deutsch (1958-1970) and applied by Deutsch (1958) to HD 125248, by Pyper (1969) to α2CVn and by Mégessier (1975) to 108 Aqr. The other one was proposed by Khokhlova (1974) and used by her group.

Meridional Circulation, Turbulence, and Diffusion Processes in Stars

1976 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Vauclair
Keyword(s):  
Convection Zone ◽  
Diffusion Processes ◽  
Meridional Circulation ◽  
Diffusion Time ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
First Results ◽  
Stellar Envelopes ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Turbulence And Diffusion ◽  
Hr Diagram

This paper gives the first results of a work in progress, in collaboration with G. Michaud and G. Vauclair. It is a first attempt to compute the effects of meridional circulation and turbulence on diffusion processes in stellar envelopes. Computations have been made for a 2 Mʘstar, which lies in the Am - δ Scuti region of the HR diagram.Let us recall that in Am stars diffusion cannot occur between the two outer convection zones, contrary to what was assumed by Watson (1970, 1971) and Smith (1971), since they are linked by overshooting (Latour, 1972; Toomre et al., 1975). But diffusion may occur at the bottom of the second convection zone. According to Vauclair et al. (1974), the second convection zone, due to He II ionization, disappears after a time equal to the helium diffusion time, and then diffusion may happen at the bottom of the first convection zone, so that the arguments by Watson and Smith are preserved.

Scanning Electron Microscopy-cuticular Lesions on the Roundworm Ascaris Suum

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
P. A. Madden ◽  
W. R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Secondary Electron ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Silver Paint ◽  
To Come ◽  
Scanning Electron

The intestinal roundworm of swine is pinkish in color and about the diameter of a lead pencil. Adult worms, taken from parasitized swine, frequently were observed with macroscopic lesions on their cuticule. Those possessing such lesions were rinsed in distilled water, and cylindrical segments of the affected areas were removed. Some of the segments were fixed in buffered formalin before freeze-drying; others were freeze-dried immediately. Initially, specimens were quenched in liquid freon followed by immersion in liquid nitrogen. They were then placed in ampuoles in a freezer at −45C and sublimated by vacuum until dry. After the specimens appeared dry, the freezer was allowed to come to room temperature slowly while the vacuum was maintained. The dried specimens were attached to metal pegs with conductive silver paint and placed in a vacuum evaporator on a rotating tilting stage. They were then coated by evaporating an alloy of 20% palladium and 80% gold to a thickness of approximately 300 A°. The specimens were examined by secondary electron emmission in a scanning electron microscope.

Investigation of cluster layers of small netal particles by TEM, SEM, EELS and by photoacoustic spectroscopy

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-251
Author(s):  
H. Seiler ◽  
U. Haas ◽  
K.H. Körtje
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Material ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Optical Methods ◽  
Metal Particles ◽  
Silver Particles ◽  
Low Loss ◽  
Plasmon Excitation ◽  
First Results ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Small Metal Particles

The physical properties of small metal particles reveal an intermediate position between atomic and bulk material. Especially Ag has shown pronounced size effects. We compared silver layers evaporated in high vacuum with cluster layers of small silver particles, evaporated in N2 at a pressure of about 102 Pa. The investigations were performed by electron optical methods (TEM, SEM, EELS) and by Photoacoustic (PA) Spectroscopy (gas-microphone detection).The observation of cluster layers with TEM and high resolution SEM show small silver particles with diameters of about 50 nm (Fig. 1 and Figure 2, respectively). The electron diffraction patterns of homogeneous Ag layers and of cluster layers are similar, whereas the low loss EELS spectra due to plasmon excitation are quite different. Fig. 3 and Figure 4 show first results of EELS spectra of a cluster layer of small silver particles on carbon foil and of a homogeneous Ag layer, respectively.

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