scholarly journals Selection of Dried and Table Apricots in Nevsehir and Nigde Regions, Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-433
Author(s):  
Veyis YURTKULU ◽  
Ali KÜDEN ◽  
Ayzin B. KÜDEN
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Germplasm Resources ◽  
Stone Fruits ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Brix Value ◽  
Apricot Tree ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Selection Of

Apricot, for which Turkey is recognized as a top producer and the leading country in the world, is one of the most produced stone fruits in Turkey. For long time ago, apricot has been grown with the nursery plants obtained from the seeds in Nevsehir and Nigde provinces caused a wide range of germplasm resources in this area (Cappadocia area). Each apricot tree shows different characteristics and could be a variety candidate. With this study, phenological and pomological characters of 91 genotypes were determined and among them 15 of the best promising genotypes were given in this paper. Considering the experimented 15 genotypes, 8 genotypes gave higher Brix value (SSC) (27-31%) than ‘Hacihaliloglu’ variety (25-26%) which was the most common dried apricot variety in Turkey. Regarding the fruit weight, which is an important aspect for both dried and table fruits, high valued genotypes were also determined. The fruit weight of 11 genotypes were higher than 50 g with the values between 51.45 g and 84.02 g. As a result of this study, candidates for dried and table apricot genotypes were identified.

Improving the efficiency of electromechanical processing by surface plastic deformation

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
N.G. Dudkina ◽  
I.N. Zakharov ◽  
V. V. Barinov
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Surface Plastic Deformation ◽  
Carbon Steels ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Surface Plastic ◽  
State Technical ◽  
Effective Combination ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Selection Of

The article provides an overview of the experimental research developments of the recent years of the scientific school of the Volgograd State Technical University in the field of combined surface hardening of metals by electromechanical processing (EMP) in combination with surface plastic deformation (SPD). For a long time, the authors have been developing a scientifically based approach to the selection of an effective combination of technological effects based on electromechanical processing using surface plastic deformation on the surface layer of medium- and high-carbon steels. The advantage of the combined technologies based on EMP is the possibility to control the quality, structure, physical-mechanical and operational properties within a wide range by changing the hardening modes.

Esther Simpson: A Correspondence

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Broda
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Human Retina ◽  
Academic Assistance ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Musical Activities

Among the hundreds of Austrian refugees who arrived in Britain in 1938 after Hitler annexed Austria was the author's father, Engelbert Broda, who shortly afterwards was joined by his wife Hildegard. Engelbert Broda later made contact with the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL), and it was through Esther Simpson, the long-time Secretary of the SPSL, that Charles Goodeve took him on to work on visual purple (rhodopsin), a vital component of the human retina. This chapter presents a selection of letters between Esther Simpson and Engelbert Broda. The extracts given here relate to the foundation of the Academic Assistance Council, Esther Simpson's beliefs, Engelbert Broda's memories much later of what her help had meant to him personally, and the state of the world. Other regular topics are their work, her musical activities, and the comings and goings of mutual friends including L. Kowarski, J. Guéron, and O. R. Frisch, all of whom they knew from Cambridge days. The emphasis in this selection is in representing Esther Simpson's own attitudes and achievements in her own words.

Interkulturelle Aspekte bei der Gestaltung von Unternehmenswebseiten

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Ulrike Reisach
Keyword(s):  
International Management ◽  
Corporate Communications ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Technical Features ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
International Companies

Unternehmen präsentieren sich nicht nur im eigenen Land, sondern auf allen Zielmärkten mit ihrer Webseite. Diese dient als elektronische „Visitenkarte“, als Erstinformation über das Unternehmen, seine Produkte, Menschen und Standorte. Viele Firmen, die ihre Webseiten internationalisieren, denken dabei zunächst an eine Übersetzung aller Inhalte. Viel wichtiger ist es jedoch, Inhalte und Gestaltung der Webseiten an die lokalen Wahrnehmungsmuster, Stile und Nutzungsgewohnheiten anzupassen. Companies are increasingly using international webpages as a tool to communicate with their local target groups. Quite often they seem to assume that internationalization just means translating the existing content – but in reality it means much more: A deliberate selection of contents, design and structure, including key messages, pictures and videos, fonts and style as well as technical features, SEO and interactivity are crucial for a successful online appearance in foreign markets. Using practical examples from all over the world, Ulrike Reisach, Professor for International Management and Corporate Communications, and long-time director for leading international companies, explains what has to be considered in order to get your company’s international webpage right. Keywords: website struktur, suchmaschine, schönheitsideale, meta tags, luxus, hardware, fonts

scholarly journals Amazing Types, Properties, and Applications of Fibres in Construction Materials

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 2513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Mohajerani ◽  
Siu-Qun Hui ◽  
Mehdi Mirzababaei ◽  
Arul Arulrajah ◽  
Suksun Horpibulsuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Asphalt Concrete ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fibre Reinforcement ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Incineration Process

Fibres have been used in construction materials for a very long time. Through previous research and investigations, the use of natural and synthetic fibres have shown promising results, as their presence has demonstrated significant benefits in terms of the overall physical and mechanical properties of the composite material. When comparing fibre reinforcement to traditional reinforcement, the ratio of fibre required is significantly less, making fibre reinforcement both energy and economically efficient. More recently, waste fibres have been studied for their potential as reinforcement in construction materials. The build-up of waste materials all around the world is a known issue, as landfill space is limited, and the incineration process requires considerable energy and produces unwanted emissions. The utilisation of waste fibres in construction materials can alleviate these issues and promote environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions that work in the industry. This study reviews the types, properties, and applications of different fibres used in a wide range of materials in the construction industry, including concrete, asphalt concrete, soil, earth materials, blocks and bricks, composites, and other applications.

scholarly journals Risk of Human-to-Wildlife Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Gryseels ◽  
Luc De Bruyn ◽  
Ralf Gyselings ◽  
Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer ◽  
Fabian Leendertz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Evolutionary Origins ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Zoo Animals ◽  
Long Time ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Wildlife Reservoir ◽  
Endangered Animals

It has been a long time since the world has experienced a pandemic with such a rapid devastating impact as the current COVID-19 pandemic. The causative agent, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is further unusual in that it appears capable of infecting many different mammal species. As a significant proportion of people worldwide are infected with SARS-CoV-2 and may spread the infection unknowingly before symptoms occur or without any symptoms ever occurring, there is a non-negligible risk of humans spreading SARS-CoV-2 to wildlife, in particular mammals. Because of SARS-CoV-2’s evolutionary origins in bats and reports of humans transmitting the virus to pets and zoo animals, regulations for prevention of human-to-animal transmission have so far focused mostly on these animal groups. Here, we summarize recent studies and reports that show that a wide range of distantly related mammals are likely susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and that susceptibility or resistance to the virus is in general not predictable, or only to some extent, by phylogenetic proximity to known susceptible or resistant hosts. In the absence of solid evidence on the SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility/resistance for each of the >5,500 mammal species, we argue that sanitary precautions should be taken when interacting with any mammal species in the wild. Preventing human-to-wildlife SARS-CoV-2 transmission is important for protecting these (sometimes endangered) animals from disease, but also to avoid establishment of novel SARS-CoV-2 reservoirs in wild animals. The risk of repeated re-infection of humans from such a wildlife reservoir could severely hamper SARS-CoV-2 control efforts. For wildlife fieldworkers interacting directly or indirectly with mammals, we recommend sanitary precautions such as physical distancing, wearing face masks and gloves, and frequent decontamination, which are very similar to regulations currently imposed to prevent transmission among humans.

scholarly journals A Note from the New Book Review Editor

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-130
Author(s):  
Manlio Della Marca
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Art History ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Review Section ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Review Editor ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Selection Of

Starting with this issue, our journal will include a completely redesigned Book Review Section, featuring three to five high-quality reviews by leading and emerging scholars from around the world. As for the selection of the books to be reviewed, even though I am a literary scholar, it is my intention as Review Editor to consider books that engage with the U.S. and the Americas as a hemispheric and global phenomenon from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines, including anthropology, art history, and media studies.

Editorial: Taste of City, transnational food and place marketing

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Evinc Dogan ◽  
Ibrahim Sirkeci
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Place Marketing ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Culinary Traditions ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

In this special issue of Transnational Marketing Journal, we brought together a selection of articles drawn from presentations at the Taste of City Conference 2016: Food and Place Marketing which was held at the University of Belgrade, Serbia on 1st September 2016. We have supported the event along with Transnational Press London. We thank to Goran Petkovic, the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade, and Goran’s volunteer students team who helped with the conference organisation. Mobilities are often addressed within social sciences varying across a wide range of disciplines including geography, migration studies, cultural studies, tourism, sociology and anthropology. Food mobilities capture eating, tasting, producing and consuming practices as well as traveling and transferring. Food and tastes are carried around the world, along the routes of mobility through out the history. As people take their own culture to the places, they take their food too. Food meets and mingles with other cultures on the way. Fusion food is born when food transcends the borders and mix with different ingredients from different culinary traditions. Although certain places are associated and branded with food, it is a challenging job to understand the role of food and taste in forming and reformulating the identity of places. 

Viability of Litchi chinensis seeds when stored in air and in water

1985 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Ray ◽  
S. B. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Litchi Chinensis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Range Of Variation ◽  
Selection Of

India is the second largest litchi producing country in the world after China (Syamal & Mishra, 1984), yet the number of litchi cultivars grown in the country is quite small compared with mango (Mangifera indica). In mango most of the choicest Indian cultivars have been obtained from chance seedlings (Singh, 1960) grown in the past without any definite aim in mind. Litchi, as a result of crosspollination (Chaturvedi, 1965), is a highly heterozygous fruit, and as such, its seedlings, like those of mango, exhibit a wide range of variation which helps in the selection of new desired types. It has, thus, been emphasized that litchi should be grown in bulk from seeds to introduce genetic variability (Kumar & Thakur, 1981). Kadman & Slor (1974), encouraged by excellent success in grafting, have also stressed the need for raising plants through seeds for rootstocks.

scholarly journals Genetic diversity in a collection of ornamental squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)

Genetika ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emina Mladenovic ◽  
Janos Berenji ◽  
Vladislav Ognjanov ◽  
Mirjana Ljubojevic ◽  
Jelena Cukanovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Core Collection ◽  
Quantitative Traits ◽  
Cucurbita Pepo ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Leaf Length ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

The aim of this study is collecting and preserving of unique Cucurbita pepo germplasm in Serbia. This study also describes the intraspecific variation of C. pepo within twenty germplasm accessions. Conservation work aimed to develop a representative core collection of C. pepo germplasm, to guide future studies and breeding of its ornamental use. A wide range of C. pepo germplasm was collected from diferent parts of the world. Nineteen variables were recorded in 20 varieties to determine the overall degree of polymorphism and to detect similarities among them. Qualitative traits of fruit such is shape, color and texture, showed immense variation. Coefficient of variation were highest for fruit length, fruit weight and number of fruits per plant (CV=56.69161.32%), while they were the lowest for leaf length (CV=20.65%). Morphological characterization is need to facilitate the use of C. pepo varieties in breeding work. Based on the PCA results, 20 accessions of squash are separate in five groups. Those groups are unique in qualitative and quantitative traits. Knowledge of genetic divergence among varieties is essential for breeding.

scholarly journals WoSIS: providing standardised soil profile data for the world

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels H. Batjes ◽  
Eloi Ribeiro ◽  
Ad van Oostrum ◽  
Johan Leenaars ◽  
Tom Hengl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Property ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Profile Data ◽  
Data Lineage ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Point Data ◽  
Water Holding ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract. The aim of the World Soil Information Service (WoSIS) is to serve quality-assessed, georeferenced soil data (point, polygon, and grid) to the international community upon their standardisation and harmonisation. So far, the focus has been on developing procedures for legacy point data with special attention to the selection of soil analytical and physical properties considered in the GlobalSoilMap specifications (e.g. organic carbon, soil pH, soil texture (sand, silt, and clay), coarse fragments ( <  2 mm), cation exchange capacity, electrical conductivity, bulk density, and water holding capacity). Profile data managed in WoSIS were contributed by a wide range of soil data providers; the data have been described, sampled, and analysed according to methods and standards in use in the originating countries. Hence, special attention was paid to measures for soil data quality and the standardisation of soil property definitions, soil property values, and soil analytical method descriptions. At the time of writing, the full WoSIS database contained some 118 400 unique shared soil profiles, of which some 96 000 are georeferenced within defined limits. In total, this corresponds with over 31 million soil records, of which some 20 % have so far been quality-assessed and standardised using the sequential procedure discussed in this paper. The number of measured data for each property varies between profiles and with depth, generally depending on the purpose of the initial studies. Overall, the data lineage strongly determined which data could be standardised with acceptable confidence in accord with WoSIS procedures, corresponding to over 4 million records for 94 441 profiles. The publicly available data – WoSIS snapshot of July 2016 – are persistently accessible from ISRIC WDC-Soils through doi:10.17027/isric-wdcsoils.20160003.

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