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Open AccessIntegrated diagnostics: proceedings from the 9th biennial symposium of the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology
The International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology held its 9th biennial meeting in August 2011. The focus of the programme was integrated diagnostics and massive computing. Participants discussed th...
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Shock Location in Funnel Flows onto Magnetized Neutron Stars
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GemStar russet: A potato variety with high yield, good culinary quality, excellent fresh market appearance, and resistance to common scab
GemStar Russet, derived from the cross Gem Russet x A8341-5, was released in 2004 by the USDA/ARS and the agricultural experiment stations of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The foliage of GemStar Russet is dar...
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Antioxidant capacity, anthocyanins and total phenolics in purple-and red-fleshed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes
Purple- and red-fleshed potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) were evaluated for their total anthocyanin (ACY), total phenolic (PHEN), and antioxidant capacity. The ACY and PHEN compounds were distributed throughout th...
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Environmental conditions influence the content and yield of anthocyanins and total phenolics in purple- and red-flesh potatoes during tuber development
Changes in content and yield of anthocyanins (ACY) and total phenolics (PHEN) during development of purple- and red-flesh potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) were studied in cultivars grown in Texas and Colorado. In bo...
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Stationary Electromagnetic Fields of a Slowly Rotating Magnetized Neutron Star in General Relativity
Following the general formalism presented by Rezzolla, Ahmedov and Miller, (1) we here derive analytic solutions of the electromagnetic fields equations in the internal and exte...
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AC Stampede Russet: A high-yielding oblong russet cultivar for the french fry and fresh market industries
AC Stampede Russet has a maincrop maturity, and the tubers reach maximum size in western Canada in early to mid-September. The tubers are attractive with russet skin, shallow eyes, an oblong shape, and are ver...
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Century Russet: A high-yielding fresh market cultivar with verticillium resistance
Century Russet, a high-yielding, late-maturing variety suitable for fresh tablestock use, was jointly released in 1995 by Agricultural Experiment Stations in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Colorado, California, an...
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Instrumentation and Measurement Issues for Nanometer Particles: Workshop Summary
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Non-Stationary Accretion onto Black Holes
Results are presented from an ongoing research programme to study non-stationary disc accretion onto black holes using a time-dependent Lagrangian computer code and working within the “slim disc” approach. Phe...
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Assessment of temperature-dependent development in the general population and among isofemale lines ofCoccinella trifasciata (Col.: Coccinellidae)
Temperature-dependent development ofCoccinella trifasciata LeConte from Corvallis, Oregon, was assessed for the general population and compared among a subset of isofemale lines. All eggs died at 10 and 34°C. Sur...
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History, Scope, and the Future of Laser Ablation
The study of the interaction of high-power lasers with solid matter is as old as the laser itself. Variously termed laser ablation, vaporization, sputtering, desorption, spallation or etching, the physical pro...
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Effects of nitrogen and Douglas-fir allelochemicals on development of the gypsy moth,Lymantria dispar
Two experiments were conducted to examine the influence of foliar nitrogen, terpenes, and phenolics of Douglas-fir on the development of gypsy moth larvae. In the first experiment, foliar concentrations of nit...
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Russet Nugget: A fresh market and processing potato cultivar with resistance to common scab
Russet Nugget is an oblong, smooth, high yielding potato with fresh market and processing qualities. It emerges quickly, produces an erect, large, vigorous vine with a profusion of white flowers, and is late m...
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White alder and Douglas-fir foliage quality and interegg-mass influences on larval development of gypsy moth,Lymantria dispar
Individual families of gypsy moth collected from a single population exhibited different degrees of fitness when fed diets of white alder, a suitable broadleaf host, and Douglas-fir, an unsuitable conifer host...
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RFLP analysis of phylogenetic relationships and genetic variation in the genus Lycopersicon
Forty single-copy, nuclear probes of known chromosomal position were used to examine restriction fragment length polymorphism in the tomato genus Lycopersion. The probes were from three libraries: one cDNA, and t...
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Effect of different restriction enzymes, probe source, and probe length on detecting restriction fragment length polymorphism in tomato
Since the construction and use of RFLP genetic maps depends on the ability of cloned sequences to detect polymorphism, we have attempted to determine conditions under which maximum levels of polymorphism can b...
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Krantz: A Russet cultivar for the irrigated sands
Krantz is an oblong to slightly blocky, russet-skinned potato cultivar with medium-late maturity and a vigorous vine. It is resistant to hollow heart, has high resistance to common scab and possesses high fiel...
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Host specificity ofCostesia yakutatensis [Hym.: Braconidae] on lepidoptera in peppermint and alfalfa
Seven species of Lepidoptera, common to alfalfa and peppermint in western Oregon, were tested as potential hosts forCotesia yakutatensis (Ashmead). Laboratory and field studies demonstrated that onlyAutographa ca...
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Use of an in vitro tuberization system to study tuber protein gene expression
Nodal cuttings from micropropagated potato plantlets give rise to microtubers when placed on Murashige and Skoog medium containing 6% sucrose and 2.5 mg/liter kinetin and incubated in the dark at 19°C. Microtu...