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Influence of radial force and rake angle on ring debarking efficiency of frozen and unfrozen black spruce logs
The effects of the radial force applied by a ring tip debarker and the rake angle on debarking quality of frozen and unfrozen black spruce logs were studied. A one-arm ring debarker prototype was built, which ...
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Combined and individual effects of a nucleopolyhedrovirus and azadirachtin on the mortality and maize-leaf consumption of Spodoptera frugiperda
The combined and alone effects of azadirachtin (AZA) and Spodoptera frugiperda multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) on the mortality and food consumption of third instar S. frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidopt...
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Changes in physical properties of tropical and temperate hardwoods below and above the fiber saturation point
Changes in physical and mechanical properties of wood were analyzed using sorption tests combined with dimensional measurements and perpendicular-to-the-grain tangential compression tests. In order to determin...
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Influence of wood planing on the second-order effects of moisture sorption in sugar maple
Two types of machines, a conventional planer, and a fixed-knife pressure-bar planer were used to prepare matched specimens of sugar maple wood. After adsorption and desorption, both experiments at 21 °C, the ...
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Sequential determination of calcium distribution in B cells at the various phases of glucose-induced insulin secretion
Localization and quantification of calcium pyroantimonate precipitates within the B cells, and determination of insulin secretion were performed in rat pancreas perfused with 3.3 and 16.6 mmol/l glucose. Obser...
