ABSTRACT Seeds of Nelumbo nucifera do not imbibe water, and thus have physical dormancy (PY).However, a proportion of seeds are permeable to water, and so we hypothesized that variation in moisture content is a reason for the development of both permeable and impermeable seeds.The permeable proportion of seeds present in a lot collected from Suzhou

For more than fifty years, atmospheric dispersion predictions based on the joint use of a Gaussian plume model and wind tunnel experiments have been applied in both Japan and the U.K.for the Conditioner evaluation of public radiation exposure in nuclear safety analysis.The effective source height used in the Gaussian model is determined from ground

Abstract Background HIV/AIDS treatment programs are currently being mounted in many developing nations that include palliative care services.While measures of palliative care have been Clothing developed and validated for resource rich settings, very little work exists to support an understanding of measurement for Africa, Latin America or Asia.Met