The association between individual plant performance and seed yield variability within and between field pea crops was investigated. In 1988/89 six F8 genotypes with morphologically distinct characteristics were selected ...

Whole body vibration (WBV) is a relatively new tool used by some practitioners to improve health. Vibration is now widely used in sport science, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation. WBV is applied via a platform which transmits ...

As one of the most important service markets in China, the Chinese mobile communications market has been neglected by most prior studies (Lai et al., 2007). Despite a few recent studies, several researchers suggest that ...

China’s property prices started to pick up in 2001, where the nationwide property price index for residential building exhibited an increase of 23 percent from 2000 to 2004 (Peng et al., 2008). Cities such as Beijing and ...

The roles of traditional and modern museums have been scrutinised theoretically in museum studies, critical theory, cultural studies and other academic disciplines, but there is a lack of empirical insights into their ...

Two humic acids have been studied in terms of: (i) their ability to bind H⁺, Cd²⁺ and Cu²⁺, and; (ii) the rates of dissociation of their Cu²⁺ complexes. For both Summit Hill and Waimari Peat humic acids, the protonation ...

New Zealand attitudes to soil and water conservation have their origins in Europe and North America where legislation for the conservation of soil and water resources preceded research by 20 - 30 years. In the 1930's ...

Pathogen infection or plant disease cause major losses in crop production across many species. In grapevine, in particular, there is an ongoing need to decrease dependence on chemical agents as a method to control or manage ...

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) has the highest mortality rate in childhood cancer. Glucocorticoids (GCs) have been used as chemotherapeutic drugs for children with ALL for more than 50 years. GCs induce apoptosis in ...

Over the last thirty years there have been dramatic changes in the monetary policy transmission mechanisms in China. The People’s Bank of China (PBC) began functioning as the central bank in 1984 and since then monetary ...