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Introduction -- Table 1. Climatic Data for the Fairbanks Growing Season: 1983, 1984,and the Long-Term Average -- Table 2. Broccoli Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 3. Brussels Sprouts Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 4. Cabbage Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 5. Carrot Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1984 -- Table 6. Cauliflower Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 7. Celery Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 8. Cucumber Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 9. Eggplant Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 10. Green Pea Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 11. Crisphead Lettuce Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1984 -- Table 12. Pepper Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 13. Potato Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1984 -- Table 14. Pumpkin Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 15. Snapbean Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 16. Summer Squash Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 17. W inter Squash Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 18. Sweet Corn Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 19. Tomato Variety Trials, Upland, 1984 -- Table 20. Container Tomato Variety Trials, 1984 -- Table 21. Miscellaneous Vegetables Tested -- Seed Source

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This report summarizes the vegetable-variety evaluations of the Horticulture Department of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1983. Variety trials were all conducted at the Agricultural Experiment Station's research farm at Fairbanks. The objective of this research is to select varieties of vegetables that are adapted to this environment. It also identifies types whose adaptability may be improved through development of improved cultural techniques. The selection effort is directed at finding varieties useful to both the commercial growers and home gardeners.Introduction -- Table 1: Climatic Data for the Fairbanks Growing Season: 1982, 1983 and the Long-Term Average -- Table 2: Broccoli Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 3: Brussels Sprouts Variety Trials, Upland, 1983. -- Table 4: Cabbage Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 5: Carrot Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1983 -- Table 6: Cauliflower Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 7: Celery Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 8: Cucumber Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 9: Egplant Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 10: Green Pea Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1983 -- Table 11: Crisphead Lettuce Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1983 -- Table 12: Pepper Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 13: Potato Variety Trials, Bottomland Peat, 1983 -- Table 14: Pumpkin Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 15: Snapbean Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 16: Summer Squash Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 17: Winter Squash Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 18: Sweet Corn Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 19: Tomato Variety Trials, Upland, 1983 -- Table 20: Container Tomato Variety Trials, 1983 -- Table 21: Miscellaneous Vegetables Tested -- Seed Source

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This report summarizes the vegetable variety evaluations of the Horticulture Department of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1982. Variety trials were all conducted at the Agricultural Experiment Station’s research farm at Fairbanks. The objective of this research is to select varieties of vegetables that are adapted to this environment. It also identifies types whose adaptability may be improved through development of improved cultural techniques. The selection effort is directed at finding varieties useful to both the commercial growers and home gardeners.Introduction -- Table 1:Climatic Data for the Fairbanks Growing Season: 1981, 1982, and the Long-Term Average -- Table 2: Broccoli Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 3: Brussels Sprouts Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 4: Cabbage Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 5: Carrot Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1982 -- Table 6: Cauliflower Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 7: Celery Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 9: Eggplant Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 10: Green Pea Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1982 -- Table 11: Crisphead Lettuce Variety Trials, Bottomland, 1982 -- Table 12: Pepper Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 13: Potato Variety Trials, Bottomland Peat, 1982 -- Table 14: Pumpkin Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 15: Snapbean Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 16: Summer Squash Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 17: Winter Squash Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 18: Sweet Corn Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 19: Tomato Variety Trials, Upland, 1982 -- Table 20: Container Tomato Variety Trials, 1982 -- Table 12: Miscellaneous Vegetables Tested -- Seed Source

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This report summarizes the vegetable variety evaluations of the Horticulture Department of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1979. Variety trials were conducted at the Agricultural Experiment Station’s research farm. The objective of this research is to select varieties of vegetables that are adapted to this environment. It also identifies types whose adaptability may be improved through development of cultural techniques. The selection effort is directed at finding varieties useful to commercial and home garden growers.Varieties are chosen for inclusion in the variety tests on the basis of their description, their latitude of origin, and the record o f the plant-breeding program for producing kinds that have previously been found adapted. Standard recommended varieties are included for comparison. In the past, the vegetable variety evaluation program has been responsible for a continuous improvement in yields, quality, and dependability for many vegetable crops. Our philosophy is to depend upon the many existing plant-breeding programs instead of investing in an expensive, on-site, plant-breeding program . Progress can be made more rapidly by selection than by breeding.Introduction -- Growing-Season Summary: Table 1: Rainfall by Month During the 1979 Growing S e a s o n; Table 2: Broccoli Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 3: Cabbage Variety Trials, Upland, 1 9 79; Table 4: Carrot Variety Trials, Bottom land, 1979; Table 5: Cauliflower Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 6: Cucumber Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 7: Green Pea Variety Trials, 1979; Table 8: Lettuce Variety Trials, Bottom land, 1979; Table 9: Pepper Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 10: Potato Variety Trials, Bottom land, 1979; T able 11: Pumpkin Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 12: Snapbean Variety Trials, 1979; Table 13: Squash, Summer Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 14: Squash, Winter Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 15: Sweet Corn Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 16: Tomato Variety Trials, Upland, 1979; Table 17: Tomato Variety Trials Without Plastic Mulch, Upland, 1979; Miscellaneous Vegetables Tested; Seed Sources

Increased circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 in late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Background: Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease ( AD). Methods: We compared the level of circulating total and bioavailable IGF-1, by simultaneous measurements of IGF-1 and IGF binding protein ( IGFBP)-3, between 87 patients diagnosed with AD and 126 age and sex matched control subjects without cognitive impairment. Blood samples were collected and IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 measured by ELISA. Subjects were also genotyped for apolipoprotein E. Results: Total circulating IGF-1 levels were significantly raised in the AD group as compared to the control group (p = 0.022). There was no significant difference in the circulating level of IGFBP-3 between the two groups. When the IGF-1 levels were ratioed against IGFBP-3 levels as an indicator of unbound, bioavailable circulating IGF-1, there was a significant increase in the molar IGF-1:IGFBP-3 ratio in the AD subjects (0.181 +/- 0.006) as compared to the controls (0.156 +/- 0.004) (p < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis revealed that an increase in the IGF-1: IGFBP-3 molar ratio increased the risk of AD significantly. Conclusion: The results of increased total and free circulating IGF-1 support the hypothesis that in its early stages late-onset AD reflects a state of resistance to IGF-1

Indium-111-labeled polyclonal human immunoglobulin: identifying focal infection in patients positive for human immunodeficiency virus

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Relativistic transition wavelenghts and probabilities for spectral lines of Ne II

Transition wavelengths and probabilities for several 2p4 3p - 2p4 3s and 2p4 3d - 2p4 3p lines in fuorine-like neon ion (NeII) have been calculated within the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock (MCDF) method with quantum electrodynamics (QED) corrections. The results are compared with all existing experimental and theoretical data

Observing b→s μ+μ−b \rightarrow s \, \mu^+ \mu^- Decays at Hadron Colliders

We examine the prospects for observing weak flavour-changing neutral current (FCNC) decays of \B\ mesons at hadron colliders, including effects of anomalous $WWZ$~vertices. Since it is very difficult to measure the inclusive rate B \rightarrow X_s \, \lp \lm one should consider exclusive modes such as \BKsmumu\ and \BKmumu. Even though this requires one to compute hadronic matrix elements, we show that experimentally observable quantities (ratios of decay rates) are not strongly parametrisation dependent. Some possibilities for reducing the theoretical uncertainties from other experimental data are discussed.Comment: 17 pages, uses LaTeX, epsf and uufiles. UCLA/93/TEP/2

Characteristics of Conservation Laws for Difference Equations

Each conservation law of a given partial differential equation is determined (up to equivalence) by a function known as the characteristic. This function is used to find conservation laws, to prove equivalence between conservation laws, and to prove the converse of Noether's Theorem. Transferring these results to difference equations is nontrivial, largely because difference operators are not derivations and do not obey the chain rule for derivatives. We show how these problems may be resolved and illustrate various uses of the characteristic. In particular, we establish the converse of Noether's Theorem for difference equations, we show (without taking a continuum limit) that the conservation laws in the infinite family generated by Rasin and Schiff are distinct, and we obtain all five-point conservation laws for the potential Lotka-Volterra equation

1/16-BPS Black Holes and Giant Gravitons in the AdS_5 X S^5 Space

We explore 1/16-BPS objects of type IIB string theory in AdS_5 * S^5. First, we consider supersymmetric AdS_5 black holes, which should be 1/16-BPS and have a characteristic that not all physical charges are independent. We point out that the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of these black holes admits a remarkably simple expression in terms of (dependent) physical charges, which suggests its microscopic origin via certain Cardy or Hardy-Ramanujan formula. We also note that there is an upper bound for the angular momenta given by the electric charges. Second, we construct a class of 1/16-BPS giant graviton solutions in AdS_5 * S^5 and explore their properties. The solutions are given by the intersections of AdS_5 * S^5 and complex 3 dimensional holomorphic hyperspaces in C^{1+5}, the latter being the zero loci of three holomorphic functions which are homogeneous with suitable weights on coordinates. We investigate examples of giant gravitons, including their degenerations to tensionless strings.Comment: 25 pages, no figures, v2: references added, comments added in the conclusio