Effects of increased nitrogen deposition and rotation length on long-term productivity of Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation in southern China.

Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.has been widely planted in subtropical China to meet increasing timber demands, leading to short-rotation practices that deplete soil nutrients.However, increased nitrogen (N) deposition offsets soil N depletion.While long-term experimental data investigating the coupled effects related to short rotation practic

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An in vitro evaluation of fit of the crowns fabricated by zirconium oxide-based ceramic CAD/CAM systems, before and after porcelain firing cycles and after glaze cycles

Background: The objective of this in vitro study was to evaluate the vertical marginal fit of crowns fabricated with ZrO2 shades eq 07m CAD/CAM, before and after porcelain firing cycles and after glaze cycles.Materials and Methods: An acrylic resin model of a left maxillary first molar was prepared and duplicated to have Nickel-Chromium master die.

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Secularization elsewhere: it is more complicated than that

This paper argues that the modern secularization thesis is in the first place an explanation of the past of European societies and their colonial offshoots and that, contra its critics, it was not intended gruvi golden lager as a universal template.Such momentous historical changes cannot simply be repeated if only because, while the secularization

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