moderately sealed container. The word desiccation comes from Latin de- 'thoroughly' and siccare 'to dry'. Desiccation is widely employed in the oil and gas...

substance needing desiccation is put in the upper compartment, usually on a glazed, perforated ceramic plate. The ground-glass rim of the desiccator lid must be...

tissues. Desiccation of crops through the use of herbicides is practiced worldwide on a variety of food and non-food crops. Crop desiccation can improve...

niches and, so, exhibit a variety of strategies to avoid desiccation. In general, desiccation resistance in insects is measured by the change in mass during...

Desiccated thyroid extract (DTE), is thyroid gland that has been dried and powdered for medical use. It is used to treat hypothyroidism., but less preferred...

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a medical condition typically brought on by the aging process in which there are anatomic changes and possibly a loss...

Other names Eczema craquelé, Pruritus hiemalis, Asteatotic eczema, Winter itch,: 81  Desiccation dermatitis, and Winter eczema) Specialty Dermatology...

A dissected plateau is a plateau area that has been severely eroded such that the relief is sharp. Such an area may be referred to as mountainous, but...

reactivate after this time. The ability of Chroococcidiopsis to resist desiccation in arid environments is due in part because it colonizes the underside...

Mudcracks (also known as mud cracks, desiccation cracks or cracked mud) are sedimentary structures formed as muddy sediment dries and contracts. Crack...

Evaporated milk, known in some countries as "unsweetened condensed milk", is a shelf-stable canned cow’s milk product for which approximately 60% of the...

biofacts can be preserved, including through carbonisation, waterlogging, desiccation and mineralization. There are also varying methods of recovering them...

that might otherwise be fatal. In addition to offering protection from desiccation and freezing under normal circumstances, anhydrobiosis also permits resistance...

"urine-diverting") in connection with terms like "dehydration", "dry", "drying", "desiccation" (for the second "D") which gives quite a high number of possible mutations...

of extreme desiccation. The term anhydrobiosis derives from the Greek for "life without water" and is most commonly used for the desiccation tolerance...

structure developed by the shrinkage of sediment without desiccation – not to be confused with desiccation cracks. Syneresis is the expulsion of a liquid from...

5 Desiccation, desulfurization and purification of petroleum gas and natural gas 13X-AS 10 0.55–0.65 23–24 0.3–0.5 Decarburization and desiccation in...

Embryons desséchés ("Desiccated embryos") is a piano composition by Erik Satie, composed in the summer of 1913. The composition consists of three little...

survive almost complete desiccation. Resurrection plants are vascular rooted plants capable of surviving extreme desiccation, then resuming normal metabolic...

Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, and is commonly called caustic potash. Along with sodium hydroxide (NaOH), KOH is a...

distributed throughout the world. As an extremophile, it is able to withstand desiccation under dry conditions with little access to water and is commonly found...

the Miocene (5.33 mya). Some research has suggested that a desiccation-flooding-desiccation cycle may have repeated several times, which could explain...

conditions, the new leaves do not open well, and older leaves may become desiccated; fruit also tends to be shed. The extent of cultivation in the tropics...

devastating losses in ecosystem services and toxic surges of pollutants. The desiccation of saline lakes produces fine dust particles that impair agriculture...

river valleys and oases, and formerly in the Aral Sea, which has largely desiccated in one of the world's worst environmental disasters. The rest is the vast...

and go dormant during desiccation Rotifers (wheel animals) live in transient terrestrial water and go dormant during desiccation Nematodes (roundworms)...

growth, thus desiccation does not completely inhibit bacterial growth. The instrument used to carry out this process is called a desiccator. This process...

(or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water and optionally desiccated coconut. Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian...

grain-grinding culture. Climate changes or overgrazing around 8000 BCE began to desiccate the pastoral lands of Egypt, forming the Sahara. Early tribal peoples...

desiccation has been utilized in the Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryote kingdoms to take advantage of ecological niches. The tolerance to desiccation is...