Zn deficiency results in skeletal changes, including retardation of skeletal growth [10] and prolonged bone recovery [13].
Variations in groundwater redox conditions, and associated changes in retardation factors are of particular importance to presumably mobile radionuclides, such as 99Tc; reducing conditions could result in much longer transport times than those predicted with minimal retardation (i.e., K d close to zero).
Since transverse changes of retardation occur on a narrow spatial scale, the polarization state varies within the DOPU evaluation window.
This change in polarisation (retardation), as measured by SLP, correlates with RNFL thickness [ 16, 17].
The most important effects of exposure to radiation during the embryonic or fetal period are a) the death of the embryo or fetus; b) malformations, changes in growth rate, or other functional changes; c) mental retardation; and d) the induction of malignancies including leukemia (Ogris 1997).
They have also been analysed using a modified superposition procedure that allows for changes in mean retardation time due both to physical ageing and to the application and removal of loads.
This study shows that acidic and alkaline wastes co-disposed with uranium into subsurface sediments have significant impact on changes in uranium retardation, concentration, and mass during downward migration.
Clinical symptoms such as hyperactivity and aggressive behavior appear between two and six years of age and are followed by hearing or vision defects, pathological skeletal changes, and mental retardation [1], [2].
Thus, very small phase retardation changes can be calculated even with a SS-OCT scheme.
It was shown recently by Villiger et al. [ 30] that PMD can add significant amounts of noise and even cause erroneous local retardation changes in PS-OCT measurements.
However, all of the lines with high level of CgSΔ90 expression were phenotypically abnormal showing severe growth retardation, changes in leaf architecture and 40- to 60% reduction in tuber yield.
