Superiority index based on target traits reveals the evolution of Brazilian soybean cultivars over last half-century

The genetic base of Brazilian soybean cultivars: evolution over time and breeding implications

Genetic diversity is essential for crop breeding and one way to estimate it is through the concept of genetic base, which can be defined as the number of ancestors and their relative genetic contributions (RGC) to each cultivar. The RGC can be estimated through the coefficient of parentage between the ancestors and cultivars. Previous studies determined that the genetic base of Brazilian soybea...

the impact of skopos on syntactic features of the target text

the present study is an experimental case study which investigates the impacts, if any, of skopos on syntactic features of the target text. two test groups each consisting of 10 ma students translated a set of sentences selected from advertising texts in the operative and informative mode. the resulting target texts were then statistically analyzed in terms of the number of words, phrases, si...

Evolution of diabetes care over half a century.

Patients with ‘big stomachs, skin-and-bone necks, skull-like faces, feeble movements’ were beginning to stir in desperate anticipation of the new insulin treatment. Dr Allen arrived as it was growing dark and in just a few words gave them hope: ‘I think I have something for you’.1 Soon afterwards, Elizabeth Hughes was to write of her insulin treatment: ‘It is simply too wonderful for words, thi...

Precipitation Trends Analysis in Southwest Asia during the Last Half Century

Precipitation is a climatic elements that have temporal - spatial distribution. In this research database of Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) with a resolution 0.5×0.5 degree for 50 year is used, that was constituted with dimensions of 12800*600. Temporal data are on the columns and pixels (spatial data) located on the rows. The results show an increasing trend in spring and fall ...

The Analysis of Monthly moisture advection changes in Iran’s atmosphere over the recent half-century