The effect of benzyladenine on growth, ATP pool size and specific radioactivity, and the rate and amount of RNA synthesis in aseptically cultured axes of Phaseolus vulgaris during the first 24 hours of germination were measured in experiments where the duration of benzyladenine application and its concentration were varied. Maximum promotion of growth (25%) occurs at 10(-5)m benzyladenine. Maxi...

This study examined factors that contribute to effectiveness of social work for victims of terrorism, as reflected by a reduction of mental distress and promotion of personal growth in clients. Participants were 148 pairs of social workers and clients. Social workers completed questionnaires that assessed the intervention characteristics (micro- and macro-intervention effectiveness, supervision...

An ongoing debate in employment policy is whether promoting small and medium enterprises creates more employment. Do small enterprises generate more employment growth than larger enterprises? We use the elimination of small-scale industry (SSI) promotion in India to address this question. For 60 years, SSI promotion in India focused on reserving certain products for manufacture by small and med...

There is a considerable debate between research groups applying the two-stage clonal expansion model for lung cancer risk estimation, whether radon exposure affects initiation and transformation or promotion. The aim of the present study is to quantify the effects of radon progeny on these stages with biophysical models. For this purpose, numerical models of mutation induction and clonal growth...

Most mouse skin papillomas induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)-anthracene initiation followed by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13 acetate (TPA) promotion are benign promoter-dependent papillomas which regress after cessation of promotion, but some benign tumors (promoter-independent papillomas) do not regress, and a few carcinomas seem to develop from progressive growth of these tumors. We have tested ...

Methylobacterium species frequently inhabit plant surfaces and are able to utilize the methanol emitted from plants as carbon and energy sources. As some of the Methylobacterium species are known to promote plant growth, significant attention has been paid to the mechanism of growth promotion and the specificity of plant-microbe interactions. By screening our Methylobacterium isolate collection...

The objective of this study was to characterize the effect of inhalable growth hormone (GH) delivered by an insufflator to the lungs of hypophysectomized Sprague Dawley rats. In the first cohort, the safety and efficacy of the insufflated GH were evaluated. Three experimental groups (n = 7 per group) were treated with GH for 15 d: One group received sc injection of GH daily at 200 microg/kg (SC...

Biofertilizer Ning shield was composed of different strains of plant growth promotion bacteria. In this study, the plant growth promotion and root-knot nematode disease control potential on Trichosanthes kirilowii in the field were evaluated. The application of Ning shield significantly reduced the diseases severity caused by Meloidogyne incognita, the biocontrol efficacy could reached up to 51...