Eggplant (Solanum melongena), a vegetable that is cultivated worldwide, is of considerable importance to agriculture in China. We analyzed the diversity of this plant using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and RAPD procedures to subdivide 143 Chinese-cultivated eggplants based on coefficient of parentage, genetic diversity index (GDI) and canonical discriminant analysis. ISSR markers were mo...

ER-to-Golgi transport in yeast may be reproduced in vitro with washed membranes, purified proteins (COPII, Uso1p and LMA1) and energy. COPII coated vesicles that have budded from the ER are freely diffusible but then dock to Golgi membranes upon the addition of Uso1p. LMA1 and Sec18p are required for vesicle fusion after Uso1p function. Here, we report that the docking reaction is sensitive to ...

Full adder circuit is an essential component for designing of various digital systems. It is used for different applications such as Digital signal processor, microcontroller, microprocessor and data processing units. Due to scaling trends and portability of electronic devices there is a high demand and need for low power and high speed digital circuits with small silicon area. So, design and a...

The difficulty in assessing the cost output and outcome for Geospatial Data Infrastructures (GDI’s) can be traced back to the differences between the various models and techniques that are applied interchangeably. These include economic models, statistical techniques, responsibility accounting and value approaches. Various publications have described either estimates of the total cost, possible...

Invadopodia are specialized membrane protrusions composed of F-actin, actin regulators, signaling proteins, and a dynamically trafficked invadopodial membrane that drive cell invasion through basement membrane (BM) barriers in development and cancer. Due to the challenges of studying invasion in vivo, mechanisms controlling invadopodia formation in their native environments remain poorly unders...

OBJECTIVE In adults, higher fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels, even within the normoglycemic range, are associated with increased diabetes risk. This investigation tested the hypothesis that beta-cell function relative to insulin sensitivity decreases with increasing FPG in youth. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 223 youth with FPG <126 mg/dl underwent evaluation of first- and second-...

The application of heterosis (hybrid vigor) has brought great success to plant breeding, particularly of hybrid rice, achieving significant yield increases. Attempts to explore the heterosis of inter-subspecific hybrids between indica and japonica rice, which result in even greater yield increases, have greatly increased in the past decades. However, because of the reduced seed setting rate in ...

As combustion can widely vary between engine cycles if left uncontrolled, strict and robust control methodologies required to meet optimum performance at different operating conditions. Although the direct injection stratified charge engine development attempts started since 1920, lack of advanced instrumentation and robust real-time control techniques restricted its developments to common usag...

OBJECTIVE Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) represents a pre-diabetic state. Controversy continues in regards to its pathophysiology. The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in insulin sensitivity (IS) and secretion in obese adolescents with IGT compared with those with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 12 obese adolesce...