We investigate the problem of percolation words in a random environment. To each vertex, we independently assign letter 0 or 1 according to Bernoulli r.v.’s with parameter p. The environment is resulting graph obtained from an independent long-range bond configuration on Zd−1×Z, d⩾3, where edge parallel Zd−1 has length one and open probability ϵ, while edges n Z are pn. prove that if sum pn div...

With rising level of CO2 in the atmosphere plants are expected to be exposed to higher concentration of CO2. Since, CO2 is a substrate limiting photosynthesis particularly in C3 plants in the present atmosphere, the impact of elevated CO2 would depend mainly on how photosynthesis acclimates or adjusts to the long term elevated level of CO2. Photosynthetic acclimation is a change in photosynthet...

Objective Preterm infants receive long-term parenteral nutrition (PN) for gastrointestinal immaturity. This study aimed to determine if mixed lipid emulsions containing fish oil decrease the incidence of PN-associated cholestasis by reducing oxidative stress and providing an anti-inflammatory effect. Methods retrospective cohort enrolled 399 very low birth weight premature (gestational age ≤32 ...

Water stress is one of the major abiotic stresses in agriculture worldwide. In order to assess photosynthesis response and grain yield of 25 wheat genotypes under water deficit (post-anthesis stress) conditions, a 2-year study (2010-12) was carried out as a split-plot arrangement using randomized complete block design with three replications. The most sensitive gas exchange variable to water de...

A PPLICATIONS of electronic computers .in analysis of medical and biological data are of increasing interest. Large-scale computers offer the advantages of high speed of operation, relatively great accuracy, and extreme versatility. Great amounts of data can be processed in a relatively short time. Thus, extensive statistical studies, mass screening of the population, and data handling in large...

purpose: to assess the effect of emla® cream application without occlusive dressing on pain on needling (pn) and pain on injection (pi) felt during multiple botulinum toxin type a (bta) injections for correction of hyperkinetic upper facial lines methods: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted on 44 subjects seeking upper facial wrinkles correct...

The size-Ramsey number R̂(F ) of a graph F is the smallest integer m such that there exists a graph G on m edges with the property that any colouring of the edges of G with two colours yields a monochromatic copy of F . In this paper, first we focus on the size-Ramsey number of a path Pn on n vertices. In particular, we show that 5n/2 − 15/2 ≤ R̂(Pn) ≤ 74n for n sufficiently large. (The upper bou...

Long-term parenteral nutrition (PN) carries the risk of progressive liver disease in infants with intestinal failure. Although PN-associated liver disease (PNALD) is multifactorial in etiology, components of soybean oil lipid emulsions have been implicated in the disease’s pathogenesis. Historically, infants with PNALD who were unable to wean from PN to full enteral feeding developed cirrhosis ...