The induction of wheat male fertile lines by using the chemical hybridizing agent SQ-1 (CHA-SQ-1) is an effective approach in the utilization of heterosis; however, the molecular basis of male fertility remains unknown. Wheat flag leaves are the initial receptors of CHA-SQ-1 and their membrane structure plays a vital role in response to CHA-SQ-1 stress. To investigate the response of wheat flag...

Physical castration (PC) is painful and stressful for nursing piglets. One alternative to PC is immunological castration (IC), but the pain and stress of handling associated with injections have not been assessed. The objectives of this study were to measure the pain and distress of subcutaneous (SQ) and intramuscular (IM) injections compared to PC in piglets, and to compare SQ or IM injections...

Here, highly transparent, conductive, and stable ZnO/Ag/ZnO electrodes on transparent rigid glass and flexible substrates were prepared by facile, room-temperature magnetron sputtering, in which the continuous Ag layers were obtained by means of oxidization-induced effect under an Ar atmosphere with tiny amounts of O2. The results showed an appropriate amount of O2 was beneficial to form contin...

The notions of directed distances, quasi-metrics and oriented multi-cuts are generalizations of the notions of distances, metrics and cuts, which are central objects in graph theory and combinatorial optimization. Define a quasi-semi-metric on X as a function d from X2 to R+, such that for all x, y, z ∈ X , d(x, y) ≥ 0, d(x, x) = 0, and d(x, y) ≤ d(x, z) + d(z, y). If the first inequality is st...

This research focuses on religious issues used as messages in political communication. A campaign is a form of communication by one the candidates for local leader dan vice Gresik regency Sambari Qosim (SQ) 2015 regional election. study employed qualitative approach; therefore, researcher observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation to collect data. The found that SQ candidate pair messa...