We study the behaviour of the electronic chemical potential in YBa2Cu3O6+δ near the superconducting transition using the spin-wave exchange theory of pairing. We find that the experimental value of the jump in the temperature derivative of the chemical potential is inconsistent with the theoretical value calculated under the assumption of constant hole concentration. It is suggested that charge...

Wheat cultivar VL Gehun 892 has shown a high level of resistance against Australian Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) pathotypes. In this study, it was crossed with Westonia, susceptible wheat cultivar, and digenic segregation observed in the derived population Pst pathotype 134 E16A+Yr17+Yr27+. Single-gene recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations were developed from F3 families (VL 89...

Objectives: To evaluate the possible impact of ‘Fitting to Outcomes eXpert (FOX)’ on cochlear implant (CI) fitting in a clinic with extensive experience of fitting a range of CI systems, as a way to assess whether a software tool such as FOX is able to complement standard clinical procedures. Methods: Ten adult post-lingually deafened and unilateral long-term users of the Advanced Bionics CI sy...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the benefits of cochlear implantation in postlingually deafened adults and estimate the clinical relevance of these benefits. STUDY DESIGN Prospective intervention study. SETTING Tertiary referral hospital. PATIENTS Forty-four postlingually deafened adults. INTERVENTIONS Cochlear implantation with a Clarion CII HiFocus 1 or HiRes 90K. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The H...

Bread-making quality traits are central targets for wheat breeding. The objectives of our study were to (1) examine the presence of major effect QTLs for quality traits in a Central European elite wheat population, (2) explore the optimal strategy for predicting the hybrid performance for wheat quality traits, and (3) investigate the effects of marker density and the composition and size of the...

Leaf rust is an important disease, threatening wheat production annually. Identification of resistance genes or QTLs for effective field resistance could greatly enhance our ability to breed durably resistant varieties. We applied a genome wide association study (GWAS) approach to identify resistance genes or QTLs in 338 spring wheat breeding lines from public and private sectors that were pred...

1 S U P E R C O N D U C T O R S INTRODUCTION Superconductivity is a phenomena displayed by certain metallic and ceramic materials whose electrical resistance falls to zero at a specific critical temperature. Unfortunately, until very recently, the temperatures were so cold that they were attainable only with the use of liquid helium. In 1986, IBM researchers Georg Bednorz and Alex Müller report...