the genetic variation and diversity among fifty-eight polyvoltine silkworm genotypes was estimated by using ten economic traits. the results revealed that the single shell weight showed higher genetic variation such as pcv% (17.20%), gcv% (12.93%), and heritability (56.5%) followed by single cocoon weight, shell ratio and matured larval weight. the d2 (mahalonobis? distance) statistics revealed...

BACKGROUND Little research has been conducted to examine the relationship between education level and functional limitations among Japanese community residents. We sought to examine the association between education level and physical functional limitations among Japanese men and women, and whether that association was modified by gender and history of stroke. METHODS We examined prevalence o...

OBJECTIVE To examine the psychosocial impact of testing positive for high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) among women attending primary cervical screening. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. Measures were taken at baseline and one week after the receipt of HPV and cytology screening results. SETTING Well women's clinic in London, UK. Population or Sample Four hundred and twenty-eight women aged...

OBJECTIVE To use bibliometric analyses to determine whether Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (hereafter also referred to as Annals) became an international journal after adopting an English-only policy in 2011. METHODS Articles from the third issue of 2011 to the third issue of 2015 were analyzed according to the following parameters: whether the research was supported by funding, country of...

background: infectious bronchitis is a highly contagious disease which may cause poor weight gain and low feed efficiency in infected chickens. there are a large number of reported serotypes/genotypes, which makes the control of the disease more difficult through vaccination. however, there are only a few amino acid differences in the s1 protein of vaccine and wild type strains which are respon...

based on specimens collected from east azerbaijan province during 2009-2012, five genera and nine species of the family scathophagidae are recognized. eight species including: cordilura rufipes (meigen, 1826), gimnomera montana ozerov et krivosheina, 2013, norellisoma spinimana (fallén, 1819), parallelomma albipes (fallén, 1819), scathophaga kaszabi (šifner, 1975), scathophaga lutaria (fabriciu...

This report highlights the association between tuberous sclerosis and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Ten patients with concurrent diagnoses of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and tuberous sclerosis were identified. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome presented early in life, nine cases being diagnosed in the first year. Eight of the 10 cases were male. In eight cases, the syndrome was associated wit...

This report highlights the association between tuberous sclerosis and WolVParkinson-White syndrome. Ten patients with concurrent diagnoses of WolVParkinson-White syndrome and tuberous sclerosis were identified. WolV-ParkinsonWhite syndrome presented early in life, nine cases being diagnosed in the first year. Eight of the 10 cases were male. In eight cases, the syndrome was associated with supr...