associations such as values, due to a cognitive primacy effect (cf. Lazarus,1984). A systematic assessment of emotional and value-expressions (cf. Hevner, 1936)in played and written music preferences (and their interaction) could reveal newinsights into the concept music preference extending traditional paper-and-pen approaches (as it was used in the current thesis). Applications fo...

Background and Purpose Keratinophilic fungi are among the important groups of fungi living in the soil. This study aimed to isolate and identify keratinophilic fungi from the soil of three Iranian islands, namely Greater Tunb, Abu Musa, and Sirri, located in the Persian Gulf using morphological and molecular (polymerase chain reaction) methods. Materials and Methods In this study, a total of ...

The efficacy of the Banana peel (Musa sapientum) biomass was tested for the removal of lead, copper, zinc and nickel metal ions using batch experiments in single and binary metal solution under controlled experimental conditions. It is found that metal sorption increases when the equilibrium metal concentration rises. At highest experimental solution concentration used (150 mg/L), the removal o...

Musa sapientum have been used to treat numerous diseases for thousands of years in various parts of the world. The study was designed to evaluate the antidiabetic properties of this fruit peel by measuring the serum blood glucose level, HbA1c and the plasma insulin level. Thirty six male albino wistar rats were divided into six groups which received different treatments. The first group as cont...

233 Plantains and bananas (Musa sp.) are important starchy staples in Ghana. Processing of plantains into flour is limited as most plantain foods are eaten as boiled, fried or roasted. However, after the introduction on local and foreign markets of instant plantain fufu (popular West African food) flour consisting of plantain flour and cassava starch, interest in plantain flours as a commercial...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Dessert and cooking bananas are vegetatively propagated crops of great importance for both the subsistence and the livelihood of people in developing countries. A wide diversity of diploid and triploid cultivars including AA, AB, AS, AT, AAA, AAB, ABB, AAS and AAT genomic constitutions exists. Within each of this genome groups, cultivars are classified into subgroups that ar...

One of the main challenges in variability management is the visualization and management of industry size variability models. In this work, we introduce our CASE tool MUSA that uses a multiple perspective approach to variability modeling and is implemented using state-of-the-art multi-touch interfaces. This gives it the power and flexibility to create and manage large-scale variability models. ...

1 Gökhan Aksan1, Serhat Sığırcı1, Gökhan Çetinkal1, Burak Musa Ayhan2, Süleyman Sezai Yıldız1, Ayşegül İdil Soylu3, Muzaffer Başak2, Kadriye Orta Kılıçkesmez1 1Department of Cardiology, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, 2Department of Radiology, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, 3Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayi...

Treatment of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis With Moisture-Retentive Ointment: A Case Report and Review of the Literature BISHARA S. ATIYEH, MD, FACS, RUWAYDA DHAM, PHD, M FAYEZ YASSIN, MB, BCH, FRCS, AND KUSAI A. EL-MUSA, MD Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, Drug Research Center, Dubai, United Arab of Emirutes, and Jeddah,...