Many organisms enter quiescence in response to adverse environmental factors. Here, we show that L1 stage C. elegans entered a quiescent state after 3hours exposure to diacetyl in which movement and growth stopped for hours to days after odorant removal. Entry into quiescence was dependent on neurons affected by the osm-3 mutation, and by AWA neurons. Conversely, AWB/AWC neurons, the guanylyl c...

The physical properties of biochar have been shown to dramatically influence its performance as a soil amendment. This study assessed the role particle size and hydrophobicity in controlling water movement retention. Softwood pellet five ranges (>2 mm, 2–0.5 0.5–0.25 0.25–0.063 mm <0.063 mm) was used for experiment. These sizes were tested on two types (sandy loam loamy sand) at four different ...

background: india shares the largest burden of under‑nutrition in world. the aim of this study was to conduct follow‑up assessment of under‑nourished children attending anganwadi center (awc). methods: this was a retrospective cohort study conducted in 50 awc of tapi district. total 529 children aged 1‑6 years diagnosed as under‑nourished before 1 year were included. pre‑structured questionnair...

Sensory loss induces cross-modal plasticity, often resulting in altered performance in remaining sensory modalities. Whereas much is known about the macroscopic mechanisms underlying cross-modal plasticity, only scant information exists about its cellular and molecular underpinnings. We found that Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes deprived of a sense of body touch exhibit various changes in beha...

The demand for high-quality wireless communication services exceeded all expectations in the beginning of the 1990’s. The demand will continue to grow in the new century. In addition to wireless telephony, wireless data and video transmission will also be required, which clearly will increase the data rate to several megabits per second. In wireless local area networks, the expected data rate i...

Animals sense and adapt to variable environments by regulating appropriate sensory signal transduction pathways. Here, we show that calcineurin plays a key role in regulating the gain of sensory neuron responsiveness across multiple modalities. C. elegans animals bearing a loss-of-function mutation in TAX-6, a calcineurin A subunit, exhibit pleiotropic abnormalities, including many aberrant sen...