The R-Coffee web server produces highly accurate multiple alignments of noncoding RNA (ncRNA) sequences, taking into account predicted secondary structures. R-Coffee uses a novel algorithm recently incorporated in the T-Coffee package. R-Coffee works along the same lines as T-Coffee: it uses pairwise or multiple sequence alignment (MSA) methods to compute a primary library of input alignments. ...

The impact and cost of synthetic fertilizers as well as their associated risks on the environmental safety was becoming unaffordable. To alleviate these problems, integrating this synthetic fertilizers with easily available and an environment friendly compound like bio-char is of very high significance towards meeting our goal of increasing agricultural production and ensuring food security. Th...

Introduction: Persistent postinfectious cough (PPC) is a cough that persists longer than 3 weeks or perhaps for many months after a common cold or an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). PPC has poor response to routine treatment modalities, so it can be a vexing problem for the patient and the physician alike. Our hypothesis was that honey and/or coffee have some beneficial effects in th...

(continued on page 38) Coffee drinking is almost universal. Caffeine, a major component of coffee and to some extent tea, is known to have a transient stimulatory effect. While unpleasant side effects such as nervousness, palpitations, sleeplessness, and cardiac arrhythmias are better known, coffee is also gaining a reputation as a functional food. In particular coffee consumption is noted to r...

Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is the most extensively consumed beverage in the world. It is grown throughout many regions of the world, including Central Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia produce about 45% of the world’s coffee. Colombia grows coffee on 2.3 million acres and supplies 10% of the world’s coffee demand. Colombian coffee is also recognized as h...

The objective of this review is to synthesize information available on the feeding value of coffee waste. In the diets of ruminants, waste and by-products of coffee have successfully used 10 to 30%. It has been claimed that the feeding of Coffee leaves extends the lactation period. Coffee pulp (dried or not), coffee hulls (sticky or dried) and coffee grounds (a by-product of instant coffee manu...

AIMS To evaluate the utility of coffee-related genetic variants as proxies for coffee consumption in Mendelian randomization studies, by examining their association with non-alcoholic beverage consumption (including subtypes of coffee and tea) and a range of socio-demographic and life-style factors. DESIGN Observational study of the association of genetic risk scores for coffee consumption wi...

The Government of Rwanda is implementing policies to increase the area of Arabica coffee production. Information on the suitable areas for sustainably growing Arabica coffee is still scarce. This study aimed to analyze suitable areas for Arabica coffee production. We analyzed the spatial distribution of actual and potential production zones for Arabica coffee, their productivity levels and pred...

Habitual coffee consumption is associated with the prevention of type 2 diabetes, which often accompanies diabetic nephropathy. However, the relationship between coffee consumption and kidney function is unclear. Therefore, we investigated the associations between habitual coffee consumption and kidney function and damage assessed by the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and proteinur...

BACKGROUND Coffee is an important source of bioactive compounds, including caffeine, phenolic compounds (mainly chlorogenic acids), trigonelline, and diterpenes. Several studies have highlighted the preventive effects of coffee consumption on major cardiometabolic diseases, but the impact of coffee dosage on markers of cardiometabolic risk is not well understood. Moreover, the pool of coffee-de...