Correlation coefficient and path analysis studies was conducted with eight parents and their 28 F1 crosses for twelve component characters including seed yield and revealed significant positive association of pods per plant, harvest index and clusters per plant with seed yield in parental generation whereas in F1 generation, significant positive association of clusters per plant, pods per plant...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of tools "Team-Based Learning Student Assessment Tool", Classroom Engagement Survey (CES) and to assess the reaction of learners toward TBL sessions at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. This descriptive study was done in 2013. The first step was to assess the reliability and validity of the tools. TBL-SAI questionnaire inclu...

The pathophysiology underlying the involuntary tics of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) remains unknown. Here we used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to examine the excitability of two different inhibitory systems in the human motor cortex: short interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and short interval afferent inhibition (SAI) in 10 healthy non-smoking controls and eight untreat...

Active polyamine metabolism occurs in Glycine max (L.) seeds during development. Most (>/=97%) of putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd), spermine (Spm), and cadaverine (Cad) are present as free forms in the growing embryo. In the cotyledon or embryonic axis, Put decreases to a nearly undetectable level, while Spd level sharply increases as seed dry weight accumulation progresses. Spm level in the ...

BACKGROUND In the literature, supplement of soy aglycons of isoflavone as estrogen agonists in improvement of serum biochemical attributes, liver antioxidative capacities and vaginal epithelium protection has been meagerly investigated. In this study, ovariectomized (OVX) rats were used as an animal model to simulate post-menopausal status. Supplementary health benefits of soy aglycons of isofl...

Bulagonda Eswarappa Pradeep,a Niranjana Mahalingam,b Bhavani Manivannan,a Krishnanand Padmanabhan,a,d Pravin Nilawe,e Girija Gurung,c Amit Chhabra,c Valakunja Nagarajaf Department of Biosciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam, Indiaa; Department of Microbiology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthi Gram, Indiab; Department of Ophthalmol...

The length of Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) makes its use difficult for critically ill populations. To shorten it, exploratory factor analysis was used with data from 530 acute myocardial infarction patients. The resulting 6-item shortened version demonstrated good internal reliability consistency with a Cronbach's alpha of .84. Construct validity of the shortened version was supp...

In order to study seed yield and seed yield components in bean under reduced irrigation condition and assessment drought tolerance of genotypes, 15 lines of White beans were evaluated in two separate RCB design with 3 replications under stress and non stress conditions. Analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences among varieties in terms of traits under study, indicating...