Biodiversity research shows that diverse plant communities are more stable and productive than monocultures. Similarly, populations in which genotypes with different pathogen resistance are mixed may have lower pathogen levels and thus higher productivity than genetically uniform populations. We used genetically modified (GM) wheat as a model system to test this prediction, because it allowed u...

Essential hypertension affects 75% of post-menopausal women in the United States causing greater cardiovascular complications compared with age-matched men and pre-menopausal women. Hormone replacement and current anti-hypertensive therapies do not correct this post-menopausal increased risk suggesting a distinct pathogenic framework. We investigated the hypothesis that distinct genetic determi...

There were errors in Table 1 and S1 (in the supplementary material). Several cultivars specified with incorrect gene statuses. The original article has been corrected (incl.

Kaur N, Street K , Mackay M , Yahiaoui N, Keller B 1 Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland, ICARDA, PO Box: 5466, Aleppo, Syria, 3 Australian Winter Cereals Collection, 4 Marsden Park Road, CALALA NSW 2340, Australia, UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite CIRAD TA A-54/K Campus International de Baillarguet 34398, Mon...

Matrix Analysis of Corrosion Inhibition Phenomena (MACIP), in which an inhibitor isconsidered as a point in a multi-dimensional virtual efficiency space, was performed on somepyridine derivatives. The needed molecular parameters such as HOMO and LUMO energylevels, charge densities on hetero atom, dipole moment, heat of formation, and total energyvalues were obtained by means of semi-empirical q...

The doping reaction of truncated boron nitride and carbon nanotubes with aluminium atom wastheoretically investigated. The AM1, PM3, and PM6 semiempirical methods have been used toevaluate the thermochemistry of doping reactions of single walled boron nitride nanotubes andcarbon nanotubes. The enthalpy changes, Gibbs free energy changes, and entropy changes of studieddoping reactions were evalu...

Three-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic lead halide perovskites are promising photovoltaic and light-emitting materials. A key phenomenon relevant for their optoelectronic applications is electron–phonon coupling. Since it can be strongly modified by structural deformation changes in the dynamics of molecular cations, great importance to study temperature dependence phonon properties perovsk...

OBJECTIVE To develop a predictive model to identify individuals with an increased risk for undiagnosed diabetes, allowing for the availability of information within the health care system. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A sample of participants from the Rotterdam Study (n = 1,016), aged 55-75 years, not known to have diabetes completed a questionnaire on diabetes-related symptoms and risk factor...