In maize (Zea mays L.) two leaf-specific ferredoxin (Fd) isoproteins, Fd I and Fd II, are distributed differentially in mesophyll and bundle-sheath cells. A novel cDNA encoding the precursor of Fd II (pFD2) was isolated by heterologous hybridization using a cDNA for Fd I (pFD1) as a probe. The assignment of the cDNAs to the Fds was verified by capillary liquid-chromatography/electrospray ioniza...

b a ckground:  the purpose of our study was to investigate the possible effect of  bsm i vitamin d receptor (vdr’s) polymorphism on changes of the inflammatory and oxidative stress (os) biomarkers in response to daily intake of vitamin d- fortified yogurt drink ( doogh ) in subjects with type 2 diabetes (t2d). m ethods : in a randomized controlled trial, 100 t2d subjects were allocated to two g...

This study aimed to compare the effect of teaching metacognitive listening strategies through shadowing activity on the listening comprehension of field-dependent (FD) and field-independent (FI) EFL learners. Since the researcher had access only to female participants,85 female EFL learners from a language institute in Tehran, at the pre-intermediate level of proficiency with the age range of 1...

The transformation of leucine incorporation rates to prokaryotic carbon production rates requires the use of either theoretical or empirically determined conversion factors. Empirical leucine-to-carbon conversion factors (eCFs) vary widely across environments, and little is known about their potential controlling factors. We conducted 10 surface seawater manipulation experiments across the worl...

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder with pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen as the main characteristic. The prevalence of FD worldwide varies between 5% and 11%. This condition adversely affects attendance and productivity in the workplace. Emerging evidence is beginning to unravel the pathophysiologies of FD, and new data on treatment are helping to ...

BACKGROUND The literature regarding the management of factitious disorder (FD) is diverse and generally of case reports or case series. To date there has been no systematic review of the effectiveness of management techniques. METHODS Systematic review of all evidence reporting the management and subsequent outcome in FD. Data were extracted and outcomes were assessed using an adaptation of t...

We consider a complete implementation of an extension of the nite domain constraint system FD, including antimonotone constraints, and its integration in AKL, a deep-guard concurrent constraint language. We present the language AKL(FD), together with associated programming techniques. In particular, we show how powerful symbolic constraints can be deened as AKL(FD) programs, which is partly mad...

AIMS Stent underexpansion and malapposition are associated with adverse outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention, but detection and treatment can be challenging in the presence of extensive coronary artery calcification. Frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is a novel intravascular imaging technique with greater spatial resolution than intravascular ultrasound (IV...