Thirty (30) weaned crossbred (Landrace × large white) pigs with an average body weight of 8.5±0.4 kg was used to evaluate performance and nutrient digestibility fed five experimental diets containing cereal milling by-products. Diet 1 contained maize offal, while 2, 3, 4 5 wheat sorghum millet offal rice respectively. The animals were balanced for sex then allotted dietary treatments replicated...

We present BV RIZ photometric observations of HD 209458 during the transit by its planetary companion on UT 1999 November 15 with the University of Hawaii 0.6m and 2.2m telescopes and the High Altitude Observatory STARE telescope. The detailed shape of the transit curve is predicted to vary with color due primarily to the color-dependent limb-darkening of the star, but potentially due as well t...

We present optical and infrared spectra of SN 1999ex, which are characterized by the lack of strong hydrogen lines, weak optical He I lines, and strong He I λ10830,20581. SN 1999ex provides a clear example of an intermediate case between pure Ib and Ic supernovae, which suggests a continuous spectroscopic sequence between SNe Ic to SNe Ib. Our UBV RIz photometric observations of SN 1999ex start...

Le Burkina Faso dispose d’un potentiel de plus 800 000 ha pouvant servir à la riziculture. Cependant, d’importants facteurs naturels et anthropiques subsistent, affectant négativement production du riz. Sur le plan national rendement moyen riz dans les bas-fonds aménagés est 2,5 t ha-1 avec un 4t ha-1. Dans bas-fond Lofing, il varie entre 1,34 2,72 L'objectif présente investigation était capita...

The present study examined the role of the PRDI-BF1-RIZ (PR) domain of tumor suppressor retinoblastoma protein-interacting zinc finger gene 1 (RIZ1) as an anticancer domain and its ability to induce apoptosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cells. The TE13 ESCC cell line was transfected with pcDNA3.1(+) eukaryotic expression vectors bearing the open reading frames of either the hum...

Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of tumors occurring in gonadal and extragonadal locations. GCTs are hypothesized to arise from primordial germ cells (PGCs), which fail to differentiate. One recently identified susceptibility loci for human GCT is PR (PRDI-BF1 and RIZ) domain proteins 14 (PRDM14). PRDM14 is expressed in early primate PGCs and is repressed as PGCs differentiate....

PRDM (PRDI-BF1 and RIZ homology domain containing) protein family members are characterized by the presence of a PR domain and a variable number of Zn-finger repeats. Experimental evidence has shown that the PRDM proteins play an important role in gene expression regulation, modifying the chromatin structure either directly, through the intrinsic methyltransferase activity, or indirectly throug...

We summarize the results from analyzing six clusters of galaxies at 0.14 < z < 0.40 observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. We derive deep composite luminosity functions in B, g, V, r, i and z down to absolute magnitude of ∼ -14 + 5 log h mag. The luminosity functions are fitted by a single Schechter function with M∗ BgV riz = −19.8, −20.9, −21.9, −22.0, −21.7, and...

L’autosuffisance en riz poursuivie par l’État du Sénégal depuis l’Indépendance a motivé des investissements colossaux dans le Delta fleuve Sénégal, au nord pays. Cet article évalue la contribution Projet de promotion partenariat rizicole (3PRD) aux dynamiques organisationnelles et techniques. L’importance ce projet repose sur public-privé, un paradigme récent monde développement l’agriculture i...