in this research, 30 sugar beet breeding populations developed by crossing of sugar beet monogerm and multigerm male strile lines with nematode resistant wild sources (w-1009 contaning resistance gene from beta procumbens and w-1010 contaning resistance genes from beta maritima) were compared with resistant and susceptible checks with respect to nematode resistance and yield. the experiments we...

Multi-scale retinex (MSR) processing has been shown to be an effective way to enhance image contrast, but it often has an undesirable desaturating effect on the image colours. A colourrestoration method [2,3]can help mitigate this effect, but our experience is that it simply leads to other problems. In this paper we modify MSR so that it preserves colour fidelity while still enhancing contrast....

Mirror Self-Recognition (MSR) unveils complex cognitive, social and emotional skills and it has been found only in humans and few other species, such as great apes, dolphins, elephants and magpies. In this pilot study, we tested if horses show the capacity of MSR. Four subjects living socially under naturalistic conditions were selected for the experiment. We adopted the classical mark test, wh...

The Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) concept is a rapidly evolving Generation IV design that has recently attracted favorable attention due to the potential for reducing waste generation, realizing passive safety features, and seizing on opportunity cost effective economics. A specific novel micro-MSR, natural circulation, battery involves placing all primary components within single reactor vessel co...

Mirror self-recognition (MSR) is considered an indicator of self-awareness. Standardized mirror tests reveal compelling evidence for MSR in a few non-human species, including all great apes. However, substantial inter-individual variation within species resulted ongoing methodological controversy, questioning the appropriateness standard cross-species comparisons. Lack motivation, particular, d...

Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) is an appropriate insulating material for high-voltage cables which has been widely used as electrical cable coating. In this study, Crushed XLPE wastes with different volume percentages (25, 50, and 75%) were used in hot mix asphalt (HMA) as a substitute for fine aggregates remained on sieve no. 8 whose size varies from 1.18 to 2.36 mm. The dynamic stiffness (i...

background and objectives: the magnetotactic bacterium magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense (msr-1) mineralizes the magnetite (fe3 o4) crystals and organizes a highly ordered intracellular structure, called the magnetosome. iron transport system supports the biogenesis of magnetite. although iron is an essential trace element for many metabolic pathways of the body, increase or decrease in iron wil...

Easily accessible, primitive chemical structures produced by self-assembly of hydrophobic substances into oil droplets may result in self-moving agents able to sense their environment and move to avoid equilibrium. These structures would constitute very primitive examples of life on the Earth, even more primitive than simple bilayer vesicle structures. A few examples of simple chemical systems ...

It has been established in several types of cancers, that the growth and maintenance of many cancers is due to a (typically small) sub-population of cells with stem-like properties: cells which are capable of indefinite self-renewal and of giving rise to all the different types of cells present in the cancer. The origins of these stem-like cancer cells are not entirely clear, and it has not bee...