2×2-Sudoku (or ShiDoku) is a sized down variant of the usual 3×3-Sudoku puzzle. Its set of constraints contains 56 binary inequalities. It is proven that any maximal redundant set of these binary inequalities has size 16. This is in line with a conjecture about 3×3Sudoku. The result is achieved partly by rigorous proofs, partly by programming in Prolog. The generalization to N×N-Sudoku with N >...

The chromosomes of 15 species of Iridaceae of the genera Alophia, Cipura, Eleutherine, Neomarica and Trimezia (subfamily Iridoideae) were examined after conventional Giemsa staining. The karyotypes of Alophia drummondii (2n = 14+1B, 28, 42 and 56), Cipura paludosa (2n = 14), C. xanthomelas (2n = 28) and Eleutherine bulbosa (2n = 12) were asymmetric; Neomarica candida, N. caerulea, N. humilis, N...

Gene 4 protein (gp4) encoded by bacteriophage T7 contains a C-terminal helicase and an N-terminal primase domain. After synthesis of tetraribonucleotides, gp4 must transfer them to the polymerase for use as primers to initiate DNA synthesis. In vivo gp4 exists in two molecular weight forms, a 56-kDa form and the full-length 63-kDa form. The 56-kDa gp4 lacks the N-terminal Cys(4) zinc-binding mo...

ndometrial vasculature has been shown to play an important role in the early endometrial response to the implanting blastocyst, and vascular changes may contribute to uterine receptivity . the aim of this study was to investigate the role of endometrial and subendometrial vascularity and thickness in uterine receptivity in infertile women treated with assisted reproductive technologies (art). a...

Background: Training methods to reduce the anxiety caused by the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) should match the necessity of communicating with the patients suffering from mood disorders. Aim: This study aimed to compare the effects of face-to-face and multimedia education on the anxiety induced by the ECT. Method: This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 75 patients with mo...

The aim of this paper is to present the new and interesting notionof ascending family of  $alpha $−n-norms corresponding to an intuitionistic fuzzy nnormedlinear space. The notion of best aproximation sets in an  $alpha $−n-normedspace corresponding to an intuitionistic fuzzy n-normed linear space is alsodefined and several related results are obtained.