Shoot apical meristems are self-renewing stem cell populations that generate all of the above-ground organs (i.e. stems, leaves and flowers) of higher plants. Recent studies have identified new molecular components required for proper shoot meristem activity, and they have revealed that complex, intercellular communication pathways play important roles in coordinating meristem function.

We present generalized methods for calculating lower bounds on the ground-state entropy per site, S(0), or equivalently, the ground-state degeneracy per site, W=e(S(0)/k(B)), of the antiferromagnetic Potts model. We use these methods to derive improved lower bounds on W for several lattices.

The archaeological group La Chincúa-Plan de la Mesita is part of a complex sites grouped around Cerro Bernal, hill that dominates the narrowest intermountain section coastal route from Chiapas toward Guatemala across Soconusco. Chincúa’s settlement begins during Late Preclassic, incorporates Teotihuacan influence Classic, and continues on as religious habitation center Postclassic. It this last...

introduction: ultraviolet (uv) radiation affects human organs such as skin, eyes and immune system, as well as animals and plants. the main natural source of uv radiation is the sun. to study the effects of solar uv radiation there is a need to quantify variations of solar energy received on the earth surface at different intervals. materials and methods: to measure uv radiation a broadband fib...

to evaluate of rice genotypes in various modified systems, an experiment was carried out as split plot in randomized complete blocks design with four replications at neka region, mazandaran province, iran in 2011-2012. cropping systems were chosen as main plots including conventional, improved and system of rice intensification (sri) and genotypes as sub plots including: sang tarom, hashemi tar...

Introduction: Development of a novel radiopharmaceutical needs assessment of its biological- distribution in animal models, most commonly mice prior to its common application. This study describes the biodistribution and absorbed dose prediction 131I-MIBG in human organs after injection in mice.   Materials and Methods: In this research, 131I-MIBG radiopha...