two glasshouse and field experiments were conducted to assess the effects of root system, water uptake, water use efficiency and early vigor on yield and drought tolerance of bread wheat in two successive farming seasons (2009-11). the experiments were conducted as randomized complete block design and two-year results analyzed as combined design. considerable genetic variation was observed amon...

The generative concern scale (GCS) and the generative behavior checklist (GBC) based on the multifaceted model of generativity (McAdams & de St. Aubin, 1992) were reconstructed based on item analysis in preliminary research. The reconstructed scales were administered to 996 adults. Factor analysis of GCS-R and GBC-R data revealed the following three factors which showed high internal consistenc...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between speed during maximum exercise test (ET) and oxygen consumption (VO2) in control and STZ-diabetic rats, in order to provide a useful method to determine exercise capacity and prescription in researches involving STZ-diabetic rats. METHODS Male Wistar rats were divided into two groups: control (CG, n = 10) and d...

in order to evaluate drought tolerance of chickpea genotypes and identifying the best indices of drought tolerance, the 20 genotypes desi chickpea plus two improved cultivars (kaka and piroz) were tested using a randomized complete block design under two irrigated (non stress) and (stress) conditions. quantitive drought tolerance and susceptibility indices such as stress tolerance index (sti), ...

Cartilage mechanical properties are typically tested at the macroscale. To demonstrate the ability of nanoindentation to characterize in situ articular cartilage properties at the tissue scale, we investigated the local structure-property relationships of intact articular cartilage of a normal rabbit metacarpophalangeal joint. We calculated the mechanical parameters of stiffness, S, resistance ...

Although there is growing interest in the possibility that alterations in histone methylation may play a role in carcinogenesis, it has not been explored adequately in humans. Similarly, there are no reports of associations between this and a similar epigenetic event, DNA methylation. Using immunohistochemical staining, we compared the methylation of DNA and histones in histopathologically norm...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relation between social deprivation and the prevalence of epilepsy and associated morbidity using hospital activity data as a proxy. METHODS The study was conducted in the health district of South Glamorgan, United Kingdom (population 434 000). Routinely available hospital data (inpatient and outpatient), an epilepsy clinic database, and mortality data underwent a pr...