Strigolactones (SLs) or derivatives thereof have been identified as phytohormones, and shown to act as long-distance shoot-branching inhibitors. In Arabidopsis roots, SLs have been suggested to have a positive effect on root-hair (RH) elongation, mediated via the MAX2 F-box. Two other phytohormones, auxin and ethylene, have been shown to have positive effects on RH elongation. Hence, in the pre...

DURING the past decade there has been a dramatic fall in the incidence and mortality from Rh haemolytic disease (Tovey 1976; Magee, lIarley, Campbell and McClure, 1969-78). This is due to two factors, firstly the appreciable fall in the number of Rh (D) negative women having babies, particularly if they had developed Rh antibodies previously; and secondly the routine administration of anti-D im...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the underlying clinical factors associated with the degree of retinal hemorrhage (RH) in full-term newborns. METHODS A total of 3054 full-term infants were included in this study. Eye examinations were performed with RetCamIII within one week of birth for all infants. Maternal, obstetric, and neonatal parameters were compared between newborns...

Polymorphisms within the Rh blood group system have been defined by serologic agglutination methods, but have not yet been defined at the DNA level. Two closely related genes associated with the Rh D antigen and with the Rh C/c and E/e antigens have been cloned. We used a Southern analysis incorporating probes to the 5' and 3' regions of the Rh C, E gene and D gene to identify polymorphisms ass...

The dirhodium complex, [Rh(2)(C(18)H(15)P)(4)(CO)(2)]·2(CH(3))(2)CO, has crystallographic twofold symmetry and the Rh-Rh distance is 2.6266 (8) Å. The four atoms proximate to each Rh atom [Rh-P = 2.3222 (7) and 2.3283 (8) Å, and Rh-C = 1.961 (3) and 2.045 (3) Å] form a distorted tetra-hedron with large deviations from the putative tetra-hedral angles [r.m.s. deviation = 23 (1)°]. The six angles...

In the title compound, [Rh(C(5)H(7)O(2))(C(18)H(14)BrP)(CO)], the Rh(I) atom adopts a slightly distorted square-planar geometry involving two O atoms [Rh-O = 2.077 (2) and 2.033 (2) Å] of the acetyl-acetonate ligand, one carbonyl C atom [Rh-C = 1.813 (2) Å] and one P atom [Rh-P = 2.242 (5) Å] of the PPh(2)(2-BrC(6)H(4)) phosphane ligand. Difference electron density maps indicate a disorder of t...

As a first step of investigating male predominance of bladder cancer incidence, we have studied relationships between rat bladder carcinogenesis, induced by BBN, and changes of pituitary-testicular axis, induced by a LH-RH analogue. The rats were divided into the following five groups. The first group (Age matched control group) was given normal drinking water for 30 weeks. The 2nd group (BBN g...

BACKGROUND An understanding of public financial flows to reproductive health (RH) at the country level is key to assessing the extent to which they correspond to political commitments. This is especially relevant for low-income countries facing important challenges in the area of RH. To this end, the present study analyzes public expenditure levels and trends with regards to RH in Burundi betwe...

OBJECTIVE To compare surgical outcomes for robotic assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy (RH) to other minimally invasive hysterectomy (MIH) types, including total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH), laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH), and vaginal hysterectomy (VH). METHODS Retrospective cohort study of all patients who underwent RH or MIH for benign indications between January...

The title compound, trans-[RhCl(C(18)H(12)Cl(3)P)(2)(CO)]·C(3)H(6)O, contains an Rh(I) atom in a distorted square-planar coordination with a P-Rh-P angle of 175.27 (2)° and Rh-P bond lengths of 2.3127 (4) and 2.3219 (4) Å. The rhodium complexes link each other through weak inter-molecular contacts between the acetone methyl groups and the carbonyl O atom. Inter-actions between the acetone solve...