The development of hexavalent chromium remediating fibrous biocomposite mats through the immobilization of a hexavalent chromium reducing bacterial strain, Morganella morganii STB5, on the surfaces of electrospun polystyrene and polysulfone webs is described. The bacteria-immobilized biocomposite webs have shown removal yields of 93.60 and 93.79 % for 10 mg/L, 99.47 and 90.78 % for 15 mg/L and ...

Events in Ferguson and Baltimore in the United States in the past 3 years have brought to light issues related to the militarization of police and adverse police–citizen interactions. Through federal programs and grants, local law enforcement agencies have been able to acquire surplus military items to combat terrorism and drug activity. The acquisition of these items has accelerated over the p...

Heterosis is a widely studied phenomenon in several plant species. However, its genetic basis still remains to be elucidated. In this study, we used RNA-seq data from two rice genotypes and their reciprocal hybrids, and used a combination of transcriptome profiling and allele-specific expression analysis to identify genes that are differentially expressed in the hybrids and their parents or exp...

تناول البحث نشأة كشافة ساحل عُمان من عام 1951م حتى 1971م، حيث ظروف التأسيس والهياكل والمكونات الخاصة بها، والإجراءات التي تمت في سبيل ذلك، منها التوليفة البشرية بين الجنود العرب وبعض الجنسيات الأخرى كوَّنت القوة، وكان ذلك تحت مظلة الإشراف البريطاني الذي تعهدها بالتدريب العسكري، وتزويدها بالسلاح والمعدات، والرواتب، وإنشاء المقرات العسكرية بها ؛ فأصبح للقوة نظاماً الرتب، والتنظيم القيادي، والأوسمة وا...