This study scans into past of ancient man and discusses meticulously how the reproductive organ Lingam became sacred object to Hindus and why a sufi wore a phallus shaped head-dress resembling to it. In this manner the author demystifies here the procreation, the law of nature.

The visual effects of lighting on art paintings is an important aspect that should be considered by museum curators. The aim of this work was to determine the correlated color temperature (CCT) of daylight illumination preferred by observers when appreciating art paintings. Hyperspectral images of 11 oil paintings were collected at the museum, and the appearance of the paintings under daylight ...

The Human Health Assessment Group has over the past decade recommended that effect studies be conducted in the circumpolar area. Such studies examine the association between contaminant exposure in the Arctic populations and health effects. Because foetuses and young children are the most vulnerable, effect studies are often prospective child cohort studies. The emphasis in this article is on a...

Single populations of Meloidogyne arenaria races 1 (MA1) and 2 (MA2) and M. hapla (MH), and mixed populations of MA1 + MA2 and MA1 + MH with four inoculum levels of eggs were tested on peanut cv. 'Florigiant' and M. incognita-resistant tobacco cv. 'McNair 373' in a greenhouse experiment. Root infection, female development, and reproduction of MA2 on peanut and MA1 on resistant tobacco were limi...

Objective: This study investigated the effect of resistant maltodextrin (RMD) on reproduction in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 2 diabetic male rats. Methods: Forty male rats were induced with diabetes by a single intraperitoneal injection of STZ (50 mg/kg) and nicotinamide (100 mg/kg). Five groups were analyzed in total: normal, Diabetic rats without RMD, diabetic rats with RMD 1.2 g/100 g ...

Objective: This study investigated the effect of resistant maltodextrin (RMD) on reproduction in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 2 diabetic male rats. Methods: Forty male rats were induced with diabetes by a single intraperitoneal injection of STZ (50 mg/kg) and nicotinamide (100 mg/kg). Five groups were analyzed in total: normal, Diabetic rats without RMD, diabetic rats with RMD 1.2 g/100 g ...

asthma is one of the fastest growing syndromes in many countries and is adding a huge cost to the health care system. increasing reports have linked airway infectious diseases to asthma. influenza is one of the most serious airway infectious diseases and in recent years there have been some serious influenza virus pandemics which caused increased fatality in numerous different populations. dive...

Cyclic parthenogenesis (heterogony) is a widespread reproductive mode found in diverse taxa such as digenean trematodies, gall wasps, gall midges, aphids, cladocerans and rotifers. It is of particular interest as it combines the advantages of asexual reproduction (rapid population growth) and sexual reproduction (recombination). Usually sexual reproduction is initiated when or slightly before e...