Sub-pixel scale fractions computed from spectral mixture analysis (SMA) provide improvements over vegetation indices for extracting forest biophysical information such as LAI, biomass and NPP for use in forest inventories and regional scale carbon budget models. The acquisition of endmember spectra of forest canopy, ground vegetation and shadow is a critical input to spectral mixture analysis. ...

Sesamin, a major lignan in sesame seeds and oil, has been known to lower blood pressure in several types of experimental hypertensive animals. A recent study demonstrated that sesamin metabolites had in vitro radical-scavenging activities. Thus, we determined whether the antioxidative effect of sesamin metabolites modulate the vascular tone and contribute to the in vivo antihypertensive effect ...

On-farm production of protein is limited in most dairy farm operations in arid and semi-arid environments. Cereal-legume intercropping could be a viable option to obtain forage with higher protein content. A two-year experiment was conducted during 2009 and 2010 growing seasons in a loamy soil to determine whether intercropping pattern of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and annual medic (Medica...

Visual dysfunction can be caused by several abnormalities, including dysfunctions in the visual cortex and retina. Our aim was to investigate changes in visual evoked brain responses in the primary visual cortex associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Sixteen healthy control subjects and ten patients with PD participated in this study. We assessed the visual evoked magnetic field (VEF) using ...

The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration is planning to build a massive 50 kton magnetised Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector, to study atmospheric neutrinos and to make precision measurements of the parameters related to neutrino oscillations. Glass Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) of about 2m 2m in size are going to be used as active elements for the ICAL detector. We have fabric...

Examination of the rate of sexual maturation of 79 female gerbils from 32 Caesarean-delivered, foster-reared litters revealed that those females that, as fetuses, occupied uterine positions adjacent to one or two males (1M and 2M females) were less likely than those females occupying uterine positions not adjacent to males (0M females) to exhibit early vaginal opening. Our data further indicate...

يسعى البحث لمعرفة حجم تغطية الصحافة الموصلية موضوعات الاثار النفسية والاجتماعية لتنظيم "داعش" على مجتمع الموصل، تمثلت في تحليل مضمون جريدتي (المدينة الاقتصادية) و(انباء الموصل). فضلا عن الوقوف عند أنواع وتداعياتها الموصل من الارقام والإحصائيات والشواهد التي تمت تغطيتها بالدراسة النظرية لتلك الموضوعات. وتعد هذه الدراسة أول تشخص علمي يكشف وأنواع طريق ما رصدته تعد ابنة بيئة ذلك المجتمع وخير يعكس ه...

We discuss the potential of a next generation space-borne CMB experiment for studies of extragalactic sources with reference to COrE+, a project submitted to ESA in response to the call for a Medium-size mission (M4). We consider three possible options for the telescope size: 1m, 1.5m and 2m (although the last option is probably impractical, given the M4 boundary conditions). The proposed instr...