Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common condition of unknown etiology and has been linked to adverse reproductive and obstetric health outcomes. Prior dietary research on BV has focused on specific macro- and micronutrients, but not dietary indices. We assessed the relationship between BV and selected dietary indicators among a cohort of 1735 nonpregnant women ages 15-44 y from Birmingham, Alabama...

Data on Angus (ANG), Charolais (CHR), Hereford (HER) and Limousin (LIM) cattle were used to estimate genetic parameters for calving difficulty (CD) and to quantify genetic relationships among CD, birth weight (BWT) and gestation length (GL). Bayesian analysis was carried out using Gibbs sampling to obtain means of marginal posterior distributions. Estimated heritabilities for direct genetic eff...

A high efficiency shoot organogenesis from callus cultures and plant establishment protocol has been developed for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv SVPR-2) through shoot tip. After 6 weeks of culture, green-compact-nodular organogenic callus induction was observed on the medium fortified with (MS) basal salts, B5 vitamins, 2.0 mgl-1 of benzylaminopurine (BAP), 1.0 mgl-1 kinetin (KN), 30 gl-1 gl...

the effects of sucrose and some regulators on freezing tolerance in chickpea studied. four weeks in vitro explants were cultured in three different ms media without growth regulators and with normal level of sucrose (30 gl-1) (a), without growth regulators and with reduced sucrose (10 gl-1) (b) and medium supplemented with lmg gl-1 bap and 0.1 mgi1 iba and with 30 gi-1sucrose (c) for two weeks....

We developed an idiotypic radioimmunoassay system that detects shared idiotypic determinants, termed GTGL idiotype, on antibodies bearing distinct antigen-binding specificities in various mouse strains. Either poly-(Glu, Tyr) (GT)- or poly-(Glu, Lys) (GL)-related determinants are able to induce anti-GT and anti-GL (GTGL)-idiotypic antibodies. Strain distribution studies indicate that GTGL-idiot...