One of the salient features of the domestic cat is the aesthetics of its fur. The Selkirk Rex breed is defined by an autosomal dominant woolly rexoid hair (ADWH) abnormality that is characterized by tightly curled hair shafts. A genome-wide case - control association study was conducted using 9 curly coated Selkirk Rex and 29 controls, including straight-coated Selkirk Rex, British Shorthair an...

ABSTRACT Kale is a vegetable that has high nutrition content, and balanced fertilization essential to ensure yield quality of agricultural products. Curly kale, less known than regular leaf new possibility for consumption. However, little about the influence type on nutritional characteristics. This study aims evaluate using organic fertilizers productivity, microbiological, physico-chemical ch...

Many food products are claimed to be effective in controlling halitosis. Halitosis is caused mainly by volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) such as H(2)S and CH(3)SH produced in the oral cavity. Oral microorganisms degrade proteinaceous substrates to cysteine and methionine, which are then converted to VSCs. Most treatments for halitosis focus on controlling the number of microorganisms in the oral...

The elicitor-induced incorporation of phenylpropanoid derivatives into the cell wall and the secretion of soluble coumarin derivatives (phytoalexins) by parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) suspension cultures can be potentiated by pretreatment of the cultures with 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid or derivatives of salicylic acid. To investigate this phenomenon further, the cell walls and an extracel...

The ability of gecko lizards to adhere to a vertical solid surface comes from their remarkable feet with aligned microscopic elastic hairs. By using carbon nanotube arrays that are dominated by a straight body segment but with curly entangled top, we have created gecko-foot-mimetic dry adhesives that show macroscopic adhesive forces of approximately 100 newtons per square centimeter, almost 10 ...

We examine the assumption of "dominance" with regard to viability of the Cy and Pm marker chromosomes in D. melanogaster . This assumption is often invoked for the extraction of wild-type second chromosomes from natural populations and for the calculation of relative viability indices. Significant genotypic variances for viability are found among both Cy/+(j) and Pm/+(i) heterozygotes in Califo...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to investigate the effects of pretransplant nutrient content, nutritional status, and nutritional habits on the clinical outcome of children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-one children were enrolled in this study. Dietary assessment was based on a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire, consisting of 47 food items...

Contemporary landscape architecture studies have paid close attention to the interactions between public aesthetic preferences and environment. Scenic beauty has become an important evaluation indicator of quality. The quality plant color is factor affecting scenic beauty. Exploring relationship composition rules internal properties autumn landscapes in urban parks can provide new ideas for des...

phytochemical screening, antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of petroselinum crispum leaves grown in oman.petroselinum crispum belongs to the apiaceae family, is a well-known spice and vegetable. the essential oil obtained from the fruit has also strong action on the central nervous system. present study is designed to evaluate the phytochemical screening, antibacterial and cytotoxic activit...