Tagetes minuta L. belongs to Asteracea family it is an annual species native of South American, although it has become widespread throughout the world. This species is especially well adapted to disturbed habitats. Tagetes minuta oil found a good market in perfumery and flavour industry. Many studies on Tagetes minuta have reported that the composition of exteracted volatile components varied a...

Ecological study of behavior is essential elements of the renewable natural resources. The study area in this research was Deh Bala where is one of the main habitat of N. asterotricha Rech. f. This plant is one of the 34 endemic species of Nepeta L. in Iran. In the study area, different parameters were determined such as essential oil, climate factors, phenology, co-dominant plants, morphology,...

Background: The risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasing in the Saudi population. Consequently, the incidence and prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have increased substantially in Saudi Arabia over the past three decades. This study was conducted to review pre-ESRD care and investigate the primary causes of ESRD among haemodialysis patients in the western region i...

While the revised McDonald criteria of 2010 allow for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) in an earlier stage, there is still a need to identify the risk factors for conversion to MS in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). Since the latest McDonald criteria were established, the prognostic role of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) in CIS patients is ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), reduced magnetization transfer ratios (MTRs) have been reported in white matter that appears normal on studies obtained with conventional imaging techniques. The stage in the disease when this first becomes detectable is unclear. The purpose of this study was to measure the MTR of normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) and lesions i...

In development, lineage-restricted transcription factors simultaneously promote differentiation while repressing alternative fates. Molecular dissection of this process has been challenging as transcription factor loci are regulated by many trans-acting factors functioning through dispersed cis elements. It is not understood whether these elements function collectively to confer transcriptional...

A rare case is presented where a dysgenetic testis with microinvasive carcinoma in situ (CIS, also known as intratubular germ cell neoplasm of unclassified type [IGCNU] and testicular intraepithelial neoplasia [TIN]) with microinvasion to rete testis and the interstitial tissue was found in a 32-year-old man presenting with mild scrotal pain and ultrasonic testicular microlithiasis. Knowledge o...

A High-Speed Low-Noise CIS with 12b 2-stage Pipelined Cyclic ADCs JongHo Park*, Satoshi Aoyama*, Takashi Watanabe*, Tomohiko Kosugi*, Zheng Liu*, Tomoyuki Akahori*, Masaaki Sasaki*, Keigo Isobe*, Yuichi Kaneko*, Kazuki Muramatsu*, Tetsuya Iida*, and Shoji Kawahito* *Brookman Technology, Inc., 3-1-7 Wajiyama, Nakaku, Hamamatsu 432-8003, Japan Phone/Fax: +81-53-474-4540, E-mail:parkjh@brookmantec...