The structure and psychometric characteristics of the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO-PI-3), a more readable version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R), are examined and compared with NEO-PI-R characteristics using data from college student observer ratings of 5,109 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years from 24 cultures. Replacement items in the PI-3 showed on average stronger item-...

Corky root caused by Pyrenochaeta lycopersici (Schneider et Gerlach) is one of the most important soil borne fungal pathogens which develops in the soils, causing diseases in different crops. The research was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of the biological control of corky root on tomato. Biological control was performed by using Trichoderma viride Pers. 18/17 SS, Streptomyces spp. ...

Background. Standardised Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) guidelines for the assessment of prostate alterations were designed for the assessment of prostate pathology. Published by the ESUR in 2012, PI-RADS v1 was based on the total score of different MRI sequences with subsequent calculation. PI-RADS v2 was published by the American College of Radiology in 2015 and featured...

BACKGROUND Our team has identified 17 Boreal forest species from the traditional pharmacopeia of the Eastern James Bay Cree that presented promising in vitro and in vivo biological activities in the context of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We now screened the 17 plants extracts for potential anti-apoptotic activity in cultured kidney cells and investigated the underlying mechanisms. METHODS MDCK (Ma...

Human memory T cells (T(M) cells) that produce IL-17 or IL-22 are currently defined as Th17 or Th22 cells, respectively. These T cell lineages are almost exclusively CCR6(+) and are important mediators of chronic inflammation and autoimmunity. However, little is known about the mechanisms controlling IL-17/IL-22 expression in memory Th17/Th22 subsets. We show that common γ chain (γc)-using cyto...

The influence of oxygen and temperature on the inactivation of pyruvate, Pi dikinase and NADP-malate dehydrogenase was studied in Zea mays. O(2) was required for inactivation of both pyruvate, Pi dikinase and NADP-malate dehydrogenase in the dark in vivo. The rate of inactivation under 2% O(2) was only slightly lower than that at 21% O(2). The in vitro inactivation of pyruvate, Pi dikinase, whi...

The two conjectures are, of course, equivalent. If 2n — 2 = pi+p2, then 2n = pi+p2+2 and 2n + l = pi+p2+3Conversely, if 2n=pi -\-p2-\-pz one of the primes must be 2 and 2n — 2 = pi+p2. An impressive collection of numerical evidence indicating the truth of the conjectures has accumulated in the years since Goldbach's letter was written, but is it not known to this day whether the conjectures are...

Abstract Background γδT cells play an important role in the mucosa inflammation and immunity-associated disorders. Our previous study reported that γδ T producing IL-17 were involved pathogenesis of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS). However, their subset characteristic profile this kind disease remains unclear. Thus current study’s aim is to investigate functionally predominant...

The circular dichroism data on 17 adenine nucleosides show that the 260- and 207-mmu absorption systems of the adenine chromophore each contain at least two electronic transitions. The CD maxima are commonly found at around 260, 220, and 200 mmu, and occasionally at 240 mmu. Solvent studies suggest that these CD bands arise from pi-pi(*) transitions. A weak absorption band that obeys the McConn...