Humans perceive heading accurately when they rotate their eyes. This is remarkable, because (1) the pursuit eye movement makes the retinal flow more complicated; and (2) the eye rotation causes a continuous change of the heading direction on the retina. The first problem prevents a simple association of the centre of flow on the retina with the heading direction. To solve it, the brain needs to...

The knowledge-based system COFEX (Cold Forging Expert) has been developed to assist in the planning of the cold forging of a wide variety of tubular steel components. Following user-input of the required shape and dimensions of the finished forging, together with as many different sequences as desired, each operation is examined by the system by consulting the knowledge-base process rules and d...

(g) pumps incorporating measuring devices, of heading 8413; weight–operated counting and checking machinery, or separately presented weights for balances (heading 8423); lifting or handling machinery (headings 8425 to 8428); paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds (heading 8441); fittings for adjusting work or tools on machine tools, of heading 8466, including fittings with optical de...

In cells, calmodulin (CaM) is the most remarkable Ca transducer. BcCAMTA gene family members are calmodulin-binding transcription activators, which contain new type of sequence-specific DNA-binding domain (CG-1), an ankyrin repeats and tow IQ calmodulin-binding motifs. In our study, 8 calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA) genes were identified from non-heading Chinese cabbage (Bras...

To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling heading date and plant height, ninety nine F13 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from barley cultivars Azumamugi × Kanto Nakate Gold cross were evaluated. The field trails were conducted at randomized complete block design with two and three replications in 2004 and 2005, respectively. Significant differences and transgrassive segrega...

low temperature (lt) acclimation, phenological development and vernalization requirement are known to influence the expression of frost tolerance (ft) in winter cereals. a phenotypic study was undertaken to determine the interrelationship between developmental stages and ft in hardy winter wheat and rye cultivars acclimated under field condition in the cold and temperate regions of iran. winter...