Mice that express influenza hemagglutinin under control of the rat insulin promoter (INS-HA) as well as a class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted HA-specific transgenic TCR (TCR-HA), develop early insulitis with huge infiltrates, but progress late and irregularly to diabetes. Initially, in these mice, INS-HA modulates the reactivity of antigen-specific lymphocytes, such that ...

Hyaluronan (HA) is a glycosaminoglycan composed of N-acetylglucosamine and glucuronic acid subunits. Previous studies have suggested that CD44 expressed by T cells bind exogenous HA for their proliferation. However, HA endogenously synthesized by T cells may participate in their autocrine proliferation. In this study, we examined the role of endogenous HA in T cell proliferation using the highl...

The yield responses of sugarcane to lime and gypsum at two sites in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa are presented and discussed. At Dalton, on a Magwa form soil with an initial aluminium saturation index (ASI) of >80%, over a plant and four ratoon crops variety N12 gave no significant response to dolomitic lime. By contrast, variety N16 gave consistent yield responses to lime at rate...

Die Anforderungen an die moderne Landwirtschaft bedingen einen effizienten Ressourceneinsatz, auch bei der N-Düngung. Ökonomisch optimierte Entscheidungsregeln wurden mit Künstlichen Neuronalen Netzen (KNN) und Support-Vector-Machines (SVM) erzeugt und in der Anwendung mit einer betriebseinheitlichen Variante verglichen. Es zeigte sich, dass Einsparpotentiale von bis zu 69 kg N/ha möglich sind ...

to study the effects of two irrigation regimes and application of barley residue, zeolite and superabsorbent polymer on forage yield and some physiological traits of maize and sorghum, an experiment was conducted over two years in kerman, iran. a randomized complete block design arranged in a factorial split was used with three replications. two irrigation regimes of normal irrigation and water...

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the major legume crops grown in Pakistan having a considerable importance as a food, feed and fodder but due to imbalanced use of fertilizers its production is low. To find the optimum level of Phosphorus and FYM for chickpea and study their effect on agronomic characteristics an experiment was carried out at the Agricultural Research Farm of NWFP Agricul...

Hyperthermia-induced hyperventilation has been proposed to be a human thermolytic thermoregulatory response and to contribute to the disproportionate increase in exercise ventilation (VE) relative to metabolic needs during high-intensity exercise. In this study it was hypothesized that VE would adapt similar to human eccrine sweating (E(SW)) following a passive heat acclimation (HA). All partic...

in order to understand the effects of different organic and chemical fertilizer on stigma yield, corm characterstics and leaf dry matter yield (as a forage) of saffron (crocus sativus l.), an experiment was conducted in the research station of faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, in 2005-2009; as a randomized complete block design with 12 treatments and three replicatio...

Soil quality decline represents a significant constraint on the productivity and sustainability of agriculture in the tropics. In this study, the influence of biochar, compost and mixtures of the two on soil fertility, maize yield and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was investigated in a tropical Ferralsol. The treatments were: 1) control with business as usual fertilizer (F); 2) 10 t ha(-1) bio...