The effects of water erosion (including long-term historical erosion and single erosion event) on soil properties and productivity in different farming systems were investigated. A typical sloping cropland with homogeneous soil properties was designed in 2009 and then protected from other external disturbances except natural water erosion. In 2012, this cropland was divided in three equally siz...

the acceptability of hearing aids in people with presbyacusis has been improved but assessment of whether there is a need for more counseling to increase the number of regular hearing-aid users seems to be important. the aim of this study was to determine if the hearing aid was worn regularly and over a long period of time in people with presbyacusis. a questionnaire survey of patients with pre...

the effect of endogenous serotonin on long-term potentiation (ltp) in region cai was studied by blocking 5-ht2 receptors with ketanserin in rat hippocampal slices. such a block significantly en-hanced long-term potentiation of the cai population spike induced by high frequency stimulation of the schaffer collateral/ commissural pathway. this implies that serotonin acts on 5-ht2 receptors in cai...

introduction: to study the effect of gallic acid (ga) on hippocampal long-term potentiation (ltp) and histological changes in animal model of alzheimer disease (ad) induced by betaamyloid (aβ). methods: sixty-four adult male wistar rats (300±20 g) were divided into 8 groups: 1) control (cont); 2) ad; 3) sham; 4-7) ad+ga (50, 100, and 200 mg/kg for 10 days, orally) or vehicle, 8) cont+ga100, aβ ...

achillea millefolium belonging to the astreaceae family is an endangered medicinal plant of jordan and of its neighboring countries. as an alternative to seed propagation, an efficient micropropagation of a. millefolium and its subsequent rooting were developed as an option for its in vitro conservation. a maximum of 5.9 shoots per microshoot were obtained on murashige and skoog agar medium sup...

this study identifies and compares the antecedent of nigerian students’ perception on business social responsibility. part of its objectives is to examine the perception of business students in terms of importance of business social responsibility with respect to profitability, and the effectiveness of social responsibility in both long and short terms. the study reviews the related literature ...