PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes in axial length occurring with shifts in gaze direction. METHODS Axial length measurements were obtained from the left eye of 30 young adults (10 emmetropes, 10 low myopes, and 10 moderate myopes) through a rotating prism with 15° deviation, along the foveal axis, using a noncontact optical biometer in each of the nine different ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of head hair on thermoregulatory responses when cooling the head under heat stress. Eight young males participated in six experimental conditions: normal hair (100-130 mm length) and cropped hair (5 mm length) with three water inlet temperatures of 10, 15, and 20°C. The head and neck of subjects were cooled by a liquid perfused hood while...

Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is one of the serious problems for wheat production, especially in rainy regions. Although seed dormancy is the most critical trait for PHS resistance, the control of heading time should also be considered to prevent seed maturation during unfavorable conditions. In addition, awning is known to enhance water absorption by the spike, causing PHS. In this study, we con...

Ratcheting surfaces are a common motif in nature and appear in plant awns and grasses. They are known to proffer selective advantages for seed dispersion and burial. In two simple model experiments, we show that these anisotropically toothed surfaces naturally serve as motion rectifiers and generically move in a unidirectional manner, when subjected to temporally and spatially symmetric excitat...

This research aims to determine the morphological characteristics of different hybrid varieties in red head cabbage varieties, which has an important share vegetable production Samsun province. In study carried out at Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute, 15 were examined terms 28 characteristics. Significant variations observed studied among varieties. Plant length varied between 36.33-57...

ALCAROIDES is a single-gene recessive mutation in Hordeum uulgare var. ‘Bonus having pleiotropic effects on plant development. A sac-like structure forms at the lemma awn base. and the leaves of calcaroides plants are occasionally twisted or curled, and acquires a brown mottled appearance after obtaining full maturity. In a previous publication (STEBBINS and PRICE 1971), evidence was presented ...

Clarias serniosus, a new Southeast Asian walking-catfish species, is described from the Bolavens Plateau in southern Laos. The new species is a member of the C. batrachus species complex, and can be distinguished from congeners in the complex in having a combination of: occipital process length 15-17 % HL, head length 28.2-28.6% SL, head width 18.5-19.2% SL, head depth 13.0-13.7% SL, distance b...

1 In this study, we conducted comparative transcriptome analysis between homozygous dominant 2 parent and heterozygous F1 hybrid with homozygous recessive parent in qualitative trait study of 3 common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Two sets of near-isogenic lines (NILs) were used: one set of 4 NILs carrying powdery mildew resistance and susceptible Pm2 alleles, the other set of NILs carrying 5 d...