As a warm climate species, soybean is highly sensitive to chilling temperatures. Exposure to chilling temperatures causes a significant reduction in the nitrogen fixation rate in soybean plants and subsequent yield loss. However, the molecular basis for the sensitivity of soybean to chilling is poorly understood. In this study, we identified cold-responsive miRNAs in nitrogen-fixing nodules of ...

The current study includes the screening of indigenous extracellular laccase producing fungus from the soil, identified as Phanerochaete chrysosporiumspecies.The selected strain was applied under the optimized condition for the production of  laccase in the solid state fermentation. The effect of polyethylene glycol and Triton X-100 on the enhancement of enzyme activity and bi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of soyabean oil supplementation on perivascular inflammation in lungs of adult mice induced by Bisphenol A(BPA). STUDY DESIGN An experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Anatomy, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, in collaboration with the Animal House, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, from June to November 2016. METHODOLOGY Th...

The topic of patient safety is of fundamental interest for the health care sector. In view of the realisation of the National Competence-Based Learning Objectives Catalogue for Undergraduate Medical Education (NKLM) this topic now has to be prepared for medical education. For a disciplinary and content-related orientation the GMA Committee developed the Learning Objectives Catalogue Patient Saf...

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models integrate both chemical- and system-specific information into a mathematical framework, offering a mechanistic approach to predict the internal dose metrics of a chemical and an ability to perform species and dose extrapolations. Bisphenol A (BPA), because of its ubiquitous presence in a variety of consumer products, has received a considerabl...

The removal mechanisms of three hormone mimicking organic compounds by nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been examined. Two NF membranes having different pore sizes were used in laboratory-scale nanofiltration experiments with feed solutions spiked with a hormone mimicking compound—nonylphenol, tertbutylphenol, or bisphenol A. Retention of the compounds was determined at various solution chemi...

The dynamics of the fragile glass-forming liquid diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A was studied by depolarized Rayleigh-Brillouin light-scattering and photon correlation spectroscopy above the glass transition, in the temperature range from 261 to 473 K and in the frequency range from 1 Hz to 300 GHz. The structural (alpha-) relaxation process was revealed and no signature of the secondary relaxat...

BACKGROUND Bisphenol AF has been acknowledged to be useful for the production of CF3-containing polymers with improved chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties. Because of the lack of adequate toxicity data, bisphenol AF has been nominated for comprehensive toxicological characterization. OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the relative preference of bisphenol AF for the human nuclear estrog...

On behalf of the Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), I am submitting these comments in response to OEHHA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the proposed Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for bisphenol A (BPA). The Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group consists of the leading global manufacturers of BPA and polycarbonate plastic, which for many years have su...