Sheath blight of rice, caused by Rhizoctonia solani, is one of the most devastating rice diseases worldwide. No rice cultivar has been found to be completely resistant to this fungus. Identifying antioxidant enzymes activities (activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT)) and malondialdehyde content (MDA) responding to sheath blight infestation is imperative to ...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS The aim of this study was to describe clinical and biological changes in a group of patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) without any complication during the postoperative period. These changes reflect the "natural history" of PD, and a deviation should be considered as a warning sign. METHODS Between January 2000 and December 2009, 131 patients underwent PD. We...

The effect of four different levels of irrigation periods, including normal irrigation, irrigation after 100, 150, and 200mm evaporation, with three different bio-fertilizer including control, Mycorrhiza, and Rhizobium were investigated on morphological and yield traits of guar. The experiment was conduct in form of split-plot design with irrigation periods as main plots and bio-fertilizers as ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of and specific preoperative and intraoperative risk factors for postoperative delirium (POD) in electively treated vascular surgery patients. METHODS Between March 2010 and November 2013, all vascular surgery patients were included in a prospective database. Various preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative risk facto...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to dissect into quantitative trait loci (QTLs) the large morphological and physiological differences between cultivated azuki bean (Vigna angularis) and a wild relative and to infer the commonalities of the QTLs for domestication-related traits across the Asian Vigna and with other warm-season legumes. METHODS Two linkage maps, for the BC(1)F(1) and ...

OBJECTIVE Despite the use of antibiotics, the management of postoperative discitis (POD) still presents a challenge. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy on the duration of antibiotic treatment. METHODS Between 1999 and 2004, 22 patients diagnosed with POD were treated with antibiotic and HBO2 therapy. There were 14 male (63.6%) and 8 fem...

The accumulation of misfolded cytosolic or aggregation-prone proteins leads to cellular stress. To protect the cell, damaged or aggregated proteins are actively sequestered in two newly discovered quality control compartments, JUNQ and IPOD, which are highly conserved in evolution.

Yardlong bean pod used as vegetable in many countries. has agronomic character variability such length, immature and seed colour. The colour are green, whitish green red. Fagiola variety red pod, while "Aura Hijau" pod. aim of research was to evaluate characters F3 progenies. Artificial crossing made between "Fagiola" female parent male produce F1. F1 were self-pollinated F2. Then F2 obtain Pro...

to investigate the effect of wild mustard plant density and nitrogen fertilizer on morphological characters, yield and yield components of canola a split-plot experiment based on a randomized complete block design with 3 replications was carried out in bu-ali sina university of hamedan, in 2009. 4 levels of nitrogen fertilization (100, 150, 200 and 250 kgn h-1) were assigned to main-plots and p...

OBJECTIVE Theoretically, anatomical pulmonary resection does not cause any shunt effect, and thus it is thought that oxygen (O(2)) supplementation is not necessary after a pulmonary lobectomy or pneumonectomy. Without O(2) supplementation, we have streamlined our postoperative management for pulmonary resection. In the present study, we prospectively assessed our perioperative management for bo...