life table parameters of the beet armyworm, spodoptera exigua (hã¼bner), on four sugar beet cultivars (renger, fd0005, dorothea and shirin) were studied in laboratory at 27 â± 1â°c, 60 â± 5% rh and a photoperiod of 16l: 8d hours. the larvae successfully developed on all cultivars. the shortest and longest total developmental time were recorded on fd0005 and renger, respectively. the development...

OBJECTIVE Grape virus diseases are a serious problem in Iran. Leaves and fruits of grape have been used for different purposes like cooking in Iran. The present investigation was carried out to study on the cytotoxic-activities of extracts of fruits and leaves of Vitis vinifera from both virus-free and virus-infected grape cultivars against breast cancer cell line (MDAMB- 231) and human embryon...

The human intestinal tract is home to a complex ecosystem of commensal bacteria that live in a mutually beneficial state with the host. The study of the intestinal microbiota has gained considerable attention in recent years as it has been found to contribute to intestinal and extraintestinal diseases.1 Defining the normal microbiome is a pre-requisite of investigating the effect of modifying f...

Adiabatic potential energy surfaces (PESs) for three major isotopologues of water, H2 O, H2 O, and H2 O, are constructed by fitting to observed vibration–rotation energy levels of the system using the nuclear motion program DVR3D employing an exact kinetic energy operator. Extensive tests show that the mass-dependent ab initio surfaces due to Polyansky et al. [O.L. Polyansky, A.G. Császár, S.V....

Background: This study assessed the removal of organic material and nutrients from full-scale subsurface flow (SSF) constructed wetlands (CWs) followed by anaerobic stabilization ponds under environmental conditions. Methods: The effluents were distributed evenly in 12 reed beds. Samples were taken twice monthly for a total of 6 months from several points in the wetland. Biochemical oxygen dema...

Stress Response ATF6 and Thrombospondin 4 : The Dynamic Duo of the Adaptive Endoplasmic Reticulum Print ISSN: 0009-7330. Online ISSN: 1524-4571 Copyright © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation Research doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.112.28056

INTRODUCTION Coordination of tissue growth and morphogenesis is crucial for generating adult functional organs (Hogan and Kolodziej, 2002; Lu and Werb, 2008). How the two processes are integrated during the development of many organs is still a major unresolved question. During pancreatic development, branching morphogenesis coincides with growth and differentiation (Jensen, 2004; Pan and Wrigh...