Response of fourteen tomato genotypesfrom different geographical regions to root-knot nematodes (RKN; Meloidogyne spp .) was evaluated for two seasons under greenhouse conditions. Two PCR-based markers (Mi-23 and REX-1) were used the detection RKN resistance gene (Mi-1.2) in tested genotypes. The results showed a wide variation among genotypes their responses RKNs. Highly significant difference...

this paper investigates the impact of oil revenues on the output of economic sectors in some of oil exporting countries including iran, venezuela and mexico. we use cointegration analysis as well as short run and long run granger casualties' tests. the results show that in the long run, an oil boom leads to expansion of service sector, in these countries. also, the impacts of oil revenues ...

inflation forecasting has been one of the requirements for the implementation of monetary policy in countries which their monetary authorities are pursuing inflation targeting regime. however, owing to central bank independence in one hand and as well as the lagged effects of monetary policies on inflation in the other, the monetary authorities should have the sound perspective about the future...

This paper considers the evaluation of forecasts of a given statistical functional, such as a mean, quantile, or distribution. Recent work has emphasized the importance of evaluating such forecasts using a loss function that is consistent for the functional of interest, of which there are an in…nite number. If forecasters all use correctly speci…ed models, and if the information sets of the com...

The CD58 binding site on human CD2 was recently shown by nuclear magnetic resonance structural data in conjunction with site-directed mutagenesis to be a highly charged surface area covering approximately 770A2 on the major AGFCC'C" face of the CD2 immunoglobulin-like (Ig-like) NH2-terminal domain. Here we have identified the other binding surface of the CD2-CD58 adhesion pair by mutating charg...

n engl j med 369;26 nejm.org december 26, 2013 e37 A 65-year-old woman presented with pain in both knees. She had received a diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee previously and had been treated with analgesic agents and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. In addition, she was treated intermittently with intraarticular injection of a glucocorticoid. In spite of these therapies, the arthralgi...

The cloning and sequencing of the rbpa gene coding for a versatile peroxidase from a novel Bjerkandera strain is hereby reported. The 1777 bp isolated fragment contained a 1698 bp peroxidase-encoding gene, interrupted by 11 introns. The 367 amino acid-deduced sequence includes a 27 amino acid-signal peptide. The molecular model, built via homology modelling with crystal structures of four funga...