This experiment was conducted to study the effect of salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate as preharvest treatments on the tomato vegetative growth, yield and fruit quality. The experiment was completely randomized experimental design with four replications. These factors included salicylic acid in 2 levels (0.5 and 0.75 mmolL-1) and methyl jasmonate in 3 levels (0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 mmolL-1) appli...

Treatments that obturate dentin tubules have been used for reducing dentin hypersensitivity. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of multiple treatments with a mildly supersaturated calcium phosphate solution on the hydraulic conductance (Lp) of partially occluded dentin discs in vitro. The treatment solution contained 6.5 mmoll(-1) each of calcium and phosphate, 0.25 mmoll(...

The regulation of feeding behavior in adult Drosophila melanogaster includes such elements as ingestion responsiveness, volume ingested in a single meal, food storage in the crop and rate of defecation. Our results suggest that feeding behavior varies in a manner dependent on feeding regime (food-deprived or ad-libitum-fed) and nutritional state. Fed flies that are subsequently food-deprived be...

In vertebrate retina, histogenesis occurs over an extended period. To sustain the temporal generation of diverse cell types, retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) must self-renew. However, self-renewal and regulation of RPCs remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that cellextrinsic factors coordinate with the epigenetic regulator high-mobility group AT-hook 2 (Hmga2) to regulate self-renewal ...

Number Paper Title & Authors Included 4072 Modeling and Simulation of Cellular Networks: Different Approaches for Different Problems Yes W Wiechert 4087 Biocatalytic synthesis of a biodegradable chelant (S,S-EDDS) Yes J M Woodley, H E M Law

Abstract Crosses were made between three varieties and seven accessions of white jute (Corchorus capsularis L.) in all possible combinations to establish 10 × 10 full diallel set. Variances for general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) were significant or highly significant for all the characters indicating additive and non-additive gene actions played predominant rol...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a bioactive and a multifunctional gaseous molecule signal playing a central role and mediating variety of physiological processes in plants. In this study, the protective effect against chilling stress of exogenously applied sodium nitroprusside (SNP, a NO donor) in Cucumis sativus L. cv ZND407 and cv ZND461 was investigated. The SNP was sprayed over cucumber seedlings usin...

BACKGROUND High levels of rural to urban migration are a feature of most African countries. Our aim was to investigate changes, and their determinants, in cardiovascular risk factors on rural to urban migration in Tanzania. METHODS Men and women (15 to 59 years) intending to migrate from Morogoro rural region to Dar es Salaam for at least 6 months were identified. Measurements were made at le...

Through the Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles. Travis Elborough. London: Little, Brown, 2021. ISBN-13: 978-1-4087-1284-9. 341 pages. Hardcover, $19.34.