Many statistical tests have been developed for detecting positive selection. Most of these tests draw conclusions based on significant deviations from the patterns of polymorphism predicted by the neutral model. However, many non-equilibrium forces may cause similar deviations, and thus the tests usually have low statistical specificity to positive selection. The main challenge is hence to cons...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.030 0022-1694/ 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding authors at: Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (N. Ma), [email protected] (Y. Zhang). Ning Ma a,b,c,⇑, Jozsef Szilagyi , Guo-Yu...

Akshay Singh, Galan Moody, Sanfeng Wu, Yanwen Wu, Nirmal J. Ghimire, Jiaqiang Yan, David G. Mandrus, Xiaodong Xu, and Xiaoqin Li Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Colombia, South Carolina 29208, USA Department of Ph...

Nicola De Maio, Chieh-Hsi Wu, Kathleen M O’Reilly, Daniel Wilson 1 Institute for Emerging Infections, Oxford Martin School, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 3 MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom 4 Wellcome Trust Centre fo...

Jin-Wu Jiang1,* and Harold S. Park2,† 1Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, People’s Republic of China 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA (Received 28 March 2015; revised manuscript received 18 May 2015; published 11 June 2...

We assessed a pilot project by UNICEF and Hindustan Unilever Limited to improve the quality of drinking water for children in schools through adoption of improved drinking water practices among households in southern India. The intervention consisted of providing classrooms of 200 schools a commercial water purifier, and providing basic hygiene and water treatment information to students, paren...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to observe the effect of maternal deprivation on somatic growth of wistar rat pups viz. Body weight, nose-rump length, tail length and head length. MATERIALS AND METHOD 5 days old 50 rat pups were studied dividing equally into control and experimental groups. Experimental group (N=25) of rats were maternally deprived 1-4 hours twice daily till the wea...

objective(s): nitric oxide (no), a product of inducible nitric oxide synthase (inos), contributes in germ cell apoptosis. this study was aimed to evaluate the effects of aloe vera gel (avg) on male wistar rat reproductive organ, serum no level, and expression of inos gene in leydig cells. materials and methods:adult male wistar rats (n=36) were used for experiments in three groups. the experime...

objective(s): titanium dioxide (tio2) nanoparticles (nps) are widely used in commercial food additives and cosmetics worldwide. uptake of these nanoparticulate into humans by different routes and may exhibit potential side effects, lags behind the rapid development of nanotechnology. thus, the present study designed to evaluate the toxic effect of mixed rutile and anatase tio2 nps on serum bioc...