... structure, composition or diversityof primary and logged forests The lack of knowledge regarding these quantitative characteristics of both primary and logged forests is one of the major problems ... genera and 13 families were identified Of the overall number of tree species, 21 were present on both the primary and logged forest sites: species of seedlings, 19 species of saplings, 15 species of ... S.L., Fang J.Y (2004): Comparison of community structure and species diversityof mixed forests of deciduous broad-leaved tree and Korean pine in Northeast China Biodiversity Science, 12: 174–181...
... many of the types and causes of liver malfunction, and it is particularly good at identifying obstruction of the bile ducts and cirrhosis, which is characterized by abnormal fibrous growths and ... the site of 5% of abortions (accounting for 33% of abortion providers), while only 3% of abortions were performed at physician offices (21% of abortion providers) in 14 days, 95–97% of women ... of cervical dilation necessary and increases the risk and discomfort of the procedure A combination of suction and manual extraction using medical instruments is used to remove the contents of...
... 65% of ganglion cysts occur on the upper surface of the wrist, with another 20%–25% on the volar (palm) surface of the hand Most of the remaining 10%–15% of ganglion cysts occur on the sheath of ... of the stomach and duodenum Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are mandatory for diseases and cancers of the colon and large intestine Aftercare For simple procedures like appendectomy and gallbladder ... among authorities GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURGERY INTRODUCTION The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients andCaregivers is a unique and invaluable source of information for anyone who is...
... mutation of a lysine codon introduces a stop codon in CvMT-II isoforms (A) Diagram of CvMT-I and -II Ó FEBS 2004 isoform structural diversity, as represented by cDNA (B) Conceptual translation of the ... First-strand cDNA was synthesized from lg of total RNA using an oligo (dT) primer and 200 U of M-MLV reverse transcriptase (Promega) Complementary isoforms were amplified with 25 cycles of PCR ... trifluoroacetic acid) and the mass was determined by MALDI-TOF MS Results Diversityof oyster MTs at the level of the transcriptome cDNA libraries constructed from control, cadmium-, and copper-treated...
... Fig 7A and 7B, respectively The net charge of the V3 regions of D36E and D36L clones was +6, and the net charge of the V3 regions of C98E, C98L, C18E and C18L clones was +2 or +3 Consistent with ... a stabilisation of viral divergence and a continued stability or decline in viral diversity The emergence of X4 HIV-1 variants often coincided with transition between the early and intermediate ... variants, and confirms previous studies that showed infection of PBMC by R5X4 viruses occurs primarily via CXCR4 [40] Thus, D36 isolates are of R5X4 phenotype, and C18 and C98 isolates are of R5...
... of common region (CR) nucleotide sequences of the DNA-A (CRA) and database(CRB) of ACMV (A) and EACMV Alignment of common region (CR) nucleotide sequences of the DNA-A (CRA) and DNA-B (CRB) of ... Africa andof the distribution of viruses the location of the completely location of CMG clones types of viruses well as the localizationinlay map of Tanzania showingsimilar to these clones Map of ... fragment of about 800 nts not of EACMV origin, covering AC2-AC3 and the C-terminus of AC1 (Fig 8A) ii) Comparisons of the B components of EACMCV The EACMCV West African isolates had only a stretch of...
... of common region (CR) nucleotide sequences of the DNA-A (CRA) and database(CRB) of ACMV (A) and EACMV Alignment of common region (CR) nucleotide sequences of the DNA-A (CRA) and DNA-B (CRB) of ... Africa andof the distribution of viruses the location of the completely location of CMG clones types of viruses well as the localizationinlay map of Tanzania showingsimilar to these clones Map of ... fragment of about 800 nts not of EACMV origin, covering AC2-AC3 and the C-terminus of AC1 (Fig 8A) ii) Comparisons of the B components of EACMCV The EACMCV West African isolates had only a stretch of...
... variables Summary measures are standardized with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10 to reflect general US population norms for children The demographics ofcaregiversof children with uncontrolled ... the impact of asthma symptom control upon the HRQOL of asthmatic children, the QOL of the children’s caregivers, and the productivity of the children with asthma as well as their caregivers We ... the analysis to caregiversof Page of 10 children with controlled and uncontrolled asthma who reported employment (n = 246 [68.3%] and n = 80 [70.8%], respectively), caregiversof children with...
... and 67% of the 15- and 20-base random primers produced polymorphic bands, respectively) In our study using different plant clones and species, out of informative primers were 17-base random primers ... variation of in vitro propagated plants (Chia-Szu Wen and Ju-Ying Hsiao 1999; Varshney et al., 2001) The present study was undertaken to assess the genetic diversityof local and exotic germplasm of ... OPA10, P615 and P650 giving an average of 0.8; 1.7 and 3.8 DNA bands per one plant accession respectively Figure showed the example of RAPD markers generated by OPA-10 Ten-base random primers...
... colonization and plant growth due to the interchange of carbon, phosphate and nitrogen between the host fungi and bacteria According to Bader-El-Din and Moawad (1998), the dual inoculation of AM and Rhizobium ... roots was (90 ± 7.07) and VAM spore number was (182.5 ± 5.30) in 50 g of soil (five random replications) Both arbuscular and vesicular types of colonization were found in roots of A catechu The AM ... efficiency of the shoot and root system in providing the plant with essential levels of P and N for growth Inoculated seedlings with the entire test AM fungi increased the phosphorus content of roots and...
... mM KCl), 1µL of dNTP (10 mM), µL of each primer (100 µM), 0.5 µL of Taq-polymerase (Fastart, Roche Diagnostic), µL of MgCl2 , µL of GC-rich solution (Sigma), µL of BSA (3%) and µL of genomic DNA ... transformation of the abundance data [10] The significance of time and tree species on microbial species richness and SW diversity was tested by ANOVA using the Statistica software The banding patterns of ... Intermediate values were found in the oak, beech and Douglas-fir stands (12.6 and 0.937; 12.3 and 0.920; 12.2 and 0.934, respectively) Twenty of the selected bands of the more common species were sequenced...
... Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas Widespread Gippsland Gippsland Gippsland Gippsland Gippsland Gippsland Gippsland Gippsland Gippsland SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE Tas SE ... whole range Only in south-western Tasmania No of haplotypes 34 Native range No of da samples 108 0.31 % of samples 37 Portuguese Landrace No of No of da % of haplotypes samples samples 15 0.20 32 ... subject to selection, potentially giving an inaccurate picture of the genetic diversityand affinities of a given landrace [20, 38] The advent of selectively neutral molecular markers offers powerful tools...
... that quality of life can be severely affected by food allergies in terms of restriction of social activities, increased fear and anxiety, lack of understanding by others, and feelings of isolation[5] ... provision of standardized, accessible educational programs to train all caregivers, as well as primary care and specialist physicians Previous studies have shown that knowledge and management of food ... knowledge and improve their self confidence Strengths and limitations To our knowledge, this is the first Canadian study to assess the experiences and educational needs of food allergic patients and caregivers, ...
... injury and in loss of self-tolerance as the biological system ages Senescent T cells: facilitators of inflammation Expansion of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells that have lost the expression of CD28, and are ... (WG): lack of expression of CD28 and preferential up-regulation of its ligands B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) on T cells Clin Exp Immunol 1998, 114:113-118 Markovic-Plese S, Cortese I, Wandinger KP, ... pressure from memory cells and a breakdown of distinct naive and memory cell compartments Also, the phenotypic distinction of naive and memory cells based on CD45 isoforms, which is relatively...
... result of the amplification of diverse families of retroelements Individual or small clusters of maize genes are ‘islands’ of coding region in a vast sea of inactive transposons that occupy most of ... courtesy of Akio Kato were not selected in the corn grown in the southwestern USA until approximately 1,000 years ago And what has been the fate of teosinte? Jerry Kermicle (University of Wisconsin, ... within small blocks of sweet corn or popcorn despite the billions of windborne pollen grains from nearby standard corn Ga1 alone cannot explain the crossing barrier between teosinte and corn, however,...
... linguistic, and cultural diversity, the population history of India has long intrigued anthropologists and human geneticists [3,12-14,20,34,35] A better understanding of Indian genetic diversityand ... rate, and date of population origin and divergence In addition, despite the large amount of genetic diversity suggested by Ychromosome, mtDNA, and autosomal microarray analyses, Indian genetic diversity ... for the dispersal of modern humans, and Indian demographics have been influenced by multiple waves of human migrations [3,9,33] Because of its long history of human settlement and its enormous...
... structure and abundance of the species in relation to land use and variation in chemical and phenotypic characteristics of its fruits in West Africa [12-14], but less is known on the pattern of use of ... conversion into cultivated land and by burning, ring-barking and removing S birrea seedlings and saplings during farming activities Diversityand pattern of use Past, current and potential uses Although ... eight month dry period and a mean annual rainfall of 650 mm The mean annual temperature is about 30°C and Page of the vegetation is characterized by grasslands and open shrub lands with sparse trees...