The molecular mechanisms of apoptosis are highly conserved throughout evolution. The homologs of genes essential for apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster have been shown to be important for apoptosis in mammalian systems. Although a homologue for CED-4/apoptotic protease-activating factor (Apaf)-1 has been described in Drosophila, its exact function and the role of th...

BACKGROUND Alveolar ridge keratosis (ARK) is a distinct, benign clinicopathological entity, characterized by a hyperkeratotic plaque or patch that occurs on the alveolar edentulous ridge or on the retromolar trigone, considered to be caused by chronic frictional trauma. The aim of this retrospective study is to present the clinicopathological features of 23 consecutive cases of ARK. MATERIAL ...

Studies of allozyme variation may reveal unexpected patterns of genetic variation which challenge earlier conclusions of species delimitations based on morphological data. However, allozyme variation alone may not be sufficient to resolve this kind of problem. For example, populations of the marine intertidal snail Littorina fabalis (=Littorina mariae) from wave exposed parts and from protected...

This research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of various diffusers in a bioreactor for producing liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) using cow urine and slurry waste as materials. LOF was produced by treating with Urine-Single Orifice Diffuser (USOD), Urine-Coarse Bubble (UCBD), Urine-Fine (UFBD), Slurry-Single (SSOD), Slurry-Coarse (SCBD), Slurry-Fine (SFBD) equipped water pump an external aer...

Although mobile robot navigation in unstructured environments is an open problem , robotic systems can be developed which operate in relatively unstructured but known environments. The Autonomous Robot for a Known environment (ARK) project has constructed an autonomous robot capable of navigating and carrying out survey/inspection tasks in a complex industrial environment. The ARK environment i...

Although mobile robot navigation in unstructured environments is an open problem, robotic systems can be developed which operate in relatively unstructured but known environments. The Autonomous Robot for a Known environment (ARK) project has constructed an autonomous robot capable of navigating and carrying out survey/inspection tasks in a complex industrial environment. The ARK environment is...

The objective of this experiment was to determine if continuous exposure to bull urine alters resumption of ovarian cycling activity of primiparous, suckled beef cows. We tested the hypotheses that interval from urine exposure to resumption of luteal activity and proportions of cows that resume luteal activity by the end of the urine-exposure period do not differ between cows exposed to mature ...

The seeds of Strychnos nuxvomica Linn. (Loganiaceae) were processed as prescribed in the Ayurvedic classics. The seeds were soaked in Kanji (3 days; Sample A); boiled in cow milk (3 h; Sample B); soaked in cow urine (7 days), boiled in cow milk (3 h) and roasted in cow ghee (till swollen; Sample C) and a sample roasted in cow ghee (till swollen; Sample D). The processed nux vomica were compared...

Plant microbial fuel cells (P-MFCs) are sustainable and eco-friendly technologies, which use plant root exudates to directly nourish the electrochemically active bacteria (EABs) generate electricity. However, their in evaluating growth has been insufficiently studied. In this study, interconnection between production of bioelectricity was evaluated by using P-MFCs inoculated with 642.865 mL ? 6...

Environmental temperature affects water turnover and isotope fractionation by causing water evaporation from the body in mammals. This may lead to rearrangement of the water stable isotope equilibrium in body fluids. We propose an approach to detect possible variations in the isotope ratio in different body fluids on the basis of different homoeothermic adaptations in varying reproductive stage...