Photo 1. The Sierra de Cazorla mountains in southeastern Spain, where the study was carried out. area is characterized by rugged topography, high habitat and species diversity, outstanding degree of preservation natural vegetation. credit: Carlos M. Herrera. 2. As many other mountain areas from mid-latitudes Holarctic realm, flowering season plant communities starts well before end winter, when...

Many members of the monocot mannose-binding lectin family, characterized by specificity towards mannose have been characterized and cloned. A majority of these lectins molecules contain 1-4 polypeptides of about 110 residues each. From the previously solved crystal structures of a few such lectins, mostly from non-edible plants, these lectins are thought to possess a common β-prism II fold stru...

Both Sides Now many of us working in the specialty of oncology experience confounded shock and disbelief when we or one of our family members are diagnosed with cancer. in some way, we subconsciously feel that if we dedicate ourselves to helping those fighting the disease, then maybe we gain immunity. As many of us have learned, this is not the case. i first experienced the shock and disbelief ...

Season two of the popular prison drama Orange is the New Black opens in a small concrete cell, no larger than a parking space. The cell is windowless and sparsely furnished; it holds a toilet, a sink and a limp bed. The only distinguishing feature we see is a mural of smeared egg, made by the cell’s resident, the show’s protagonist Piper Chapman. When a correctional officer arrives at this soli...

Introduction: There is increasing interest in studying the fate of stem cells in living organisms as they are used as putative therapeutic agents for a range of diseases. However, improved sensitivity MR visible cell markers are required to track the small cell volumes used for in vivo studies. This abstract reports initial work aimed at producing a stem cell marker and imaging system for in vi...

Aim/Purpose: The main aim of this study is to identify the factors that influence continuance intention use innovative systems by non-academic employees a private university and associated academic institutions in Bangladesh. Background: targeted have introduced many new online services aimed at improving students’ access information services, including library, ERP or forum, jobs-tracking syst...

Casual speech processes, such as /t/-reduction, make word recognition harder. Additionally, word-recognition is also harder in a second language (L2). Combining these challenges, we investigated whether L2 learners have recourse to knowledge from their native language (L1) when dealing with casual-speech processes in their L2. In three experiments, production and perception of /t/-reduction was...

Virus-induced gene silencing has been suggested as a powerful and rapid technique for analysis of gene function in plant growth and development (Baulcombe, 1999). Infecting Nicotiana benthamiana with Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) containing a fragment of the gene encoding phytoene desaturase, an essential enzyme in carotene synthesis, results in a photo-bleached phenotype in photosynthetic tissues...

The Letter Spirit project is an attempt to model central aspects of human high-level perception and creativity on a computer, focusing on the creative act of artistic letter-design. The aim is to model the process of rendering the 26 lowercase letters of the roman alphabet in many di erent, internally coherent styles. Two important and orthogonal aspects of letterforms are basic to the project:...