water and sediment samples were collected from six different stations, located along the nil river between february and june 2015. concentrations of cadmium, lead, zinc, and copper were determined. the extent of the sediment pollution was assessed, using the multiple pollution indices, namely contamination factor (cf), pollution load index (pli), and the geoaccumulation index (igeo). the result...

Soil salinity reduces soybean growth and yield. The recently identified GmSALT3 (Glycine max salt Tolerance-associated gene on chromosome 3) has the potential to improve soybean yields in salinized conditions. Here we evaluate the impact of GmSALT3 on soybean performance under saline or non-saline conditions. Three sets of near isogenic lines (NILs), with genetic similarity of 95.6-99.3% betwee...

The producing cells of the negative regulator of interleukin-3 (NIL-3) were investigated. The 5-fluorouracil-treated bone marrow cells did not produce NIL-3. The bone marrow cells of stem cell-depleted W/WV mouse did not produce the NIL-3, either. The production of NIL-3 was different among mouse strains. Mice of C3H/HeN, A/J and ICR strains produced NIL-3, but the C57BL/6 mice did not produce ...

We show the nonexistence of deep pockets in a large class of groups, extending a result of Bogopol’skĭi. We then give examples of important groups (namely lattices in Nil and Sol) which have deep pockets.

BACKGROUND The rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States is much higher than in other developed nations. Approximately half of unintended pregnancies are due to contraceptive failure, largely owing to inconsistent or incorrect use. METHODS We designed a large prospective cohort study to promote the use of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods as a means of reducing unintended p...

IS IT REALLY REVERSIBLE? In the January/February 2001 issue of the Journal of Refractive Surgery, Asbell and colleagues reported the reversible effect of the intrastromal corneal ring segments (Intacs). 1 They presented compelling evidence to suggest that Intacs can be removed with full reversibility of refractive effect. This is the first corneal refractive surgical procedure to claim reversib...

Cyclopentadienylcobalt complexes of linear [4]phenylene undergo thermally reversible photoinduced metallahaptotropism between the inner and outer cyclobutadiene ring.

We construct new explicit proper biharmonic functions on the 3-dimensional Thurston geometries Sol, Nil, S̃L2(R), H 2 × R and