Objective Hydatidiform mole (HM) is an abnormal human pregnancy with excessive trophoblastic proliferation and abnormal embryonic development, which is divided into two Complete (CHM) and Partial (PHM) groups. One subcategory of the CHMs is recurrent and familial, which is known as biparental hydatidiform mole (BiHMs) or recurrent hydatidiform mole (RHM). NLRP7 and KHDC3L, two maternal-effect g...

The fruit diameter (FD), length (FL), peduncle (FPL), weight (FW) and index (FI, FL/FD) are important quantitative traits in wolfberry fruit, also one of the most goals variety breeding; however, inheritance these has not been studied to date. In this study, genetic analysis five was undertaken for four pairs F1 hybrid populations (CI, CII, CIII CIV) using major gene polygene mixed model. resul...

There is an increasing demand for the breeding programs to focus on resistance against diseases since treatments or vaccinations increase production costs and, in some cases, they are not available at all. Most of studies virus and bacterial diseases, but limited information parasitic European seabass. A sample infected fish (985) with Lernanthropus kroyeri their parents were genotyped using re...

In the present study, sequential extracts of Camellia sinensis, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Calendula officinalis and Linum usitatissimum were analyzed for their antioxidant activity in different test systems. Phytochemical analysis indicated that amongst twelve test extracts, methanolic extract of Camellia sinensis was found to have the highest total phenolic content (104.93 ± 1.630 mg GAE /g) and FRA...

A detailed study of non-Bragg gap solitons in one-dimensional Kerr-metamaterial periodic and Fibonacci heterostructures is performed. The transmission coefficient is numerically obtained by considering the loss effects in the metamaterial slabs. A switching from states of no transparency in the linear regime to high-transparency states in the nonlinear regime is observed for both zero-order and...

Throughout the southeastern United States, Rhus and Ruhm species are common associates oI the southern pines on a wide array of upland site and stand conditions. Because of their ability to overrun disturbed sites, these species are categorized as competitors to pint during stand regeneration. Since prescribed burning is often used for site preparation in advance of pine regeneration, this stud...

Nucleotide-diphospho-sugars (NDP-sugars) are the building blocks of diverse polysaccharides and glycoconjugates in all organisms. In plants, 11 families of NDP-sugar interconversion enzymes (NSEs) have been identified, each of which interconverts one NDP-sugar to another. While the functions of these enzyme families have been characterized in various plants, very little is known about their evo...

BACKGROUND Although Chinese-origin Rhesus macaques (Ch RhMs) infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) have been used for many years to evaluate the efficacy of AIDS vaccines and therapeutics, the bio-clinical variability of such a nonhuman primate AIDS model was so far not established. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS By randomizing 150 (78 male and 72 female) Ch RhMs with diverse MHC ...

A theory of diffraction in the system consisting of the left-handed and the right-handed materials is proposed. The theory is based upon the Huygens's principle and the Kirchhoff's integral and it is valid if the wavelength is smaller than any relevant length of the system. The theory is applied to the calculation of the smearing of the foci of the Veselago lens due to the finite wavelength. We...

BACKGROUND Dysregulation of monocyte-macrophage differentiation is a hallmark of vascular and metabolic diseases and associated with persistent low grade inflammation. Plasmalogens represent ether lipids that play a role in diabesity and previous data show diminished plasmalogen levels in obese subjects. We therefore analyzed transcriptomic and lipidomic changes during monocyte-macrophage diffe...