Continual improvement of oxygenators has been important in the growing demands of patient safety and support during cardiopulmonary bypass. The purpose of this study was to compare the Maxima 1380 oxygenator to the upgraded Maxima Plus oxygenator. Thirty-two adult patients were randomized to either the 1380 group or the Plus group. Information was recorded on the patients' weight, age, body sur...

La salinización de los medios cultivo en producciones intensivas como consecuencia del uso agua riego con alta conductividad eléctrica se ha incrementado condiciones protegidas. Una estrategia para mitigar el efecto las sales sobre cultivos es plantas injertadas un pie que tolere este estrés abiótico. El melón (Cucumis melo L.) usualmente injerta distintas especies género Cucumis o Cucurbita, h...

The effect of grafting and post-grafting temperature on the plant development of two watermelon cultivars at transplantation and on subsequent fruit quality was studied. Watermelon cv. Sugar Baby and Crimson Sweet were self-rooted or grafted onto rootstock RS 841 F1 (Cucurbita maxima × C. moschata) or bottlegourd [Lagenaria siceraria f. clavata] (year 1), plus L. siceraria f. pyrotheca (ye...

In a field study conducted in Georgia, cucurbit plants with high (Cucurbita andreana) and low (Cucurbita maxima) concentrations of cucurbitacins were used in combination with two types of fertilizers to investigate their effects on the community of soil nematodes. Ecological measures of soil nematode community structure such as total nematode abundance, number of genera, trophic diversity, trop...

Ethnobotanical knowledge on local Cucurbita landraces was documented in three district municipalities of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Seven distinct landraces of C. argyrosperma, C. maxima and C. pepo were identified by local (isiZulu) names as iNhlwathi emhlophe, iNhlwathi emnyama, iPhuzi, isiPhama, iThanga, uMpampini oluhlaza and uMpampini ophuzi. The majority had leaves with silvery...

substantiation of the averaging method for differential equations with maxima is presented. two theorems on substantiates for differential equations with maxima are established.

Natural compounds are increasingly becoming an important source of drug leads for computer-aided design approaches. Cucurbita maxima has been observed to have medicinal properties and can, therefore, be a potential novel leads. However, before can synthesized in the lab tests, modern approaches require that candidate screened drug-likeness characteristics toxicit...

The phloem macromolecular transport system plays a pivotal role in plant growth and development. However, little information is available regarding whether the long-distance trafficking of macromolecules is a controlled process or passive movement. Here, we demonstrate the destination-selective long-distance trafficking of phloem proteins. Direct introduction, into rice (Oryza sativa), of phloe...