b a ckground: scorpions stings are a health problem in many parts of the world. mesobuthus eupeus (buthidae) is the most prevalent species in the middle east and central asia. definition of toxicogenic and immunogenic characteris- tics of the venom is necessary to produce antidote. in this study, the noted properties of m. eupeus venom were eval- uated. m e t hods: venom was obtained by milking...

  Germanium nanostructures were generated in the post annealed germanium oxide thin films. Visible and near infrared photoluminescence bands were observed in the samples annealed at 350°C and 400°C, respectively. These different luminescence ranges are attributed to the presence of the defects in oxide matrix and quantum confinement effect in the germanium nanostructures, respectively. Decay ti...

Lactococcosis disease incident caused by Lactococcus garvieae has been increased with increasing aquaculture productions and outbreaks of the disease have become a threat on farmed species. To prevent lactococcosis, inactivated vaccine has been used, however, it only provides protection when given by injection. Other than inactivated vaccine, various vaccines such as subunit vaccines c...

morphological and rapd markers were used to investigate the genetic diversity among 21 accessions of pomegranate originating from south eastern tunisia. thirteen morphological traits were studied and results showed significant differences for all morphological characters (p< 0.001). clustering based on fruit traits, using ward’s method, divided the accessions into three main groups. in rapd ana...

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background: sand fly saliva helps parasite establishment and induce immune responses in vertebrate hosts. in the current study, we investigated the modulation of phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland antigen expression by sea­sonal and biological factors. methods: sand flies were grouped according to physiological stages such as unfed, fed, semi-gravid, gravid, parous, nulliparous, infected or no...

ABSTRACT We report on the case of optical periodic modulation discovered in two Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and one candidate AGN. Analysing archival data obtained from large transient surveys, namely Catalina Real-Transient Survey (CRTS) Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), we find periodicities 2169.7, 2103.1, 1462.6 d sources J0122 + 1032, J1007 1248 (or PG 1004 1248), J2131 − 1127, respectivel...