introduction dodder (cascuta campestris yuncker) is an annual parasitic plant from the convolvulaceae family (mishra et al., 2007). it wraps around many adjacent dicot and a few monocot plants, penetrates in their vascular tissue and exploits photosynthates, nutrients and water (lanini & kogan, 2005). consequently, the growth, vigor and production of the host plant will be severely reduced (nad...

Although current theories suggest that affective empathy (perceivers’ experience of social targets’ emotions) should contribute to empathic accuracy (perceivers’ ability to accurately assess targets’ emotions), extant research has failed to consistently demonstrate a correspondence between them. We reasoned that prior null findings may be attributable to a failure to account for the fundamental...

&ONE OF THE wonders of the MeadConway revolution was in providing a clean break between the design process and manufacturing. Circuits could neatly be represented by stick diagrams, and the separation requirements between features on a die could be captured by a set of design rules. In nanoscale CMOS technologies, this division between design and manufacturing is no longer as simple. In the mod...

Cuprate superconductors have many different atoms per unit cell. A large fraction of cells (525%) must be modified (“doped”) before the material superconducts. Thus it is not surprising that there is little consensus on the superconducting mechanism, despite almost 200,000 papers [1]. Most astonishing is that for the simplest electrical property, the resistance, “despite sustained theoretical e...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Kratom is an unregulated herb with psychogenic properties that can be ingested as a tablet, powder, or brewed tea. Patients use it for relief against variety of ailments such pain, gastrointestinal discomfort, opiate withdrawal and mood disorders. It has been associated detrimental consequences seizures, cardiac arre...

Jamil H., H.A. Samad, N.U. Rehman, Z.I. Qureshi, L.A. Lodhi: In vitro Maturation and Fertilization of Riverine Buffalo Follicular Oocytes in Media Supplemented with Oestrus Buffalo Serum and Hormones. Acta Vet. Brno 2007, 76: 399-404. Effects of two maturation media (TCM-199 and Ham’s F-12) with and without the addition of oestrus buffalo serum (OBS) and hormones (FSH, LH, E2) on the maturation...

We have developed several in vitro systems to predict human and animal responses to chemical exposures. These cell culture analogs (CCAs) are fabricated in silicon or polystyrene, and contain cell culture chambers connected with microfluidic channels. The cell chambers are designed to mimic animal tissues, with chamber size and culture medium flow rate scaled to match corresponding organ size a...

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In order to help the readers stay up-to-date in field, each issue of Progress Photovoltaics will contain a list recently published journal articles that are most relevant its aims and scope. This is drawn from an extremely wide range journals, including IEEE Journal Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials Cells, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Reviews, Applied Physics Letters. To assist readers, se...

Research Findings: Adults’ attitudes about attachment relationships are central to how they perceive and respond to children. However, little is known about how attachment styles are related to teachers’ attitudes toward and interactions with infants and toddlers. From a survey of 207 students taking early childhood (EC) courses at 4 U.S. universities, we report relations among students’ attach...