<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Eczema, also known as dermatitis, is characterized by skin inflammation, which presents pruritus, dryness and erythema. Soteri cream, was used in the study, contains <em>Helianthus annus</em> oil, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate, niacinamide various ceramides. Niacinamide upregulates epidermal ceramide synthesis; thereb...

nickel (ni) is a heavy metal and soil pollutant but existence of small amount of it as a metallic part of urease enzyme in the plants is necessary. remediation of spots contaminated with heavy metals is particularly challenging. phytoremediation, the use of plants for environmental restoration, is a novel clean up technology. in this study, five levels of nickel [control (ni0), ni125, ni250, ni...

Due to past limitations in experimental technology, canopy function has generally been inferred from leaf properties through scaling and/or indirect measurements. The development of a facility (EcoCELLs) at the Desert Research Institute has now made it possible to directly measure canopy gas exchange. In this experiment, sunflowers (Helianthus annus) were planted in the EcoCELLs and grown under...

Field experiments were conducted during the 2 year period from 2008 and 2009 to determine the effects of three seeding dates and seven weed control methods in DSR. The results suggested that seeding in the first week of July reduced weed density and biomass, increased kernel weight, leaf area index, and kernel yield compared to seeding rice in the first week of July. Amongst weed control method...

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are a rich source of genetic diversity for crop improvement. Combining ecogeographic and phylogenetic techniques can inform both conservation and breeding. Geographic occurrence, bioclimatic, and biophysical data were used to predict species distributions, range overlap and niche occupancy in 36 taxa closely related to sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Taxa lacking com...