This paper demonstrates how the power form of the Species–Area Relationship (SAR) can be used to set conservation targets for land classes using biodiversity survey data. The log-transformation of the power model is a straight line; therefore, if one knows the average number of species recorded per survey site and can estimate the true species number present in the land class, using EstimateS s...

objective: soil salinity is one of the major worldwide environmental constraints affecting agricultural production in arid and semiarid regions. lack of proper management of water and soil resources lead to increase soil salinity and reduce soil fertility. on the other hand, it seems simple and cheap method of measuring soil salinity is necessary. the aim of this study was to determine the rela...

Many biological processes are controlled by intricate networks of transcriptional regulators. With the development of microarray technology, transcriptional changes can be examined at the whole-genome level. However, such analysis often lacks information on the hierarchical relationship between components of a given system. Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is an inducible plant defense respon...

Two types of aromatic amines were cyanoethylated. The cyano ethylated products were reacted with propylene oxide to give azocomponents: N-acetyl – N – β – hydroxyl propyl, Nβ-propylnitrile -1, 3 – phenyl diamine and Nβ hydroxypropyl, Nβpropyl nitrile aniline. These products are referred to as Azodin A and Azodin B respectively. When diazotized aromatic amines were coupled to Azodin B, eight dye...

INTRODUCTION We previously presented an investigation on the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and temperature elevation using Japanese anatomical human models for body-worn usage at 900, 1950, and 3500 MHz [1]. The results showed that there was a difference in the 10g average SAR between the male and the female models, but the temperature elevation was almost the same at 900 and 1950 MHz and vice...

A significant number of drug discovery efforts are based on natural products or high throughput screens from which compounds showing potential therapeutic effects are identified without knowledge of the target molecule or its 3D structure. In such cases computational ligand-based drug design (LBDD) can accelerate the drug discovery processes. LBDD is a general approach to elucidate the relation...

In analogy to the species-area relationship (SAR), one of the few laws in ecology, the phylogenetic diversity-area relationship (PDAR) describes the tendency of phylogenetic diversity (PD) to increase with area. Although investigating PDAR has the potential to unravel the underlying processes shaping assemblages across spatial scales and to predict PD loss through habitat reduction, it has been...

Inductive databases (IDBs) contain both data and patterns. Here we consider IDBs where patterns are polynomial equations. We present a constraint-based approach to answering inductive queries in this domain. The approach is based on heuristic search through the space of polynomial equations and can use subsumption and evaluation constraints on polynomial equations. We evaluate this approach on ...

BACKGROUND Microbes and allergens can stimulate the nasal mucosa, potentially leading to the development of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABRS). This study was designed to determine if allergen exposure alters the sinonasal microbiome. METHODS We performed a parallel observational study of healthy adults with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR; grass or tree, n = 20) or nonallergic subjects (n...

The choice of therapeutic strategies for hyperthyroidism during pregnancy is limited. Surgery and radioiodine are typically avoided, leaving propylthiouracil and methimazole in the US. Carbimazole, a metabolic precursor of methimazole, is available in some countries outside of the US. In the US propylthiouracil is recommended because of concern about developmental toxicity from methimazole and ...