In 1930 RA. Fisher put forward the fiducial argument. This paper discusses the argument and its origins in Fisher's earlier work. It also emphasises the contribution of Mordecai Ezekiel to the 1930 publication.

Cordyceps, a well-known traditional Chinese medicine, is an endoparasitic and/or symbiotic macrofungus in the body of insect and other arthropod, and has received increasing attention worldwide due to its rarity and outstanding curative effects for different diseases. Recent years, however, the counterfeits and mimics of Cordyceps are frequently found in markets because of its scarce in nature ...

Facilitating the provision of detailed, deep and useful feedback is an important design feature of any educational programme. Here we evaluate feedback provided to medical students completing short transferable skills projects. Feedback quantity and depth were evaluated before and after a simple intervention to change the structure of the feedback-provision form from a blank free-text feedback ...

Analyses of genetic structure and gene flow would provide information on the distance, direction and rate of dispersal of genes in specific populations. Thirty-six microsatellite markers (MS) have been developed within specific regions containing genes controlling chicken body weight and quality. Based on genetic marker positions in the chicken genome, the approximate genetic distances of these...

To control the quality of Curcuma Longa Radix by establishing quality standards, this paper increased the contents of extract and volatile oil determination. Meanwhile, the curcumin was selected as the internal marker, and the relative correlation factors (RCFs) of demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin were established by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The contents of multi...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Recreational waters impacted by fecal contamination have been linked to gastrointestinal illness in swimmer populations. To date, few epidemiologic studies examine the risk for swimming-related illnesses based upon simultaneous exposure to more than one microbial surrogate (e.g. culturable E. coli densities, genetic markers). We addressed this research gap by investigatin...

Evaluation of eating quality in early breeding generations of rice is critical to developing varieties with better palatability. This paper reports DNA markers associated with eating quality of temperate japonica rice and an evaluation method aided by multiple regression analysis. A total of 30 markers comprising STSs, SNPs, and SSRs were tested for their association with palatability using 22 ...

The preservation of banana fruit is vital to ensure ripening quality during the transportation process. can be defined using gene expression marker, which needs high-quality RNA. However, when access laboratory difficult, long-distance transportation, lack liquid nitrogen or refrigerator, we need an alternative for methods, so sample and extracted RNA are still in excellent conditions. Aim our ...

12 representative  high  quality  xian/indica  rice varieties were selected as test materials. Seven grain length genes including  GS3 ,  LGY3 qGL3 GL7 SLG7 TGW6 and  GS9 , and three width GW8 GW5  and  GS5  were tested by molecular marker. The results showed that: All have the  gs3  long-grain allele, Ezhong 5, Yujing 91, Yuzhenxiang,...

little information is available regarding genetic variation in wild wheat relatives from iran. in this study, genetic diversity of 36 populations of wild einkorn wheat, triticum boeoticum, was studied using amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) primer combinations. seventeen aflp primer combinations led to amplify 979 scorable fragments ranging from 50 to 500 bp and of these, 429 (44%) ...