Selection for drought tolerance typically involves evaluating genotypes for either high yield potential or stable performance under drought stress. In order to select drought tolerant land races of bread wheat an experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications under two different rainfed and irrigated conditions during the growing season 2010-2011. ...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of posterior sub-Tenon's capsule triamcinolone acetonide injection combined with modified grid macular photocoagulation (PSTI + MP) with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) injection in the treatment of diffuse diabetic macular edema (DME). MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty eyes of 33 patients with diffuse DME were randomly allocated into either PSTI + MP (20...

The validity of the Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST) was investigated to evaluate the anaerobic power performance in comparison to Wingate test in cycling athletes. Ten mountain-bike male cyclists (28.0±7.3 years) randomly performed Wingate Test and RAST with two trials each. After several anthropometric measurements, peak power (PP), mean power (MP) and fatigue index (FI) for RAST an...

BACKGROUND Inadequate energy intake induces changes in endogenous glucose production (GP) to preserve muscle mass. Whether addition provision of dietary protein modulates GP response to energy deficit is unclear. The objective was to determine whether exercise-induced energy deficit effects on glucose metabolism are mitigated by increased dietary protein. METHODS Nineteen men ([mean ± SD] 23 ...

respectively. Recently, both mean values have been the subject of intensive research. In particular, many remarkable inequalities and properties for T and S can be found in the literature [1-14]. Let A(a, b) = (a + b)/2,G(a, b) = √ ab, and Mp(a, b) = ((a +b)/2) (p ≠ 0) and M0(a, b) = √ ab be the arithmetic, geometric, and pth power means of two positive numbers a and b, respectively. Then it is...

This paper is concerned with a new family of binary symmetric means mp of two positive numbers a and b: 1 mp(a, b) = cp ∫ ∞ 0 dx [(xp + ap)(xp + bp)]1/p , 0 < p < ∞, where the constant cp, depending on p, is chosen to have mp(a, a) = a. Two distinctive members in the family are the well-known logarithmic mean (p = 1) and arithmeticgeometric mean (p = 2). Different expressions for mp are obtaine...

For p ∈ R, the power mean of order p of two positive numbers a and b is defined by Mp a, b a b /2 , for p / 0, and Mp a, b √ ab, for p 0. In this paper, we answer the question: what are the greatest value p and the least value q such that the double inequality Mp a, b ≤ A a, b G a, b H1−α−β a, b ≤ Mq a, b holds for all a, b > 0 and α, β > 0 with α β < 1? Here A a, b a b /2, G a, b √ ab, and H a...

PURPOSE With the increased recognition of the capabilities of prostate multiparametric (mp) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), attempts are being made to incorporate MRI into routine prostate biopsies. In this study, we aimed to analyze the diagnostic yield via cognitive fusion, transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided, and in-bore MRI-guided biopsies in biopsy-naive patients with positive findings ...

Results We analyzed 132 patients (85F/47M; mean age of 63.98 ±17.68 years) with maculopapular exanthema (MPE) (21.2%), DRESS (28.0%), overlap MP/DR (25.8%), Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (12.1%), acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (8.3%), fixed drug eruption (3.78%) and urticaria/angioedema (0.76%), caused mainly by allopurinol (36.5%), antimicrobials (30.8%) and a...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine long-term results between bioprosthetic (BP) and mechanical (MP) aortic valves in middle-aged patients. BACKGROUND It has not been established which is the best aortic valve substitute in patients ages 55 to 70 years. We conducted a randomized study to compare long-term outcomes between BP and MP aortic valves. METHODS Between January 1995 a...