background and objectives: septoria tritici blotch (stb), caused by mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph s. tritici) is currently the most serious disease of wheat worldwide. this study was established to determine the function of resistant genes of m. graminicola to find out the number of genes corresponding in resistant reaction and also to estimate the genetic parameters of resistance. mater...

Let (Xt, Yt)t∈T be a discrete or continuous-time Markov process with state space X × R where X is an arbitrary measurable set. Its transition semigroup is assumed to be additive with respect to the second component, i.e. (Xt, Yt)t∈T is assumed to be a Markov additive process. In particular, this implies that the first component (Xt)t∈T is also a Markov process. Markov random walks or additive f...

Trees are commonly used to represent proximity relations that emerge, for instance, from studies of classification, similarity, and identification. Trees are employed to describe the data, explore their structure and model their generating process. They offer a convenient graphical display that is readily interpretable in terms of a hierarchy of clusters (Sokal &Sneath, 1963) or in terms of com...

PURPOSE To determine whether the distribution of naturally occurring myopia in Labrador Retrievers has a genetic component. METHODS Pedigree records of a large canine family were analyzed. Pure Labrador Retrievers, 1 to 8 years of age, free of ocular disease, and available for testing were studied. Refractive error was measured by cycloplegic retinoscopy in both eyes. The family included mati...

a study was carried out to evaluate the effects of r. coriaria l. and p. farcta extracts as alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in broilers diet. a total of 300 one-day-old male ross 308 chicks were randomly allocated to four dietary treatments (five pen replicates, 15 birds per pen) for the 0- to 28-d period, and all data were analyzed in a randomized complete design. dietary treatment...

The Weil sum WK,d(a) = ∑ x∈K ψ(x d + ax) where K is a finite field, ψ is an additive character of K, d is coprime to |K|, and a ∈ K arises often in number-theoretic calculations, and in applications to finite geometry, cryptography, digital sequence design, and coding theory. Researchers are especially interested in the case where WK,d(a) assumes three distinct values as a runs through K. A Gal...

background and aims: diabetes affects all physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of patient’s health. postmenopausal diabetic women are more susceptible due to their crucial conditions. the emotional regulatory role of vitamin d may be because of the existence of its receptors distributed in brain areas involved in emotional processing and affective disorders. the aim of this study is t...

Antamanide is a cyclic decapeptide derived from the fungus Amanita phalloides. Here we show that antamanide inhibits the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, a central effector of cell death induction, by targeting the pore regulator cyclophilin D. Indeed, (i) permeability transition pore inhibition by antamanide is not additive with the cyclophilin D-binding drug cyclosporin A, (ii) the...