Rickettsia japonica pathogenesis and reservoir potential in dogs were evaluated by both experimental inoculation and epidemiologic survey. In the experimental inoculation study, dogs 1 and 2 were pretreated with an immunosuppressive dose of cyclosporine 14 days before inoculation and became ill after exposure to R. japonica. Dogs exhibited clinical signs, including fever, anorexia, depression, ...

Introduction: Risky behaviors and unhealthy lifestyles are significantly associated with mortality of adolescents. So, this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach and stress inoculation training on the lifestyle of second-grade high school female students with risky behaviors in Yazd. Methods: This study was semi...

INTRODUCTION: In our previous work on passive current source RF power amplifiers, it was noted that additional inter-element isolation in a parallel transmit coil array was possible when the lengths of the coaxial cables that connected the amplifiers to the coils were reduced [1,2]. In addition, shorter cable lengths also lead to reduced power loss and cost. This can be achieved by placing the ...

Fungicides used to control Fusarium head blight (FHB) are commonly applied at the wheat growth stage considered be most susceptible, i.e., anthesis. We compared efficacy of fungicide groups that were following two strategies: (i) pre-defined stages, from first half heading end flowering (experiment 1, in 2013 2015), or (ii) based on timing infection by F. graminearum, specifically 10, 7, 4, 1 d...

Given the hypothesis that co-inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) enhances beneficial effects of Rhizobium tropici greater mineral nutrition, optimizes biological nitrogen fixation and reduces use fertilizers in bean plants, objective this research was to evaluate synergistic associated Azospirillum brasilense, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas fluorescens their combinations, on...

The effects of mycorrhizal inoculation and increasing soil P levels on the expression of total proteins and peroxidase activity on passion fruit roots were evaluated. The experimental design was entirely at random, with four treatments of inoculation (a--control; b--Gigaspora albida; c--Scutellospora heterogama; d--mixture of G. albida, G. margarita, S. heterogama, and Glomus clarum) x three le...

We report measurements of the ratios branching fractions for B→D¯(*)πℓ+νℓ and B→D¯(*)π+π−ℓ+νℓ relative to B→D¯*ℓ+νℓ decays with ℓ=e, μ. These results are obtained from a data sample that contains 772×106BB¯ pairs collected near ϒ(4S) resonance Belle detector at KEKB asymmetric energy e+e− collider. Fully reconstructing both B mesons in event, we obtain B(B0→D¯0π−ℓ+νℓ)B(B0→D*−ℓ+νℓ)=(7.23±0.36±0....

drought, high and low tempratures are the most important abiotic stresses in chickpea cultivation. improving plant root characteristics (root length and root volume) is one of the ways to increase drought tolerance in chickpea. mycorrhizal symbiosis increases drought resistance of host plants through different mechanisms. to study the effects of water stress and mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on...