In order to reduce the cesarean-delivery rate, more and more pregnant women are offered trials of labor (TOL) after their previous cesarean sections. TOL and elective repeat cesarean section (ERCS) have different risks and benefits. We constructed a decision analysis to explore this issue. Probabilities were derived from literature reviews. Health state utilities were derived from the authors' ...

Proteins of the Tol-Pal (Tol-OprL) system play a key role in the maintenance of outer membrane integrity and cell morphology in gram-negative bacteria. Here we describe an additional role for this system in the transport of various carbon sources across the cytoplasmic membrane. Growth of Pseudomonas putida tol-oprL mutant strains in minimal medium with glycerol, fructose, or arginine was impai...

decreasing irrigation via partial root zoon drying (prd) save water and decreased production expenses. for comparing common irrigation and prd on tomato cv. falcato an experiment was designed in massey university of new zealand. treatments were control (irrigation in a field capacity in each irrigation to whole root zoon) and prd (irrigation in a half of field capacity in each irrigation to one...

The aim of this research was to improve our understanding of human toxicity due to exposure to DMF, MEK, or TOL individually as compared to exposure to DMF-MEK or DMF-TOL mixtures, by comparing EC50 values as well as the morphological changes in HepG2 cells treated with these substances. We found that there was marked cell necrosis in the groups treated with mixtures than in those treated with ...

The objective of the present study was to develop a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for a ternary mixture of alkyl benzenes [toluene (TOL), m-xylene (XYL), and ethylbenzene (EBZ)] in rats and humans. The approach involved the development of the mixture PBPK model in the rat and extrapolation to humans by substituting rat physiological parameters and blood:air partition coeffi...

although inter-variety variability for salt tolerance has been reported in bread wheat plants, little information is available on the genetic control of ion contents and biomass yield under saline conditions. a diallel cross, including reciprocals of two salt tolerant, two moderately tolerant and two sensitive iranian and exotic bread wheat varieties, was analyzed to investigate the inheritance...

for identifying drought tolerance genotypes 29 wheat genotypes as cultivar factor and irrigation and non irrigation treatments as an irrigation factor in a split block design with 3 blocks were planted at a research filed of college of agriculture, tehran university, iran. there was a low and non significant correlation (r=0.35) between yield at non irrigating (ys) and yield at irrigating (yp) ...

A study was performed in growing pigs to evaluate the efficacy of α-tocopherol (Tol) concentration in plasma, muscle, liver, and adipose tissue following dietary supplementation with vitamin E (VE) and various sources of fat. The trial involved 96 piglets weaned at an average of 28 d of age. Piglets were fed for 2 wk a semipurified diet not supplemented with VE. Piglets were then randomly assig...