Manure-derived organic amendments are a cost-effective tool that provide many potential benefits to plant and soil health including fertility, water retention, disease suppression. A greenhouse experiment was conducted evaluate how dairy manure compost (DMC), compost-derived vermicompost (VC), dehydrated poultry pellets (PP) impact the tripartite relationship among growth, physiochemical proper...

Despite central roles of egg coat proteins in gamete recognition, their functions and composition are poorly understood. Here, we report that the proteome of the egg coat in the solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis, called vitelline coat (VC) fraction, contains more than 800 proteins identified by mass spectrometry-based analyses. Over 100 proteins were enriched in the VC fraction compared with...

A key element in the design of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) is to fit the learning plan to the individual variances of learners. We studied this problem by modeling a dependency relationship between concepts of a Java programing course within a Bayesian network. Our model was established on the basis of experts’ views, corroborated by experimental investigation. We found that the tested p...

The main goal of the EuroGentest Network of Excellence (www.eurogentest.org) is to improve the quality of genetic testing. As patients' understanding of the results and consequences of the test is an integral part of genetic testing, EuroGentest also aims at improving the quality of genetic counselling services associated with genetic testing, across Europe. One of the goals is to establish rec...

PURPOSE Intranasal administration of phospholipid-based gelatin nanoparticles (GNP) was prepared to investigate the neuro-recovery effects of neuropeptide Substance P (SP) on hemiparkinsonian rats. METHODS The SP-loaded gelatin nanoparticles (SP-GNP) were prepared by a water-in-water emulsion method and possessed high stability, encapsulating efficiency and loading capacity. PC-12 cells were ...

The in-plane alignment of graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) in thin thermal interface material (TIM) layers suppresses the though-plane heat transport thus limiting the performance of GNPs in the geometry normally required for thermal management applications. Here we report a disruption of the GNP in-plane alignment by addition of spherical microparticles. The degree of GNP alignment was monitored ...

PURPOSE Recent studies show promise that administering gold nanoparticles (GNP) to tumor cells during brachytherapy could significantly enhance radiation damage to the tumor. A new strategy proposed for sustained administration of the GNP in prostate tumors is to load them into routinely used brachytherapy spacers for customizable in situ release after implantation. This in silico study investi...

recently, economists have attention to the brain drain as emigration of skilled and educated labor force from developing countries. in this case, we are dealing with one main question is: how brain drain can affect the human capital of source countries? based on existing theories, brain drain can affect the economy of source countries in different ways such as; direct reduction of human capital...

Simulation of the model of Muir and Schinckel containing genetic competition effects was initiated to determine how well REML could untangle variances due to direct and competition genetic effects and pen effects. A two-generation data set was generated with 6 unrelated males, each mated to 5 unrelated females to produce 300 progeny from which 30 females (one per mating in previous generation) ...

Gold nanoparticles (GNP) and RGD peptide modified indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode was fabricated to enhance the electrochemical signals from neural stem cells (HB1.F3). Aminopropyltrimethoxylane (APTMS) was selfassembled on ITO electrode surface to immobilze GNP and its topological characteristics were confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Thereafter, cysteine containing RGD peptide...