Benchmark dose (BMD) modeling has been touted as a more accu­ rate method for conducting chemical risk assessments. In this issue of EHP, a team of researchers applied BMD modeling to hundreds of chemicals whose health effects are already known in an effort to optimize the approach. To calculate the highest safe oral dose of a noncarcinogenic chem­ ical, regulators must first estimate the point...

The genetic differences between mungbean and its presumed wild ancestor were analyzed for domestication related traits by QTL mapping. A genetic linkage map of mungbean was constructed using 430 SSR and EST-SSR markers from mungbean and its related species, and all these markers were mapped onto 11 linkage groups spanning a total of 727.6 cM. The present mungbean map is the first map where the ...

Thermal dependence of the enzymes SOD, CAT, and POD was investigated in leaves of Iris pumila plants inhabiting two contrasting light environments, a sun-exposed dune site and a woodland understory. At the same assay temperature, both the specific activity and the activation energy of SOD and CAT were higher in plants inhabiting vegetation shade than in those experiencing full sunlight. Convers...

In this paper, we prove arithmetic properties modulo 5 and 7 satisfied by the function pod(n) which denotes the number of partitions of n wherein odd parts must be distinct (and even parts are unrestricted). In particular, we prove the following: For all n ≥ 0, pod(135n + 8) ≡ 0 (mod 5), pod(135n + 107) ≡ 0 (mod 5), pod(135n + 116) ≡ 0 (mod 5), pod(675n + 647) ≡ 0 (mod 25), pod(3375n + 1997) ≡ ...

Background. Residual neuromuscular block (NMB) after general anesthesia has been associated with pulmonary dysfunction and hypoxia, which are both associated with postoperative delirium (POD). We evaluated the effects of sugammadex on POD in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery. Methods. Medical records of 174 consecutive patients who underwent hip fracture surgery with general a...

Seizure is the second most common neurologic complication after liver transplantation and may be caused by metabolic abnormalities, electrolyte imbalance, infection, and immunosuppressant toxicity. A 61-year-old male patient underwent liver transplantation due to hepatitis B virus-related liver cirrhosis with portal systemic encephalopathy. The immediate postoperative course of the patient was ...

The capability of winged bean to support food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa is recurrently being affected by several constraints, which include a lack genetic improvement. dearth adequate information on the level available diversity germplasm has been major setback planning appropriate improvement programs. Fifteen accessions were assessed for using 10 quantitative traits simple ...

The proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carcinogen risk assessment guidelines employ a benchmark dose as a point of departure (POD) for low-dose risk assessment. If information on the carcinogenic mode of action for a chemical supports a nonlinear dose-response curve below the POD, a margin-of-exposure ratio between the POD and anticipated human exposure would be considered. The POD w...

The current study was designed to estimate correlation coefficients and investigate the direct indirect effects of various yield contributing traits on seed in twenty greengram genotypes. experiment carried out during Kharif 2021 a randomized block design with three replications. Correlation studies among characters revealed that per plant has highly positive significant association like height...