Gum arabic (GA), a water-soluble dietary fiber rich in Ca(2+), Mg(2+) and K(+), is used in Middle Eastern countries for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease. Recent animal experiments shed some light into mechanisms involved in the therapeutic action of GA. According to experiments in healthy mice, GA treatment increases creatinine clearance, enhances renal excretion of ADH, Mg...

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between compliance and persistence with glatiramer acetate (GA) and the behavioral variables in the transtheoretical model of change. Methods: Patients diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and being treated with GA for the first time, whether treatment-naïve (TN) or treatment-experienced (TE), were eligible for this prospective, observati...

Gibberellins (GAs) play many biological roles in higher plants. We collected and performed genetic analysis on rice (Oryza sativa) GA-related mutants, including GA-deficient and GA-insensitive mutants. Genetic analysis of the mutants revealed that rice GA-deficient mutations are not transmitted as Mendelian traits to the next generation following self-pollination of F1 heterozygous plants, alth...

Image segmentation is one of the key steps target recognition. In order to improve accuracy image segmentation, an algorithm combining Pulse Coupled Neural Network(PCNN) and adaptive Glowworm Algorithm(GA) proposed. The retains advantages GA. Introduce moving step size population optimal value as adjustment factors. Enhance ability solve global value, takes weighted sum cross entropy, informati...

A variety of prebiotic syntheses starting from reduced and gas precursors, or small reactive organic intermediates produce a variety of micron and sub-micron sized organic microstructures, including spheres, filaments and toroids. Many of these structures are hollow, and they display dynamic and reversible self-assembly. We report here some of their physical characteristics that might be compat...

BACKGROUND Although abortion is legally available in South Africa, barriers to access exist. Early medical abortion is available to women with a gestational age up to 63 days and timely access is essential. This study aimed to determine women's acceptability and ability to self-assess eligibility for early medical abortion using an online gestational age calculator. Women's acceptability, views...

Forklift plays an important role in cargo handling the warehouse; therefore, it is necessary to ensure stability of forklift when turning guarantee safety transportation. In this study, particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm was improved by a genetic (GA), and parameters proportion, integration, differentiation (PID) controller were calculated using for steering control. Then simulation ex...