This survey is conducted with the purpose of studying factors effective in vitality of residential complexes. This is an important subject because through recognition of the reciprocal relation between human being and environment -as far as vitality is concerned- various attitudes and approaches can be recognized and on the other hand, for the purpose of explaining the concept of vitality in th...

Oriental bit tersweet (Cc1a.rtru.s or-biculutus), an introduced vine from southeast Asia, has become a serious threat to native forests in the eastern United States. It is typical of many exotic species in that quantitative ecological relationships are unavailable for assessment or management. We devised a rapid survey technique useful for hazard rating and modeled the probability of occurrence...

− The constitutional diagnosis using human skins is classified to palpation in oriental medicines. From Sasang constitutional medicine which is one of oriental medicines, human could be divided by the properties of their skins such as texture, roughness, hardness and elasticity. Especially, the friction coefficient and roughness of skins have big discrimination ability in the classification of ...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether there is a need to correct first-trimester biochemical markers (free beta-hCG and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A)) or first-trimester fetal nuchal translucency thickness (NT) in different ethnic groups, when screening for Downs syndrome at 11-14 weeks of gestation. METHODS Free beta-hCG, PAPP-A and fetal NT were measured at 11-14 weeks of gestation ...

Definition and epidemiology Laron syndrome is a hereditary disease where there is a primary resistance to growth hormone because of a polymorphic molecular defect in the growth hormone receptor. It is clinically and in many biochemical aspects undistinguishable from isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD), and is characterised by high circulating growth hormone concentrations and low serum IG...

Intergenomic F1 hybrids between L. auratum x L. henryi and their BC1 progeny were investigated through genomic in situ hybridization technique (GISH) to determine their potential value in lily breeding. We confirmed that F1 intergenomic hybrids possessed a set of chromosomes (x=12) from both parents and that flowers of the F1 auratum × henryi hybrid showed an intermediate morphological phenotyp...