The major limiting factor for production and productivity of finger millet crop is blast disease caused by Magnaporthe grisea. Since, the genome sequence information available in finger millet crop is scarce, comparative genomics plays a very important role in identification of genes/QTLs linked to the blast resistance genes using SSR markers. In the present study, a total of 58 genic SSRs were...

The blast-furnace process consists of a large number of processes that are physicochemical, thermal and mechanical interconnected processes. In addition to main processes consisting of iron oxides reduction, pig iron and slag melt creation, also realised are fuel combustion, gas flow, charge and melt flow, dissociation and other reactions in the solid and liquid phases. Inputs to the blast-furn...

To compare neuropsychological test performance of Veterans with and without mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), blast exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. We compared the neuropsychological test performance of 49 Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans diagnosed with MTBI resulting from combat blast-exposure to that of 20 blast-exposed OEF/O...

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe grisea Cav., frequently limits rough rice yields and cultivar options in Arkansas rice production areas. Rice growers and researchers have long observed that susceptible rice plants are more blast resistant when growing in moisture saturated or flooded soil. In fact, Arkansas growers utilized flood-induced field resistance as their primary blast control measure...

Background: Mutation in NPM1 gene has been reported to be the most common genetic mutation in de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML). AML with NPM1 gene mutation usually presents with higher initial leukocyte and blast cell counts and negative CD34 expression. We aimed to investigate the difference of initial leukocyte counts, bone marrow blast cell counts and expression of CD34 among patients wi...

Background In Japan, an average of 22 billion yen is spent annually for agrochemicals in order to control rice damage caused by the blast disease. Thus, blast resistance is one of the most important targets of rice breeding. Several blast resistance genes have been identified so far. However, many of them are effective against particular races of blast fungi only and the resistance against the ...

Rock fragmentation by blasting influences ore recovery and the cost of downstream operations. The development electronic detonators makes it possible to improve controlling initiation timing in projects, effect mechanism delay on rock should be studied. Fragmentation granite bench specimens with different was investigated blast experiments. Conclusions are obtained studying surface strain field...

ABSTRACT Introduction Hearing loss and insomnia emerged as preeminent sources of morbidity among military service members veterans who served in the recent Iraq Afghanistan conflicts. Significant threshold shift (STS), an early indicator hearing loss, has not been studied relation to insomnia. This study’s objective was examine co-occurrence STS U.S. personnel with blast-related injury. Materia...

Ocular injuries from blast have increased in recent wars, but the injury mechanism associated with the primary blast wave is unknown. We employ a three-dimensional fluid-structure interaction computational model to understand the stresses and deformations incurred by the globe due to blast overpressure. Our numerical results demonstrate that the blast wave reflections off the facial features ar...

environmental pollutions are in considerable attention in steel industries in iran, where mostly are located around isfahan. therefore, an investigation was done mainly on the industrial pollution and waste related to the isfahan steel complex. a plant was installed to collect the uncontrolled fumes, gases and particulates from blast furnace number ii during tapping. this plant collects about 2...