En algunas poblaciones de maíz (Zea mays L.) utilizadas en los programas mejoramiento genético Valles Altos Centrales México se desconocen las razas y relaciones parentesco, por lo que planteó este estudio para determinar el grado asociación agruparlas mediante técnicas taxonomía numérica. Se evaluaron 109 testigos un diseño látice simple duplicado 11 x localidades Metepec, Tecamac, Montecillo ...

Jaziel A. Rojas 1, Iván Rivera 1, Aldo Figueroa 2 and Federico Vázquez 2,* 1 Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Avenue Universidad No. 1001, Col Chamilpa, Cuernavaca 62209, Mexico; [email protected] (J.A.R.); [email protected] (I.R.) 2 Centro de Investigación en Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Avenue Un...

2 Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge the guidance received from my thesis advi-sor Kedar Damle. I am deeply grateful to all my colleagues and teachers for their invaluable help. Finally, I would like to thank my family members and friends for their support and encouragement. 1 Declaration This thesis is a presentation of my original research work. Wherever contributions of others are ...

RATIONALE Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal interstitial lung disease characterized by progressive scarring and matrix deposition. Recent reports highlight an autoimmune component in IPF pathogenesis. We have reported anti-col(V) immunity in IPF patients. The objective of our study was to determine the specificity of col(V) expression profile and anti-col(V) immunity relative to co...

Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) microscopy has been previously used to describe the morphology of collagen in the extracellular matrix (ECM) in different stages of invasion in breast cancer. Here this concept is extended by using SHG to provide quantitative discrimination of self-assembled collagen gels, consisting of mixtures of type I (Col I) and type V (Col V) isoforms which serve as models...

In this study, the physiological effects that the increasing carbondioxide concentrations on rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss is evaluated by using serum biochemical variables and carbonic anhydrase activities. The fish were exposed for 14 days to 14 mg/L concentrations of CO2. The serum GLU value showed a significant increase in the group exposed to CO2 compared to the control group at days ...

Behavioural semantics for specifications plays a crucial role in the formalization of the developments process, where a specification need not to be implemented exactly but only so that the required system behaviour is achieved. There are two main approaches to the definition of behavioural semantics: the internal one (called behavioural semantics) and external one (called abstractor semantics)...

‘Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources: An Asian Perspective’ offers a look at the current utilization of open educational resources (OER) in higher education (HE) in Asia. This compilation of country perspectives and cases studies is co-published by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver, Canada and OER Asia operated out of the Institute for Research a...

OBJECTIVE Intrauterine administration of polidocanol foam (PF) can create fallopian tube occlusion in nonhuman primates. The objective of this study was to determine if PF-induced tubal obstructions contain collagen in the extracellular matrix. STUDY DESIGN We compared tissue samples of the intramural fallopian tube obtained from previous studies evaluating the effects of intrauterine infusio...

BACKGROUND It is controversial whether myocardial fibrosis in end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is associated with altered collagen type I/type III (Col I/Col III) ratio. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with DCM (ejection fraction [EF] <50%, n=12) and with mild global left ventricular dysfunction (EF >50%, n=18) were examined. Col I, Col III, and transforming growth factors-beta1 (TGF-beta1...