Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) is a reliable and high-throughput technique for gene expression studies, but its accuracy depends on the expression stability of reference genes. To date, several reliable reference gene identifications have been reported in Lilium spp., but none has been obtained for lily tepals at different developmental stages. In this study, ten candidate reference genes...

Stipa grandis P. Smirn. is a dominant plant species in the typical steppe of the Xilingole Plateau of Inner Mongolia. Selection of suitable reference genes for the quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is important for gene expression analysis and research into the molecular mechanisms underlying the stress responses of S. grandis. In the present study...

We study the problem of allocating a set indivisible goods among agents with subadditive valuations in fair and efficient manner. Envy-Freeness up to any good (EFX) is most compelling notion fairness context goods. Although existence EFX not known beyond simple case two valuations, some approximations are exist, namely 1/2-EFX allocation allocations bounded charity. Nash welfare (the geometric ...

In this paper, four different configurations of sensitive metamaterial absorbers based on graphene-plasmonic combinations are designed and proposed. The nanostructures made graphene, SiO2, aluminum gold layers a silicon substrate. Graphene-ring shaped structures with diagonal strips in vertical horizontal directions considered the which greatly affect absorption characteristics (absorption peak...

The taxonomy of Polyporales is complicated by the variability in key morphological characters across families and genera, now being gradually resolved through molecular phylogenetic analyses. Here a new resupinate species, Crystallicutis damiettensis sp. nov. found on decayed trunks date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) trees fruit orchards Nile Delta region Egypt reported. Multigene analyses based I...

An updated climatology of EF1+ (Enhanced Fujita category 1 or stronger) tornadoes in Italy (445 events the period 1990–2021) confirms that central Tyrrhenian (CT) and southeastern (SE) regions Italian peninsula represent two areas most affected by Mediterranean. We performed a comparative analysis between these hotspots, examining large-scale atmospheric features associated to tornado occurrenc...

Abstract Many numerical studies have focused on the importance of baroclinically generated vorticity at edge cold pools in supercellular tornadogenesis, and observational work has consistently found that strongly tornadic supercells less dense, more buoyant than weakly or nontornadic supercells. However, there is a lack consider potential relationships between pool characteristics (e.g., densit...

Many online platforms today (such as Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, LinkedIn, and AirBnB) can be thought of two-sided markets with producers customers goods services. Traditionally, recommendation services in these have focused on maximizing customer satisfaction by tailoring the results according to personalized preferences individual customers. However, our investigation reinforces fact that such ...

UNLABELLED The order Botryosphaeriales represents several ecologically diverse fungal families that are commonly isolated as endophytes or pathogens from various woody hosts. The taxonomy of members of this order has been strongly influenced by sequence-based phylogenetics, and the abandonment of dual nomenclature. In this study, the phylogenetic relationships of the genera known from culture a...

Most strains of Toxoplasma gondii isolated in North America and Europe are grouped into 3 (Types I, II, III) genotypes and are considered clonal. Recent evidence suggests that illness due to toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent persons may be related to infection with an atypical genotype; these strains are mouse virulent. In the present study, a new mouse-virulent atypical T. gondii genotype was i...