BACKGROUND Quality management in the fresh produce industry is an important issue. Spinach is exposed to various adverse conditions (temperature, light, etc.) within the supply chain. The present experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of light conditions (dark, low-intensity light (LL) and high-intensity light (HL)) and photoperiod (6 h HL and 18 h dark) on the quality changes of ...

We report on the spectroscopic study of 19 low luminosity Flat Radio Spectrum (LL FRS) sources selected from Marchã's et al. (1996) 200 mJy sample. In the optical, these objects are mainly dominated by the host galaxy starlight. After correcting the data for this effect, we obtain a new set of spectra clearly displaying weak emission lines; such features carry valuable information concerning th...

BACKGROUND Loss of lumbar lordosis (LL) is closely related to clinical symptoms and operative complications, however, few studies have identified its predictors. The purpose of our study was to identify the predictors for loss of LL in patients with adult scoliosis and provided evidence for surgical decision-making. MATERIAL AND METHODS There were 69 patients with adult scoliosis who underwent ...

The transport properties of one-dimensional Fermi gases at low temperatures are often described by the Luttinger liquid (LL) model. However, to study dissipative effects, one needs examine interactions beyond LL In this work, we provide a simple model that allows for direct microscopic calculation bulk viscosity, namely, spin polarized $p$-wave gas. To leading order in finite interaction streng...

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of dietary macronutrient ratio on energy metabolism and on skeletal muscle mRNA expression of avian uncoupling protein (UCP), thought to be implicated in thermogenesis in birds. Broiler chickens from 2 to 6 weeks of age received one of three isoenergetic diets containing different macronutrient ratios (low-lipid (LL) 30 v. 77 g l...

A selection for sperm quality was carried out in the White Plymouth Rock population of the Spelderholt institute. The percentage of morphologically abnormal spermatozoa was used as the most important selection criterion. The population was selected in two directions, viz. a line with a low incidence (Ll-line) of abnormal spermatozoa and a line with a high incidence (Hl-line). Cocks were examine...

This study draws upon a research in investigating the enactment of primary teachers’ mathematics Content Knowledge (MCK) and Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge (MPCK) in practice. The teaching on ratio and proportion of two teachers with different level MCK and MPCK were observed within video observation framework which involves qualitative research through case study. The result indicat...

To improve muscular strength and hypertrophy the American College of Sports Medicine recommends moderate to high load resistance training. However, use of moderate to high loads are often not feasible in clinical populations. Therefore, the emergence of low load (LL) blood flow restriction (BFR) training as a rehabilitation tool for clinical populations is becoming popular. Although the majorit...

This paper proposes a new method for face recognition using Two Dimensional Locality Preserving Projection (2DLPP) in Discrete Wavelet Domain (DWT). Firstly, the dimensionality of the original face image is reduced by using the discrete wavelets transform and low frequency channel (LL) is selected to be as the features of face image. And then 2DLPP is applied to decrease the dimension of LL. Fi...

LL-37, the only human cathelicidin, is a cationic antimicrobial peptide with antibacterial and antifungal activity. LL-37 is released from neutrophil granules and produced by epithelial cells. It has been implicated in host defence against influenza A virus (IAV) in recent studies. We now demonstrate dose-related neutralizing activity of LL-37 against several seasonal and mouse-adapted IAV stra...