This paper exploits the panel dimension of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey (VLSS) in order to analyze the main changes occurring in agriculture in Vietnam over the period 19931998. This period was marked by a continuation of the reforms that began in 1988 with the implementation of Resolution 10, Vietnam’s own version of the Chinese Household Responsibility System. We focus on the impact of...

This paper exploits the panel dimension of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey (VLSS) in order to analyze the main changes occurring in agriculture in Vietnam over the period 19931998. This period was marked by a continuation of the reforms that began in 1988 with the implementation of Resolution 10, Vietnam’s own version of the Chinese Househo ld Responsibility System. We focus on the impact o...

Xylose-to-xylitol bioconversion by Ca-alginate entrapped Candida guilliermondii cells in sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolysate was carried out in erlenmeyer flasks using the repeated-batch mode of fermentation. The hydrolysate was supplemented or not with ammonium sulfate and/or rice bran extract at the beginning of each repeated batch. Altogether, six sets of three repeated-batches were...

In the present innovative pursuit, the generalized Nörlund summability method, that is, the (N, c, d) summation process of Fourier series of f (x) as well defined by Borwein [4] has been invoked to approximate the function f (x) belonging to Lip M α (0 < α < 1 ) and M being some constant. Here it is worth-emphasising that not only mere approximation, but also the constants appeared in the proce...

In this paper, some new properties of the fundamental solution to the multi-dimensional 1 spaceand time-fractional diffusion-wave equation are deduced. We start with the Mellin-Barnes 2 representation of the fundamental solution that was derived in the previous publications of the 3 author. The Mellin-Barnes integral is used to get two new representations of the fundamental solution 4 in form o...

using a wide range of techniques, including differential scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffraction, rapid visco analyser and fourier transform infera red spectroscopy, some physicochemical properties of the starch fraction of six iranian rice cultivars (tarom, tarome hashemi, neda, ramezani, fajr and kamfirouzi) [1]were studied and compared. dsc data showed that starch granules of different rice ...

Cellular automata are simple model for the study of complex phenomena produced by simple local interactions. They consist of a regular lattice of cells. Each cell contain finite automaton which has a state chosen from a finite set of states. Updates are made according to a local rule which takes into account the current state of the cell and those of a fixed finite set of its neighboring cells....

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The cell cycle is controlled by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), and CDK inhibitors are major regulators of their activities. The ICK/KRP family of CDK inhibitors has been reported in several plants, with seven members in arabidopsis; however, the phylogenetic relationship among members in different species is unknown. Also, there is a need to understand how these genes and ...

A study on the preparation of rice bran-based activated carbon was conducted, with and without an acid treatment step prior the activation process. The influence of the activation time on the structure of the activated carbons was evaluated. The acid treatment had a significant positive influence on sorption properties. The rice bran-activated carbon presented a BET surface area of 652m(2)g(-1)...

We aimed to evaluate the radioprotective effect of hydrolyzed rice bran (HRB) on acute gastroenteritis due to chemoradiotherapy for treatment of cervical cancer. This placebo-controlled, double-blind study was conducted as an exploratory investigation of the colitis-inhibiting effects of HRB in alleviating acute-phase gastrointestinal side effects of chemoradiotherapy. The study involved 20 pat...