There is epidemiological evidence for associations between dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes. However, for sub-Saharan Africa, information on dietary patterns and their contribution to diabetes is lacking. The aim of the present study was to identify dietary patterns and their associations with type 2 diabetes in an urban Ghanaian population. In a hospital-based case-control study on risk fa...

Biometric technologies are becoming inevitable in highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. With an increase in transaction frauds, security breaches the need for highly secure identification and personal verification technologies is becoming need of the hour. The major advantage of biometric system over traditional methods is that they are typically unique for each pers...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) gene have been identified as having a close association with asthma severity in different populations. In our previous studies, a close association between asthma and a distinctive palm dermatoglyphic pattern was observed; however, the clinical implication and underlying genetic mechanisms of this particular palm patte...

Genetic diversity and patterns of population structure of the 94 oil palm lines were investigated using species-specific simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. We designed primers for 63 SSR loci based on their flanking sequences and conducted amplification in 94 oil palm DNA samples. The amplification result showed that a relatively high level of genetic diversity was observed between oil palm ...

Natural distribution patterns of boron (B) among leaves within a canopy, among leaflets within a leaf, and within single leaflets were determined for coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) and within leaves for paurotis palm [Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) Becc.]. Leaf B concentrations did not vary significantly among leaves within the canopy or among leaflets within a single leaf for c...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY To complement existing sets of primarily dinucleotide microsatellite loci from noncoding sequences of date palm, we developed primers for tri- and hexanucleotide microsatellite loci identified within genes. Due to their conserved genomic locations, the primers should be useful in other palm taxa, and their utility was tested in seven other Phoenix species and ...

Tropical rain forests (TRF) are the most diverse terrestrial biome on Earth, but the diversification dynamics of their constituent growth forms remain largely unexplored. Climbing plants contribute significantly to species diversity and ecosystem processes in TRF. We investigate the broad-scale patterns and drivers of species richness as well as the diversification history of climbing and non-c...

This study aimed to explain the mechanism of partnership pattern between PT Sumatra Jaya Agro Lestari and farmers level farmers’ satisfaction with run by PT. Lestari. The location was determined purposive sampling technique, qualitative quantitative data were used in this study. number respondents amounted 84 respondents, who selected using proportional random technique. analytical tools resear...

In this work, a new approach for personal authentication using palm image is presented. We design three ensembles of matchers which employ different feature representation schemes of the images: discrete cosine coefficients; invariant local binary patterns; Gabor filters. Each ensemble is obtained by varying the features used to train their matchers. Experimental results confirm that the three ...

With the increase in technology threat to personal data and national security had also increased .The methods that were developed to secure important information from outside intervention were not up to safe mark .There was a need to introduce a technology that secures our data more efficiently from unlawful intervention. The palm vein pattern authentication technology that uses vescular patter...