I n Arab society, plumpness was traditionally considered a trait of feminine perfection. Not now, and an increasing proportion of Lebanese adolescents considers thinness a marker of female beauty. Once a Western phenomenon, extreme thinness is now valued by young urban women almost everywhere, largely because of the propagation of thin models by the global media, satellite dishes, and fashion i...

Obesity is an abnormal expansion of the adipose organ and is a pathophysiological response to an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. It is the result of a large number of diverse factors involving heritable and environmental characteristics. A simple definition of obesity is difficult and unsatisfactory and its age dependency has largely been ignored. Differentiation between...

The genetic control of grain weight (GW) remains poorly understood. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) determining the GW of rice were identified using a natural GW mutant, sgw. Using a segregating population derived from sgw (low GW) and cultivar 9311 ('9311'; indica, high GW), the chromosome segment associated with GW was detected on the short arm of chromosome 7. To validate and further refine t...

Soil relative water content and seed plumpness have been shown to be the key factors affecting germination seedling growth of rice under direct drought cropping. It remains determined whether water-saving drought-resistant (WDR) conventional with same proportion response soil moisture changes. The purpose this study was investigate physiological characteristics cultivars Guangliangyou 1813 (GLY...

Malting is an important end use of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The suitability of barley for malting depends on numerous quality characteristics, all of which are affected by genetic and environmental variation and many of which are inter-related. Here, our objective was to use genome mapping to improve knowledge about the genetic basis for variation and covariation in grain and malt quality c...

1. In response to reported declines in crucian carpCarassius carassius across Europe, studies of the status and population biology of the species in England led to Biodiversity Action Plan priority designation in the eastern county of Norfolk. 2. In light of new data on crucian carp populations in eastern England (counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk), a comprehensive review of availabl...

Marketing efforts of businesses are a process starting from the design product to after-sales experience. Making difference in will help retain existing customers as well gaining new customers. Differences be made and production may consist features such model, dimensioning, packaging, size, price distribution. In addition these, sweetness smallness, plumpness, color can also different. Especia...

The first step in walnut breeding programs is to identify and evaluate superior genotypes of fruit trees. Hence, there are various walnut breeding programs in various areas of Iran. A study aimed to evaluate the morphological and chemical characteristics of selected superior genotypes of walnut was conducted in the Shahroud region in 2011-2012.  The following genotypes were selected in this stu...