Tc-99m-EC is a new renal radiopharmaceutical introduced as an alternative for Tc-99m MAG3. Twenty-three normal volunteers and patients in different .stages of renal disease were evaluated with Te-99m EC and Tc-99m DTPA. The mean initial uptake of EC was significantly higher as compared to DTPA. There was a high correlation between rectangular and hand-drawn ROls for kidney and background,...

This research was carried out at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar to evaluate the performance of maize inbred lines derived from variety Sarhad White regarding grain yield and morphological traits identifying superior based on test cross performance. Test crosses were evaluated in replicated trial along with two tester, one check 16 parental for comparison a 7×7 partially bal...

carbon and nitrogen are the two elements that most affect plant organogenesis. in vitro, usually as part of the macronutrients. some anecdotal evidence from the literature suggests that the ammonium (nh4+) to nitrate (no3–) ratio may affect orchid organogenesis. in this study, to test this hypothesis, different nh4+: no3– ratios were tested on the development of protocorm-like bodies (plbs) of ...