The USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR) stores the global diversity of Humulus for the US Plant Germplasm System as trellised plants in a field genebank. In vitro storage and cryopreservation are now considered excellent ways to provide medium and long-term storage for plant collections. Developing a new cryopreservation or cold storage protocol for every accession or genus of ...

Prolonged maternal separation inhibits endogenous heat production in infant mammals exposed to cold. This inhibition of thermogenesis occurs many hours before energy stores have been fully depleted. The need to protect energy resources during separation-induced starvation may be signaled by declining levels of leptin, a hormone that acts as a "fat signal" and a regulator of energy utilization; ...

In cleaving Xenopus eggs, exposure to nocodazole or cold shock prevents the addition of new plasma membrane to the cleavage plane and causes furrows to recede, suggesting a specific role for microtubules in cytokinesis. Whole-mount confocal immunocytochemistry reveals a ring of radially arranged, acetylated microtubule bundles at the base of all advancing cleavage furrows, from the first cleava...

Menthol and many of its derivatives produce profound sensory and mental effects. The receptor for menthol has been cloned and named cold- and menthol-sensitive receptor-1 (CMR1) or transient receptor potential channel M8 (TRPM8) receptor. Using a dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and dorsal horn (DH) coculture system as a model for the first sensory synapse in the CNS, we studied menthol effects on se...

Aims of the Study: This study was carried out to determine the effective factors in environmental health status of grocery stores in the city of Qom (located in the center of Iran). Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 283 grocery stores from 3 different regions were selected randomly using stratified sampling. Data were gathered through ...

AIMS [Formula: see text] multislice multiecho cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) allows quantification of the segmental distribution of myocardial iron overload (MIO). We evaluated whether a preferential pattern MIO was preserved between two CMR scans in regularly chelated thalassaemia major (TM) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated prospectively 259 TM patients enrolled in the MIO in Tha...

today more than ever customer orientation as the most important competitive advantage has gained an increasing importance. this paper aims to examine the relation between perceived value, perceived quality, customer satisfaction, and re-purchase intention in tehran department stores. this is a descriptive survey study. the statistical population of the research is composed of customers of the t...