shi (for short internodes), a semidominant dwarfing mutation of Arabidopsis caused by a transposon insertion, confers a phenotype typical of mutants defective in the biosynthesis of gibberellin (GA). However, the application of GA does not correct the dwarf phenotype of shi plants, suggesting that shi is defective in the perception of or in the response to GA. In agreement with this observation...

In this study, a series of hemp shives (chènevotte) with different chemical compositions and properties, namely raw (SHI-R), washed water (SHI-W), three samples chemically modified KOH (SHI-OH), Na2CO3 (SHI-C) or H3PO4 (SHI-H), sample prepared by grafting carboxylic groups (SHI-BTCA), were used as adsorbents for the removal copper present in aqueous solutions. This article presents abatements k...

Over the last two decades there has been growing interest in the potential of Social Health Insurance (SHI) as a health care financing mechanism in low- and middle-income countries. SHI schemes exist in many countries of Latin America and have also been introduced across Asia in recent years. However, few countries in Africa have implemented SHI. Despite the sustained interest in SHI, there are...

A Chinese hamster ovary cell line (CHOp) was cultured in the presence of benzyloxycarbonyl-Leu-Leu-Tyr diazomethyl ketone (ZLLY-CHN2), to select for resistance to this cell-permeant calpain inhibitor. A clone isolated after several courses of exposure (SHI cells) demonstrated decreased sensitivity to ZLLY-CHN2 toxicity and a decreased growth rate. SHI cells also possessed less mu-calpain isozym...

Na+,K+ ATPase and myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) were studied by immunocytochemistry on paraffin sections of the spinal cord, optic nerve and trigeminal ganglion of adult control (+/+) and CNS myelin-deficient shiverer (shi/shi) mice. Immunostaining for Na+, K+-ATPase outlined the periphery of nerve fibers in the spinal cord white matter, optic nerve and trigeminal ganglion of +/+ and shi...

BACKGROUND Inadequate sleep hygiene may result in difficulties in daily functioning; therefore, reliable scales for measuring sleep hygiene are important. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI). MATERIALS AND METHODS From April 2014 to May 2015, 1280 subjects, who were selected by cluster random ...

The term "Internet of Things (IoT)" expresses a huge network of smart and connected objects which can interact with other devices without our interposition. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a great technology and an interesting candidate to provide communications for IoT networks, but numerous security and privacy issues need to be considered. In this paper, we analyze the security and ...

Early analytical work showed that it is possible to discretize a continuous-time non-minimum phase (NMP) system using special sample and hold inputs (SHIs) obtain discrete-time minimum (MP) with higher sampling rate than of conventional zero-order hold. As result, high-gain control law can be used further improve closed-loop performance since the resulting MP. In this paper, technique adopted f...

regarding the formative period of shi'i islam and shi'i intellectual history, seyyed hosein modarresi tabatabayi in his work (“maktab dar farayande takamol”) proposed a plan according to which he claimed that some of the shi'i traditions (ahadith) which are not consistent with his plan, are fictitious. examining the sufficiency and correctness of his arguments, we can classify hi...

BACKGROUND A Speech Handicap Index (SHI) questionnaire with 30 items on speech problems was developed and validated in 92 patients with cancer of the oral cavity or pharynx and 110 healthy subjects. METHODS All subjects completed the SHI and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire-Head & Neck module (QLQ-H&N35). Twenty-nine patients...