the ammi and sreg gge   are among the models that effectively capture the additive and multiplicative components of genotype × environment interaction (gei) and provide meaningful interpretation of multi-environment trials’ data set in the breeding programs. the objective of this study was to assess the effect of gei on grain yield of barely advanced lines and exploit the positive gei effect us...

The structure of glassy GeSe9 was investigated by combining neutron diffraction with density-functional-theory-based first-principles molecular dynamics. In the simulations, three different models of N = 260 atoms were prepared by sampling three independent temporal trajectories, and the glass structures were found to be substantially different from those obtained for models in which smaller nu...

Research has been conducted in various fields in an attempt to develop new therapeutic agents for incurable neurodegenerative diseases. Gastrodia elata Blume (GE), a traditional herbal medicine, has been used in neurological disorders as an anticonvulsant, analgesic, and sedative medication. Several neurodegenerative models are characterized by oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain, wh...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus. VZV infection of human dorsal root ganglion (DRG) xenografts in immunodeficient mice models the infection of sensory ganglia. We examined DRG infection with recombinant VZV (recombinant Oka [rOka]) and the following gE mutants: gEΔ27-90, gEΔCys, gE-AYRV, and gE-SSTT. gEΔ27-90, which lacks the gE domain that interacts with a putativ...

crop yields are dependent on a number of factors such as soil type, weather conditions and farming practices. crop yield estimates in different soil types are required to meet the needs of farmers, land appraisers, and governmental agencies in iran as around the world. this study was conducted to model the wheat-grain yields [triticum aestivum l.]  by soil properties in khoy area, the north-wes...

In this paper, the information theoretic principle of Minimum Relative Entropy (MRE), given fully decomposable subset and aggregate mean value constraints, is applied, in conduction with classical queueing theory, to extend earlier works and derive new analytic approximations for the conditional and marginal state probabilities of arbitrary closed queueing network models (QNMs-B) with Generalis...

Human milk (HM) components influence infant feeding patterns and nutrient intake, yet it is unclear how they influence gastric emptying (GE), a key component of appetite regulation. This study analyzed GE of a single breastfeed, HM appetite hormones/macronutrients and demographics/anthropometrics/body composition of term fully breastfed infants (n = 41, 2 and/or 5 mo). Stomach volumes (SV) were...

Evolving classification models for prediction of patient recruitment in multicentre clinical trials using grammatical evolution Gilyana Borlikova, Michael Phillips, Louis Smith, Michael O'Neill Successful and timely completion of prospective clinical trials depends on patient recruitment as patients are critical to delivery of the prospective trial data. There exists a pressing need to develop ...

In the second half of 1998, four manufacturers (GE, Siemens, Toshiba and Picker, now Philips) extended this concept by launching multi-slice CT scanners. All were 3rd generation helical scanners, with low voltage slip rings, capable of acquiring four CT slices in one x-ray tube rotation (see Fig. 1). Additional four-slice models have been introduced by Toshiba and GE. Some basic specifications ...