The purpose of this study was to determine a standard quality characteristic through the evaluation and statistical analysis of the morphological characteristics of dried ginseng (white ginseng) products. Samples of 4-year-old 30 and 50 piece grade curved ginseng and 5-year-old 25 and 15 piece grade straight ginseng products were collected from a market, with 5 to 10 packs of each product being...

Three classification techniques, namely, K-means Cluster Analysis (KCA), Fuzzy Cluster Analysis (FCA), and Kohonen Neural Networks (KNN) were employed to group 25 microwatersheds of Kherthal watershed, Rajasthan into homogeneous groups for formulating the basis for suitable conservation and management practices. Ten parameters, mainly, morphological, namely, drainage density (Dd), bifurcation r...

Conidial development of Cordyceps militaris was observed from germinating ascospores and vegetative hyphae through light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Ascospores were discharged from fresh specimens of C. militaris in sterile water as well as Sabouraud Dextrose agar plus Yeast Extract (SDAY) plates. We observed ascospore germination and conidial formation periodically. Under submerged...

The genus Microbacterium was proposed by Orla-Jensen in 1919. Four species were described, viz., Microbacterium lacticum, Microbacterium flavum, Microbacterium liquefaciens, and Microbacterium mesentericum. The organisms of this genus presented a physiological gradient with the saccharolytic acid former (M. lacticum) at one extreme and the proteolytic gelatin liquefier (M. liquefaciens) at the ...

1. Introduction One out of many word-formation processes in English is known as blending. It can be roughly defined as the intentional coinage of a new word by fusing parts of at least two source words of which either one is shortened in the fusion and/or where there is some form of phonemic or graphemic overlap of the source words; 1 some well-known examples are given in (1). (1) a. br(eakfast...

Little information from clinical trials is available regarding the efficacy of trastuzumab treatment in subcentimetric breast carcinomas (BCs). The aim of this study was to verify the existence of correlations between HER2 and hormone receptor status, Ki67 values, grade, histotype and node involvement in a cohort of pT1a,b BCs from an area not widely covered by screening campaigns. A total of 4...

The incidence of cutaneous melanoma has increased significantly worldwide over the last several decades. The aim of this study is to determine clinical and morphology characteristics of primary melanoma, since some of them are important prognostic factors. This retrospective study included 172 patients. The data were collected by the Consulting team for malignant skin tumors in the Banja Luka C...

In recent years, research in the field of stem cells is rapidly expanding and the published data are of great promise for the future of the regenerative medicine. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are a relatively new direction in these studies. Their ability to differentiate to a number of cell types indicates that they have the potential to be used as therapy for a variety of medical conditions. A...

OBJECTIVE To quantify size and localization differences between tumors presenting with seizures vs nonseizure neurological symptoms. DESIGN Retrospective imaging survey. We performed magnetic resonance imaging-based morphometric analysis and nonparametric mapping in patients with brain tumors. SETTING University-affiliated teaching hospital. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS One hundred twen...

The species in genus Melampsora are the causal agents of leaf rust diseases on willows in natural habitats and plantations. However, the classification and recognition of species diversity are challenging because morphological characteristics are scant and morphological variation in Melampsora on willows has not been thoroughly evaluated. Thus, the taxonomy of Melampsora species on willows rema...