Nutritional value of freshwater mesozooplankton, fatty acid (FA) and amino acid (AA) compositions were determined in the middle of each season for a one-year period from May 2009 to February 2010 in Hanna Dam Lake, Isfahan, Iran. FA and AA composition significantly (P < 0.05) varied in relation to the seasonal changes of water quality, phytoplankton and zooplankton community. The content of sat...

1Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Pisa, Italy; 3Department of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Centers, Ein Kerem, Israel; 4Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Rosaria Talarico, MD Luisa Marconcini, Managing ...

Birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), 6-month weight (W6), 9-month weight (W9) and yearling weight (YW) of Kermani lambs were used to estimate genetic parameters. The data were collected from Shahrbabak Sheep Breeding Research Station in Iran during the period of 1993-1998. The fixed effects in the model were lambing year, sex, type of birth and age of dam. Number of days between birth date a...

☆ The first draft of this paper was written when Jamal dent at University of California, Berkeley. The author wo mous referees for useful comments; Barry Eichengreen, Rose for helpful discussions; and the UC Berkeley Irma ing. Ammar Yasser Safa provided inspiration. The finding sions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the a represent the views of the International Bank for Reco World...

Silica nanoparticles (SNPs) consist of several applications which include lightweight aggregates, energy storage, and drug delivery. Nevertheless, the silica reagents used in SNP synthesis are both costly hazardous. As a result, it is critical to look for other sources silica. For this research, simple sol–gel hydrothermal approach make SNPs from South African fly ash (SAFA). SAFA classified as...

Latest international directives indicate the need for sustainable development, linking socio-economic and environmental aspects, to reach goals set by Agenda 2030. In this context, peri-urban agriculture can represent opportunity increase cities’ sustainability, improving their liveability level, fulfilling a crucial social part since it assures new sources of job opportunities territorial requ...

Endospore formation by Bacillus subtilis is a complex and dynamic process. One of the major challenges of sporulation is the assembly of a protective, multilayered, proteinaceous spore coat, composed of at least 70 different proteins. Spore coat formation can be divided into two distinct stages. The first is the recruitment of proteins to the spore surface, dependent on the morphogenetic protei...