When Guinea yam, Dioscorea rotundata Poir, was inoculated with Pratylenchus coffeae and Scutellonema bradys together, there was a 53% suppression of top growth, but when plants were inoculated separately there was a 29% suppression with P. coffeae and a 21% suppression with S. bradys. The reproduction of S. bradys was greatly inhibited when both nematode species were together on the same plant ...

The YAM++ system is a self configuration, flexible and extensible ontology matching system. YAM++ takes advantages of many techniques coming from different fields such as machine learning, information retrieval, graph matching, etc. in order to enhance the matching quality. In this paper, we briefly present the YAM++ approach and its results on OAEI 2012 campaign. 1 Presentation of the system Y...

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong: Department of Pathology KYK Chan, MS Xu, JCY Ching, YC Ip, US Khoo Department of Surgery VS Chan, P Tam, CL Lin Department of Psychiatry Sham P School of Public Health GM Leung Department of Microbiology JSM Peiris Pamela Youde Nethersole Hospital L Yam United Christian Hospital CM Chu Princess Margaret Hospital ST Lai, KM So Infecti...

The immunostimulating activities of mucilage fraction from yam were investigated. The proliferation of BSA-primed lymph node cells was enhanced between 4.1- to 10.9-fold compare to control, when cultured with 1 to 25 microg/mL of yam-mucilage fraction. It showed strong immunopotentiating activity than ginseng extract and as remarkable as Bifidobacterium adolescentis M101-4 known as a positive i...

INTRODUCTION Diabetic patients have a higher risk to osteoporotic fractures. Foods, such as yam, to oppose hyperglycemia, has been used to treatment of diabetes. OBJECTIVE The goal was assess the role of Brazilian yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) on glycemia and bone parameters of female diabetic rats. METHODS Female Wistar rats with 3 months age were allocated in three groups. Control group (C, n...

This study characterized the most cultivated and consumed yam (Dioscorea) cultivars within the Ghanaian yam germplasm based on their chemical composition and anti-nutritional factors. Matured yam cultivars grown under the same climatic and edaphic factors were harvested from the Roots and Tuber Conservatory Division of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Plant Genetic Resources R...

The effect of microwave and blanch pretreatments on the drying kinetics and quality of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) was investigated. Yam cubes destined for hot air drying at temperatures 70-90°C were predried in a domestic microwave or blanched in hot water for 1-5 min. Microwave pretreatment time had a positive significant effect on drying rate but both pretreatments had a negative influen...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities of yellow and white bitter yams from South Western Nigeria using methanolic extraction and simulated gastrointestinal digestion models. The phenolic compounds in the bitter yam varieties were evaluated by high performance liquid chromatography with a diode array detector (HPLC-DAD). The total phenolic co...

THE YOUTH AWARE OF MENTAL HEALTH (YAM) EXPERIENCE Youth stand at the core of much mental health promotion, yet little is written about their experiences of such efforts. We aimed to take this on by interviewing youth after they participated in Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM), a universal mental health promotion program. YAM has a non-anticipatory methodology that provides youth with a safe s...

Introduction: Human activities, such as mining, result in the elevation of natural ionizing radiation in the environment. Jos-Plateau, Nigeria, including Kuru-Jos has experienced commercial tin mining in the past, and local mining is still being practiced in this area. Therefore, it is important to assess the radiation exposure due to grown crops and the farm soils in ...