The reliability and validity of two qualitative scoring systems for the Controlled Oral Word Association Test [Benton, A. L., Hamsher, de S. K., & Sivan, A. B. (1983). Multilingual aplasia examination (2nd ed.). Iowa City, IA: AJA Associates] were examined in 108 healthy young adults. The scoring systems developed by Troyer et al. [Troyer, A. K., Moscovich, M., & Winocur, G. (1997). Clustering ...

A generalized concept in the Citrus genus is that highly polyembryonic varieties produce only a small number of hybrids. Small zygotic embryos congregate primarily near micropyle, while nucellar organize or away from micropyle. In present study, authors determined seeds, per seed, and largest embryo (LE) position five citrus cultivars: C35 citrange, Volkamer lemon, Amblycarpa mandarin, Minneola...

Jury: Prof. dr. ir. Willy Sansen (Chairman) Prof. dr. ir. arch. Han Verschure Prof. dr. ir. arch Frank De Troyer Prof. dr. arch. Ana María de la Peña (Higher Polytechnical Institute J.A.Echeverría, Havana) Prof. dr. arch. Hans Rosenlund (University of Lund) Prof. dr. arch. Luc Verpoest dr. ir. Bert Blocken Prof. dr. ir. arch Jan Carmeliet Prof. dr. ir. arch. André De Herde (Université Catholiqu...

Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of neurological disorders characterized clinically by spasticity of lower limbs and pathologically by degeneration of the corticospinal tract. Troyer syndrome is an autosomal recessive HSP caused by a frameshift mutation in the spartin (SPG20) gene. Previously, we established that this mutation results in a lack of expression of the truncated mu...

The mammalian diaphragm is composed of two separate muscles (costal and crural) connected by a central tendon that serves as a piston head for drawing air into the lungs. The two muscles are described as having different embryological origins, segmental innervations, and mechanical functions [De Troyer A, Sampson M, Sigrist S, and Macklem PT. Science 213: 237-238, 1981; De Troyer A, Sampson M, ...

Drought is among the most crucial limiting factors for crop production and considered a major threat to food security. Rootstock selection an important approach drought management. This research was aimed study responses of rootstocks against stress examine impacts melatonin application on these rootstocks. Carrizo citrange, fying dragon, sour orange were selected current study. To test stress,...

Salinity is a major agriculture problem for citrus in the Mediterranean basin, which global producer region. Citrus crops are also threatened by emerging diseases such as Huanglongbing (HLB). The use of different rootstocks increases variability plant material orchards, thus preventing extensive damage caused abiotic and/or biotic diseases. In this work, we have evaluated salinity response five...

This study examined the interrater reliability and temporal stability of a scoring system developed by Troyer, Moscovich, and Winocur [Neuropsychologia 11 (1997) 138] to measure clustering and switching on verbal fluency (VF) tasks such as the Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT) [Benton, A.L., Hamsher, K., & Sivan, A.B. (1983). Multilingual aphasia examination (3rd ed.). Iowa City, IA...

Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs; SPG1-48) are inherited neurological disorders characterized by lower extremity spasticity and weakness. Loss-of-function mutations in the SPG20 gene encoding spartin cause autosomal recessive Troyer syndrome (SPG20), which has additional features of short stature, cognitive deficits and distal amyotrophy. To identify cellular impairments underlying Troyer s...