... general, and anxiety and depression specifically, among Arab children and adolescents in the MENA region The validation revealed that the AYMH scale has reasonably good construct validity and ... Cronbach’s alpha Asfor validity analysis, the diagnostic assessment of depression and anxiety by the psychiatrist was used as standard reference The Receiver Operator Curve method was used to ... measure their prevalence and risk factors, there is a clear need for more culturally adapted and validated scales for use among youth The AYMH scale fills an important gap and addresses some of the...
... institutions like the Vaastu Vidya Gurukulam, which gives training in vaastu shastra anda school for Mohiniattam dancer Further, the tourists can learn handicrafts, local cuisines, rural games and mingle ... heritage and art forms, local festivals, road drives and activities for children As (1) asserted that it is important to measure consumer satisfaction applying as many destination attributes as ... these areas may offer only little advantage Attributes that are rated high in importance and low in performance are areas that the providers should pay particular attention for improvement Lastly,...
... Laboratories, PA, USA) The following primers were used: HSVtk, 5'-CCCATATCGGGGACACGTTATTT3' (forward) and 5'-GATAAAGACGTGCATGGAACGGAG-3' 5'-CCTGGATGCCGAACAAGGTTTA-3' (forward) CCAGCGTTCAATGCCTTCAAAC-3' TGGTGTTCCTATTGGCGGATGTCT ... GCGGAATTCATGAGCAATAACGCTTTAC -3’ (forward) and 5’ACGCTCGAGTCAACGTTTGTAATCGA -3’ (reverse), size:1.2kb; Fcy 5’-AGGAATTCATGGTGACAGGGGGAATG -3’ (forward) and 5’- CCGCTCGAGCTACTCACCAATATCTTCA -3’ (reverse), ... interfering RNA 13 1.1 Glioblastoma Malignant brain tumors such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and childhood brain cancer, medulloblastoma, have remained virtually untreatable and lethal The median survival...
... sends the data to a specific device or machine that then copies the data to the various people that are subscribers to the data For example, a user send their data to a multicast address andthe ... of the available fiber has been lit, and each fiber has several terabits/s of capacity The dot-com implosion has made this dark fiber and wavelengths of light in the fiber, very affordable The ... Beyond the virtual room was a landscape consisting of mountains, meadows, sky and clouds The floor was the distance from the subject's eyes to the virtual floor andthe nearest column was 4.6 m away...
... 2xi are not described as single reactions in our formalism, as stoichiometry b would exceed one What remains for a1 is all the reactions that have xi asthe substrate and not asthe product Therefore, ... kinase, and v1 should then represent the dephosphorylation of E2-P, as catalyzed by E1 This reaction releases P and E2 In this reaction E1 is used but immediately released as it is a catalyst The ... necessary forthe negative graph to induce sustained oscillations We shall analyze the steady states, because the presence of steady states on the phase-space border andthe irreversible steady-state...
... stress, a loss of regulation of Ab production, and an increase in tau hyperphosphorylation Furthermore, an increase in extracellular metals can catalyse Ab oligomerization and aggregation, andthe amyloid ... hyperphosphorylation occurs because of an imbalance in the activity of tau kinases and phosphatases [3] One particular tau kinase pertinent to metal dyshomeostasis in AD is glycogen synthase kinase-3 ... Modulation of metal availability for treating AD P J Crouch et al research attention as potential therapeutic targets Plaques and NFTs, however, cannot be regarded as ‘upstream’ causative factors...
... blot analysis appeared rather broad, probably because large amounts of unlabeled CFMYP and EGMYP naturally present in the gonads formed broad bands and affected the shape of the bands of the labeled ... substrate for localization of the labeled MYP Statistical analysis Data were expressed asthe mean ± SEM Statistical analysis was performed using instat software (GraphPad Software) The normality ... testis at stage 1, and eggs In all of the samples analyzed, a large protein peak was observed at an elution position of 72 mL (peaks a, b, c, and d), where the estimated molecular mass was about...
... red algal protein than with the cyanobacterial one The C paradoxa thylakoid membranes also contained a band cross-reacted with anti-(R-PsbQ¢), the apparent molecular mass of which was remarkably ... cyanobacteria [22] and that C paradoxa first branched during the evolutionary process of chloroplasts [23] Shibata et al [21] isolated the thylakoid membranes and PSII particles from C paradoxa and reported ... glaucophyte, C paradoxa that has the most primitive plastids [23], contained the PsbV and PsbU proteins asthe extrinsic proteins (Figs and 2) A primitive red alga, C caldarium that has the most ancient...
... type diabetes subjects Immunogenetics 2010, 62:101-107 36 Kawasaki E, Awata T, Ikegami H, Kobayashi T, Maruyama T, Nakanishi K, Shimada A, Uga M, Kurihara S, Kawabata Y, et al: Genetic association ... Health Center, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, H3G 1A4 , Qc, Canada Full list of author information is available at the end of the article thymic and peripheral CD4+ T cells in humans and mice, and ... on their own, not account for T1 D protection in NOD.B6 Idd3 mice [22] Candidate-gene approaches have also demonstrated a role forthe Idd3 locus in human celiac disease and RA [25], as well as...
... information losses in the statistical analysis A total sample size of 210 subjects was therefore considered adequate The retest sample was selected at random asa sub sample from the scaling and validation ... domain), andthe WHO-DAS II disability questionnaire was calculated Concordance between classification criteria was assessed by inter-rater agreement statistics (kappa) anda Chi-square test All ... defining GAD The ASQ-15 allows for detecting GAD according to DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria, as well as other anxiety symptoms, but no version adapted to and validated for our culture is available On the...
... in the IPM plot, andthe small black ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum that was abundant on the remaining trees of the plot The Crematogaster ants were nesting on cashew tree branches andthe small ... provinces with a standard questionnaire The survey concentrated on current cashew husbandry practices, assessment of cashew production, labour use and costs, pest and disease practices and assessment ... ants, ladybirds, preying mantis or birds These data clearly show that farmers lack extensive knowledge about the insect pests and diseases and their natural enemies Weaver ant status and farmers’...
... include the following aspects: the main cashew insect pests and their control, the main cashew diseases and their management, the natural enemies in cashew orchards, the use of weaver ants in cashew ... in the TOT training, and they includes the following aspects: the main cashew insect pests and their control, the main cashew diseases and their management, the natural enemies in cashew orchards, ... in the same cashew orchards as we did five months ago in Dong Nai, Ba Ria Vung Tau and Binh Phuoc The orchard in Ba Ria-Vung Tau was sprayed by the orchard owner, which was unexpected The data...
... Vietnam, there are at least 10 major insect pests and three diseases as well as many important species of natural enemies such as parasitoids and beneficial fungi in cashew orchards These data clearly ... knowledge of cashew insect pests and diseases and their natural enemies, and Weaver ant status and farmers’ opinion of them The results are summarised below A total of 212 cashew farmers were interviewed, ... cashew farming status Based on this baseline survey, the majority of cashew growers were small holders, having about of orchards with the average tree age being years (for grafted materials) and...
... in cashew orchards, (2) to make them aware of the existence andthe role of natural enemies (especially weaver ants) on cashew trees, and (3) to provide them with information about the advantages ... of physical factors in the cashew agroecosystem, the mutual relationships among cashews, animals and humans in cashew orchards, and up-to-date cashew cultivation techniques, especially variety ... tree performance, the establishment of cashew orchards, the basic farming skills to manage cashew orchards, cashew variety selection, the principles of fertilizer application andthe appropriate...
... base, and each larva excavated a chamber in which the calcareous pupal cell was formed from the excretions of the larva Pupation took place late in the year The pupa is about 35 mm long, creamy-white, ... ant abundance was greatly reduced from 65% in early January to below 15% late January Asa result, the main insect pest damage was much higher andtheyield was much lower in the IPM plot than ... oils, Abamectine and water, respectively Data analysis For field experimental data analyses, on each monitoring occasion, two plots (farmer and IPM) were ranked, based on mean percentage damage...
... methods and skills, and their understanding of the cashew IPM program A lot of farmers said that it was the best training they had received about cashews Although weaver ants are abundant, the farmers ... successfully passed their examinations Each of them was awarded a graduation certificate in the cashew IPM training Now, we have 112 TOT cashew IPM trainers, and they are distributed in ten cashew growing ... methods, and they were very interested in the field practical All the master trainers did their best to pass their knowledge to the TOT trainees A final examination at the end of each TOT training was...
... weaver ants, and would use weaver ants and tell their friends and other farmers to use the ants Farmers’ knowledge about insect pests, diseases and their natural enemies as well as general farming ... program • Parts and take an ecological approach to characterise the effects of physical and biological factors on cashew tree performance, and to demonstrate how to apply the up-to-date farming ... farmer’s plot, but the average damage was < 1% and < 2% for mealy bugs and aphids respectively (Table 7) (5) The average yield of cashew nuts per tree were similar between the IPM plot and the...
... program, forthe part of the TOT training andforthe field data analyses Dr Pham Van Bien and Mr La Pham Lan are in charge of Vietnamese personnel and expenses of the project Mr Lan is also ... (Helopeltis antonii), that caused the majority of damage on flushing shoots The most important natural enemies were weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) and crametogaster ants (Crematogaster sp) The effect ... since the project started Baseline data of the insect pest assemblage and their damage were obtained Regular monitoring and sampling of insect pests and their natural enemies in the demonstration...
... of the diameter at various heights of stem using the wedge prism asatoolfor measurement is a sufficiently accurate method for measurement and can be used for measuring the diameters in the ... on the borderline The method was also described for determining the tree diameter at breast height (Bitterlich 1996) For testing the accuracy of the method the laser telemeter was used and then ... of the angle gauge (b) b a (a) α borderline Table Average values and their differences Diameter measured optically with wedge prism Diameter measured with calliper Difference Standard deviation...