IntroductionIt is desirable to rehabilitate desert ecosystems with a selection of native plant species that render ecosystem services and yield natural products for creating a high-value industry, e.g., pharmaceuticals or cosmetics.However, plant growth under arid and hyper-arid conditions, such as in the Arabian Peninsula, is constrained by heat,
Ifugao province of the Philippines has a traditional muyong forest system that supplies water and prevents soil erosion of the world-famous Ifugao rice terraces.The socio-political structure of Ifugao has been the diamond painting strand en zee key to the maintenance and communal use of land, as well as the muyong forest, without causing excessive
This qualitative study of Pakistani-Urdu wedding songs allows a closer look at the gender situation, and towards 9002nc the understanding of the process of construction and perpetuation of gender-based stereotypes.However, the major concern of this study is to understand the portrayal of each gender along with the question that does such portrayal
Abstract Background Insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis bind to receptors on midgut epithelial cells of susceptible insect larvae.Aminopeptidases N (APNs) from several insect species have been shown to be putative receptors for these toxins.Here we report the cloning and expression analysis of four APN cDNAs from Spodoptera exigua.Resul
Bioactive phosphate glasses incorporated with Zn2+ (predicted to be useful for bone regeneration applications) were synthesized.Characterization of the bioglasses were done using XRD, FTIR, SEM, and EDS techniques, both prior to and after soaking in simulated body fluid (SBF) solution.The bioactive performance of samples was evaluated by incubated