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1.Title: |
Beta-Carboline Alkaloids and Essential Tremor: Exploring the Environmental Determinants of One of the Most Prevalent Neurological Diseases
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Authors: |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
1783-1794 |
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Date of publication: |
1/9/2010 |
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Article Type: |
Review Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Sergi Ferre |
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Domains: |
Neuroscience
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Oncology
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Toxicology
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Pathology
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Cognition
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Higher Level Brain Function
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Neurology
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Synopsis: |
Essential tremor (ET) is a common neurological disease, affecting 4% of the population aged 40 and older. Aside from inherited factors, environmental exposures are likely to play a role in disease causation. This report reviews the literature that putatively links exposure to the chemical harmane with ET. Identification of such disease-associated toxins is an important initial step towards reducing exposure and lessening the occurrence of disease. |
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2.Title: |
Effects of Furrow Irrigation on the Growth, Production, and Water Use Efficiency of Direct Sowing Rice
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Authors: |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
1483-1497 |
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Date of publication: |
3/8/2010 |
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Article Type: |
Research Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Axel Garcia y Garcia |
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Domains: |
Agronomy
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Water Science & Technology
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Synopsis: |
There has been increasing research on effective water use in rice farming. However, there is an apparent lack of systematic studies on the methods and associated mechanisms of direct sowing rice farming and effective irrigation. One of the water-saving techniques used in agriculture is furrow irrigation. Water from the delivery burrow laterally percolates into the vegetated bed. The absence of a surface water layer in the field reduces evaporation. We conducted experiments on the growth and water use efficiency of direct sowing rice using the furrow irrigation (FI) technique in Leizhou Peninsula of southwestern Guangdong, China between 2002 and 2003. Based on field trials and pot simulation testing, we conducted systematic analysis of the mechanisms for FI and provide theoretical and empirical bases to promote the use of this technique at a large-scale rice field. |
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3.Title: |
Effect of K-N-Humates on Dry Matter Production and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Maize in Sarawak, Malaysia
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Authors: |
Petrus, Auldry C.; Ahmed, Osumanu H.; Muhamad, Ab M.N.; Nasir, Hassan M.; Jiwan, Make |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
1282-1292 |
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Date of publication: |
6/7/2010 |
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Article Type: |
Research Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Ahmet R. Mermut |
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Domains: |
Agronomy
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Soil Systems
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Terrestrial Environmental Toxicology
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Synopsis: |
This paper reports on how value was added to Sago waste. Potassium-calcium hydroxide, compost, humic substances, and organic-based fertilizers were produced from the waste. In a pot experiment, the organic-based fertilizers significantly increased dry matter production and nutrient use efficiency of maize Sarawak, Malaysia. |
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4.Title: |
Antagonism of Some Aquatic Hyphomycetes against Plant Pathogenic Fungi
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Authors: |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
760-765 |
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Date of publication: |
4/5/2010 |
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Article Type: |
Research Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Maynard Schaus |
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Domains: |
Ecosystems and Communities
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Plant Sciences
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Pathology
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Microbiology
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Synopsis: |
The present manuscript investigates the antagonistic activity of five isolates of aquatic hyphomycetes against seven plant pathogenic fungi. As a result, we found that two of the aquatic hyphomycetes showed a positive activity against pathogenic fungi. |
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5.Title: |
The Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation and Mulch of Contrasting Chemical Composition on the Yield of Cassava under Humid Tropical Conditions
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Authors: |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
505-511 |
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Date of publication: |
1/4/2010 |
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Article Type: |
Research Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Stephen E. Williams |
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Domains: |
Agronomy
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Soil Systems
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Nutrition
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Microbiology
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Synopsis: |
Inoculation with Glomus deserticola in conjunction with a Gliricidia sepium and Senna siamea mulch mixture greatly enhanced the growth and yield of cassava. Mulching increased colonization of cassava roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, a situation that could have resulted from a conducive soil environment provided by the mulch for fungal extra-radical hyphae growth and subsequent increased nutrient uptake. Advantage can be taken of arbuscular mycorrhizal mulch integration technology to increase cassava production by resource-poor farmers. |
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6.Title: |
Self-Efficacy and the Sense of Coherence: Narrative Review and a Conceptual Synthesis
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Authors: |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
924-933 |
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Date of publication: |
14/9/2009 |
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Article Type: |
Review Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Verity J Brown |
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Domains: |
Child Health & Human Development
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Psychology (Behavioral & Clinical)
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Holistic Health & Medicine
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Synopsis: |
Sense of coherence and self-efficacy will be narratively reviewed and conceptually synthesized. |
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7.Title: |
Genetic Etiologies for Phenotypic Diversity in Sickle Cell Anemia
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Authors: |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
46-67 |
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Date of publication: |
18/1/2009 |
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Article Type: |
Review Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Susan Perrine |
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Domains: |
Cell Biology
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Hematology
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Genes & Genomics
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Medicine
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Synopsis: |
Sickle cell anemia, while a Mendelian trait, is clinically a heterogeneous disease. Genotype-phenotype association studies, using single nucleotide polymorphisms that might be linked with a particular subphenotype of disease, have been informative and associations with several disease features have been found. Genome-wide association studies should help to uncover hitherto unsuspected genetic modulators. Genetic association studies can have immediate prognostic value and could identify new pathophysiological pathways that could be susceptible to modulation. |
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8.Title: |
Sickle Cell Anemia, the First Molecular Disease: Overview of Molecular Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Approaches
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Authors: |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
1295-1324 |
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Date of publication: |
25/12/2008 |
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Article Type: |
Review Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Susan Perrine |
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Domains: |
Pathology
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Pharmacology
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Hematology
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Drug Discovery
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Cardiovascular Biology
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Gene, Molecular & Cell Therapy
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Genes & Genomics
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Immunology & Inflammation
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Proteins & Proteomics
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Synopsis: |
Sickle cell disease is caused by a beta-globin gene mutation encoding the sickle beta-hemoglobin chain that, with alpha-globin chains, form the sickle hemoglobin tetramer. Sickle hemoglobin tetramers polymerize when deoxygenated, damaging the sickle erythrocyte and initiating a pathophysiological process that includes hemolytic anemia and vasoocclusion. Tissue hypoxia, oxidant damage, inflammation, abnormal intracellular interactions, and reduced nitric oxide bioavailability contribute to the pathophysiology. This complex pathophysiology, of which we have a reasonable understanding, provides multiple loci for potential therapeutic intervention. |
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9.Title: |
Heavy Metal Contamination of Foods by Refuse Dump Sites in Awka, Southeastern Nigeria
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Authors: |
Nduka, John K. C.; Orisakwe, Orish Ebere; Ezenweke, L. O.; Chendo, M. N.; Ezenwa, T. E. |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
941-948 |
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Date of publication: |
1/10/2008 |
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Article Type: |
Research Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Richard Brown |
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Domains: |
Environmental Chemistry
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Toxicology
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Synopsis: |
The impact of heavy metals from refuse dumps on soil, food, and water qualities in Awka, Nigeria was studied. Linear regression analyses showed that the relationship between soil heavy metals and farm produce heavy metals was strong. We may conclude that the consumption of leafy vegetables and crops produced on contaminated soils may pose a health risk to those that reside around the refuse dumps. |
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10.Title: |
The Multistream Self: Biophysical, Mental, Social, and Existential
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Authors: |
Deshmukh, Vinod D. |
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Journal: |
TheScientificWorldJOURNAL |
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Page Range: |
331-341 |
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Date of publication: |
25/3/2008 |
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Article Type: |
Review Article |
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Handling Editor: |
Joav Merrick |
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Domains: |
Holistic Health & Medicine
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Self is difficult to define because of its multiple, constitutive streams of functional existence. A more comprehensive and expanded definition of self is proposed. The standard bio-psycho-social model of psyche is expanded to biophysical-m ...
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