Life Sciences

Identifying the resistant genotypes is one of vital strategies to control Fusarium stalk rot disease in maize. Twenty-four maize inbred lines were evaluated for resistance to stalk rot caused by Fusarium verticillioides at Crop Research and Development Institute (CRDI), Vietnam Nation University of Agriculture (VNUA) during the spring of 2016, and their QTL resistance were also studied at the molecular level using SSR maker with two specific primers reference from Jun-Qiang Ding et al, 2008 reported to avoid environmental effects in the JICA laboratory, VNUA, Vietnam.

Background: The usage of tablet or media tablet computers have become a viable consumer alternative to traditional notebook (laptop) and desktop computing modes. The light weight of the tablet makes it with the users everywhere and so the users spend many hours using it. Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect tablet use on muscle performance of wrist and elbow and the effect of period of tablet usage. Methods: The current study was conducted on 60 subjects.

Objective: The purpose of this article was to analyze the biopsychosocial and cultural implications of the sexuality of the elder, in an attempt to demystify the association of the elder with loss, limitations, inability to procreate and sexual inactivity. In this context, it tries to deal with the breakdown of paradigms and prejudices associated to the theme. Methodology: This was a bibliometric review based on a search conducted in the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature database (LILACS), in May 2017, with the following descriptors: aging, sexuality, elder.

Dengue fever is currently a major public health problem in Burkina Faso. The aim of this study was to determine seroprevalence and dengue infection evolution during the years 2016 and 2017. The study population consisted of 3572 patients aged 0 to 84 years seen during general medicine consultation from January 2016 to November 2017 and referred to the laboratory of Saint Camille Hospital of Ouagadougou for serological diagnosis of dengue fever.

In this work the optical properties of the poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) on glass substrate as interlayer and the effect of temperaturevariation on the optical stability was investigated. Measurement of the transmittance, absorption, extinction coefficient, reflectance, and band gap energy are used to study the influence of annealing on the optical properties of PEDOT: PSS thin film. The thin film had 70% transmittance at 550 nm.It is deduced that as the annealing temperature increases there is increase in absorption of photon energy.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the extent of implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and the academic achievement of pupils in primary schools in Kenya. The extent of implementation of TQM was assessed through a TQM principle namely reward and motivation. This study was conducted in Teso North sub-county which was purposively sampled due to low learning outcomes as compared to other sub-counties in Kenya.

The focus on this paper is to represent various schemes approved for development of agriculture by RB I and RRBs.Number of RRBs is running across India to fulfill this target. The scope of this paper is around RRB running in India especially in Himachal Pradesh (Himachal Pradesh Gramin bank). This paper includes the architecture of Credit system in India and performance charts of Himachal Pradesh Gramin bank during 2016-2017.

A field experiment was carried out at the research farm of A. S. (PG) College, Lakhaoti, Bulandshahr, (U.P.) during winter 2009-10 and 2010-11. The soil of experimental field was sandy loam and slightly alkaline in reaction (pH 7.7). The treatments consisted of four irrigation schedules viz. I0- no irrigation, I1- one irrigation at pre-flowering, I2- one irrigation at pod filling, I3- two irrigations one each at pre-flowering and pod filling, three phosphorus levels viz. P0- control, P30- 30 kg P2O5 ha-1, P60- 60 kg P2O5 ha-1 and three sulphur levels viz.

Anticholinergic side effects of medications often misdiagnosed as cognitive function decline in the elderly. The study aims to explore the effectiveness of home medication reviews on reducing anticholinergic burden caused by medications with anticholinergic properties in elderly patients in Australia. The study was a qualitative, prospective, observational case-control study. Interviews at baseline and six-month were performed. Medications changes were theoretically possible to reduce the Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden score, but occasionally are impractical to implement.

Ogi, a popular fermented cereal-based foods consumed as weaning foods by infants and as dietary staples for adults in west Africa is usually processed by natural fermentation, which takes up to 48h to produce. This is the first report of producing the maize gruel (ogi) in less than 5h, by pre-treatment of the maize grains before fermentation.