There is an increasing concern over the loss of germplasm diversity in areas of crop
domestication. Nevertheless in these areas many farmers continue to maintain a pool of varieties, …

Climate change is predicted to have major impacts on small-scale farmers in Mexico whose
livelihoods depend on rain-fed maize. We examined the capacity of traditional maize seed …

The influence of different types of precipitates (either Guinier-Preston zones, θ″ or θ′) on
the critical resolved shear stress and strain hardening was determined by means of …

BackgroundIn most trials and systematic reviews that evaluate exercise-based interventions
in reducing depressive symptoms, it is difficult to separate treatment from prevention.AimsTo …

… A detailed analysis of the soil characteristics is available in Bellon. … exchange capacity)
were also measured but are highly correlated with these four main characteristics (see Bellon). …

We made direct noninvasive magnetic measurements of hepatic iron stores with a specially
designed superconducting quantum-interference-device (SQUID) susceptometer in 20 …

The process of creating MR images frequently gives rise to artifacts in the final display. Many
artifacts may be corrected or ameliorated through an understanding of their cause. This …

This paper presents a case study of the relationship between farmers' knowledge of maize
varieties and their selection and management of these varieties under conditions of …

This paper is an extensive review of the research that has been undertaken on near-infrared
(NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy applied to soil particularly for determining …

Cutaneous adverse drug reactions are unpredictable and include various different skin
conditions of varying degrees of severity. The most concerning are usually referred to as severe …