We help characterize the nature of the construct by adopting a systematic review... Risk preference is an important construct for understanding individual differences in risk taking throughout the ...

Recent studies from China and India, none designed to assess vegan status, reported unusually large vegan samples (n= ~1000–8000) and prevalences (~1–9%). These were mostly in ...

Arachis hypogaea is an allotetraploid crop widely grown in the world. Wild relatives of genus Arachis are the rich source of genetic diversity and high levels of resistance to combat pathogens and ...

The current distribution of Asiatic black bear ( Ursus thibetanus) is available on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species website; however, nothing is known about the historical extent and occurrence ...

The Chinese white wax scale insect (Ericerus pela) is an economically valuable species with an important role in wax production. Recently, in a greenhouse in Kunming, we identified a genus of fungus ...

Proteolysis of structural molecules of the extracellular matrix (ECM) is an irreversible post-translational modification in all arthropathies. Common joint disorders, including osteoarthritis and ...

A FEATURE of recent reports on industrial research has been the emphasis which has been placed on the influence taxation is capable of exerting upon research expendíture. The Federation of British ...

Clarifying the shear creep characteristics of rock and scientifically analyzing its creep deformation law is the key to solving the problem of safe construction and long-term stab ...

Malaria remains a major public-health burden in tropical regions, and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) based on Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) are widely used in endemic settings ...

The Krishna-Godavari (K-G) Basin along the eastern continental margin of India is characterized by active methane seepage and documented subsurface gas hydrate accumulations; however, constraints on ...

IN comparison with the pyrimidine bases of nucleic acids, the purines are relatively inert to photochemical alteration. No photoproducts derived specifically from adenine or guanine have been isolated ...

Kappa-carrageenan is a hydrocolloid from red algae and has bioactive properties for food, pharmaceutical, and biomedical uses. The present study comprises efficient extraction of κ-carrageenan from ...