Introduction — Late stage of seed ripening and storage compounds accumulation is accompanied with maturation drying, seeds become desiccation tolerant, and may survive for a long time in the dry state. These seeds are named orthodox. However, part of species, especially originated from tropics, produces so-called recalcitrant seeds. Recalcitrant seeds do not…

Abstract — This study principally assessed the impact of fertilizer subsidy programme on maize income in the Northern Region. Sample sizes of 400 respondents were interviewed using questionnaires. Secondary data was also collected for the study and the results analyzed. Simple random sampling techniques was used in selecting respondents. The data was…

Abstract — Features related to gait can be fundamental metrics of human motion. Gait speed and stride length are increasingly being recognized as a measure a person’s health status; changes in these parameters from a person’s normal values often indicates changes in health. However, variations in gait characteristics as a result of…

Introduction — The human genome project (HGP) provided important information about structure, organization and predicted function of 2.85 billion nucleotides in the DNA sequence, which is the foundation for biomedical research, genetic diagnosis and evolutionary genomics [1]. However, the genetic basis of complex disorders as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer, schizophrenia, autoimmune diseases…

Opinion — A 4() year old male from a suburban area of Spain, presented to our Clinic with respiratory symptoms. On examination we observed a dark hypermelanotic lesion on the dorsal and lumbar regions with areas of hypertrichosis on the lateral borders of this ovaloid shaped and dark skin patch. The affected…

Abstract — Asthma is the third most common chronic disease in Saudi Arabia, affecting two million people. Asthma is also a leading cause of death among allergic disorders. Uncontrolled asthma may considerably decrease the quality of life for children and their families. Over the years, the Saudi government has included asthma as…

Abstract — Random survival forest (RSF) is an ensemble of survival trees where each tree within the forest is grown non-deterministically. RSF is an attractive nonparametric alternative in modeling time-to-event data when the number of covariates is larger than the number of subjects and the relationship between the response and covariates is…

Abstract — An antenatal care that seem to thrive on the understanding of the pregnancy state as a potentially dangerous biomedical state, and so goes on to have its mechanisms mainly on surveillance is proving ineffective in developing countries. Despite the many reasons given for poor utilization of ANC, especially in developing…

Abstract — A number of diseases of the foregut are now being managed endoscopically instead of the traditional surgical methods. This brief review of literature deals with the advancements in endoscopy with reference to endoscopic myotomy. Keywords: Endoscopy; Myotomy; POEM Abbrevation: POEM: Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy; LHM: Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy; EGJOO: Esophagogastric…