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TRPC3 and TRPC6 Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Hypertension
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-10)
Recently studies found that TRPC3 and TRPC6 played an important role in cardiovascular disease.
Hypertension, as a cardiovascular disease causing the highest morbidity and mortality, has close
relationship with the ...
Diving Deep in Employee Training to Understand Employee Engagement
(OMICS Group, 2015-12)
Human resource practices have prominently influenced employee behaviors and outcomes at work. This conceptual
paper proposes motivations to explore employee training in depth to understand how its key component including
need ...
Identification and Quantification of Corn, Soybean and Cotton Genetically Modified by Real Time PCR
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015-07)
In order to obtain a cheaper method for quantification of transgenic events in corn, soybeans and
cotton, primers for real time PCR have been developed and optimized, with fluorescent BRYT
Green system. The DNA was ...
Effect of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) grain conditions on occurrence of mycotoxin‑producing fungi
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background: Sorghum is a staple cereal crop that is well adapted to arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). It has a potential
of assuring food security and livelihoods in the ASALs. The objective of this study was to determine ...
Food in a future of 10 billion
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Over the past two centuries, the human population has grown sevenfold and the experts anticipate the addition of
2–3 billion more during the twenty-first century. In the present overview, I take a historical glance at how ...
Plant breeding for organic agriculture: something new?
(BioMed Central, 2015)
The role of both organic (OF) and conventional (CF) farming remains open to debate particularly when related to
food security and climate change. Targeting plant breeding for OF can contribute to reduce its yield gaps ...
The interplay between household food security and wellbeing among small‑scale farmers in the context of rapid agrarian change in India
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background: Small-scale agriculture, government entitlements, and livelihood opportunities offered by rapid
economic growth shape the food security and wellbeing of people in rural India. This paper analyses this ...
Soil fertility status and wheat nutrient content in Vertisol cropping systems of central highlands of Ethiopia
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background: Land degradation reduces agricultural productivity and poses a serious threat on food security status
of households. In Ethiopia, farmers have been using only urea and di-ammonium phosphate for more than 15 ...
Drivers of rice production: evidence from five Sub‑Saharan African countries
(2015)
Background: In spite of considerable rice production gains over the past 50 years, Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming
increasingly dependent on rice imports as demand is outpacing domestic supply. The serious economic and ...