Background Plant root research can provide a way to attain stress-tolerant crops that produce
greater yield in a diverse array of conditions. Phenotyping roots in soil is often challenging …

Processes within the critical zone—spanning groundwater to the top of the vegetation
canopy—have important societal relevance and operate over broad spatial and temporal scales …

Background Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is associated with a range of disabilities,
including physical, behavioural, and cognitive deficits. One specific area of concern in …

Objective Individuals with FASD experience neurodevelopmental impairments and adverse
outcomes, which can result in stress on the caregiver. However, there is little research on the …

The small intestinal brush border is composed of lipid raft microdomains, but little is known
about their role in the mechanism whereby cholera toxin gains entry into the enterocyte. The …

Aims Deep-rooted agricultural crops can potentially utilize deep soil moisture to reduce
periods where growth is water limited. Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) is a deep-rooted species, …

A five-year field study was conducted in order to identify and test plant species suitable as
undersown nitrogen (N) catch crops. With the aim of maximizing the catch crop effect against …

Cytoskeleton modulating compounds have been shown to lower intraocular pressure (IOP)
and increase outflow facility. Caldesmon is one protein that is involved in the regulation of …

The ubiquitous “jack-of-all-trades,” Aeromonas hydrophila, is a freshwater, Gram-negative
bacterial pathogen under revision in regard to its phylogenetic and functional affiliation with …

thiepin-2-acetate (2.2 g, 7.75 mmol) in iert-butyl alcohol (15 mL) containing potassium tert-butoxide
(0.87 g, 7.77 mmol) and diethyl carbonate (1.0 g, 8.5 mmol) was boiled under reflux …