In all ages and countries, music and dance have constituted a central part in human culture
and communication. Recently, vocal-learning animals such as parrots and elephants have …

Pseudomonas stutzeri strain NT-I was isolated from the drainage wastewater of a selenium
refinery plant. This bacterium efficiently reduced selenate to elemental selenium without …

Focused attention meditation (FAM) is a basic meditation practice that cultivates attentional
control and monitoring skills. Cross-sectional studies have highlighted high cognitive …

Background Troglitazone (TGZ) is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ)
agonist that has been investigated as a potential chemopreventive and …

To study allelopathy at the cellular level, we established a new bioassay method using
protoplasts from etiolated leaves of a leguminous plant, Mucuna pruriens, which contains a large …

A bioassay method for allelopathy, the ‘protoplast co-culture method’ was developed to
study the relationship between salt tolerance and allelopathy of three mangrove species, …

Background/Aim: This study aimed to assess the effects of telmisartan (TEL), a potential
antitumor agent, and its mechanism of action in the regulation of apoptosis, autophagy, and cell …

Previous neuroimaging studies demonstrated that ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)
activity reflects how much an individual positively views each person (impression). Here, we …

Strong allelopathic activities of etiolated seedlings of a leguminous plant, Vicia villosa Roth (hairy
vetch), were confirmed by a protoplast co-culture method. The combination of 1% …

Thermally enhanced anaerobic dechlorination has been recently proposed as effective
remedial strategy to dechlorinate tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene, as well as their …