Abstract Background Osmotic stress is a major abiotic stress limiting crop production by affecting plant growth and development.Although previous reports discovered that methane (CH4) has a beneficial effect on osmotic stress, the corresponding downstream signal(s) is still elusive.Results Polyethylene glycol (PEG) treatment progressively stimulate

Been trapped by local minimums is an important problem in no-linear optimization problems, which is blocking evolutionary algorithms to find the global optimum.Normally, to increase the optimization accuracy, evolutionary algorithms implement search around the best individual.However, overuse of information from a single individual can lead to a ra

Introduction: The growing elderly population calls mental health professionals to take measures concerning the treatment of the elderly mental disorders.Today in developed countries, bibliotherapy is used for the treatment of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders.Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of audio book on the elderly

While most of the knowledge on invasive species focuses on their impacts, little is known about Sangre De Grado their potential positive effects on other species.Invasive ecosystem engineers can disrupt recipient environments; however, they may also facilitate access to novel resources for native species.The monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) is a

The results show that managerial ownership and institutional ownership have negative and significant effects toward debt policy Drinkware and company values, while debt policy have a positive and significant effects toward debt policy and company values.This phenomenon shows that shareholders from management and shareholders from institutional asse