Daoud Ali, Saud Alarifi, Saad Alkahtani, Rafa S Almeer Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Introduction: Graphene oxide nanoparticles have been widely used in industry and biomedical fields due to their unique physicochemical properties.However, comparative cytotoxicity of silver-doped reduced graph
Pine mortality after planting on post-agricultural lands in South Africa
Successful afforestation has been practiced in South Africa for more than a century.Recently, however, problems with afforestation of pines have occurred in Newsboy Caps the northeastern part of the Eastern Cape Province.Rapid mortality of Pinus patula and P.elliottii have occurred when small container seedlings were planted on old-agricultural soi
Inverse correlation between PDGFC expression and lymphocyte infiltration in human papillary thyroid carcinomas
Abstract Background Members of the PDGF family have been suggested as potential biomarkers for papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC).However, it is known that both expression and stimulatory effect of PDGF ligands can be affected by inflammatory cytokines.We have performed a microarray study in a collection of PTCs, of which about half the biopsies co
Strengthening the role of universities in addressing sustainability challenges: the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions as an institutional experiment
As the magnitude, complexity, and urgency of many sustainability problems increase, there is a growing need for universities to contribute more effectively to problem solving.Drawing upon prior research on social-ecological systems, knowledge-action connections, and organizational innovation, we developed an integrated conceptual framework for stre