Background: Renal masses can be broadly categorized into cysts, tumors and inflammatory lesions.Although simple cysts are usually asymptomatic, they occasionally cause flank or abdominal pain, a palpable abdominal mass or hematuria.This study was conducted to see the role of ultrasonography in evaluation of renal cysts.Methods: This descriptive stu
Evaluation of the Effects of Allelopathic Aqueous Plant Extracts, as Potential Preparations for Seed Dressing, on the Modulation of Cauliflower Seed Germination
Allelopathic plants can be widely used in bio-farming considering their potential role in the improvement of seed germination.The study presented in this work was designed to evaluate the effects of two extraction methods and the effects of allelopathic aqueous extracts from twenty plants as seed dressing preparations on the number of germinating a
Evaluating the predictive validity of four divergent thinking tasks for the originality of design product ideation
What factors predict the originality of domain-specific idea generation? Replicating and extending an earlier study using a Design Product Ideation task in an introductory university design course, the present research, grounded Puffed Snacks in the componential theory of creativity, assessed the relative contributions to originality of design idea
The role of genomics in tracking the evolution of influenza A virus.
Influenza A virus causes annual epidemics and occasional pandemics of short-term respiratory infections associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.The pandemics occur when new human-transmissible viruses that have the major surface protein of influenza A viruses from other host species are introduced into the human population.Between such