We compared single- and double-SSR primer PCR products from 50 soybean samples and found that the use of single- PCR primers in the reaction system can lead to amplified fragments of portions of the SSR primers in the PCR process, resulting in both false-positives and fragment impurity of double-primer PCR amplification, inconvenient for subsequent analysis. We used “”single-primer PCR correction”" to eliminate interference caused by single-

primer nonspecific PCR amplification and improve PCR quality. Using this method, the precision and success rates of SSR MAS in soybean can be increased.”
“We investigated the low-frequency noise properties in the inverted-staggered amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O (a-IGZO) thin-film

transistors (TFTs) with the silicon dioxide (SiO(2)) gate dielectric. The dependence of noise level on gate area indicates that the 1/f BGJ398 chemical structure noise is the dominate source and the contribution from TFT parasitic resistances can be ignored in long channel devices. The gate voltage dependent noise data closely follow the mobility fluctuation CH5424802 manufacturer (Delta mu) model, and the Hooge’s parameter (alpha(H)) was extracted to be similar to 1.52×10(-3), which is much lower than the reported alpha(H) for a-Si:H TFTs. Finally, in the comparative study, the noise level in an unannealed a-IGZO TFT was found to be higher than that in an annealed device. The present results suggest that the 1/f noise in our a-IGZO TFT samples is sensitive to the active layer quality (i.e., concentration of conduction band-tail and/or deep gap states). In addition, the

observed low noise in a-IGZO TFT can be associated with the s-orbital conduction in amorphous oxide semiconductor. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3490193]“
“Purpose To investigate the association of neonatal bilirubin levels with oxytocin and misoprostol use for labour induction.

Methods A total of 100 neonates were included in the study. The first group consisted of 50 healthy babies of women who had received oxytocin infusion, and the second group consisted of 50 healthy babies of women who had received 25 mu g misoprostol every 4 h placed in the posterior fornix for labour induction. Bilirubin and haematocrit levels were measured in all on days 1 and 4 of the neonatal period.

Results The levels of bilirubin in the Cytoskeletal Signaling inhibitor oxytocin group were significantly higher than those in the misoprostol group on day 1 [4.42 +/- 0.27 vs. 3.55 +/- 0.28 mg/dl (P = 0.035)] while they were higher also on day 4 but not significantly so [7.47 +/- 0.63 vs. 6.86 +/- 0.65 mg/dl (P = 0.525)]. The mean haematocrit levels on day 1 were 50.62 +/- 1.23 and 58.04 +/- 1.30 in groups 1 and 2, respectively, with a significant difference between them. The levels were 52.31 +/- 1.27 and 58.96 +/- 1.14 on day 4 and the difference was again significant. P < 0.05 indicated statistical significance.