Water deficit stress significantly threatens faba bean productivity, highlighting the need to understand cultivar-specific drought tolerance mechanisms to improve breeding efforts. This study aimed to assess the morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses of three faba bean cultivars exposed to different drought levels during the vegetative and flowering stages. Three cultivars (Qidou2, Chenghu10, and Qinghai13) we...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) occurs during the reproductive period in women and is characterized by reproductive, endocrine, and metabolic disorders. Androgen plays a decisive role in its pathogenesis due to the interaction between hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance, which might be improved by selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs). The present study aimed to clarify the effect of SeNPs on androgen synthesis and action in the...

This study aimed to evaluate the seasonal variability in surface heat content in the Arabian Gulf (AG) based on hydrographic data. The ocean heat content (OHC) was initially estimated from surface to maximum depth (75 m) to show the seasonal variability, where the seasonal temperature reaches to that depth. Then OHC was re-estimated from the surface to a depth of 35 m, which represents the average depth of AG, to obtain accura...