This study evaluated the effects of precise irrigation strategies on saffron growth, yield and water productivity using a randomised complete block design with nine irrigation treatments and three replications. Treatments included irrigation based on soil moisture deficit at field capacity levels of 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% (FC20, FC30, FC40 and FC50); soil moisture tension thresholds of −20 and −40 kPa (T20 and T40); cumulative...

Despite the Arabian Gulf hosting the most heat-tolerant corals in the world, coral restoration in the region remains constrained by the lack of species−specific husbandry guidelines. We fragmented donor colonies of seven common Gulf scleractinian species into five size classes and reared 1,540 ramets for 130 days in a land−based nursery under three controlled light-color treatments (blue, green, and white). Daily skeletal grow...

Clozapine is arguably the most effective antipsychotic drug for the treatment of schizophrenia, but the mechanisms underlying its efficacy are poorly understood. Therefore, we perform deep RNA sequencing to test for differential transcription and exon use resulting from clozapine’s effects in the mouse frontal cortex, and integrate our findings with known schizophrenia risk genes. We used a dose (4 mg/kg/day, i.p.) and duratio...

Purpose The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that men aged 55–69 years undergo shared decision-making (SDM) regarding prostate cancer (PCa) screening, and routine screening is not recommended for older men or those with limited life expectancy. We evaluated the association between individual life expectancy and the receipt and content of SDM. Methods We identified male respondents aged ≥ 50 years and older withou...

Speckle-type POZ (SPOP) is described as an essential tumor suppressor factor in gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer (PCa). SPOP gene mutations were reported in primary human PCa. Isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 ( IDH1 ) oncogene mutations were detected in gliomas, acute myeloid leukemia, some benign and malignant cartilaginous tumors, and only 1% of PCa. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mutations...