More than 70% of all old-age pensions in Latvia are smaller than 300 euro, which is close to the monetary value of the at-risk-of-poverty threshold.There is a number of reasons for it: the lack of non-contributory component and inadequately low minimum pensions, the absence of redistribution mechanisms in the mandatory notional defined contribution
Vinblastine (VBL) is a major chemotherapeutic drug; however, in some cases, it may cause severe side effects in patients with cancer.Designing a novel VBL pharmaceutical formulation is a crucial and emerging concern among researchers for reducing the use of VBL.This study developed a stimuli-responsive controlled VBL drug release system from magnet
Many types of chemical substances have been used as tracers to estimate the migration of contaminant in a porous media.Inorganic ionic compounds have been applied extensively as hydrogeologic tracers.Sodium chloride is generally used as a tracer since this common salt does not degrade or get removed from the system.Movement of tracer could be descr
This study investigated the impact of brassinosteroid (BR)-insensitive 1 (BRI1) mutation, the main receptor of BR in both Brachypodium distachyon and barley, on disease resistance against a range of fungal pathogens of cereals exhibiting different trophic lifestyles.Results presented here show that i) disruption of BRI1 has pleiotropic effects on d