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OceanGliders: A Component of the Integrated GOOS

The OceanGliders program started in 2016 to support active coordination and enhancement of global glider activity. OceanGliders contributes to the international efforts of the Global Ocean Observation System (GOOS) for Climate, Ocean Health, and Operational Services. It brings together marine scientists and engineers operating gliders around the world: (1) to observe the long-term physical, biogeochemical, and biological ocean processes and phenomena that are relevant for societal applications; and, (2) to contribute to the GOOS through real-time and delayed mode data dissemination. The OceanGliders program is distributed across national and regional observing systems and significantly contributes to integrated, multi-scale and multi-platform sampling strategies. OceanGliders shares best practices, requirements, and scientific knowledge needed for glider operations, data collection and analysis. It also monitors global glider activity and supports the dissemination of glider data through regional and global databases, in real-time and delayed modes, facilitating data access to the wider community. OceanGliders currently supports national, regional and global initiatives to maintain and expand the capabilities and application of gliders to meet key global challenges such as improved measurement of ocean boundary currents, water transformation and storm forecast.
The value of cardiac troponin-i as a biochemical markers of acute coronary syndromes compared with other traditional markers

The aim of the present study was to assess the clinical values of serum total Creatine Kinase (Total-CK), Creatine Kinase-MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) and total Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) compared with cardiac Troponin-I (cTnI) in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The study was carried on 27 patients with acute coronary syndromes from the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Egyptian National Heart Institute (NHI), Imbaba, Giza, Egypt, in addition to 9 healthy age matched subjects served as controls. Patients were classified into 3 groups: Unstable angina group, acute myocardial infarction group with ST-segment elevation and myocardial infarction group with non ST-segment elevation. Blood samples have been taken from the patients on admission to NHI (ICU) and at 24 and 48 hours after their admission. Serum Total-CK, CK-MB, LDH were determined spectrophotometrically and cTnI was determined using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). The obtained results revealed that there was a positive significant correlation between cTnI and the other biochemical markers except with LDH on admission to NHI (ICU). Percent sensitivity was also determined. On admission both cTnI and CK-MB showed the highest sensitivity (59 %) while after 24 hours of admission, cTnI showed the highest sensitivity (85 %) and after 48 hours of admission LDH showed the highest sensitivity (77 %). Specificity level 100%. In conclusion, the present study showed that cTnI was the most sensitive biochemical marker than the other traditional biochemical markers (Total-CK, CKMB, and LDH) for establishing the diagnosis of ACS during the first 48 hours after admission to the hospital. It is better, however to use a combination of more than one marker in the diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Comparative Analysis of the 5’ Flanking Region in Arabidopsis and O. sative RP Genes Revealed Conserved and Divergent Regulating Mechanisms

Ribosome is one of the most abundant organelles in all living cells and plays a crucial role in cell growth. Synthesis of ribosomal components is tightly related with the change of growth conditions. We have comparatively analyzed the 5’ flanking region of ribosomal protein (RP) genes in Arabidopsis and O. sativa. In both Arabidopsis and O. sativa, there are two putative transcriptional factor binding motifs (telo box and site II elements) overrepresented in the proximal promoter region with a strong positional bias in most of the RP genes, which suggests the conserved mechanism of transcription-level control in RP genes of these two organisms. Tri-nucleotide repeats motif CTT and CCG were also common in 5’ flanking region of RP genes in Arabidopsis and O. sativa. However, we only found CCG repeat motif was enriched in O. sativa RP genes and most of them were clustered in the 5’ UTR region. This finding reveals molecular mechanism for divergent regulation of RP genes in Arabidopsis and O. sativa, and gives the possible clue to the mechanism of controlling O. sativa RP genes expression at the translation level.
Genetic structure at three spatial scales is consistent with limited philopatry in Ricord's Rock Iguanas (Cyclura ricordii)

Abstract Cyclura ricordii is an endemic iguana from Hispaniola Island and is threatened on the IUCN Red List. The main threats are predation by introduced mammals, habitat destruction, and hunting pressure. The present study focused on two nesting sites from Pedernales Province in the Dominican Republic. The hypothesis that natal philopatry influences dispersal and nest‐site selection was tested. Monitoring and sampling took place in 2012 and 2013. Polymorphic markers were used to evaluate whether natal philopatry limits dispersal at multiple spatial scales. Ripley's K revealed that nests were significantly clustered at multiple scales, when both nesting sites were considered and within each nesting site. This suggests a patchy, nonrandom distribution of nests within nest sites. Hierarchical AMOVA revealed that nest‐site aggregations did not explain a significant portion of genetic variation within nesting sites. However, a small but positive correlation between geographic and genetic distance was detected using a Mantel's test. Hence, the relationship between geographic distance and genetic distance among hatchlings within nest sites, while detectable, was not strong enough to have a marked effect on fine‐scale genetic structure. Spatial and genetic data combined determined that the nesting sites included nesting females from multiple locations, and the hypothesis of “natal philopatry” was not supported because females nesting in the same cluster were no more closely related to each other than to other females from the same nesting site. These findings imply that nesting aggregations are more likely associated with cryptic habitat variables contributing to optimal nesting conditions.
Journal usage at department and research group level

ABSTRACT Journal usage in the Department of Polymer Science at the University of Akron from 2006 to 2011 was determined by counting citations within faculty-supervised dissertations and faculty publications. Ranked title lists were created and correlations between journal usage in faculty publications and faculty-supervised dissertations were measured using Kendall's rank-correlation coefficient. Dissertations and faculty publications were also organized by research group and correlated within groups. Dissertations and faculty publications were found to have a much stronger positive correlation within the group than within the department. Individual groups were found to have highly variable correlation with one another. Examining journal usage at the group level gives a more nuanced view of serials usage for faculty and graduate students than the departmental level. Implications for collection development are discussed.
Designing For Learning In An Open World

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Effect of Seaweed Extract on the Growth and Productivity of Potato Plants

The present study aimsto study the effect of algaeextract (AE) on the growth and production of the potato plants ́Spunta ́cv.Therefore, two field experiments was carried during two spring seasons of 2017 and 2018 in Baniays, Syria. It included 4 treatments as control treatment (without treating the tubers), spraying the plants with AE atof 200 mg / l, soaking the tubers + spraying the plants,and (soaking the tubers in the given rate). Thesetwo experiments were conducted as completely randomized design with 4 replications for each treatment (15 plants per replication). The gained results showed that the treatment with the Algae extract at the given rate(200mg/l); resulted in increases the germination of the tubers, increased the plants growth attributes as leaves number, the leaf area,tubers number, and the plant production. Thesoaking treatment of the tubers ,and spraying the plants treatments showed a clear significant increases in the leaf area, the plant production and the tubers content dry matter and the starch which recorded the highestpercent values comparing with the other treatments whereas, dry matter recorded 19.4%, and starch percentage content was 13.3 %, meanwhile, control plants showed less values 14.9 % and 9.3 %,respectively.
Artificial fish swarm algorithm for multiple knapsack problem

The Multiple Knapsack Problem(MKP) is a NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem in many real-word applications.An algorithm with the behaviors of preying,following and swarming of artificial fish for searching optimal solution was proposed in this paper.With regard to the problem that infeasible solutions are largely produced in the process of initializing individuals and implementing the behaviors of artificial fish due to the multiple constraints,which undermines the algorithm performance,an adjusting operator based on heuristic rule was designed to ensure all the individuals in the feasible solution areas.Computational results show that the algorithm can quickly find optimal solution.The proposed algorithm can also be applied to other constrained combinatorial optimization problems.
Eddies In Marine Science

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miR-451 Silencing Inhibited Doxorubicin Exposure-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Mice

Oxidative stress and cardiomyocytes apoptosis were closely involved in the pathological process of doxorubicin- (Dox-) induced cardiac injury. MicroRNA-451 (miR-451) was mainly expressed in cardiomyocytes. However, the role of miR-451 in Dox-induced cardiac injury remained unclear. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of miR-451 on Dox-induced cardiotoxicity in mice. We established a Dox-induced cardiotoxicity model in the mice and manipulated miR-451 expression in the heart using a miR-451 inhibitor, which was injected every other day beginning at one day before Dox injection. Oxidative stress and apoptosis in the hearts were evaluated. miR-451 levels were significantly increased in Dox-treated mice or cardiomyocytes. miR-451 inhibition attenuated Dox-induced whole-body wasting and heart atrophy, reduced cardiac injury, restored cardiac function, and improved cardiomyocyte contractile function. Moreover, miR-451 inhibition reduced oxidative stress and cardiomyocytes apoptosis in vivo and in vitro. miR-451 inhibition increased the expression of calcium binding protein 39 (Cab39) and activated adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling pathway. A specific inhibitor of AMPK abolished the protection provided by miR-451 inhibition against cell injury in vitro. In conclusion, miR-451 inhibition protected against Dox-induced cardiotoxicity via activation of AMPK signaling pathway.
Precision Teaching and Skinner’s Legacy

Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change. New York: Guilford. Merbitz, C. T. , Miller, T. K. , & Hansen, N. K. (2003). Cueing and logical problem solving in brain trauma rehabilitation: Frequency patterns in clinician and patient behaviors. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 4, 45-58. First published in Behavioral Interventions, 15 (2000): 169-187. Moynahan, L. (2001) Relatio ergo sum. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 2, 162-174. Moynahan, L. (2003). Anvendt atferdsanalyse med sosiale systemer [Applied behavior analysis with social systems]. In S.Eikeseth & F. Svartdal (Eds.), Anvendt atferdsanalyse: Teori og Praksis. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk. Salkovskis, P. (1996). The cognitive approach to anxiety: Threat beliefs, safety-seeking behavior, and the special case of health anxiety and obsessions. In P. Salkovskis (Ed.), Frontiers of cognitive therapy. New York: Guilford. Salmon, S. (2003). Peace curriculum. Erie, CO: Center for Safe Schools and Communities.
Evaluation of the RESIST-4 O.K.N.V immunochromatographic lateral flow assay for the rapid detection of OXA-48, KPC, NDM and VIM carbapenemases from cultured isolates

Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the RESIST-4 O.K. N.V immunochromatographic lateral flow assay for the detection of OXA-48, KPC, NDM and VIM carbapenemases in 100 clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates using solid culture media. Methodology In total, 100 clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates with characterized β-lactamase enzymes (OXA-48 n=46, KPC n =4, NDM n =43 and VIM n =10) were evaluated using the RESIST-4 O.K. N.V assay. The assay was also evaluated using carbapenem-sensitive control strains and confirmed non-carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates resistant to carbapenems. Inter-rater agreement of the test was evaluated by four different users who tested 11 randomly selected isolates daily over 3 days. Results Overall accuracy of the assay was 99.5 %. For the detection of KPC, OXA-48 and its variants and VIM the assay correctly identified 100 % of the isolates when compared to PCR. Initial performance for NDM detection was sensitivity=95.3 %, specificity=100 %. Two PCR positive Providencia rettgeri isolates rendered false negative results on the assay. Retesting from a carbapenem zone of inhibition rendered a positive result for both isolates increasing the sensitivity to 100 %. No false positive results or cross reactions were detected. Conclusion The RESIST-4 O.K. N.V is reliable, sensitive and specific for the detection of OXA-48, KPC, NDM and VIM carbapenemases. Further evaluation on improving NDM detection in organisms from the Proteeae tribe is warranted to determine optimal test conditions.
Site Preparation and Phosphorus Application Alter Early Growth of Loblolly Pine

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) was grown on three sites _with a series of site preparation treatments and differential applications of herbicide to determine the impact of site preparation on early growth and nutrition of trees without the interaction of woody competztzon. The study sites were poorly, somewhat poorly, and moderately well-drained soils of the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain in South Carolina. One year after planting, treatments of no fertilizer, phosphorus, potassium, and phosphorus plus potas­ sium were applied to each site preparation plot. Five years after planting, the tallest pines (12 to 15 feet) were on plots that had received the mo�t_expensive and most intensive treatment (bedding, phosphorus fertzlzzer, and a small amount of herbicide), but growth was good (l O to 13 feet) on plots that had received the least ex­ pensive and least intensive treatment as well (preparation with hand tools, no fertilizer, and a larger amount of herbicide). Growth was poorest (7 to 10 feet) on plots that had been rootraked and had received a medium amount of herbicide. Foliar nutrient data also indicated that rootraking was site degrading. We report here the effects on loblolly pine growth of mechanical site preparation, herbicide application, and fertilizer treatments for three drainage classes on sites in the lower Coastal Plain in South Carolina. Most mechanical site preparation causes changes in both soil and competing vegetation. However, the design of past site preparation studies does not allow for differentiation of responses to vegetation or soil changes, or some combination of the two. In this study, plots were brought to approximately the same low level of woody competition by applying herbicide. The effects of site preparation on soil and on tree growth are thus free of the confounding effects of woody competition. This approach results in a better understanding of the response of pines to various methods of mechanical site preparation and should help managers determine the most effective treat­ ment to be used on an operational basis.
IBD analysis of Australian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis SOD1-mutation carriers identifies five founder events and links sporadic cases to existing ALS families

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the loss of upper and lower motor neurons resulting in paralysis and eventual death. Approximately 10% of ALS cases have a family history of disease, while the remaining cases present as apparently sporadic. Heritability studies suggest a significant genetic component to sporadic ALS, and although most sporadic cases have an unknown genetic etiology, some familial ALS mutations have also been found in sporadic cases. This suggests that some sporadic cases may be unrecognised familial cases with reduced disease penetrance. Identifying a familial basis of disease in apparently sporadic ALS cases has significant genetic counselling implications for immediate relatives. A powerful strategy to uncover a familial link is identity-by-descent (IBD) analysis which detects genomic regions that have been inherited from a common ancestor. We performed IBD analysis on 90 Australian familial ALS cases from 25 families and three sporadic ALS cases, each of whom carried one of three SOD1 mutations (p.I114T, p.V149G and p.E101G). We identified five unique haplotypes that carry these mutations in our cohort, indicative of five founder events. This included two different haplotypes that carry SOD1 p.I114T, where one haplotype was present in one sporadic case and 20 families, while the second haplotype was found in the remaining two sporadic cases and one family, thus linking these familial and sporadic cases. Furthermore, we linked two families that carry SOD1 p.V149G and found that SOD1 p.E101G arose independently in each family that carries this mutation.
Geographic scale and disturbance influence intraspecific trait variability in leaves and roots of North American understorey plants

Considering intraspecific trait variability (ITV) in ecological studies has improved our understanding of species persistence and coexistence. These advances are based on the growing number of leaf ITV studies over local gradients, but logistical constraints have prevented a solid examination of ITV in root traits or at scales reflecting species’ geographic ranges. We compared the magnitude of ITV in above‐ and below‐ground plant organs across three spatial scales (biophysical region, locality and plot). We focused on six understorey species (four herbs and two shrubs) that occur both in disturbed and undisturbed habitats across boreal and temperate Canadian forests. We aimed to document ITV structure over broad ecological and geographical scales by asking: (a) What is the breadth of ITV across species range‐scale? (b) What proportion of ITV is captured at different spatial scales, particularly when local scale disturbances are considered? and (c) Is the variance structure consistent between analogous leaf and root traits, and between morphological and chemical traits? Following standardized methods, we sampled 818 populations across 79 forest plots simultaneously, including disturbed and undisturbed stands, spanning four biophysical regions (~5,200 km). Traits measured included specific leaf area (SLA), specific root length (SRL) and leaf and root nutrient concentrations (N, P, K, Mg, Ca). We used variance decomposition techniques to characterize ITV structure across scales. Our results show that an important proportion of ITV occurred at the local scale when sampling included contrasting environmental conditions resulting from local disturbance. A certain proportion of the variability in both leaf and root traits remained unaccounted for by the three sampling scales included in the design (36% on average), with the largest amount for SRL (54%). Substantial differences in magnitude of ITV were found among the six species, and between analogous traits, suggesting that trait distribution was influenced by species strategy and reflects the extent of understorey environment heterogeneity. Even for species with broad geographical distributions, a large proportion of within‐species trait variability can be captured by sampling locally across ecological gradients. This has practical implications for sampling design and trait selection for both local studies and continental‐scale modelling. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
Changes in PR2 and PAL Patterns in Barley Challenged with Leaf Stripe (Pyrenophora graminea) and Powdery Mildew (Blumeria graminis) Diseases

The seed-borne (Pyrenophora graminea; Pg) and foliar (Blumeria graminis; Bg) are two economically important fungal pathogens of barley worldwide. Barley plant resistance genes, as the pathogenesis related proteins play an important role in defense mechanisms. This study aimed to monitor the expression of PR2 and PAL pathogenesis related genes during compatible/incompatible barley interaction with Pg and Bg at different time points of disease development using the Quantitative Real-time PCR technique (qRT-PCR). Comparison of data showed that PR2 and PAL were significantly over expressed in infected resistant and susceptible plants as against their lower expression in controls,. Upregulation of these defense-related genes during Pg and Bg infections was companied with a slow development of disease symptoms at the time course in the resistant genotype. qRT-PCR analysis revealed higher gene expression in resistant barley plants inoculated with Pg as compared with Bg, with a maximum expression for PR2 (13.8 and 5.06-fold) and PAL (14.8 and 4.51-fold) respectively, at the latest stage of each disease development. It was also noteworthy that PR2 and PAL genes, had higher constitutive expression and faster induction for the both pathogens in the resistant genotype as compared with the susceptible one. Obtained results suggest that both genes, PR2 and PAL, positively regulate Pg- and Bg-resistance in barley plants during disease progress. These expression patterns can provide useful insights to better understanding of the barley–fungus interactions with different fungal lifestyles.