Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Chemical quality and sensory profile of the Mediterranean farmed fish shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa) as affected by its dietary protein/fat levels

Abstract Two groups of identically-reared shi drum, having received different diets (Group A: 45% protein and 16% fat and Group B: 48% protein and 12% fat), were compared for their yields and their chemical and sensory quality. They exhibited similar dressing and filleting yields, fat deposit and fillet composition. Differences were observed in the fillet fatty acids, with group B exhibiting higher 16:1ω-7, 16:1ω-9, 16:0, 18:0, and total saturate contents. Their fillet volatile compounds also differed (group A, in particular, contained higher levels of carbonyl-compounds). A triangle test revealed that the two shi drum groups were perceived as sensory different. A Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) test showed that group A (high dietary lipids) was perceived as having a significantly higher ‘fish oil’ aroma, hardness and elasticity, while group B was characterised mainly by higher ‘sweet taste’, higher ‘hay’ and ‘fresh seaweed’ aroma and ‘crab/prawn’ flavour.
Transferal of herbicide resistance traits from Amaranthus palmeri to Amaranthus rudis

Herbicide resistance has been reported in several Amaranthus species throughout the U.S. Because evidence exists of interspecies hybridization in some species of this genus, this study was conducted to determine whether acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicide resistance could be transferred from Amaranthus palmeri to Amaranthus rudis through interspecific crosses. Plants of each species were grown in a growth chamber, and controlled interspecies crosses were made between ALS-resistant and -susceptible plants. A total of 15 putative hybrid plants were produced from an estimated 10,000 cross-pollinated flowers. Analysis of restriction enzyme digests of the ALS gene in which a single base substitution confers resistance inferred that herbicide resistance had been transferred from a resistant male A. rudis to the hybrid plant. Offspring of hybrid plants, backcrossed to the susceptible parent, survived herbicide treatment, demonstrating that herbicide resistance was transferred between species. DNA analysis also was performed using the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique between parental and putative hybrid plants. Several unique bands were found only in the hybrid.
Phylogenetic characteristics of bacterial populations and isolation of aromatic compounds utilizing bacteria from humus layer of oak forest

: In this study, we isolated aromatic compounds (lignin polymers) utilizing bacteria in humus layer of oak forest and investigated phylogenetic characteristics and correlation with major bacterial populations in the humus layer by pyrosequencing. Forty-two isolates using aromatic compounds such as p -anisic acid, benzoic acid, ferulic acid and p -coumaric acid were isolated and phylogentic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolates belonged to the genus Rhizobium , Sphingomonas , Burkhorlderia , and Pseudomonas . Among these, Burkhorlderia species which belong to Betaproteobacteria class occupied 83% among the isolates. The bacterial populations in humus layer of oak forest were characterized by next generation pyrosequencing based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. The humus sample produced 7,862 reads, 1,821 OTUs and 6.76 variability index with 97% of significance level, respectively. Bacterial populations consist of 22 phyla and Betaproteobacteria were the major phylum consisting of 15 genera including Burkholderia , Polaromonas , Ralstoria , Zoogloea , and Variovorax . Approximately fifty percentage of them was Burkholderia . Burkholderia as the majority of population in the humus was considered to play a role in degrading lignin in humus layer of oak forest.
Field evaluation, root morphology and molecular marker analysis of selected F2/F3 plant progenies derived from crosses between basmati and aerobic rice genotypes

Title of Thesis : Field evaluation, root morphology and molecular marker analysis of selected F2/F3 plant progenies derived from crosses between Basmati and aerobic rice genotypes Full name of student : PROMILA Admission No. : 2011BS107M Title of Degree : Master of Science Name of Discipline : Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Name and address of : Dr. R.K. Jain (Professor) Major Advisor Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology College of Basic Sciences and Humanities CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar – 125 004, (Haryana) INDIA Degree awarding : Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University/Institute University, Hisar-125004, India Year of award of degree : 2013 Major subject : Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Total number of pages : 40 + vi + XXII in dissertation Number of words in the : 281 abstract
ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A

SUMMARY Observations in chalk grassland in South Limburg, Netherlands, were made over a 10-year period on the development of a population of Orchis simia which probably originated from a single individual. The original plant ('mother plant') flowered for 10 successive years and, in years when the inflorescence was not damaged by grazing animals, produced viable seed. The species is clearly self-compatible. Juvenile plants with only one or two narrow leaves were found for the first time 4 years after the mother plant had flowered. Thereafter, recruitment to the population occurred annually, but the number of new plants in any one year was low (5 to 13). Some juvenile plants flowered 3 years after appearing above ground, while others have still to flower after 6 years above ground. Only those plants which had developed four or five leaves in the rosette with a minimum leaf area of more than 60 cm2 flowered. The height of the flowering stem and number of flowers on the inflorescence at the mother plant varied considerably from year to year but in every year it was more vigorous than the juvenile plants. New plants were also developed by vegetative means, but this method of reproduction is considered to be unimportant compared with spread by means of seeds.
＂Dryopsis＂ (Dryopteridaceae), a Fern Genus New to Vietnam

＂Dryopsis clarkei＂ (Baker) Holttum & P.J. Edwards, representing the whole genus, is reported new to Vietnam. A detailed description, including the variation of gross morphology, spore morphology, and chromosome counts, is provided by means of words as well as photographs or drawings. ＂Dryopsis clarkei＂ is for the first time demonstrated to be a sexual diploid (2n = 82), with rather stable morphology except for the length of stipe.
Attributional confidence in low- and high-context cultures

Current measures of attribulional confidence were generated to account for uncertainty reduction in the United States but have been used in tests of the theory in other cultures. This procedure may yield inappropriate measurement in other cultures. Based on a review of uncertainty reduction in high-context cultures, items were generated to tap attribulional confidence in these cultures. The new items were integrated with Clatterbuck's (1979) CL7 scale and administered to samples in Japan and the United States. A confirmatory factor analysis of the resulting data revealed two unique factors ofattributional confidence. The amount of variances and covariances accounted for by the two-factor model was over 90% in both samples. Scores on both factors were influenced by culture and stage of relationship development. Correlations between other variables (e.g, shared networks, frequency of communication) and the two dimensions also differed across cultures. It was concluded that the eight-item scale provides a derived etic measure of attributional confidence that is applicable in both low- and high-context cultures.
Feeding habits of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, from Northern Brazil

Regime alimentaire du requin marteau Sphyrna tiburo du nord du Bresil. Le regime alimentaire du requin marteau tiburo (Sphyrna tiburo) a ete determine par l'analyse des contenus stomacaux d'individus peches dans les eaux peu profondes de la region Nord du Bresil. Le regime alimentaire est domine par les crustaces et particulierement par trois especes de crabes Callinectes. Ce requin montre un comportement alimentaire specialise, ne rechercbant que quelques types de proies. Le pourcentage d'estomacs vides est comparable a ce qui a ete decrit dans l'Hemisphere Nord. Les mâles et les femelles ont des proies similaires. Aucun changement important de regime alimentaire n'est associe a la croissance La proportion des proies (Callinectes) dans les contenus stomacaux varie avec la taille du predateur, mais aucune relation entre la taille des proies et la taille des predateurs n'a pu etre etablie. Le poids moyen des protes augmente chez les femelles jusqu'a une taille inferieure a 90 cm, tandis que, chez les mâles, ce poids diminue avec la taille. Les contenus stomacaux des mâles sont moindres que ceux des femelles.
On the life cycle and parasitism of Johnstoniana errans (Johnston) 1852 (Acari: Prostigmata: Parasitengonae)

Johnstoniana errans (Johnston) (Acari: Parasitengonae) inhabits the margins of limnic waters in forested areas. The active instars, deutonymph and adult, are nocturnal and found mainly in wet moss covering rotting wood where they prey predominantly on larvae and pupae of Diptera. The larvae, which exclusively parasitize adults of Tipula spp. , recognize and rest on the pupa. When the fly emerges from the pupa, the larvae transfer to the fly and begin to feed. The life-cycle of J. errans is usually semiunivoltine, some females may reproduce more than once. Females and the obligatory diapausing eggs are the usually hibernating instars.
Isolation of Antifungal Compound and Biocontrol Potential of Lysobacter antibioticus HS124 against Fusarium Crown Rot of Wheat

Fusarium graminearum is the main cause of substantial economic loss in wheat production. The aim of this study is to investigate biocontrol potential of Lysobacter antibioticus HS124 against F. graminearum and to purify an antifungal compound. In preliminary study, n-butanol crude extract revealed destructive alterations in the hyphal morphology of F. graminearum and almost degraded with 1,000 μg mL -1 concentration. For further study, the antifungal compound extracted from the n-butanol crude extract of L. antibioticus HS124 was identified as N-Butyl-tetrahydro-5-oxofuran-2-carboxamide (C 9 H 16 NO₃) using NMR ( 1 H–NMR, 13 C–NMR, 1 H– 1 H COSY, HMBC, and HMQC), and HR-ESI-MS analysis. To our knowledge, N-Butyl-tetrahydro-5-oxofuran-2-carboxamide may be a novel compound with molecular weight of 186.1130. The minimum inhibitory concentration value of antifungal compound was 62.5 μg mL -1 against F. graminearum. In an in vivo pot experiment, crown rot disease from F. graminearum was inhibited when wheat seeds were treated with both HS124 culture and F. graminearum. Growth of wheat seedling was enhanced by treatment of HS124 compared to control. Our results suggest that L. antibioticus HS124 characterized in this study could be successfully used to control F. graminearum and could be used as an alternative to chemical fungicides in modern agriculture.
Levels of selection and macroevolutionary patterns in the turritellid gastropods

This analysis examines the evolution of the greater diversity of species with non-planktonic larval types relative to species with planktonic larval types in the turritellid gastropods. This sort of trend has been documented in both the fossil and recent biota of several gastropod families. Two mechanisms for generating diversity gradients in larval types have been proposed in the literature. The first, species selection, focuses on the population biology of larval types. The second proposes that factors in development that are mediated by organismal adaptation are responsible. Turritellids have been cited as a classic example of species selection. In order to examine the relevance of these two proposed mechanisms, a phylogenetic analysis of the turritellids using molecular sequence data was performed to determine the evolution of larval types in this clade. The resultant phylogeny suggests that species selection is not the only process driving the trend toward increasing numbers of non-planktonic species through time. Developmental processes, apart from those involving organismal adaptation (except in the trivial sense), are implicated as playing a role in this trend. In particular, these processes may involve changes in the timing of germ-line sequestration in organisms. Germ-line sequestration governs how accessible organisms are to heritable variation during ontogeny. Embryological evidence from gastropods suggests that non-planktonic species have early germ-line sequestration relative to planktonic species, making them more resistant to developmental change. Thus, non-planktonic lineages will only rarely revert to a planktonic larval mode.
Effects of Acid Type and Alta™2341 on Listeria monocytogenes in a Queso Blanco Type of Cheese.

The behavior of Listeria monocytogenes was evaluated during storage of a queso blanco type of cheese produced with acidulants (citric, malic, or acetic acids) and a commercial lactic acid bacterium fermentation product, ALTA™2341 (ALTA). The cheese was prepared by direct acidification (final pH 5.2), with and without 0.6% ALTA, inoculated with 106 CFU/g of L. monocytogenes , and stored at 4 or 20°C for 42 and 7 days, respectively. Levels of L. monocytogenes increased in cheese coagulated with citric or malic acids and stored at 4°C, but decreased slightly in cheese coagulated with acetic acid. At 20°C, counts of L. monocytogenes increased in cheeses acidified with citric or malic acid, but counts did not increase appreciably in cheese acidified with acetic acid. When cheese was stored at 4°C, the presence of 0.6% ALTA resulted in lower counts of L. monocytogenes compared with counts in cheese that did not contain ALTA. However, at 20°C populations of L. monocytogenes increased in cheese containing ALTA regardless of acid type. Additional studies compared the effects of acetic acid, alone or in combination with 0.6 or 2.5% ALTA, against low (102 CFU/g) and high (106 CFU/g) inoculum levels. When inoculum levels were low, pathogen counts decreased by > 1.1 log10 CFU/g in all formulations at 4°C. After 7 days at 20°C, pathogen counts increased in the queso blanco type of cheese prepared with acetic acid alone. In contrast, in the presence of 0.6 or 2.5% ALTA, 7-day counts were less than the initial inoculum. With high inoculum levels at 4°C, counts of L. monocytogenes were less than the initial inoculum in the acetic acid-coagulated queso blanco type of cheese with or without ALTA. At 20°C, counts increased in the queso blanco type of cheese prepared with 0.6% ALTA, but decreased appreciably in cheese prepared with 2.5% ALTA. These results demonstrate that acetic acid is significantly more effective than malic or citric acids for controlling L. monocytogenes in queso blanco, and that inclusion of ALTA can provide added protection against the pathogen.
New apodid holothurians (Holothurioidea, Apodida) from the New Caledonian continental slope collected during "BIOGEOCAL" expedition 1987

Quatre especes, nouvelles pour la science, d'holothuries apodes (Holothurioidea, Apodida) du bassin des iles Loyaute, Nouvelle-Caledonie sont decrites : Trochodota neocaledonica n.sp. , Rynkatorpa coriolisi n.sp. , Labidoplax georgii n.sp. et Prototrochus belyaevi n.sp. Un echantillon est decrit comme Myriotrochus sp. Les especes ont ete recoltees entre 595 et 1675 m de profondeur. Cet article contient aussi une note taxonomique sur les genres Taeniogyrus et Trochodota.
Differential Expression of CD180 and sIgM by B Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Cells (B-CLL) Using Mutated and Unmutated IgVh Genes.

Introduction. B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) is a heterogeneous disease as shown by differential expression of a variety of surface and cytoplasmic markers. In a search for markers that could define biological activity of different B-CLL subsets, we have studied the surface expression of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family member CD180 in relation to other surface markers and mutation status of IgVh genes. Methods. Seventy eight B-CLL patients (68 untreated and 10 treated) and 15 age-matched controls were studied in three different clinics. CD19+ B cells were stained using indirect immuno fluorescence for CD180, surface IgM (sIgM), CD79b and CD38, analysed by flow cytometry and data expressed as the relative antibody binding sites (RBS)/cell for each marker. Monoclonal anti-CD5 antibodies were also used with anti CD180 to determine levels of expression of CD180 in control CD5+ cells. IgVh mutation was determined for 47 patients. Results B-CLL cells had variable levels of CD180 expression, but this was always less (1036 ± 935 RBS/cell) than that expressed by normal blood B cells (5548 ± 2271 RBS/cell) and was stable for up to 18 months. Significantly higher levels of CD180 were expressed by B-CLL cells with mutated (M) compared with those using unmutated (UM) IgVh genes. This was in contrast to the higher levels of expression of sIgM by B-CLL cells using UM than M IgVh genes (Figure). Conclusions. CD180 is expressed at higher levels on B-CLL cells using M than those using UM IgVh genes and is in contrast to the level of expression of sIgM which is higher on B-CLL cells using UM versus M genes. This differential expression of CD180 supports the notion that B-CLL cells using UM IgVh genes represent a population of cells actively responding to signals (perhaps to self antigens) via their surface IgM. [Figure][1] Figure [1]: pending:yes
ACROSS-COUNTRY GENETIC PARAMETERS IN BEEF CATTLE FOR INTERBEEF WEANING WEIGHT GENETIC EVALUATION

As primary ingredients for the Interbeef genetic evaluation, genetic correlations for weaning weight were estimated across eight member countries of Interbeef and for two beef breeds: Charolais and Limousine. A multitrait sire model with maternal and permanent dam environment effects was used in a series of pair-wise analyses. The average genetic correlation was 0.75 between direct effects and 0.65 between maternal effects. This study underlined the importance of the French population for these two beef breeds, and the importance of across-country link sires. Interbeef has been provided with a set of acrosscountry genetic parameters to compute a pilot run of breeding values for weaning weight, which will lead to a broader population for selection for breeders in the participating countries.
Analysis of Intestinal Permeability in Mice

1. BD Microtainer SST tubes (BD Biosciences, catalog number: 365968) 2. 1 ml syringes (ENFA, catalog number: JS1) 3. Autoclaved oral gavage needles (22 Gauge /25 mm long) (Fine Science Tools, catalog number: 18061-22) 4. Spectrophotofluorometer (BioTek Instruments, catalog number: FLx800) 5. 96-well microplates (flat bottom) (Corning, catalog number: 3650) 6. Dissection equipment (forceps, tweezers, scissors) 7. Balance 8. Table top anesthesia machine (Parkland Scientific, catalog number: V3000PK)
Increased Yield in Slicing Cucumbers with Vertical Training of Plants and Reduced Plant Spacing

In the article “Increased Yield in Slicing Cucumbers with Vertical Training of Plants and Reduced Plant Spacing”, by H.Y. Hanna, A.J. Adams, and R.N. Story (HortScience 22:32–34, April 1987), in Table 1, the significance of G8M in 1983 should be at the 5% level by F test. The correct table in printed below.
Biotransformation of Xenobiotics

ion of an electron from N, O, or S by the (FeO) complex is also the initial step in heteroatom dealkylation, but in this case abstraction of the electron from the heteroatom is quickly followed by abstraction of a proton (H ) from the -carbon atom S (FeO)3 S Fe3 O S (FeO)2 (the carbon atom attached to the heteroatom). Oxygen rebound leads to hydroxylation of the -carbon, which then rearranges to form the corresponding aldehyde or ketone with cleavage of the -carbon from the heteroatom, as shown below for the N-dealkylation of an N-alkylamine: Although the initial steps in heteroatom oxygenation and heteroatom dealkylation are the same (abstraction of an electron from the heteroatom to produce a radical cation), the nature of the radical cation determines whether the xenobiotic will undergo oxygenation or dealkylation. The sulfur radical cations of numerous xenobiotics are sufficiently stable to allow oxygen rebound with the heteroatom itself, which results in S-oxygenation. However, this is not generally the case with nitrogen radical cations, which undergo rapid deprotonation at the -carbon, which in turn results in N-dealkylation. In general, therefore, cytochrome P450 catalyzes the N-dealkylation, not the N-oxygenation, of amines. N-Oxygenation by cytochrome P450 can occur if the nitrogen radical cation is stabilized by a nearby electron-donating group (makN (FeO)3 N (FeO)2
BARC-Rust Resistant-bush, fresh-market green bean germplasm lines

BARC-Rust Resistant (RR) -17, -18, -23, -24, -25, -26, and -27 are the first freshmarket, shipping-type green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm lines adapted for the southern Florida winter-spring season that are homozygous resistant to all 55 available races of the bean rust pathogen Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Unger var. appendiculatus [ U. phaseoli (Reben) Wint. ]. All seven lines are tolerant to the southern Florida root-rot pathogens; resistant to bean common mosaic virus; and have white seeds; fibrous shipping-type, stringless edible pods; and a type I (CIAT classification; van Schoonhoven and Pastor-Corrales, 1987) bush growth habit. Pod fiber is desirable in market green beans for maintenance of fresh appearance during shipping. Lines -17 and -18 were approved for release in Apr. 1987, lines -23 and -24 in May 1988, and -25, -26, and -27 in Sept. 1989 by the Agricultural Research Service/U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. Bean rust is a major, epidemic disease problem in many areas of the world (Stavely and Pastor-Corrales, 1989). It is often a serious disease problem in the winter-spring, fresh-market shipping areas of green bean production in southern Florida. Cultivars that have been grown in southern Florida are highly susceptible to rust, making fungicide use necessary to minimize losses. One of the major fungicides used for rust control was withdrawn in 1989; thus, fungicidal control has become more expensive. Uromyces appendiculatus is highly variable in pathogenicity. Field collections from
EFFECTS OF AGE AND WEAR ON WING LENGTH OF WOOD-WARBLERS

We examined changes in the wing length of individual wood-warblers of four species caught at Powdermill, Pennsylvania. Wing length declined significantly from spring arrival to the beginning of the prebasic primary molt, presumably due to wear. Wing length also declined over the previous winter, but at a slower rate than during the summer. Feathers abraded more rapidly in females than males and in juveniles than adults. In all four species, wing length increased from the second to the third summer, corresponding to replacement of juvenal primaries. Wing length apparently continued to increase in subsequent molts in the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), but not in the other three species. Overall, most changes were small relative to measurement error; a more precise measuring technique would facilitate detecting differences between ages, sexes, and species.