Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anthropometric indicators as a screening tool for sarcopenia in older adults from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina: EpiFloripa Ageing study

1 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. 2 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. 3 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. 4 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde. Rod. Governador Jorge Lacerda, km 35,4, Jd. das Avenidas, 3201, 8890-6072, Araranguá, SC, Brasil. Correspondência para/Correspondence to: IJC SCHNEIDER. E-mail: <ione.schneider@ufsc.br>.
In vitro Sensitivity of the Mushroom Pathogen Cladobotryum spp. to Thiophanate-Methyl and Different Carbendazim Formulations

A survey of in vitro sensitivity of 13 isolates of the mushroom pathogen Cladobotryum spp. to the fungicides thiophanate-methyl, carbendazim, cyproconazole+carbendazim and flusilazole+carbendazim was undertaken. The isolates were collected from diseased fruiting bodies of Agaricus bisporus sampled from mushroom farms in Serbia over the period 2003-2006. Sensitivity to the selected fungicides was tested and all isolates were found to be highly sensitive to carbendazim (EC50 = 0.24 - 2.92 mg l-1), cyproconazole+carbendazim (EC50 = 0.33 - 1.82 mg l-1) and especially to flusilazole+carbendazim (EC50 = 0.02 - 0.11 mg l-1). All the isolates tested were weakly resistant to thiophanate-methyl and had EC50 values in the region of 6.53 to 12.09 mg l-1.
Muestreo de poblaciones y actividad de vuelo de Aphis frangulae gossypii Glover (Homoptera, Aphididae) y otros pulgones sobre cítricos en Castellón

MELIA, A. , 1995: Sampling populations and flight activity of Aphis frangulae gossypii Glover (Homoptera, Aphididae) and others aphids on citrics in Castellón. Bol. San. Veg. Plagas, 21(4): 601-610. The evolution of the population and the activity of flight of the four main species of aphids in citrics, Aphis frangulae gossypii Glover, Aphis spiraecola Patch, Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) y Myzus persicae (Sulzer), have been studied on Clementine Clemenules and Oroval since 1985 to 1994, both included. The aphid that has had a denser population is the A. fr. gossypii and only one that has come over the threshold for intervention. On the fields these populations have been correlated with the captures of winged in yellow traps, settled on the ground, having established thresholds of usage of these traps.
Mini-Review Archaeal signal peptidases

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6,CanadaSignal peptidases are vital enzymes in the protein secretion pathway. In Archaea, type I signalpeptidase, responsible for the cleavage of secretory signal peptides from the majority of secretedproteins, and prepilin peptidase-like signal peptidase, responsible for processing signal peptidesfrom prepilin-like proteins like the preﬂagellins and various sugar-binding proteins, have beenidentiﬁed. In addition, the archaeal signal peptide peptidase, responsible for degradation of signalpeptidesaftertheirremovalfromprecursorproteins, hasbeencharacterized. Theseenzymes seemto have a mosaic of eukaryal and bacterial characteristics, and also possess unique archaealtraits. In this review, the most current knowledge with regard to these enzymes is summarized,including their cellular function, catalytic mechanism and distribution and conservation amongarchaeal species. Comparisons are drawn of these enzymes to their bacterial and eukaryalcounterparts, and unique archaeal features highlighted.
Resistance of Kochia (Kochia scoparia) to Sulfonylurea and Imidazolinone Herbicides

A biotype of kochia resistant to chlorsulfuron has been isolated from a Kansas wheat field that had been treated with chlorsulfuron for five consecutive years. In greenhouse tests, the biotype also was resistant to both preemergence and postemergence herbicides with the same mode of action including imazapyr, CGA-131036, the methyl ester of metsulfuron, DPX-M6316, DPX-L5300, and the methyl ester of sulfometuron. The degree of cross resistance varied among the herbicides tested. Herbicides with different modes of action, including atrazine, bromoxynil, MCPA, and diuron, effectively controlled the resistant biotype in the greenhouse.
DIMENSI BIG FIVE PERSONALITY DENGAN PROKRASTINASI AKADEMIK PADA MAHASISWA SEMESTER LANJUT UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

Keterlambatan masa studi pada mahasiswa dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor diantaranya karena trait kepribadian individu dan sering melakukan prokrastinasi . Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh dimensi kepribadian big five yang terdiri dari neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness dan conscientiousness terhadap perilaku prokrastinasi pada mahasiswa semester lanjut. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kolerasional, dengan jumlah subjek 327 mahasiswa semester lanjut Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang. Metode pengambilan subjek menggunakan purposive sampling dan teknik analisis regresi sederhana. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan ada pengaruh yang signifikan pada kelima dimensi big five yaitu agreeableness (17.3%), concientiouseness (14.9%), openness to experience (6.3%), extraversion (5.2%) dan neuroticism (3.6%) terhadap prokrastinasi.
Prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep and goats in some parts of north-west India

A total of 9261 sheep and 7262 goat faecal samples were examined from April 2001 to March 2006 from different areas of Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. 5432 (58.65%) faecal samples of sheep and 3999 (55.060/0) samples of goats were positive for different gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN). Highest prevalence of GIN in sheep and goats was observed during November (69.64%) closely followed by September (66.14%). Maximum prevalence was recorded during the year 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, respectively. The mean EPG was observed to be higher in sheep (317.34) as compared to goats (286.85). Coproculture study revealed Haemonchus contortus as the predominant GIN in sheep and goats followed by Trichostrongylus colubriformis, Oesophagostolnurn colLunbianum and Strongyloides papillosus, however, Bunostomum trigonocephalu111. was recorded only in sheep. Occasionally Trichuris avis in sheep and goats and Chabertia ovina in sheep was also recorded.
Life cycle of Papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink on different host plants vis-à-vis divergent natural selection

Life cycle of Papaya mealybug PMB Paracoccus marginatus on different host plants was studied using Age Specific (or Horizontal) and Stage Specific (or Vertical) Life Table. It showed enormous biological activity of PMB on host plants. The net reproductive rate of papaya mealybug was observed to be higher in papaya (559.48 females/female) and least in tapioca (282.53). The capacity for increase (rc) was minimum (0.324) in tapioca and maximum in papaya (0.512). Intrinsic rate of increase (rm) has increased with the increase in the rate of capacity for increase as it was maximum in papaya (0.570 increase per day), minimum in tapioca (0.342/day). The cumulative K value, total generation mortality was observed to be minimum in female than male. It was minimum in papaya 0.0325 for female and 0.0587 for male mealybug, while tapioca recorded highest K value of among the host plants (0.1405 in female and 0.1799 in male).
A new mechanism for atmospheric mercury redox chemistry: implications for the global mercury budget

Abstract. Mercury (Hg) is emitted to the atmosphere mainly as volatile elemental Hg0. Oxidation to water-soluble HgII plays a major role in Hg deposition to ecosystems. Here, we implement a new mechanism for atmospheric Hg0 ∕ HgII redox chemistry in the GEOS-Chem global model and examine the implications for the global atmospheric Hg budget and deposition patterns. Our simulation includes a new coupling of GEOS-Chem to an ocean general circulation model (MITgcm), enabling a global 3-D representation of atmosphere–ocean Hg0 ∕ HgII cycling. We find that atomic bromine (Br) of marine organobromine origin is the main atmospheric Hg0 oxidant and that second-stage HgBr oxidation is mainly by the NO2 and HO2 radicals. The resulting chemical lifetime of tropospheric Hg0 against oxidation is 2.7 months, shorter than in previous models. Fast HgII atmospheric reduction must occur in order to match the ∼ 6-month lifetime of Hg against deposition implied by the observed atmospheric variability of total gaseous mercury (TGM ≡ Hg0 + HgII(g)). We implement this reduction in GEOS-Chem as photolysis of aqueous-phase HgII–organic complexes in aerosols and clouds, resulting in a TGM lifetime of 5.2 months against deposition and matching both mean observed TGM and its variability. Model sensitivity analysis shows that the interhemispheric gradient of TGM, previously used to infer a longer Hg lifetime against deposition, is misleading because Southern Hemisphere Hg mainly originates from oceanic emissions rather than transport from the Northern Hemisphere. The model reproduces the observed seasonal TGM variation at northern midlatitudes (maximum in February, minimum in September) driven by chemistry and oceanic evasion, but it does not reproduce the lack of seasonality observed at southern hemispheric marine sites. Aircraft observations in the lowermost stratosphere show a strong TGM–ozone relationship indicative of fast Hg0 oxidation, but we show that this relationship provides only a weak test of Hg chemistry because it is also influenced by mixing. The model reproduces observed Hg wet deposition fluxes over North America, Europe, and China with little bias (0–30 %). It reproduces qualitatively the observed maximum in US deposition around the Gulf of Mexico, reflecting a combination of deep convection and availability of NO2 and HO2 radicals for second-stage HgBr oxidation. However, the magnitude of this maximum is underestimated. The relatively low observed Hg wet deposition over rural China is attributed to fast HgII reduction in the presence of high organic aerosol concentrations. We find that 80 % of HgII deposition is to the global oceans, reflecting the marine origin of Br and low concentrations of organic aerosols for HgII reduction. Most of that deposition takes place to the tropical oceans due to the availability of HO2 and NO2 for second-stage HgBr oxidation.
New records of Caribbean Gastropods (Skeneidae, Tornidae, Orbitestellidae and Omalogyridae) for Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Brazil)

The present study records the occurrence of gastropods belonging to the families Skeneidae Thiele 1929 (Lodderena ornata Olsson & Mc-Ginty 1958), Tornidae Sacco 1896 (Cyclostremiscus schrammii Fischer 1857), Orbitestellidae Iredale 1917 (Orbitestella bermudezi Aguayo & Borro 1946) and Omalogyridae Sars 1878 (Ammonicera circumcirra Rolan 1992, A. cf. familiaris Rolan 1992, A. lineofuscata Rolan 1992 and A. sculpturata Rolan 1992) for the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (SPSPA, Brazil) and comments on dispersion possibilities based on the locations of greater incidence (Caribbean) of these species and the colonization of remote oceanic islands of the Atlantic. We believe that the taxa studied have a circum-Caribbean distribution and are dispersed from the Caribbean and northeastern portion of South America to the SPSPA under the influence of the equatorial subcurrent, occupying seamounts and/or oceanic banks in a gradient fashion.
An investigation of Foreign Currency loans exposure contribution to the soundness of the Financial System

This thesis investigates the impact of foreign currency lending on financial stability for the case of Balkans, CEE and Balkans and CEE together. Such investigation has been carried out by identifying the impact of foreign currency lending across 3 main channels, which are: 1) households, 2) non-financial corporations, and 3) central government. This thesis was able to prove the foreign currency lending relevance, significance, main impact, and remarkable heterogeneity characterizing the Balkans and CEE samples. With respect to each of the subsamples and the full sample, the results can be summarized in 3 main points. For the case of Balkans, the financial instability has been identified to be transmitted through the household and government channels. Regarding the CEE, the dynamics are completely different as household channel provides mixed evidence, while the non-financial corporation one serves as the main transmission channel. When investigating the full sample, it has been pointed out that the prevailing dynamics reveal the non-financial corporation and government channels as the ones with the largest contribution to financial instability. JEL Classification C33, C36, F34, G20, G21, G32,
Modelling physiological reproductive inflammatory networks in vivo.

The immune and reproductive systems have long been known to be inextricably linked, with components of immune pathways, particularly cytokines, mediating processes such as ovarian/menstrual cyclicity, endometrial remodelling, mating-induced immunomodulation, implantation, pregnancy, parturition and lactation. The nature of this involvement has often been investigated at the level of single mediators, with little consideration of the fact that cytokines are increasingly understood to function as complex networks. This study aimed to characterise inflammatory networks using both traditional and novel machine-learning Bayesian network-based methods in the context of keystone aspects of reproduction, viz., in the endometrial response to seminal plasma, cytokine:hormone interactions during lactation, and oocyte maturation following controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. ‘Traditional’ pathway analyses used to examine the murine endometrial response to seminal plasma revealed previously unidentified mediators and showed compartmentalised epithelium/stroma-specific responses. However, they proved ineffective in describing novel cytokine interactions. This led to the development a highly effective novel Bayesian network-based approach to explore cytokine:hormone networks during murine lactation. This revealed that prolactin, a putative potent immunomodulator, was far less influential than expected in vivo. The method also identified previously unknown cytokine interactions and described features such as synergy and antagonism. Further refinement of these network analyses as modified variational Bayesian state space models enabled the display of core, conserved subnetworks (communities) of human follicular fluid cytokines whose interactions varied with oocyte maturity. Moreover, these cytokine signatures also allowed the prediction of an oocytes’ fertilisability potential, with potential attendant benefits to assisted conception. This thesis represents the first endeavour to model inflammatory networks in vivo in any setting to date. It has revealed their central role, functional conservation and key features of cytokine interactions across a spectrum of reproductive processes. Further development of this methodology appears set to offer invaluable new insights into the complex immune signalling that underpins reproductive biology.
Involvement of Glutathione in the Differentiation of the Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum

The effects of experimentally‐altered glutathione concentration on differentiation of the slime mold, Physarum polycephalum were examined. Spherulation was induced by transfer of Physarum from growth medium to a salts‐only starvation medium. As differentiation proceeded, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in control cultures increased by as much as 21‐fold. This increase in SOD activity paralleled the rate of differentiation. Glutathione (GSH) concentration decreased during differentiation by more than 80% in all cultures, regardless of the initial concentration. The rate of differentiation was inversely related to the initial GSH concentration and directly proportional to the SOD activity. These observations suggest that a free radical mechanism may be involved in the differentiation of Physarum microplasmodia into spherules.
Feeding strategies and elemental composition in Ponto-Caspian peracaridans from contrasting environments: can stoichiometric plasticity promote invasion success?

SUMMARY 1. Ponto-Caspian peracaridans, and mysids and amphipods in particular, are among the most successful aquatic invaders. However, species differ in the trophic-status range of ecosystems they can invade while establishment rates and impacts can vary substantially between habitats. There is limited knowledge of the environmental factors and species characteristics that drive such variation in invasion success. 2. Here we test how trophic level and body stoichiometry vary among peracaridan species and in relation to body size. The amphipod Pontogammarus robustoides and the mysids Limnomysis benedeni and Paramysis lacustris were investigated in ecosystems differing considerably in productivity and nutrient supply, namely an N-limited eutrophic lagoon and P-limited mesotrophic lakes. 3. As revealed by stable isotope ( 15 N ⁄ 14 N) analysis, herbivory was inferred to be the main feeding mode of L. benedeni. In contrast, the mysid P. lacustris and the amphipod P. robustoides displayed a higher propensity for predatory feeding at larger body sizes, a pattern that was more pronounced in the eutrophic lagoon than in the mesotrophic lakes. 4. Their mean stoichiometric composition (P. robustoides C:N:P 108:20:1, L. benedeni 92:21:1 and P. lacustris 93:22:1) demonstrates that these peracaridans are rich in nutrients, especially nitrogen. They all exhibited the same ontogenetic pattern of reduced stoichiometric regulation during juvenile stages and stricter homoeostasis at older stages. 5. The higher P content in juveniles of all peracaridan species from the lagoon indicates higher potential somatic and population growth rates than those in the mesotrophic lakes. Such a difference may explain the substantially faster rates of invader establishment observed in the lagoon in comparison with lakes of low trophy. 6. Due to differences in ontogenetic and habitat-induced variation, the study species differed significantly in stoichiometric variability, which was lowest in L. benedeni and highest in P. robustoides. The ranges of species-specific variation in stoichiometric ratios corresponded to the trophic (by chlorophyll a) and nutrient stoichiometry (N:P) ranges of lentic waters successfully invaded by these species in Lithuania. 7. Stoichiometric plasticity, which should be associated with flexibility of feeding strategy, may enhance the potential of peracaridan species to successfully invade habitats with differing trophy and nutrient supply. The optimal feeding strategy should be omnivory with a propensity for predatory feeding, which can be adjusted with respect to ontogenetic nutrient demands and resource availability. Invading species may have a stronger effect on the local biota in ecosystems with high P levels, which promote growth, and N limitation that should favour predation.
Differential regulation of interferon-induced mRNAs and c-myc mRNA by α- and γ-interferons

The extent and kinetics of induction have been determined for eight mRNAs induced by α- and γ-interferons in HeLa cells. The mRNAs which code for a 2-5A synthetase, metallothionien II, HLA class I antigen and five unknown proteins were induced 2 - > 100-fold by α-interferons. In the continued presence of α-interferon some mRNAs were maintained at the induced levels until at least 40 h, whereas others were induced only transiently. When the effects of α- and γ-interferons were compared, the induced levels and kinetics were very similar for one mRNA (1-8) but were significantly different for the others. One mRNA (6-16) was induced more than 100-fold by α-interferon but not significantly by γ-interferon. Parallel analysis of the level of c-myc mRNA showed it to decrease twofold in response to α-interferon, but to increase more than threefold in response to γ-interferon, despite a more profound inhibition of cell growth by the latter. There must, therefore, be differences in how the levels of different mRNAs are sustained by α-interferons and how α- and γ-interferons regulate the levels of the same mRNAs.
The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae

Ants (10 specimens) comprise 12% of the hymenopteran Armaniid-Kind assemblage collected from the Turonian deposits at Orapa, Botswana. The taxa Orapia Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, gen. n. (Armaniinae), Orapia rayneri Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, sp. n. , Orapia minor Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, sp. n. , Afropone Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, gen. n. (Ponerinae), Afropone oculata Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, sp. n. , Afropone orapa Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, sp. n. , Afromyrma Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, gen. n. (oldest known Myrmicinae), and Afromyrma petrosa Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, sp. n. are described. The significance of these findings is discussed in the context of observed faunal changes in Cretaceous ants, evolutionary changes in the Ponerinae, and time and mode of origin of Myrmicinae.
Analysis of fish-diversion efficiency and survivorship in the fish-return system at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Technical report

The study examined the efficiency of fish diversion and survivorship of diverted fishes in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Fish Return System in 1984 and 1985. Fishes were diverted back to the ocean with high frequency, particularly in 1984. Most species were diverted at rates of 80% or more. Over 90% of the most abundant species, Engraulis mordax, were diverted. The system worked particularly well for strong-swimming forms such as Paralabrax clathratus, Atherinopsis californiensis, and Xenistitus californiensis, and did not appreciably divert weaker-swimming species such as Porichthys notatus, Heterostichus rostatus, and Syngnathus sp. Return rates of some species were not as high in 1985 as in 1984. Individuals of most tested species survived both transit through the fish return system and 96 hours in a holding net. Some species, such as E. mordax, X. californiensis, and Umbrina rancador, experienced little or no mortality. Survivorship of Seriphus politus was highly variable and no Anchoa delicatissima survived.
Evidence for ecological speciation in the sister species Candidula unifasciata (Poiret, 1801) and C. rugosiuscula (Michaud, 1831) (Helicellinae, Gastropoda)

This paper studies the speciation of two land snail species in south-east France. By using two mitochondrial and one nuclear gene, the species are shown to be sister species within the larger clade of western European Candidula species. The species never occurred syntopically, but a narrow contact zone population was identified. Recent range expansions inferred from phylogeographical methods indicated that the present day distributions are not limited by the colonization capacity of the species. Analysis of environmental variables suggested distribution along an ecotone. The gastropod community is also correlated to this gradient. Morphometric shell analysis showed that the divergence between the sister species is a result of desiccation-resistant shell characters. We therefore conclude that the cause for the ecological speciation is most probably the establishment of the Mediterranean climate ≈ 3.2 mya. A model of ecological speciation with a moving ecotone is put forward. © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2003, 79, 611–628.