Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Transketolase A, an enzyme in central metabolism, derepresses the marRAB multiple antibiotic resistance operon of Escherichia coli by interaction with MarR

Additional work in our laboratory (L.M. McMurry) has failed to confirm that the tktA gene overexpressed from pSPOK–TktA enhanced the expression in vivo of the mar promoter fusion marO–lacZ, or that deletion of chromosomal tktA reduced marO–lacZ expression. The original conclusions had probably resulted from a yet unexplained variability of LacZ activity we later discovered among different isolates of the marO–lacZ indicator strain SPC105.
Systematic Status of the American Leptodactylid Frog Genera Engystomops, Eupemphix, and Physalaemus

The 35 nominal species of the genera Engystomops, Eupemphix, and Physalacmus are combined into a single genus, Physalaemus. The variation in the "generic characters" among these 35 nominal species is discordant. Four species groups are defined: the biligonigerus, cuvieri, pustulosus, and signiferus groups. P. albifrons is assigned to the cuvieri group but may belong to the biligonigerus group. P. olfersi is assigned to the signiferus group but may belong to its own group. Three Amazonian species (paraensis, petersi, and schereri) are considered conspecific; stentor is tentatively assigned to the synonymy of pustulosus and is definitely not an Amazonian species. The assertions of earlier workers that Physalaemus is unavailable are rejected and a synonymy and a generic diagnosis are presented.
Effect of Preconditioning on Bone Breaking Strength

Abstract An experimental study was conducted to determine the effect of preconditioning on bone breaking strength. Fresh, frozen, and oven dried bones were compared. Since the left and right tibias from chickens have a correlation coefficient of . 90 or greater for breaking strength of fresh bones, tagged paired bones were used. One bone was broken at one treatment and the other bone was broken at the other treatment, so each pair represented two of the three treatments and all possible combinations of treatments were compared. Only minor differences in strength between fresh and frozen were detected when fresh bones were used, but drying bones decreased their strength approximately 50%. Male and female bone strength were the same after drying but significantly different before drying, so consideration must be given to the way bones were handled prior to testing.
Divergent breeding values for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 1. Pregnancy rates of heifers differed between fat lines and were affected by weight and fat

The pregnancy rate of heifers affects the efficiency and profitability of beef herds. Heifers extreme in rib fatness (Fat) or post-weaning residual feed intake (RFI) estimated breeding values (EBVs) were evaluated for their pregnancy rates at two locations in the southern agricultural regions of Australia (Struan and Vasse) as part of the Beef Cooperative Research Centre Maternal Productivity Project. Heifers divergent in Fat (High-Fat and Low-Fat) had differences in fat depth pre-joining at the 12/13th rib (4.4 mm vs 3.5 mm) and P8 rump site (6.1 mm vs 4.8 mm). This was associated with significant differences in pregnancy rates over a 9-week joining period (91.5% vs 83.0%) and an even larger difference when calculated over a 6-week joining period (77.3% vs 65.0%). Heifers divergent in RFI (Vasse only) also differed in rib fat (7.6 mm vs 6.4 mm) and P8 fat (11.0 vs 9.2 mm), but not significantly in pregnancy rates between the two RFI (High-RFI and Low-RFI) genotypes following a 9-week (92.4% vs 88.5%) or 6-week (81.2% vs 73.7%) joining period. The phenotypic analysis of the Fat and RFI heifers together indicated that weight and fat depth were the largest contributing factors to variation in pregnancy rates, and age and pre-joining weight gain were not significant. These phenotypic characteristics indicated that producers can manage heifers to particular weight and fat combinations to improve heifer conception rates. Associations of BREEDPLAN EBVs with heifer fertility showed that a shorter days-to-calving EBV had the biggest impact (P < 0.001) on heifer pregnancy rates and rib fat and scrotal size EBVs were close to significant (P < 0.10).
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES: The University of New South Wales is renowned for the quality of graduates and its commitment to new and creative approaches to education and research. Its motto – Scientia Manu et Mente (“Knowledge by Hand and Mind”) – encapsulates the University’s central philosophy of balancing the practical and the scholarly. UNSW graduates are highly employable and command some of the best starting salaries. Leading organizations from Australia and the Asian region regularly recruit from UNSW and many offer more graduate employment opportunities to our students and graduates than to those of other universities. The University also enjoys the reputation of Australia's leading international university with over 200 sister university partnerships around the world, amongst many other international activities. UNSW has developed strong research relationships and student exchange programs with these international partners. UNSW has approximately 40,000 students including over 9,000 international students, from over 165 different countries and an additional 1,900 international students in pre-University programs. Located in Sydney, the University of New South Wales is situated near the business hub of Australia's largest city, providing easy access to a wide range of academic, cultural and social activities, and less than 5km from some of the most famous beaches in the world. The 38 hectare Kensington site, the main UNSW campus, consists of state-of-the-art faculty and service facilities that combine to provide an ideal educational and communal environment for all students.
Influence of hexythiazox resistance on life history parameters in the citrus red mite, Panonychus citri (McGREGOR)

The life history parameters concerned with population growth were studied in the citrus red mite, Panonychus citri (MCGREGOR), among genotypes, or the hexythiazox resistant Haibara-R (RR), the susceptible Haibara-S (SS) and their hybrids (SR and RS) which are the same origin from a citrus orchard at Haibara-cho in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The difference in the intrinsic rate of natural increase (v m ) among genotypes was slight at 25°C where v m decreased in the order genotype SS (0.2110), SR (0.2098), RS (0.2042), RR (0.1996). However, the fitness disadvantage was severe at 35°C where v m were 0.1187 and 0.0123 in SS and RR, respectively. At any mite age at 25 and 35°C, reproductive values (V x /V 0 ) in RR were smaller than those in SS. The reduction of values of v m and V x /V 0 at both 25 and 35°C seemed to be ascribed to the significantly shortened longevity and reduced fecundity of adult females in RR, compared with those in SS.
Biology and exploitation of pikeperch, Stizostedion lucioperca (L.), in the Baltic Sea area

In the Baltic Sea, there are considerable environmental gradients from north to south and from littoral areas to the open sea. These gradients include both abiotic (e.g. salinity and temperature) and biotic parameters (e.g. prey and predator abundances). The Baltic Sea thus forms a variable, and with respect to salinity, extreme, environment for a typical limnetic and warm water species like pikeperch. It is forced to spawn in shallow inlets, estuaries and bays where salinity is lower and temperature higher than in exposed areas. Pikeperch occur mainly in eutrophicated archipelagoes and bays where the spring and summer temperatures are high. It has expanded its distribution in recent decades, in response to increased coastal eutrophication. Pikeperch is also favoured by high summer temperatures, as shown by a positive correlation between temperature and year-class strength. Pikeperch populations are heavily affected by human disturbances and exploitation. In many areas it is economically the most important species. The effects of intensive fishery on pikeperch populations are largely unknown, as is the ecological significance of pikeperch as a piscivorous predator.
Mohnarin report of 2010:surveillance of bacterial resistance in China

OBJECTIVE To get information about bacterial resistance and its epidemic trend for clinical reference in the use of antibacterial agents. METHODS All the bacterial susceptibility results from 59 tertiary hospitals around China from 1st Jan,to 31st Dec,2010 were collected by unified protocol and the data was processed with software WHONET 5.4. The sensitive results from both disc-diffusion and automatic microbiological system methods were acceptable. RESULTS A total of 131 668 bacterial isolates and their antibacterial susceptibility data were collected during the survey period,which included 39 506(30.0%) Gram-positive and 92 162(70.0%) Gram-negative bacterial strains.Staphylococcus(24672 strains),Enterococcus(9942 strains) and Streptococcus(4439 strains) were the top three Gram-positive isolates,while Escherichia coli(22 955 strains),Klebsiella spp(16 167 strains) and Acinetobacter spp(15 505)were the most common Gram-negative isolates.Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and S.epidermidis were 53.4% and 68.3%,respectively,which were less than those of 2008.89. 4% of S.pneumoniae was penicillin sensitive.Glycopeptides-resistant Enterococcus was rare.Less than 50% of E.coli and other Enterobacteria were susceptible to most of the agents monitored;quinolone-resistant E.coli was over 65.0% and the resistance of E.coli to ceftriaxone was 67.6%. the resistance rates of glucose non-fermented bacteria to meropenem and imipenem were 16.8%-56.5%,and the resistant rate of A.baumannii kept an increasing trend. CONCLUSION The resistance of clinical isolates in China is severe and keeps an upward tendency.ESBLs-producing Enterobacteriaceae and multidrug-resistant non-fermented bacteria,in particular,are dominont problems but the detection rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus is at a downward trend.
Identification et caractérisation des espèces de Staphylococcus isolées de lait de vaches atteintes ou non de mammite

Cent huit souches de staphylocoques ont ete isolees a partir de 73 prelevements de lait de quartiers de vaches atteintes ou non de mammite de 3 exploitations differentes. Parmi ces souches 47 ont ete isolees a partir de prelevements de lait lors de consultations pour mammites a l'Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire (Sidi Thabet). L'identification des souches isolees par le systeme ID 32 Staph revele la predominance des staphylocoques coagulase negative (79,7%) par rapport a l'espece Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (17,5 %). Les principales especes de staphylocoques coagulase negative isolees ont ete : S. chromogenes, S. epidermidis avec des frequences respectives de 19,5 %, 10,5%. La production de l'exopolysaccharide, facteur de virulence, a ete essentiellement observee chez les especes : S. epidermidis, S. xylosus et S. warneri. L'analyse du profil genomique par l'electrophorese en champs pulse des especes de S. epidermidis, S. xylosus et S. warneri isolees chacune au sein de la meme exploitation montre leur origine non clonale. L'etude du profil de sensibilite des souches isolees fait ressortir la resistance elevee de S. aureus vis-a-vis de la penicilline G. Les staphylocoques coagulase negative sont plus sensibles a la penicilline G. Par contre, S. haemolyticus revele des resistances a l'oxacilline, la gentamicine et l'erythromycine. Aucune resistance n'a ete observee pour la rifampicine et la vancomycine.
Evaluation of Bio-Efficacy of Imidacloprid 17.8% Sl Against Chilli Insect Pests

The insecticide, IMIDACLOPRID 17.8% SL was evaluated during rabi and in summer season of 2011 and 2012 against chilli thrips at Agricultural Research Station, Hanumanamatti. The test chemical, IMIDACLOPRID 17.8% SL has been found significantly effective for the management of chilli thrips at an appropriate dose of 50 g ai. per ha or 250 ml of formulated product per ha. This treatment recorded 25.07 per cent increase in the green chilli yield with a reduction of 70.47 per cent thrips damage over the untreated control. Management of chilli thrips with this insecticide has recorded significantly lower insect damage and highest grain yield. Hence, the IMIDACLOPRID 17.8% SL may be used for the management of chilli thrips at a dose of 250 ml of formulated product per ha.
Substitution of Phytase for Inorganic Phosphorus for Turkey Hens

Abstract Commercial microbial phytase (Natuphos®5000, 1000 units/kg) was fed to turkey hens grown to market age as a partial substitute for inorganic phosphate in corn-soybean meal diets. Available P (aP) levels followed NRC recommendations or were reduced by 0.15%. Dietary Ca levels remained at levels recommended by NRC. This process revealed that phytase improved feed intake and body weight gains of turkey hens grown to market age. Partial substitution of phytase for inorganic P did not influence body composition, toe ash, or bone breaking strength. Partial substitution of phytase for aP did not result in increased P retention from commercial corn-soybean meal diets. Results suggest that too high a P concentration, too wide a Ca:P ratio, or both prevented Natuphos® phytase from increasing P digestibility under commercial type conditions employed in this study.
Feasibility study of vegetation indices derived from Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope satellite images for validating the LAI biophysical parameter to monitoring development stages of winter wheat

The main objective of the presented work is to assess applicability of vegetation indices derived from non-commercial and commercial satellites for monitoring development stages of winter wheat. Two types of data were used in the study: Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope images. Various vegetation indices were derived from these data and correlated with ground measured LAI values. The results of the study revealed that there is a good relationship between satellite based indices – Normalized Difference Vegetation Index – NDVI, Enhanced Vegetation Index – EVI, Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index – SAVI and ground based LAI, but strength of this relation depends on the phase of crop development. Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope data are suitable for estimating LAI with high accuracy and their precision for LAI determination is very similar. Depending on availability, they can be used interchangeably. The highest correlation between ground measured LAI and vegetation indices for Sentinel-2 appeared SAVI – r = 0.862 (phase: early tillering) and for PlanetScope NDVI – r = 0.667 (phase: ripening). Compatibility of average LAI values derived from PlanetScope and Sentinel-2 images are 33.21% and 10.63%.
PROTEIN AND ENERGY CONTENT OF WHITE-TAILED DEER DIETS IN THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND

The monthly botanical composition of diets selected by five adult white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a 24-ha enclosure was determined from October 1980-September 1981 using the bite-count method. Samples of plant species consumed were analyzed for crude protein (CP) and in vitro digestible energy (DE). Browse made up 50-70% of the diets in autumn (Oct-Dec) and July. Forbs accounted for 52- 88% of the January-April and September intake. Grasses comprised 35-42% of the May and June forage. Browse maintained the highest CP content and forbs the highest DE values. Dietary CP ranged from a maximum of 19% in February and March to a low of 10% in August. Dietary DE content ranged from 2.70 kcal/g DM in February to 1.77 kcal in July. Results indicate that the marginal quality of late summer diets may limit white-tailed deer populations in the Coastal Bend region of Texas.
Movements and Winter Behavior of Eurycea bislineata (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae)

In Preble County, Ohio, 20 Eurycea bislineata were tagged subcutaneously with Co60 and monitored between April, 1969 and February, 1970. Average movement between April and November, 1969 was 5.27 m. The inability to locate individuals frequently did not permit the plotting of home ranges, but the average area in which movement took place was less than 14 m2. Salamanders began moving to winter retreats when the stream temperature dropped below 7.0 C. Within these retreats as many as 27 salamanders were found in an area of 30.0 cm2. All salamanders were active and feeding during the winter.
Validation of a Heterologous Radioimmunoassay for Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 in Chicken Serum

Chicken serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) was extracted with an acid ethanol solution and submitted to a heterologous radioimmunoassay (RIA) after lyophilization. In the RIA, recombinant human IGF-1 (rhIGF-1) was used for standards and radioactive ligand. Anti-rhIGF-1 antiserum used was provided by the NIDDK. The inhibition curves for extracts of two-fold serial dilutions of chicken sera were essentially parallel to those for the standard and human sera. The recovery of rhIGF-1 added to chicken sera was 100.1±0.7% (n=30). The intrrassay and interassay variability (CV) for the RIA was 6.9% (n=10) and 7.6% (n=3), respectively. The limit of sensitivity for measurement of IGF-1 extracted from chicken serum was 5 pg/assay tube. Hypophysectomy significantly reduced serum levels of IGF-1 by 80% as compared to sham-operated control chicken. Dwarfing gene (dw) also significantly reduced serum IGF-1 by 89% compared to normal control. These results indicate that the present heterologous RIA was validated for measurement of immunoreactive IGF-1 levels in chicken serum.
First record of the freshwater loach, Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi (Bănărescu and Nalbant, 1964), from Iran (Karoun drainage)

Abstract Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi (Bănărescu and Nalbant, 1964) was recorded for the first time in Iran from the River Karoun drainage, which belongs to the Euphrates-Tigris drainage. Formerly believed to be an endemic species in the basin of River Tigris, it is now recorded in the upper River Euphrates basin. This extension of its recorded range makes it likely that it has been overlooked in other parts of the Euphrates-Tigris system. The species is distinguished from all other loaches by the pelvic-fin origin in front of the dorsal-fin origin and having the anus closer to the pelvic-fin base than to the anal fin origin.
Dry-Matter Accumulation and Nitrogen Absorption and Utilization in Middle-Season Indica Super Hybrid Rice

The field experiment was conducted in 2006 to research the difference of characteristics of dry matter accumulation and nitrogen uptake and utilization between five super rice cultivars and the control—Shanyou 63. The dry matter production of middle-season indica super hybrid rice was started from the beginning of elongation stage, and with the rice growing, the com- parative advantage of dry matter accumulation was gradually speeded up. The middle-season indica super hybrid rice had appar- ent advantage in biomass accumulation after heading. Total amount of nitrogen absorption was 196.5 (184.3–200.8) kg ha-1 in super rice cultivar, which was 20.0 kg ha-1 higher than that of control. The amount of nitrogen absorption of middle-season indica super hybrid rice cultivar corresponded to that of control before jointing stage, however, increased 9.2 kg ha-1 more than that of CK from jointing stage to heading stage, 4.9 kg ha-1 more than that of CK at 25 days after heading stage, and 4.3 kg ha-1 more than that of CK from 25 days after heading stage to maturity. The Nitrogen uptake rate reached its peak at booting stage, and the middle-season indica super hybrid rice was 3.68 (3.44–3.96) kg N ha-1 d-1 while the control was 3.55 kg N ha-1 d-1. And then, the nitrogen uptake was slower and slower after booting stage, and at 25 days after heading and at maturing stage, the N-uptake rate was 0.36 kg N ha-1 d-1 in super rice, whereas it was almost zero in the control. It can be seen that middle-season indica super hy- brid rice held high N rate in the leaf blade after heading stage, which was beneficial to chlorophyll contents stability and photo- synthate accumulation so that the super high yield of the rice could become true. The result also showed that the super hybrid rice should absorb about 1.83 kg N per hundred kilogram grain when its yielding level was 10.5 t ha-1.
Isolamento de agentes bacterianos envolvidos em mastite subclinica bovina no Estado de Pernambuco.

In this study were investigated 43 milking cows including 104 quarters of the udder that were positive for California Mastitis Teste (CMT). For that purpose the antisepsis before the milking was performed in the quarters and five ml of milk were colected asseptically and homogenized. Samples of 10 ml were inoculated at surface of Bovine Blood Agar and incubated at 37°C for 24-48 h. Isolates were identifed by Standart Bacteriological Techniques. The results showed that Stapylococcus sp were the microorganism most frequently isolated.
Distribution of carbon storage in a lower subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest in Dinghushan Nature Reserve

It is of theoretical importance to understand forest standing carbon storage. Although there have been many reports on it for major forest types, most of them refer to forests in tropics, medi- and high-latitude areas in the Northern Hemisphere, few focus on forests near the tropic of cancer. The regional vegetation in Dinghushan Nature Reserve (DNR) is monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest (MEBF). Although located in the tropic of cancer, the area is covered with different forest types, including integrated forest succession series. Besides, the background data in this area have been well documented since 1956, which benefits this study. Based on biomass data in 1-hectare permanent plot and carbon contents of dominant species in each height class for MEBF, the paper analyzed standing carbon storage and its distribution according to vertical layers, DBH (diameter at breast height) classes and population. The results are showed as following: (1) Standing carbon storage in the lower subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest amounts to 89.75t·hm -2, with the percentage of 53.09% , 25.36%, 2.64% and 18.31% in bloes, branches, leaves and roots, respectively; (2) Individuals with DBH less than 20 cm dominate the community, account for 95% of the total. The number of individuals decreases remarkably with DBH class increasing. Distribution of standing carbon storage with DBH class enhancement demonstrates an “M” shape tendency. When DBH increases from 1 cm to 100 cm, there are two maximum values of standing carbon storage occurring in the DBH classes of 20~30 cm and 70~90 cm, being 12.50 t·hm -2 and 14.14 t·hm -2, respectively, and there is a minimum value of standing carbon storage showing in the DBH class of 50～60 cm,being 1.69 t·hm -2; (3) Vertical distribution of standing carbon storage increases simply with layer height. Of the whole standing carbon storage, 53.97% is allocated in layerⅠ(h≥20m), 31.37% in layerⅡ(10m≤h20m), 11.26% in layer Ⅲ (5m≤h10m), and 3.40% in layer Ⅳ(h5m). Standing carbon storage in boles, branches, roots and leaves also increases with layer height except the leaves of layerⅡ, the standing carbon storage of which is the highest; (4) The amount of standing carbon storage of dominant species in MEBF is in this sequence: Castanopsis chinensisSchima superbaCryptocarya concinnaCryptocarya chinensisAcmena acuminatissimaEngelhardtia roxburghianaGironniera subaequalisPygeum topengiiCanarium albumPterospermum lanceaefoliumMachilus chinensisSchefflera octophyllaNephelium chryseum. In general, the population with higher maturation dominates the standing carbon storage of the community.