Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gyrodinium corsicum nov. sp. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophycées), organisme responsable d'une eau verte dans l'étang marin de Diana (Corse), en avril 1994

En avril 1994, une «eau verte» s'est developpee dans l'etang de Diana, en Corse. L'organisme responsable a ete rapporte a l'ordre des Gymnodiniales (famille des Gymnodiniaceae) et decrit comme une espece nouvelle sous le nom de Gyrodinium corsicum. Sa place dans le genre Gyrodinium est justifiee par le decalage cingulaire superieur au 1/5 de sa longueur totale. Des notions sur son ecologie sont apportees ainsi que sur les consequences de son efflorescence dans un milieu relativement confine ou prosperent des exploitations aquacoles. Une eventuelle toxicite de l'organisme n'est pas averee. L'espece est comparee avec d'autres Gymnodiniales morphologiquement voisines dont elle se distingue par des caracteres particuliers, notamment l'aire sulcale, le pore ventral gauche et l'ornementation du plasmalemme.
Influence of weather factors on light trap catches of yellow stem borer in Kharif season

Peak occurrence of yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas) (Walker) on rice (Oryza saliva) was noted during the first fortnight of October during the 26 years of study. The period of peak occurrence of YSB concide withthe ranges of favourable environmental factors during the kharif seasons. The influence of weather factors such as maximum relative humidity and Sunshine hours on YSB population catches in light trap showed positive correlation as well as coefficient of determination was 71 per cent. The effect of temperature on catches could not show any specific influence. Rainfall showed the negative influence on the catches of YSB.
VARIANCE ANALYSIS ON DIFFERENT TREES SPECIES DEPENDING ON SOIL TYPE - UNCONTAMINATED AND HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATED ONES

This paper summarizes our research work regarding the dynamics of vegetation growth of miscellaneous species of trees planted and monitored in the particular environment of the tailing pond in Bozanta Mare (Maramures County). The structure of soil bearing high content of heavy metals and cyanides considerably impacts the ecologic conditions of tailing ponds. Aspects related to soil characteristics (such as structure, size of particles, porosity, texture, chemical composition) are included. Vegetal species that have accommodated within the tail pond are included as well. In the framework of our experiment we have planted seedlings belonging to four species of trees: Quercus petraea, Populus tremula, Betula verrucosa, Salix caprea. We have planted the seedlings in different location contexts in the tailing pond ("in situ"), as we have also planted "ex situ" witness trees. Our aim was to monitor the dynamics of growth of the stem and of cuttings. Our contribution, based on the outcomes of our research, consists in the formulation of functional correlations spotted between cormophites and micro biota, between the species of trees and their environmental underlying conditions, with the overarching goal to optimize the activities undertaken in order to alleviate the tailing ponds inherent to mining activities.
New records of feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata) from non-passerine birds (Aves) in Brazil

We present the results of our investigation of feather mites (Astigmata) associated with non-passerine birds in Brazil. The studied birds were obtained from roadkills, airport accidents, and from capitivity. Most ectoparasites were collected from bird specimens by washing. A total of 51 non-passerine species from 20 families and 15 orders were examined. Of them, 24 species were assessed for feather mites for the first time. In addition, 10 host associations are recorded for the first time in Brazil. A total of 101 feather mite species were recorded, with 26 of them identified to the species level and 75 likely representing undescribed species; among the latter samples, five probably represent new genera. These records allowed the first inference about the host and mite association of many species, as well as the first discussion about the geographical distribution of some feather mite taxa along the host distribution.
Nonessential nucleoporins Nup2, Nup60 and Nup84 are required for normal meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) selectively transports cargo between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The inner nuclear membrane (INM) face of the NPC also serves as a hub where gene silencing and DNA repair are spatially coordinated. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, partitioning of active and silenced chromatin at subtelomeric regions depends on the boundary activity of nonessential nucleoporin proteins Nup2 and Nup60, along with Htz1, the histone variant H2A.Z. The INM is also important for the chromosome events of meiosis since Ndj1-mediated telomere attachment and clustering at the INM is required for efficient homolog pairing, recombination, and segregation. Here we tested possible meiotic roles for Nup2, Nup60, Htz1, and other nonessential nucleoporins by analyzing the effects of deletion mutations on sporulation, spore viability and possible phenotypic epistasis with ndj1Δ. Deleting NUP2, NUP60, and HTZ1 reduced spore viability compared to wild-type (WT). A detailed analysis of spore lethality indicated that homolog nondisjunction in these mutants was elevated compared to WT, yet unlike ndj1Δ, this was not the predominant cause of spore death. Deleting NUP84 reduced meiosis I nuclear divisions, while deleting NUP53, NUP100, and NUP157 had no effect on sporulation, spore viability, or the kinetics of meiosis I progression. Surprisingly, nup2Δ ndj1Δ uniquely failed to undergo meiosis I nuclear divisions, suggesting Nup2 and Ndj1 function in partially redundant pathways or create a poisonous intermediate. The meiosis I division was also delayed by 2 hours in nup2Δ compared to WT pointing to a specialized role for Nup2 in the meiotic program.
Efficiency of Neutral Red, Evans Blue and MTT to assess viability of the freshwater microalgae Desmodesmus communis and Pediastrum boryanum

This study assessed the efficacy of three cell viability assays – Methyl‐thiazolyl‐tetrazolium (MTT), Evans Blue, and Neutral Red – for two freshwater microalgae species, Desmodesmus communis and Pediastrum boryanum (Chlorophyceae), in order to find suitable techniques to detect the levels of pollution in water ecosystems. Following exposure to a glyphosate‐based herbicide, our results showed that Evans Blue did not adequately measure cell viability in either species, while MTT and Neutral Red were able to detect decreased cellular viability for both algae in response to herbicide exposure. Overall, however, Neutral Red proved to be more sensitive than MTT for these algae.
Prediction of weight and percentage of salable meat from Brazilian market lambs by subjective conformation and fatness scores

This study assessed the use of conformation and fatness scores of the EUROP sheep carcass grading system to predict weight and percentage of salable meat from Brazilian market lambs. Data were collected from in vivo, carcass, and retail production from 252 uncastrated lambs. Evaluated models included single regressions, two multivariate models, and one determined by the stepwise procedure. Conformation was moderately correlated with weight of salable meat. Fatness scores were correlated with rump perimeter, carcass width, and thoracic depth with coefficients of −0.33, −0.32, and −0.23, respectively. Body weight was the best single predictor for weight of salable meat and cold carcass yield for percentage of salable meat. All multivariate models for weight of salable meat prediction were significant. Stepwise regression with body weight, leg perimeter, thoracic depth, rump perimeter, and fatness scores predicted 98% of weight of salable meat variation. For percentage of salable meat prediction, stepwise regression with cold carcass yield, leg perimeter, and conformation score was significant. The EUROP conformation and fatness scores can be used in Brazil for the prediction of lamb meat production.
A Field Inventory and Collections Summary of Herpetofauna from the Sutter Buttes, an “Inland Island” within California's Great Central Valley

Abstract. The Sutter Buttes (Buttes) are a small, isolated mountain range in the Great Central Valley of California. Systematic study of the fauna and flora of this unique habitat has been limited by the private ownership of the entire mountain range. As a result, much of our knowledge about the herpetofauna of the Buttes is based on isolated observations and scattered museum records, most over 4 decades old. In this study, we present an updated inventory of the herpetofauna of the Buttes, based on a 2-year field survey within the boundaries of the first publicly protected property within the Buttes (Sutter Buttes State Park) and a comprehensive survey of museum specimens. The objective of this study was to develop a current herpetofaunal species list for the Buttes as a whole and the park specifically. We verify the occurrence of 16 previously identified herpetofaunal species within the park and provide evidence for 3 additional species. We also provide the first record of the widely invasive Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta); clarify the status of a previous misidentification of a federally threatened species, Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas); and provide evidence for the probable extirpation of 2 California Species of Special Concern, the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii) and Blainville's Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii). Therefore, our species list for the Buttes includes 20 herpetofaunal species. Museum specimens from the Buttes are located at 8 museums, with the majority at the California State University, Chico Vertebrate Museum. Sixteen of the 22 herpetofauna species extant or recently extirpated from the Buttes are represented by museum vouchers, with only 11 having tissue samples. This study sets an updated baseline for the further study and monitoring that will be required to facilitate effective management and conservation of the unique Sutter Buttes.
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships

We present an analysis of supra-familial relationships of monocots based on a combined matrix of nuclear ISS and partial 26S rONA, plastid atpB, matK, ndhF, and rbcL, and mitochondrial atpl DNA sequences. Results are highly congruent with previous analyses and provide higher bootstrap support for nearly all relationships than in previously published analyses. Important changes to the results of previous work are a well-supported position of Petrosaviaceae as sister to all monocots above Acorales and Alismatales and much higher support for the commelinid clade. For the first time, the spine of the monocot tree has some bootstrap support, although support for paraphyly of liliids is still only low to moderate (79-82%). Dioscoreales and Pandanales are sister taxa (moderately supported, 87-92%), and Asparagales are weakly supported (79%) as sister to the commelinids. Analysis of just the four plastid genes reveals that addition of data from the other two genomes contributes to generally better support for most clades, particularly along the spine. A new collection reveals that previous material of Petermannia was misidentified, and now Petermanniaceae should no longer be considered a synonym of Colchicaceae. Arachnitis (Corsiaceae) falls into Liliales, but its exact position is not well supported. Sciaphila (Triuridaceae) falls with Pandanales. Trithuria (Hydatellaceae) falls in Poales near Eriocaulaceae, Mayacaceae, and Xyridaceae, but until a complete set of genes are produced for this taxon, its placement will remain problematic. Within the commelinid clade, Dasypogonaceae are sister to Poales and Arecales sister to the rest of the commelinids, but these relationships are only weakly supported.
Impact of ecological factors, climatic stresses, and pollution on growth and health of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) in the Jura mountains: an ecological and dendrochronological study

Dans le cadre du programme national «DEFORPA», le deperissement du sapin pectine a ete etudie dans le Jura (sols calcimorphes) en utilisant l'approche dendroecologique. Une typologie des sapinieres, prelablement realisee sur 208 placettes, avait permis d'identifier 11 principaux types de forets par la combinaison de l'altitude et du bilan hydrique du site, bien exprimes par la composition de la vegetation. L'etude dendrochronologique a porte sur 6 sapins de chaque placette. La sapiniere est peu deperissante dans son ensemble; le manque d'aiguilles moyen etait de 17,9% en 1989. La perte d'aiguilles et le jaunissement ne sont pas forcement associes (.)
Cerebellar anodal tDCS increases implicit visuomotor remapping when strategic re-aiming is suppressed

The cerebellum is known to be critically involved in sensorimotor adaptation. Changes in cerebellar function alter behaviour when compensating for sensorimotor perturbations, as shown by non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum and studies involving patients with cerebellar degeneration. It is known, 24 however, that behavioural responses to sensorimotor perturbations reflect both explicit processes (such as volitional aiming to one side of a target to counteract a rotation of visual feedback) and implicit, error-driven updating of sensorimotor maps. The contribution of the cerebellum to these explicit and implicit processes remains unclear. Here, we examined the role of the cerebellum in sensorimotor adaptation to a 30° rotation of visual feedback of hand position during target-reaching, when the capacity to use explicit processes was manipulated by controlling movement preparation times. Explicit re-aiming was suppressed in one condition by requiring subjects to initiate their movements within 300ms of target presentation, and permitted in another condition by requiring subjects to wait approximately 1050ms after target presentation before movement initiation. Similar to previous work, applying anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS; 1.5mA) to the right cerebellum during adaptation resulted in faster compensation for errors imposed by the rotation. After exposure to the rotation, we evaluated implicit remapping in no-feedback trials after providing participants with explicit knowledge that the rotation had been removed. Crucially, movements were more adapted in these no-feedback trials following cerebellar anodal tDCS than after sham stimulation in both long and short preparation groups. This suggests that cerebellar anodal tDCS increased implicit remapping during sensorimotor adaptation irrespective of preparation time constraints. This work shows that the cerebellum is critical in the formation of new visuomotor maps that correct perturbations in sensory feedback, both when explicit processes are suppressed and when allowed during sensorimotor adaptation.
Massinium, a new genus in the family Phyllophoridae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) with description of a new south-west Indian Oceanspecies M. maculosum

Several specimens of a phyllophorid holothuroid collected from off the KwaZulu-Natal coast, Republic of South Africa, represent a species new to science. In the structure of the calcareous ring and the absence of tables from the body wall it resembles Neothyonidium magnum and N. arthroprocessum. In all three species the posterior processes of the calcareous ring are distally joined. Hence, they do not correspond to the diagnosis of Neothyonidium as defined by its type species, N. hawaiense, and are now assembled in the new genus Massinium. The new species is described as Massinium maculosum. The three species are keyed and a distribution map is provided.
Long-axis fractional shortening and mitral annulus motion in dogs

Ventricular systolic dynamics involves the contraction of transverse and longitudinal myocardial fibers. Unfortunately, only the activity of the transverse myocardial fibers is foreseen by the standard systolic echocardiographic parameters. Although strain and strain rate have been used to assess the radial, circumferential and longitudinal planes of cardiac contraction, such analysis requires advanced equipment which is not always available in veterinary medicine. On the contrary, some unusual parameters may be recorded via standard methodology, allowing for the specific evaluation of left ventricular longitudinal contractility. In this study, the longitudinal contractile activity was evaluated using the long-axis fractional shortening and the mitral annulus motion, which were compared with several standard echocardiographic parameters in 14 beagles, including seven with asymptomatic mitral valve disease. The long-axis fractional shortening was positively correlated with both the mitral annulus motion and the end-diastolic left-ventricular diameter. Also, a significant correlation was found to exist between the mitral annulus motion and the left-ventricular end-diastolic diameter, which is likely supportive of its preload dependency. Even though no difference was documented in either mitral annulus motion or long-axis fractional shortening between healthy dogs and dogs with mitral valve disease, the latter only included animals with minimal cardiac remodeling, with no overt compromise of systolic function. Since it is possible to obtain these two parameters with any echocardiographic equipment, their inclusion in the routine exam would probably add information regarding the activity of the longitudinal myocardial fibers, whose functional deterioration supposedly occurs prior to the impairment of transverse fibers.
Decaffeinated coffee induces expression of tight junction proteins in rats with NAFLD.

Background: Recent evidence indicate that gut microbiota plays a key role in the development of NAFLD through the gut-liver axis. An altered gut permeability induced by alterations of tight junction (TJ) proteins allows the passage of bacteria and substances leading to liver inflammation, hepatocyte damage and fibrosis. This study aims to evaluate the influence of decaffeinated coffee on gut permeability in a rat model of fat liver damage induced by a high fat diet (HFD). Methods: Twelve Male Wistar rats were assigned to 3 groups. The first group received HFD for 5 months and drank water; the second group received HFD for 5 months and drank water added with 1.2mL decaffeinated coffee/day starting from the 4th month; the third group received standard diet (SD) and drank water. Protein and mRNA expression levels of Toll-Like Receptor-4 (TLR-4), Occludin and Zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) were assessed in rat intestines. Results: A significant reduction of Occludin and ZO-1 was observed in HFD fed rats (0.97±0.05 vs 0.15±0.08 p˂0.01, and 0.97±0.05 vs 0.57±0.14 p˂0.001, respectively); this reduction was reverted in HFD+COFFEE rats (0.15±0.08 vs 0.83±0.27 p˂0.01, and 0.57±0.14 vs 0.85±0.12 p˂0.01, respectively). The TLR-4 expression up-regulated by HFD was partially reduced by coffee administration. Conclusions: HFD impairs the intestinal tight junction barrier integrity. Coffee increases the expression of tight junctions proteins reverting the altered gut permeability, and reduces TLR4 expression. Key Words: NAFLD, coffee, Occludin, Zonulin-1, rat model, TLR4.
07. Growth rings in young turtles Emys orbicularis – marking is the only reliable criterion for distinguishing between wild and headstarted animals

In 2006, 11 wild and 16 headstarted European pond turtles Emys orbicularis, that hatched in the years 1997-2001 and were marked during previous studies, were recaptured in central Poland. Wild turtles produced one growth ring per year, although variations were observed in headstarted individuals. Some headstarted turtles presented a pattern in which some of the growth rings were composed of false rings. Such a pattern was not observed in wild individuals. However, the growth ring pattern alone is not a reliable criterion for distinguishing between wild and headstarted turtles after being released into the wild.
Characterization and utilization of polysaccharide lyases from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a as platforms for the design of mutant lyases with specialized substrate specificity for therapeutic and industrial applications

ion and donation by tyrosine, or assisting in the deprotonation of the hydroxyl group of the catalytic tyrosine, enabling the tyrosine to act as the base. In contrast, histidine is proposed to act as the proton acceptor and tyrosine as the proton donor in the alginate lyase Atu3025 from Agrobacterium tumefaciens (55), as well as the HA lyases of Streptococcus sp. (11, 12), again based on their positioning relative to the C5 hydrogen on
Association of members of clover proliferation (16SrVI) and pigeon pea witches' broom (16SrIX) phytoplasma groups with tomato big bud disease in Iran.

Tomato plants with symptoms of big bud were observed in Khorasan Razavi, Khorasan Shomali, Azerbaijan Gharbi, Azerbaijan Sharghi, Kermanshah, Kurdistan and Fars provinces of Iran. Affected tomato plants showed proliferation of lateral shoots, small thickened and chlorotic leaves, purple coloration, hypertrophic calyxes, floral virescence, phyllody and failure of fruit setting. Agents of tomato big bud (TBB) disease from these provinces were transmitted from naturally symptomatic tomato plants to tomato by graft and from tomato to periwinkle via dodder inoculation. The presence of phytoplasma in affected plants was shown by direct and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays using the phytoplasma-specific primer pairs, P1/P7 and R16F2n/R2. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of nested R16F2n/R2 primed PCR product (1.2 kbp) identified TBB phytoplasmas from Kurdistan and Khorasan Shomali provinces as members of the pigeon pea witches’broom (16SrIX) group, and TBB phytoplasmas from Khorasan Razavi, Azerbaijan Gharbi, Azerbaijan Sharghi, Kermanshah and Fars provinces as members of the clover proliferation (16SrVI) group. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S-23S spacer region and putative restriction site analysis of the R16F2n/R2 primed sequence also classified TBB phytoplasmas in the clover proliferation (16SrVI) and pigeon pea witches’broom (16SrIX) phytoplasma groups. The same analyses showed that TBB phytoplasmas related to clover proliferation group belong to subgroup 16SrVI-A and those related to pigeon pea witches’broom group belong to subgroup 16SrIX-E. To our knowledge this is the first report of tomato big bud disease in Khorasan Razavi, Khorasan Shomali, Azerbaijan Sharghi, Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces and the first report of subgroup classification of associated phytoplasmas.
Physical exercise and sedentary lifestyle: health consequences

Perhaps the greatest barriers to for achieving major advances in public health in the twenty-first century result from the paralysis of the pandemic paradigm or from the widespread inability to envision alternative or new models of thought. Human movement represents a complex behavior that is influenced by personal motivation, health and mobility problems, genetic factors, and the social and physical environments in which people live. These factors exert an influence on the propensity to engage in sedentary behaviors as well asor in physical activity. However, the biological, social, and environmental pathways leading to sedentary behavior versus physical activity may be different. In addition, the health effects associated with sedentary behavior and physical activity may be the result of different biological mechanisms. Thus, our objective was to discuss the importance of physical exercise for on health-related outcomes and the consequences of a sedentary lifestyles. Research on sedentary behavior has been growing; however, the evidence for its determinants is relatively sparse. More studies are needed to obtain more conclusive results, because it is fundamental to understand these complex relationships related to the practice and the acquisition of active and healthy lifestyles as opposed to a sedentary lifestyle.