Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Complete mitochondrial genome of Capreolus pygargus (Cervidae: Capreolinae), a protected and threatened species in China

Abstract We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Siberian Roe Deer, Capreolus pygargus, in China by the shotgun genome-skimming methods. The mitogenome of C. pygargus is totally 16,353 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and a control region. The sequence has a higher A + T content of 63.4% than G + C 36.6% and with a base composition of 33.4% A, 23.2% C, 13.4% G, and 30.0% T. All of the 13 PCGs initiate a typical ATN codon except Nd4L with GTG. Six PCGs terminate with a TAA codon, while Cyt b, Atp8, and Nd1 terminate with AGA, TAG, and TA–, respectively. Whereas, Cox3, Nd2, Nd3, and Nd4 terminate with a single T-. The phylogenetic trees of the subfamily Capreolinae with 13 PCGs indicated that Capreolus species were well-supported as a monophyletic group, which is sister to the clade of Hydropotes with well-support.
Complex Dynamics of Exploited Populations: Tipping Points, Instability, and Phenological Diversity

Understanding the consequences of complex population dynamics for population persistence, ecosystem functioning, and wildlife management is vital as our biosphere becomes increasingly shaped by anthropogenic change. Exploited populations are commonly recognized to exhibit complex population dynamics, which often affect the harvest of economic and culturally important species. How social learning, harvest, and population diversity shape population dynamics are not well understood, and I therefore undertook studies to investigate their effects. (1) I developed novel theory to assess the population dynamic consequences of migratory homing acquired via social learning, called the adopted migrant life history. Simple mechanistic assumptions led to dynamical behaviours ranging from stable coexistence of local populations to local extirpations, depending on the encounter potential between dispersing juveniles and migrating adults. Local populations were especially vulnerable under unequal adult survival, suggesting that uneven harvest pressure could exacerbate the risk of local collapses that are difficult to reverse. (2) I verified that harvest can increase temporal variability in the abundance of exploited populations by analyzing a harvest experiment on Daphnia magna. Harvest elevated population variability by amplifying deterministic nonlinear dynamics rather than increasing the effect of environmental stochasticity alone. This implies high short-term predictability but also
A Generic Catalog and Repository Service for Virtual Machine Images

The widespread usage of virtualization has caused a major impact in disparate areas such as scientic computing, industrial busi- nesses and academic environments. This has led to a massive production of Virtual Machine Images (VMIs). The management of this broad spec- trum of VMIs should consider the variety of operating systems, appli- cations and hypervisors. This paper describes the developments towards a catalog and repository system for VMIs. Using the industry standard Open Virtualization Format (OVF) the system oers indexing and stor- age capabilities of VMIs as well as user-oriented matchmaking algorithms to leverage VMI sharing.
Advances in understanding the Leptosphaeria maculans - Brassica pathosystem and their impact on disease management

Abstract Recent advances in genomics have led to a greater understanding of blackleg disease of canola, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. Genome sequences are available for several L. maculans isolates and different Brassica species, and several resistance and avirulence genes, which have a ‘gene for gene’ relationship, have been characterised. Although several pairs of complementary resistance and avirulence genes have been sequenced, the molecular basis of their recognition is unknown. Mechanisms responsible for conferring virulence include amino acid substitutions, gene deletion and Repeat Induced Point mutations of avirulence genes. In some cases, a single avirulence gene is recognised by two resistance genes, and virulence towards each resistance gene is conferred by separate mutations. Furthermore, some avirulence-resistance gene interactions are epistatic over others; for instance, the presence of AvrLm7 (avirulent towards Rlm7) masks the AvrLm3-Rlm3 interaction resulting in isolates phenotypically appearing virulent towards Rlm3 despite having the avirulent form of the AvrLm3 allele. Several high throughput methods, including the ascospore shower technique, are used to characterise cultivar specificity, frequency of avirulence genes, and to detect fungicide sensitivity of fungal populations from stubble. The frequency of virulence in field populations can change rapidly under selection pressure when cultivars with the same resistance genes are sown in subsequent seasons. If there is a high risk of breakdown of a particular source of resistance, canola growers can be advised to sow a different cultivar, thus avoiding an epidemic.
Application and effect of plant growth promoting bacteria isolated from medicinal plants on root development in maize

Agriculture sectors are facing various threats that hinder plant growth globally. In order to improve plant growth the use of beneficial microbes play very important role. The purpose of the current study was to analyze the root development by the application of Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB). The importance of this study was to enhance the root development of maize plant which in turn increases its overall growth and production by using PGPB. The experiment was conducted under complete randomized design (CRD). Two varieties of Cereal crop maize were selected to check the effects of PGPB on development of roots. Initially seeds were inoculated with eight different bacterial strains that were isolated previously in Plant microbe interaction lab. Out of which two bacterial strains R7 and R8 found to be more efficient in promoting different activities of plants which affect the root development. Plants were grown in pots after inoculation. Five different treatments were applied and the six one was control and after harvesting parameters of roots to be analyzed were taken. Five different parameters of roots were observed after harvesting. These parameters include Average root width, Network depth, maximum number of roots, specific root length and network area. Estimation of root parameters was done with the help of GiA root software. GiA software is a new technique to analyze Root System Architecture (RSA) traits. Results were variable after the inoculation of bacterial strains which prove that the PGPB have positive effects on root development and hence all over the plant growth.
An energetic approach to the study of life-history traits of two modular colonial benthic invertebrates

In order to study contrasted ecological strategies and life-history traits of modular colonlal organisms, the energy budgets of 2 common Mediterranean cnidarlans the hydrold Campanularja everta and the gorgonian Paramur~cea clavata, were compared C everta is a small hydroid that forms stoloniferous colonies on ephemeral substrata Adapted to an eplblotlc hfe strategy, it produces small colonies with 6 % of welght as structural matenal Growth is very fast and much energy is allocated throughout the year to growth and it develops stolons which enable it to spread readily on the algal substratum A colony may live for 2 to 6 wk Maintaining high growth rates requires rapid metabohsm supported by dally ingestion rates of more than 19% of body w e ~ g h t and commensurately high respiratory and excretory rates (8 5% of body weight daily) Sexual reproduction in this gonochonc specles is precocious and concentrated in autumn when a dally effort equivalent to 4-10% of somatlc blomass is expended on reproduction The flow of energy through C e v e ~ t a mounts to some 1915 cal g C-' d-', w t h a mean turnover time of 12 d P clavata forms large colonles wlth polyps 100 times larger than those of the hydrold The skeleton consists of spicules and an organic skeletal axls which amount to 54 and 35 % respectively of the colonies total biomass Growth is slower than In C everta equivalent to 0 15% of tissue weight daily, wlth a turnover rate of 9 yr The main energetic component ( 7 2 % ) 1s basal metabolism From March to June, daily Investment in reproduction is equivalent to 0 4-0 7 % of the tissue welght The total energy flow through P clavata is no more than 150 cal g C-' d-' The daily energy demand is 1 43 % of tissue weight or 3 % of total dry weight Although they exhibit quite ddferent ecological strategies, whlch appear to be regulated mainly by trophic and substratum constraints, the 2 species have certaln hfe-history traits in common In annual budgetary terms reproductive effort is s~mllar In both specles, substratum constraints notwithstanding and concentrated in a period of the year favourable to the survival of offspring The results suggest that, at least in seasonal seas hke the Mediterranean an energetic approach can provide an important contribution to the understanding of life-history traits of modular colonlal organisms
EFFECT OF STEEPING SOLUTION ON THE QUALITY OF BUTTON MUSHROOMS (A. BISPORUS) PRESERVED UNDER AMBIENT CONDITIONS

Steeping of the mushrooms was done with a purpose to enhance the shelf-life and various quality changes viz., pH, colour, microbial flora and antioxidant potential were studied for up to a period of 80 days. The pH of the solutions was maintained below 4.5 that helped in the inactivation of polyphenoloxidase enzyme and in lowering microbial growth. A gradual decrease in pH, antioxidant potential, colour and all the sensory parameters was observed whereas an increase in the growth of microbes was observed during storage. Sensory evaluation of the mushrooms was done using hedonic scale and of all the treatments, T 3 was observed to be the best treatment on the basis of sensory and physico- chemical analysis.
A Bayesian framework for the detection of diffusive heterogeneity

Cells are crowded and spatially heterogeneous, complicating the transport of organelles, proteins and other substrates. One aspect of this complex physical environment, the mobility of passively transported substrates, can be quantitatively characterized by the diffusion coefficient: a descriptor of how rapidly substrates will diffuse in the cell, dependent on their size and effective local viscosity. The spatial dependence of diffusivity is challenging to quantitatively characterize, because temporally and spatially finite observations offer limited information about a spatially varying stochastic process. We present a Bayesian framework that estimates diffusion coefficients from single particle trajectories, and predicts our ability to distinguish differences in diffusion coefficient estimates, conditional on how much they differ and the amount of data collected. This framework is packaged into a public software repository, including a tutorial Jupyter notebook demonstrating implementation of our method for diffusivity estimation, analysis of sources of uncertainty estimation, and visualization of all results. This estimation and uncertainty analysis allows our framework to be used as a guide in experimental design of diffusivity assays.
The Effect of Inflation Uncertainty on Money Demand in Islamic Republic of Iran

In this paper, we measure and analyze the effect of inflation uncertainty on money demand and quasi money in Islamic republic of Iran based on time serious quarterly data from 1990:2-2010:3.This paper uses an EGARCH method to model inflation uncertainty in Iran. We also used VECM method to estimate a long run relationship between demand for real money and explanatory variables. Our result show that inflation uncertainty has effect on money demand and quasi money in Iran and increase in inflation uncertainty leads to decrease in money demand. In other words, by increase in inflation uncertainty, economic agents prefer to less demand for money, because in high uncertainty condition, people prefer to use those asset has less risk of maintenance.
INFLUENCE OF SPROUTING USING BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC ELICITORS ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RADISH SEEDS (RAPHANUS SATIVUS)

Germination is a way to improve agricultural productivity and easily to use by low income families, in particular with using some elicitors in germination for enhancing the nutrition value of the seeds by sprouting. For their highly metabolic activities after harvesting, radish seeds were selected for performance of this study. The effect of using abiotic elicitor (saline water, by NaCl at different concentrations) and biotic elicitor (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on sprouting of radish seed has been investigated. After germinating radish seeds for six days using elicitors, chemical analysis and determination for phytochemicals contents have been carried out. Results showed a promising efficiency by sprouting, where an appreciable increasing in some analysis as protein, carbohydrates, some minerals and amino acids comparing to seed. Besides, germination had a positive effect to present some phyto-compounds as some flavonoids, terpenoids and phenolic compounds. Then, this study and similar ones are an important step towards the future development of value-added foods with elicited phytochemicals and can be used in the development of innovative food products with beneficial effects on human’s health.
SUSCEPTIBILITY OF WINTER TICK LARVAE AND EGGS TO ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI - BEAUVERIA BASSIANA, BEAUVERIA CALEDONICA, METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE, AND SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS

An isolate of the soil fungus Scopulariopsis brevicaulis was identified from the surface of female winter ticks ( Dermacentor albipictus ) collected from recently dead moose ( Alces alces ) calves in New Hampshire in the northeastern United States. It was the sole isolate, and it matched with 98% nucITS similarity (molecular systematics Blast match) to S. brevicaulis species from soil and other tick species. Inoculation of tick larvae and eggs with 108 spores/mL + 0.05% Tween (aqueous inoculum) resulted in mortality, reduced survival time, and recovery of S. brevicaulis from within tick tissues. Rapid water loss and death from dehydration were the pathogenic consequences of the fungal infection. Three entomopathogenic fungal isolates from laboratory culture ( Beauveria bassiana , B. caledonica ,and Metarhizium anisopliae ) inoculated concurrently at the same dose, were slightly less pathogenic to eggs than larvae of winter ticks. We conclude that S. brevicaulis imposes a limitation on the free-living stages of the winter tick population in specific environmental conditions, but commercial fungal treatments as used in local situations to control ticks, are impractical as a means of controlling winter tick density across moose habitats.
Strong coupling of single emitters interacting with phononic infrared antennae

A single emitter can couple with electromagnetic modes of dielectric cavities or metallic particles. In a similar manner, it can couple with a phononic mode supported by a nearby infrared antenna. We consider an emitter with a sufficiently large dipole moment coupled to a SiC bowtie structure supporting strongly localized phononic modes. We show that vacuum Rabi oscillations and large spectral anticrossing are possible, indicating that the emitter–phononic system is in the strong coupling regime. Pure dephasing degrades the response remarkably little. As expected for a quantum but not for a classical formalism, the frequency of the vacuum Rabi oscillations depends on the initial state. We also discuss the possibility of exciting hybrid modes with contributions from the emitter and from more than one of the phononic modes supported by the antenna. Phononic structures appear attractive to study such complex hybridization, as they can support several strongly confined modes with quality factors larger than one hundred in a relatively small spectral window.
Chemical Studies on Tyrosinase Inhibitory and Antioxidant Activity of Bromophenols from Rhodomelaceae Algae [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review]

Title Chemical Studies on Tyrosinase Inhibitory and Antioxidant Activity of Bromophenols from Rhodomelaceae Algae [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review] Author(s) Md. , Reazul Islam Citation 北海道大学. 博士(水産科学) 甲第13097号 Issue Date 2018-03-22 Doc URL http://hdl.handle. net/2115/70109 Rights(URL) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Type theses (doctoral abstract and summary of review) Additional Information There are other files related to this item in HUSCAP. Check the above URL. File Information MD_ISLAM_abstract. pdf (論文内容の要旨)
Systematic Analysis and Functional Validation of Citrus XTH Genes Reveal the Role of Csxth04 in Citrus Bacterial Canker Resistance and Tolerance

In this study, we performed a comprehensive survey of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) and a functional validation of Citrus sinensis (Cs) XTH genes to provide new insights into the involvement of XTHs in Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) infection. From the genome of sweet orange, 34 CsXTH genes with XTH characteristic domains were identified and clustered into groups I/II, IIIA, and IIIB. Except for chromosome 9, the CsXTH genes were unevenly distributed and duplicated among all chromosomes, identifying a CsXTH duplication hot spot on chromosome 4. With Xcc induction, a group of citrus canker-related CsXTHs were detected. CsXTH04 was identified as a putative candidate gene, which is up-regulated in citrus bacterial canker (CBC)-resistant varieties and induced by exogenous treatment with salicylic acid (SA) and methyl jasmonate (MeJA). CsXTH04 overexpression conferred CBC susceptibility to transgenic citrus, while CsXTH04 silencing conferred CBC resistance. Taken together, the annotation of the CsXTH family provides an initial basis for the functional and evolutionary study of this family as potential CBC-susceptible genes. CsXTH04, validated in this study, can be used in citrus breeding to improve CBC resistance.
GGMRES: A GMRES--type algorithm for solving singular linear equations with index one

In this paper, an algorithm based on the Drazin generalized conjugate residual (DGMRES) algorithm is proposed for computing the group-inverse solution of singular linear equations with index one. Numerical experiments show that the resulting group-inverse solution is reasonably accurate and its computation time is significantly less than that of group-inverse solution obtained by the DGMRES algorithm.
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobium on ion content and root characteristics of green bean and maize under intercropping

In order to evaluate arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobium bacteria effects on leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentration and root characteristics of green bean and maize under intercropping, experiment was carried out in the research field of College of Agriculture, Payame Noor University of Azna, Lorestan, Iran. In experiment, sandy loam soil with pH 7.3 and EC 0.49 dS m -1 was used.The treatments comprised three cropping systems (sole cropping of green bean and maize, and intercropping), and four inoculations (control, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, rhizobium and mix of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobium). The results showed that inoculation with rhizobium improved length, diameter, volume and area of green bean root.The highest of green bean N, P concentration and root dry mass were observed in sole culture of green bean inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Moreover, root length, diameter, volume and area of maize increased by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and total concentration of N and P enhanced with use of rhizobium in sole cropping. Although the usage of Rhizobium and AMF can be affected on increasing the root growth and nutrient uptake of crops, application of bacterium and fungi combination at the same time would not be suitable. Overall, intercropping of maize with green bean caused to increase of leaf N and P concentrations and root growth of maize.
Begin with Beliefs: Exploring the Relationship between Beliefs and Learner Autonomy among Advanced Students.

This study examined data elicited by the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI), which was administered to first-year, advanced learners of French at the University of the West Indies. The questionnaire looked at students' attitudes regarding the difficulty of language learning, foreign language aptitude, the nature of language learning, learning and communication strategies, and student motivation. Results indicated that most students agreed or strongly agreed that there existed a language-learning hierarchy of difficulty. No students felt that French was a very easy language to learn. Most students believed that everyone could learn a foreign language, and their self-esteem as language learners was high. The majority of students felt it was better to learn a second language in the country where it was spoken. They also considered vocabulary more important than grammar rules in learning a foreign language. Finally, 63 percent of students felt that successful communication with native speakers depended upon their ability to speak the language. Only 9 percent of the students endorsed the view that language teaching must embrace the utilitarian. (Contains 40 references.) (SM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.
A systemic approach provides insights into the salt stress adaptation mechanisms of contrasting bread wheat genotypes

Bread wheat is one of the most important crops for human diet but the increasing soil salinization is causing yield reductions worldwide. Physiological, genetic, transcriptomics and bioinformatics analyses were integrated to study the salt stress adaptation response in bread wheat. A comparative analysis to uncover the dynamic transcriptomic response of contrasting genotypes from two wheat populations was performed at both osmotic and ionic phases in time points defined by physiologic measurements. The differential stress effect on the expression of photosynthesis, calcium binding and oxidative stress response genes in the contrasting genotypes supported the greater photosynthesis inhibition observed in the susceptible genotype at the osmotic phase. At the ionic phase genes involved in metal ion binding and transporter activity were up-regulated and down-regulated in the tolerant and susceptible genotypes, respectively. The stress effect on mechanisms related with protein synthesis and breakdown was identified at both stress phases. Based on the linkage disequilibrium blocks it was possible to select salt-responsive genes as potential components operating in the salt stress response pathways leading to salt stress resilience specific traits. Therefore, the implementation of a systemic approach provided insights into the adaptation response mechanisms of contrasting bread wheat genotypes at both salt stress phases. Highlight The implementation of a systemic approach provided insights into salt stress adaptation response mechanisms of contrasting bread wheat genotypes from two mapping populations at both osmotic and ionic phases.