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The Discovery and History of the Heath Mouse Pseudomys Shortridgei (Thomas, 1907) in South Australia

Abstract The Heath Mouse Pseudomys shortridgei was discovered in South Australia when a museum specimen collected from Kangaroo Island in 1967 was re-identified in 2000 and during trapping in the lower South East since 2001. These and subfossil records are summarized and compared with information from Western Australia and Victoria. Preliminary morphological comparisons of the single recent Kangaroo Island specimen and those from mainland South Australia and Victoria showed some differences in fur colour and body size. A total of 20 subfossil deposits containing P. shortridgei were documented in southern South Australia, spanning the Victorian to Western Australian borders. It and M. musculus were recorded together at only two sites, both surface deposits where material of different ages could have been mixed. At excavated sites, layers in which P. shortridgei was found were dated at <700 yBP in the lower South East of South Australia but the species was absent from layers dated <2000 yBP on the coast of the Nullarbor Plain. Pseudomys shortridgei was found in undated surface deposits collected from the Eyre and Yorke Peninsula along with other rodents that are both extinct and extant in the surrounding habitats. At these deposits, relative abundance compared with other rodents varied from 2.7 to 8.5%. Trapping of extant populations in the lower South East of South Australia has yielded trap successes of 2.0– 13.3%, a range that is broadly comparable with other states. Intensive surveys in the last 20 years have not trapped P. shortridgei on Kangaroo Island and its status there is unknown. Long-term climatic cycles (increasing aridity), and habitat clearance and fragmentation have probably resulted in the decline of P. shortridgei in South Australia.
Evolución del apoyo logístico en la Armada mediante tecnologías 4.0

La Armada española se encuentra inmersa en la digitalización de sus procesos logísticos. Eso incluye todo el ciclo de vida de las unidades, desde su diseño hasta su uso pasando por la producción de las mismas. Esto se encuadra en el concepto de Apoyo Logístico 4.0 (AL 4.0) . Los sistemas deben de ser capaces de prever su malfuncionamiento y comenzar automáticamente a gestionar su recambio o mantenimiento. Con el principal objetivo de aumentar la seguridad a bordo y la calidad de las operaciones. La actual predicción de eventos se alimenta de datos aportados por el Sistema Integrado de Control de Plataforma (SICP). Estos son datos relativos a sensores instalados en los sistemas de plataforma del buque, registrados diariamente en los servidores del Centro de Supervisión y Análisis de Datos de la Armada (CESADAR) situado en Cartagena . El SICP es el encargado a bordo de los buques de la supervisión y el control de los sistemas de maquinaria y componentes del buque. Los datos registrados por los sensores enlazados al SICP son transmitidos diariamente al CESADAR, recibiendo este diariamente datos de sistemas monitorizados de 29 buques de la Armada.
Prenatal Diagnosis of FATCO Syndrome (Fibular Aplasia, Tibial Campomelia, and Oligosyndactyly) with 2D/3D Ultrasonography

Introduction Fibular hemimelia is a congenital lower limb anomaly characterized by the partial or complete absence of the fibula. It includes a spectrum ranging from mild fibular hypoplasia to complete fibular aplasia. Although rare in occurrence, it is the most common congenital absence of long bone of the extremities 1.
FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CODM GENE IN DIFFERENT CULTIVAR OF PAPAVERACEOUS SPECIES VIA IN SILICO ANALYSIS

Medicinal use of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L) has ancient history, but the isolation of morphine was not described until the early nineteenth century. Morphine is the most important alkaloid of opium poppy in the last 50 years. In the morphine pathway has been reported to generate morphine in this species, CODM has a crucial role as the gene coding the enzyme responsible for demethylation of codeine to morphine. In this study we extract of CODM gene sequence from Papaver fogax and Papaver oriental. The sequence of this gene via in silico technique converted to the protein sequence. After this step we use the bioinformatics tools for analysis of these sequences.
Survey of Residential Refrigerators for the Presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

One hundred and ninety-five residential refrigerators in Brazos and Robertson counties of Texas were examined for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes . Surfaces on which meat and vegetables were usually stored, as well as other storage areas, were sampled. L. monocytogenes was not recovered from any of the refrigerators sampled. The organism, if introduced, may only be a transient inhabitant of refrigerator surfaces, as long-term colonization of such surfaces does not seem to be a common occurrence.
Effects of administered sodium ferulate on the repair of glutamate-induced excitotoxic neuronal impair meat in mouse fetal brain

Objective To investigate the effects of administered sodium ferulate (SF) on the repair of glutamate-induced excitotoxic neuronal impairment in mouse fetal brain.Methods Pregnant females were randomly divided into control,SF,MSG,and MSG + SF groups,n=10.The animals in MSG group received ig administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG,1.0,2.0,4.0g/kg,onee) at 17-day.The animals in MSG + SF and SF groups received ig administration of MSG (4.0g/kg,once) or normal saline at 17day,and ip administration of SF (40 mg/kg) starting at 18 dpo,once-daily for 2～3 d;the infant mice from the mothers treated with MSG +SF received ip administration of SF (40 mg/kg) after the birth,once-daily for 20 days.The animals in control and MSG groups received ig or ip administration of normal saline simultaneously,respectively.At the 31 st day after the birth the behavioural tests were performed,and the histopathology of the animal brains was studied.Results At the 31 st day after the birth,the number of MSG-treated mice which could crawl along a rope (5/13) was obviously less than that of control(12/14) (P<0.01) ;at the 52th day after the birth,correct responses of MSG-treated group in Ymaze test (17.1/20) were significantly less than that of control (19.4/20)(P<0.01). Examination of histopathology displayed MSG-induced hippocampal lesions were characterized by intracellular edema,degeneration and necrosis of neurons,and hyperplasia.However,the number of MSG+ SF-treated mice which could crawl along a rope (10/13) was close to that of control (12/14);at the 52th day after the birth,correct responses of Y-maze test in the MSG + SF group (19.1/20) were close those in the control (19.4/20). Examination of histopathology displayed that slight hippocampal lesions appeared in the MSG + SF-treated mice.Conclusion Long-term administration of SF may be feasible in repairing glutamate-induced exeitotoxic neuronal impairment in infant mice. Key words: Excitotoxicity; Sodium ferulate; Brain repair; Infant mice
The causes and consequences of biodiversity in multitrophic communities

ii Acknowledgments iv Dedication . vi Table of Contents vii Introduction . 1 Chapter 1  Indirect Effects of Food Web Diversity and Productivity on Bacterial Community Function and Composition . 16 Chapter 2  Biogeography Affects Soil Microbial Community Response to Simulated Nitrogen Deposition 46 Chapter 3  Biogeography Affects Trophic Control In Soil Food Webs 78 Conclusion . 107 Appendix 1 110 Curriculum Vita . 111
Ciclo biológico de Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouché, 1835) (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae) a partir de diferentes dietas artificiais

In this study 12 different diets to cat flea larvae, Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouche, 1835), were tested in the following formulations: 1 part of wheat germ and 1 part of bovine, equine or ovine dried blood; 20 parts of dog chow, 4 parts of bovine, equine or ovine dried blood and 1 part of brewer’s yeast; 20 parts of dog chow, 3 parts of bovine, equine or ovine dried blood and 2 parts of brewer’s yeast; and 100 parts of bovine, equine or ovine dried blood, 15 parts of dog chow and 5 parts of brewer’s yeast. All diets were mixed 1:5 with sand. Just as control flea feces and sand were used in the ratio of 1:20. To each formulations were made 6 repetitions then were placed 2 g of the tested diet per assay tube and 20 eggs from the cat flea laboratory colony at the Departament of Animal Parasitology of the Veterinary Institute at Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. Diets containing bovine and equine dried blood and wheat germ in the ratio of 1:1 showed high percentage of emerged adults, respectively 7 3,3% and 71,6%, when compared with the diets with dog chow and brewer’s yeast in the ratio of 20:4:1 (65,8% and 57,5%) and 20:3:2 (62,5% and 64,1%). Diets containing ovine blood showed a percentage of emerged adults around 50%.
Is stress sexy? A comment on Moore et al

Moore et al. (2016) provide a thorough and much-needed meta-analysis on a growing body of literature aimed at determining whether elaborate male traits provide females with a reliable indi-cator of a male’s ability to cope with stress. Their analyses reveal a surprising result—they found little support for stress-mediated effects on male secondary sexual traits but evidence that females prefer males with low levels of stress, suggesting that stress nega-tively affects aspects of sexual signals not included in the metrics used by investigators. Here, I outline some aspects of glucocorti-coid-mediated effects on the male phenotype that may help explain the results obtained by Moore et al. and I describe some pressing issues that need to be addressed in future work in this area. A critical aspect of this research realm further con-sideration involves whether glucocorticoids affect central structures or whether peripheral structures in examining stress-mediated effects on central motor work on rough-skinned newts, Taricha . In males of this species, elevated glucocorticoids rapidly minutes) suppress the activity of central motor controlling clasping stress-mediated motor critical only male or research glucocorticoid-mediated male attractiveness physical
Regulatory mechanisms governing the establishment of cell polarity and mitotic spindle orientation in the Drosophila neuroblast

Original approval signatures are on file with the University of Oregon Graduate School. The Drosophila neuroblast undergoes repeated asymmetric cell divisions that produce one daughter cell that assumes a neuronal fate and another that remains a neuroblast. During mitosis, the neuroblast polarizes the conserved Par polarity complex to the apical cortex, which is responsible for segregating fate determinants to the basal cell cortex. Polarity is accompanied by orientation of the mitotic spindle through the proteins Pins, Mud, and Dlg to ensure that the cleavage furrow properly segregates the fate determinants. The adaptor protein Inscuteable coordinates these two pathways. In my work, I have addressed how asymmetrically dividing cells are dynamically polarized during the cell cycle and how the resulting polarity is coupled to spindle position. To address how neuroblast polarity is dynamically controlled, I identified the protein Inscuteable as a continuously polarized cue for Par complex localization during mitosis. Inscuteable and Bazooka, a member of the Par complex, interact directly and form a complex that is regulated by the mitotic kinase Aurora A. Regulating this interaction allows for cell-cycle dependent establishment of polarity and for the subsequent loss of polarity after the cell divides. v To investigate how Par complex directed polarity is connected to spindle position, I investigated the effect of Inscuteable binding on the spindle orientation ability of the protein Pins. When bound to Inscuteable, Pins' spindle orientation activity becomes repressed. Inscuteable competes with Mud for Pins binding and represses the Gai-Pins-Mud signaling pathway. Function of the parallel Pins-Dlg pathway remains unaffected. This repression behavior may allow differential timing of spindle attachment (through Dlg) and spindle shortening (through Mud) pathways that ensures correct alignment of the mitotic spindle. I was able to model the spindle orientation behavior of Pins using a synthetic protein containing activation sites that have different affinities for the activator. Changing the number and affinities of these activation sites leads to different response profiles that mimic the ultrasensitive behavior of Pins using a non-cooperative mechanism. Together, these regulatory mechanisms cooperate to allow for spatial and temporal control of polarity and for physical connection of polarity to the mitotic spindle. This dissertation includes previously published and unpublished co-authored material. Prehoda for his guidance during my time in graduate school and for his assistance in preparing this manuscript. His constant encouragement and guidance of my professional development throughout my time in his lab has had an immeasurable …
Lipopolysaccharide, Mediator of Sepsis Enigma: Recognition and Signaling

The outer leaflet of Gram-negative bacterial membrane contains a great amount of lipopolysaccharides, also known as endotoxins, which play a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis and ultimately septic shock. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is potent inducer of acute sepsis or chronic inflammation. Sepsis can strike anyone, but is most likely to develop from infection associated with events such as pneumonia, trauma, surgery, and burns, or serious illnesses such as cancer and AIDS. In fact, people whose deaths are ascribed to complications of cancer, AIDS, or pneumonia, often actually die as a direct result of sepsis. Sepsis involves a complex interaction between bacterial toxins and the host immune system. LPS stimulates Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 which leads to the formation and release of range of proinflammatory mediators which are essential for the potent immune response. The massive host response to this single bacterial pattern recognition molecule is sufficient to generate diffuse endothelial injury, tissue hypoperfusion, disseminated intravascular coagulation and refractory shock. LPS recognition involves LPS binding protein (LBP), CD14 ending up in TLR4/MD-2/LPS complex. The complex leads to activation of TLR4 and subsequent signaling cascade via two pathways i. e. , myeloid differentiation protein 88 (MyD88)-dependent and TRIF-dependent. Here is a brief review of TLR4 signaling and LPS recognition biology with its impact if any on downstream pathways.
Use of ATLANTIS Tierra 2.0 in Mapping the Biodiversity (Invertebrates and Bryophytes) of Caves in the Azorean Archipelago

In this contribution the software ATLANTIS Tierra 2.0 is described as a promising tool to be used in the conservation management of the animal and plant biodiversity of caves in Macaronesia. In the Azores, the importance of cave entrances to bryophytes is twofold: i) since these are particularly humid, sheltered habitats, they support a diverse assemblage of bryophyte species and circa 25% of the Azorean brioflora is referred to this habitat and ii) species, either endemic or referred in the European red list due to their vulnerability (19 species) or rarity (13) find refuge there. Cave adapted arthropods are also diverse in the Azores and 21 endemic obligate
Role of the immunoglobulin superfamily member Basigin in sensory neuron dendrite morphogenesis in Drosophila

Role of the immunoglobulin superfamily member Basigin in sensory neuron dendrite morphogenesis in Drosophila Brikha R. Shrestha Neurons develop highly stereotypic dendritic arbors that influence establishment of proper connections and integration of information they receive to generate an appropriate output. Morphogenesis of dendrites is coordinated by both cell-intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Recent studies have begun to elucidate how interactions between neurons shape dendrite morphogenesis. However, influence of the substrate upon which neurons grow their dendritic arbors in this process is relatively poorly understood. Here I have used the peripheral sensory neurons of the Drosophila larva that grow dendrites over epithelial cell substrates to gain insights into how interactions with the substrate may influence dendrite development. In this thesis, I present data showing that Basigin, an immunoglobulin superfamily member, has somatodendritic and axonal localization in sensory neurons, and is enriched at cell borders and beneath class IV dendrites in epithelial cells. Loss of function analyses indicate that Basigin is required both in neurons and epithelial cell substrates for proper morphogenesis of the highly complex dendrites of class IV sensory neurons. Reduced innervation of the dendritic field of basigin mutant neurons was observed even at an immature stage, indicating a requirement of Basigin in these neurons for developmental elaboration of dendritic arbors. Structure-function analysis revealed that membrane-tethering of Basigin on the neuronal surface is essential for its function. In addition, a highly conserved tri-basic motif consisting of positively charged residues that may bind cytoskeletal adaptor proteins is required for its function in neurons. Results of genetic interaction analysis suggest that Basigin-mediated regulation of dendrite morphogenesis does not involve Integrin and matrix metalloproteinases, both of which have been implicated in Basigin function in other cellular contexts. I show that Basigin exhibits genetic interaction with Tropomodulin, an actin-capping protein, suggesting that they function in the same molecular pathway in regulating dendrite development. Taken together, data presented in this thesis support a model in which interaction between Basigin on the surfaces of neurons and epithelial cells regulate the underlying cytoskeleton within dendrites to influence their development. Thus, these results identify a novel molecular pathway that may mediate communication between neurons and their substrates that is essential for proper dendrite morphogenesis
Interactions between pathgogens

The study of pathogens is a keystone of considerable progress for Public Health in the last decades. Nowadays, a promising field of study are interactions between pathogens circulating in the same populations. Indeed, just as any living species, a pathogen is part of an ecosystem, and within this ecosystem it interacts with numerous things, including other pathogens. In this PhD thesis we have been interested in the consequences of such interactions at several scales. Firstly a wide bibliographic work has been accomplish in order to identify known and documented interactions. From this work we propose several categories of interactions and point out the gaps in this literature. Then we explored the potential consequences on population of several interactions described in the first part, and tested promising methods to detect such interaction from population-scale data. Lastly we focused on the specific example of dengue, where four strongly interacting serotypes and current vaccine developments rise the issue of the interference between interactions and Public Health policies. A broader vision of pathogens dynamics rises from the embedding of pathogens into a community, and this vision could benefit from progress in statistical methods and theoretical models.
Effect of Conjugated Linoleic Acid or Oleic Acid Addition on Fatty Acid Composition Profiles of Poultry Meat

Effect of Conjugated Linoleic Acid or Oleic Acid Addition on Fatty Acid Composition Profiles of Poultry Meat. (May 2010) Dae Keun Shin, B.A., Jeonbuk National University; M.S., Seoul National University; M.S., Texas A&M University Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Marcos X. Sánchez-Plata Dr. Ciro A. Ruiz-Feria Two different studies were conducted to reduce the overall amount of omega-6 fatty acids in broiler chickens. The first experiment was performed to determine the effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and omega-3 fatty acid combination on the omega-6 fatty acid accumulation in broiler chicken breast and thigh meat. Eight broilers from each treatment were processed at 4 and 6 weeks of age, respectively. Regarding the diets containing five different fat sources, broiler chickens fed CLA and fish oil diet had a lower C20:4 (arachidonic acid, AA, n-6) deposition but showed a higher n-3/n-6 ratio in breast and thigh meat than those fed a flaxseed oil diet and CLA and flaxseed oil diet (P < 0.05). The C20:4 and n-3/n-6 ratio of breast and thigh samples from fish oil diet was similar to those of the conjugated linoleic acid and fish oil combination diet (P > 0.05). However, the addition of CLA and fish oil to the diet resulted in a increase of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) concentration in broiler chicken breast and thigh meat when compared to that of fish oil diet (P < 0.05). The second experiment was conducted based on six different combination of n-3 and n-9 fatty acids. One bird per pen was processed, and each bird was weighed, and blood, liver, breast and thigh samples from the bird were collected. Although the generation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) was not affected due to combination of n-3 and n9 fatty acids in our diets, the deposition of n-6 fatty acids including C18:2 and C20:4 was decreased in broiler chicken breast and/or thigh muscles as n-3 fatty acids were
Isolation and identification of zymocyte from the traditional Kazakh fermentation of cheese.

To study the species of zymocyte of the fermented cheese produced by traditional Kazakh artificial-production in Xin Jiang.zymocyte were isolated and purified from fermented cheese by selective media,then identified in morphological,physiological,biochemical properties and 16SrRNA、26SrDNA D1/D2 sequencing analysis.Two valuable micro-organisms were isolated from cheese,one is yeast,the other is lactic acid bacteria;they belong to 3 genus respectively:Saccharomyces unisporus、Issatchenkia orientalis and Lactococcus lactic.The species of the zymocyte in the traditional Kazakh fermentation of cheese were not totally the same with that in other regions and have special resources of yeasts of their own.
Vicine and Convicine: the Favic and Egg Weight Depressing Factors in Faba beans ( Vicia faba L.) - A Review

Faba beans (Viciafaba L.) are one of the most important pulse crops in the world, being consumed in large quantities in the Middle East, Far East and North Africa, panicularly Egypt. Except for the presence of vicine and convicine and relativ~ly low concentrations of several other antimetabohtes, faba beans are an excellent source of protein with amino acid balance complimenting that of cereals (Marquardt, 1983; and Sa.i.-war et al 1975). \ltcine . and convicine were first isolated by Rithac.sen (1881), in Vicia sativa. These cornprn;nds were subsequently' found in other species of vicia including Viciafaba (Manager et al 1969). The pyrimidine nudeoside structure of vicine as 2,6-diamino-4 , 5-dihyroxy pyrimidine, 5-(j3-D-glucopyranose) and convicine as 2,4, 5trih ydroxy, 6 ami nopyrimid in e, 5( 13-D glucopyranose) was established by Bendich and Clement (1953). In search of the favic causative agent in faba beans, Manger et al (I 969) was aided by the fact. that the agent had a capacity for oxidising glutathione (GSH) if' gb cose 6 p! "losphate dehydrog~na.s~ (G-6-PD) defici~nt red blood cel! s ar:d scm.e \:S. /f.r~~ S! )<::. r1ngJ~1 solubh~ in ~. ,. n~. ter ,mJ ! Xhin~t=d ir: neu:rft~ S)Iutiort . I,):;s of GSH •ct·-· t' •, , , . , ,. , . 1 . '\" . ox1 ). s1ng & . c . r v1ty ~~1! "·•, ) ;·e_; a:~c 1 :. 1. ~er t? t a.t 1 ()i:f) \ . t. P. nrryru'> t····~p,. -~ tlc-. ,. ·. f . t:,. J. ,. •• . , ,. , ,. , ; < • ,,,. \J' ,,,. ~ . ,,; ! "" . ';1. /v\ L:. ,~~~ \. ~ . llc (.t'.-Il t e .;,, ' I.~.' . ~1<.i . :.:• . tf ·p ··-a.-~ " · ~ 1 1 0 . ·,., · l . . "'~Hv\~ '"luJ.L a~ t S()fC·. :! p;lD. ~1r. :• . l ! I ~C ( Cl'! Y'fr:: . 1v~. S