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The reproductive biology and induced spawning of striped trumpeter, Latris lineata

Sampling of Latris lineata (n= 334) was conducted with commercial fishers on the east coast of Tasmania between May 1990 and May 1992. Relationships between fork length and weight, and age and fork length are presented for Latris lineata. Macroscopic descriptions of the stages of gonad maturation for male and female Latrislineata are verified from histological studies. A gonad index (GI = gonad weight (g)/fork length (cm) x 105) is used to show that the spawning season of Latris lineata extends from September to October. A critical GI value of approximately 25 is proposed to distinguish female Latris lineata in advanced stages oocyte development prior to spawning. Analysis of frequency distributions of the diameters of developing oocytes shows that three distinct batches of developing oocytes can be distinguished in the ovaries of Latris lineata approaching spawning. This information indicates that female Latris lineata spawns multiple batches of eggs, which develop in a group synchronous manner. Female Lairislineata mature earlier (5 years; FL = 43.8 cm) than males (8 years; FL = 53.4 cm). A study in 1990 suggested that intra-peritoneal injection of 0.5 ml/kg b.w. of Ovaprim® (Salmonid gonadotropin releasing hormone (sGnRH)with domperidone) could induce ovulation in Lairis lineata. An investigation in 1991 compared interperitoneal (i.p) injection of Ovaprim R with i.p. injection of lutenizing hormone releasing hormone analogue (LHRHa) at dosages of IORg/kg b.w. , 2514/kg b.w. , and 50ii.g/kg b.w. No significant difference (P> 0.05) between treatments was shown. Females with initial oocyte diameters of 600 pm or greater were induced to complete final oocyte maturation. Two experiments conducted in 1992 investigated the effect of monthly (July-September) intramuscular implantation of cholesterol (90%) and copha (10%) pellets containing LHRHa and 17a-methyltestosterone (17a-MT) on circulating levels of 17t3-estradiol and testosterone. One experiment found no significant effect (P> 0.05) of a high and low dose LHRHa+17a-MT implant regime, on mean oocyte diameter. Only one hormone implanted fish ovulated a batch of eggs in this investigation. No significant effect (P> 0.05) on mean serum 170-estradiol and testosterone due to implant treatment dosage was shown. Mean serum levels of 17f1-estradiol showed no significant (P> 0.05) change at 24 hr following implanting, for any treatment, at any month. For high dose hormone treatment fish, mean serum testosterone had decreased significantly (P 0.05) change in either mean oocyte diameter or mean serum levels of 17f3-estradiol or testosterone were found between hormone implanted and control fish, at any month. Mean serum 1713-estradiol was significantly (P< 0.05) higher in the 2 implanted fish, than control fish, at the time of the first (July) and second (August) implants. A significant (P< 0.05) decrease in mean serum testosterone of hormone treated fish was recorded at 144 hr after implanting in July, while a significant (P< 0.05) increase in this steroid was recorded at 144 hr following the August implant.
Analytical modeling of a Y2O3-based memristive system for synaptic applications

Here, an analytical model for Y2O3-based memristive systems is presented, since a traditional model such as the Yakopcic model significantly deviates to capture the neuromorphic behavior for yttria-based memristive systems. On the one hand, the proposed model has high correlation with the reported experimental data and overcomes the shortcomings of the Yakopcic model in the form of a lack of non-linear behavior in the drift current at the device boundaries by introducing a new window function and state variable. On the other hand, the Yakopcic model depends upon the device threshold voltage parameters, while the proposed model is generic and remains independent of any pre-defined set of threshold voltage parameters. As a result, the proposed analytical model can be used in designing real-world applications based on the neuromorphic properties of yttria-based or any generic memristive systems.
Comparing the Impact of Double and Single Screen Electronic Health Records on Doctor-Patient Non-Verbal Communication

OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS This study demonstrates that patients view their Electronic Health Records (EHR) significantly more with a dedicated second screen during outpatient primary care visits without any decrease in mutual eye contact with the doctor, suggesting increased engagement with technology. These findings suggest that configuring examination rooms to invite patients to view their information can increase patient engagement in the EHR without taking attention away from the healthcare provider. Physical designs such as a dedicated patient screen might increase transparency in care and create an opportunity for better patient education. TECHNICAL ABSTRACT Background: From a human factors perspective, the integration of new technologies such as EHRs into the healthcare system alters doctor-patient communication and health information exchange processes. Prior studies have explored the impact of sharing EHR screens on doctor-patient communication in primary care visits. Purpose: We compared the effects of using a single-screen and a mirrored double-screen EHR as a primary care communication tool on non-verbal doctor-patient communication, specifically eye gaze patterns. Methods: Data were collected from two primary care clinics in Wisconsin between 2012 and 2016. Participating clinicians and patients met in a video-equipped exam room in an outpatient clinic. Both clinics used the same EHR system, though one had a second screen that mirrored the doctor’s screen specifically for the patient. Visits were video recorded to quantify the use of EHR, along with eye gaze behaviors as a measure of attention and engagement. Results: Forty-eight patients and 16 doctors participated in this study. Patients in the double-screen EHR setting gazed at their doctors significantly longer than in the single-screen setting (57.2 vs. 46.7% of the visit). More importantly, patients gazed at the patient display in double-screen EHR settings significantly more than they gazed at the EHR in single-screen settings (25.9 vs. 13.7%). Conclusions: Our results indicate that sharing EHRs using a double-screen setup has the potential to enhance patient attention to visual information in primary care settings.
Mapeamento simultâneo de QTLs para características de desempenho e de carcaça no cromossomo 5 de populações recíprocas da galinha doméstica

13 LISTA DE FIGURAS . 15 LISTA DE TABELAS . 17 1 INTRODUÇÃO . 19 2 REVISÃO BIBLIOGRÁGICA . 23 2.1 A Galinha doméstica . 23 2.2 Caracterização genotípica . 26 2.3 Mapas de ligação . 28 2.4 Mapeamento de QTL . 31 2.4. 1 Métodos de mapeamento . 33 2.4. 2 Resultados do mapeamento de QTL . 35 2.4. 3 Mapeamento simultâneo de QTLs . 37 2.5 Genes candidatos . 39 3 MATERIAL E MÉTODOS . 43 3.1 Populações experimentais . 43 3.2 Colheita dos dados fenotípicos e de sangue . 44 3.3 Extração e quantificação de DNA . 45 3.4 Seleção de marcadores microssatélites . 46 3.5 Otimização da PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) . 47 3.6 Genotipagem . 48 3.7 Estimação de parâmetros genotípicos . 49
When an iconic native animal is overabundant: The koala in southern Australia

Management of overabundant native species is challenging at the best of times but is even more so when it involves an iconic species that is threatened in part of its range. Here, we examine koala overabundance, a situation that arises in some locations within the species' southern range. We consider the variable conservation status of the koala throughout its range, discuss where and why overabundance occurs, and its consequences. Programs to manage koala overabundance and impacts are generally ineffective, relying on costly and slow acting fertility control and translocation, and implemented only when a crisis already has occurred. A change in management approach is needed. Decisions should be based on an evidence‐based and transparent decision‐making framework that involves predicting where overabundance is likely, where damage costs will be high, and where proactive management is likely to be effective. With more than 65% of Australia's koala population occurring in the south and declining northern populations, a more considered approach to managing southern koalas for conservation of the species is needed.
Adjunct Faculty Development: A Kenyan Perspective

Abstract Much development has happened in the education sector in African countries. In Kenya, there has been a proliferation of institutions of higher learning. Severe cuts in government funding for public higher education have resulted in the privatization of higher education and the need for adjunct faculty as a way to cut costs. Research suggests that although there is a rise in reliance on adjunct faculty in many institutions of higher learning around the world, these faculty are not always adequately prepared for the challenges they meet in the classroom. This article explores the need for full-time as well as adjunct faculty development in institutions of higher learning in Kenya. It looks at ways in which adjunct faculty can be specifically offered professional development and how they can be integrated into the life of the institutions in which they teach. Finally, it proposes possible implications for carrying out adjunct faculty development.
Cellular aspects of rabbit masugi nephritis

SummaryCellular events in the glomerulus in rabbit Masugi nephritis were studied. After a latent period, severe proliferative glomerulonephritis occurred by the single injection of a small amount of anti-rabbit kidney duck γ globulin. The change was well recovered within 27 days.It was revealed that some proliferation and swelling of endothelial cells and mesangial cells could occur. However, they were not predominant cell types in the active proliferative stage. In contrast, it was confirmed that the glomerular hypercellularity was mainly caused by prominent accumulation of monocytes. Their role was supposed to be concerned with the removal of various products formed from the glomerular injuries. The monocytes exhibited a variety of transformation, including macrophages, epithelioid cells, and multinucleated giant cells. Detailed ultrastructural features of these monocytic cells were described, and compared to those of the glomerular cells.
Temporal sensitivity of macaque ganglion cells to lights of different chromaticity

Three psychophysical paradigms have shown that moderately high retinal illuminance (ca. 1000 td) longwavelength chromatic adaptation results in a disproportionate reduction in visual sensitivity to rapidly modulated lights. (i) Critical-flicker-fusion — log retinal illuminance (CFF-log I) functions are shallower for long-wavelength than middle-wavelength modulated lights. (ii) A long-wavelength light modulated just above CFF appears as flickering if a steady middle-wavelength pedestal is added. (iii) The R/G ratio for heterochromatic modulation photometric (HMP) equality increases with light level when the mean chromaticity is '605 nm, but not when it is '570 nm. The goal was to evaluate whether Magnocellular(MC-) pathway retinal ganglion cells show reduced modulation sensitivity with long-wavelength adaptation, as is observed with these three psychophysical paradigms. In Experiment (1), CFFs for 554 and 638 nm lights were estimated by noting the temporal frequencies at which the cells firing fell below 10 imp/s. CFF was measured for light levels between 1–1000 td. Seventeen of 17 units showed a higher CFF at 1000 td for 554 nm, consistent with psychophysical observation. In Experiment (2), a steady 1000 td 554 nm pedestal was added to a 1000 td 638 nm modulated light. Four of 6 units showed higher 638 nm CFF when the steady 554 nm pedestal was present. In Experiment (3), Heterochromatic Modulation Photometry responsivities were obtained at 200 and 2000 td as a function of the relative modulation of 554 and 638 nm counterphase lights. Chromaticity was metameric to either 605 or 570 nm. Fifteen of 17 units showed substantial changes in log (R/G) with luminance for the 605 nm, but not for the 570 nm adaptation condition. Thus, temporal phenomena observed psychophysically may be seen in MC-pathway cells. The results are interpretable as arising from interactions between signals originating from the Land M-cone receptor types, not from differences in temporal properties of the two-cone types. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Col Res Appl, 26, S140–S144, 2001
Insect Predator-Prey Dynamics: Ladybird Beetles and Biological Control

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Basic biology and structure 3. Body size 4. Slow-fast continuum in life history parameters 5. Foraging behaviour 6. Cannibalism 7. Theory of predator-prey interactions 8. Intraguild predation 9. Biological control 10. Epilogue 11. References Taxonomic index Subject index.
Cation Content of Salt-Tolerant and -Susceptible Cultivars and Its Inheritance in Rice

This study was conducted to obtain the basic information on salt-tolerance of rice cultivars in relations with growth retardation and cation content. As the salt-level increased, less retardation in plant height and dry weight were shown in salt-tolerant than salt-susceptible rice cultivars. Salt tolerant cultivars showed lower N and higher content and lower N / ratio at each salt-levels than salt-susceptible ones, while there were no significant differences in and content. At the tillering stage, the plant height and dry weight of the salt-treated plots were significantly correlated with N and content and N / ratio, implying that N and content could be an indicator of salt-tolerance of a rice cultivar. There were no tiller-depending differences in cation content in all cultivars. N content and N / ratio in leaves were lower at the top and higher at the bottom. In three hybrids between salt tolerant parent Pokkali and three salt susceptible parents, plant height, dry weight, content and N / ratio were similar to those of Pokkali parent, while N content was intermediate of the parents. So, it seemed that salt tolerance is dominant over salt susceptibility. In of Pokkali/wx817 cross, genetic segregation of plant height, dry weight, content and N / ratio varied continuously and was biased onto Pokkali side, while that of N content showed normal distribution with intermediate mode. Broad-sense heritability of the characters ranged from 0. 604 to 0. 811. Genotypic and phenotypic correlation coefficients among them were relatively high.fficients among them were relatively high.h. h.
Cloud and Precipitation Properties of MCSs Along the Meiyu Frontal Zone in Central and Southern China and Their Associated Large‐Scale Environments

This study focuses on investigating the cloud and precipitation features of Meiyu mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) and their relation to the large‐scale environments in central and southern China using satellite observations and reanalysis data during the period 2014–2018. MCSs from two different locations, the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) and Southern China (SC), are examined separately. The Meiyu MCSs have a mean precipitation rate of 3.6 mm/hr and contribute 20% to 60% of the total precipitation during the Meiyu period. The diurnal cycle of Meiyu MCSs shows a maximum precipitation amount in the morning, which is associated with the enhanced nocturnal low‐level jet (LLJ) overnight. Although the synoptic setups in YRB and SC are found to be similar when normalized around the MCS initiation locations, MCSs exhibit some differences in terms of the cloud top height, precipitation rate, and duration, which are likely by the differences in the local forcing. Large interannual variations are found in MCSs' number, cloud size, lifetime, and rainfall intensity, which is found to be associated with the interannual variabilities in the large‐scale environments. By comparing the large‐scale environments with climatological mean states, we find that the year with the most intense MCS activity during the study period is characterized by an intensified southwesterly LLJ, which increases the moisture transport from the Indian Ocean and an enhancement of the midtropospheric westerly jet, which induces adiabatic ascent along the Meiyu front, creating more favorable conditions for convection.
Crystallographic studies on a cold adapted subtilase and proteins involved in mRNA processing

The crystal structure of a subtilisin-like serine proteinase from the psychrotrophic marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. PA-44, was solved by means of molecular replacement and refined at 1.84 A resolution. This is the first structure of a cold adapted subtilase to be determined and its elucidation facilitates examination of the molecular principles underlying temperature adaptation of enzymes. The cold adapted Vibrio-proteinase was compared to known three-dimensional structures of homologous enzymes of meso- and thermophilic origin, proteinase K and thermitase, to which it has high structural resemblance. The main structural features standing out as plausible determinants of the different temperature adaptation of the enzymes involve the character of their exposed and buried surface areas. The hydrophobic effect is found to play a significant role for the structural stability of the meso- and thermophile enzymes, whereas the cold enzyme exposes more of its apolar surface. In addition, the cold adapted Vibrio-proteinase is distinguished from the more stable enzymes by its strong anionic character arising from the high occurrence of uncompensated negatively charged residues on its surface. Interestingly, both the cold and thermophile proteinases differ from the mesophile enzyme in having more extensive hydrogen- and ion pair interactions in their structures, supporting suggestions of the dual role of electrostatic interactions in adaptation of enzymes to both high and low temperatures. The Vibrio-proteinase has three calcium ions associated with its structure, one of which is in a calcium-binding site not described in other subtilases.A 61 kDa protein component of the human spliceosome is indispensable for the assembly of the [U4/U6·U5] triple snRNP. The gene encoding the 61 kDa spliceosomal protein was overexpressed in E. coli and purified for crystallisation trials. No crystals were obtained. Evidence of incomplete folding and heterogeneity due to unspecific binding of E. coli nucleic acids emerged in the purification process.A 42 kDa protein component of the Trypanosoma brucei RNA editosome has endo- and exonuclease activity and is suggested to mediate protein-protein and/or protein-RNA interactions. Attempts were made to crystallise the 42 kDa protein with and without non-hydrolysable double stranded nucleic acid ligands but without success.
Hydrologically Informed Machine Learning for Rainfall‐Runoff Modeling: A Genetic Programming‐Based Toolkit for Automatic Model Induction

Models of water resources systems are conceived to capture the underlying environmental dynamics occurring within watersheds. All such models can be regarded as working hypotheses, differing in the aspects of process representation and conceptualization. Most of the associated efforts in the water resources research community is dedicated to development of new models that perform well under specific atmospheric conditions and catchment properties. In this context, flexible modeling frameworks are gaining importance as they facilitate the model building process by providing the model building blocks, whereby the hydrologist is free to assemble the model for task at hand. Such flexible models have high degree of transferability, which in turn aid in progressing toward a unified hydrological theory at catchment scale. However, in cases without sufficient insights regarding a catchment characteristics and/or lack of expert's knowledge, one may have to try a large number of model configurations based on available model building blocks to construct an appropriate model for the catchment of interest. Undoubtedly, this may be time consuming and computationally intensive. This paper proposes a novel model building algorithm, which uses the full potential of flexible modeling frameworks by searching the model space and inferring suitable model configurations relying on machine learning. Proposed machine learning algorithm is based on evolutionary computation approach using genetic programming (GP). State‐of‐art GP applications in rainfall‐runoff modeling so far used the algorithm as a short‐term forecasting tool that generates an expected future time series very similar to neural networks application. In this case, the proposed algorithm develops a physically meaningful rainfall‐runoff model. Although at the moment we learn models using two flexible modeling frameworks (SUPERFLEX and FUSE), the model induction toolkit can be armed with any internal coherence building blocks. The model induction capabilities of the proposed framework have been evaluated on the Blackwater River basin, Alabama, United States. The model configurations evolved through the model induction toolkit are consistent with the fieldwork investigations and previously reported research findings.
Towards Sustainable Textile and Apparel Industry: Exploring the Role of Business Intelligence Systems in the Era of Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is a new era of industrial revolution in which textile and apparel (T&A) companies are adopting and integrating advanced technologies to achieve sustainability and a competitive edge. Previous studies have just focused on the perspective of big data utilization in Industry 4.0 and neglected the role of business intelligence systems (BIS), especially in the T&A industry. The current study is one of the first to investigate the determinants of BIS adoption with an eye towards understanding how BIS can resolve sustainability issues in T&A companies with Industry 4.0 technologies. Methodology: A qualitative research approach is applied with 14 semi-structured in-depth interviews from 12 of the world’s high-end T&A companies. The snowball and purposeful sampling strategy is used to select the participants. The qualitative content analysis technique is used to analyze the interview data. Results: The findings revealed various themes, such as sustainability issues in T&A companies, improved value creation processes with leading BI solutions, and perceived difficulties in the adoption of BIS. Major improvements are perceived in the apparel retail business because apparel companies are more prone to adopt the Industry 4.0 technologies with advanced business intelligence (BI) solutions. The results prove the pivotal role of economic sustainability in the adoption of BIS and Industry 4.0 technologies in T&A companies.
Using The Low Concentrated Photovoltaic Module As A Preheater In An Organic Rankine Cycle

In concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) systems, sunlight is directly converted into electricity and during this conversion waste heat is generated on the photovoltaic module. The resulting waste heat can be used for heating the f luids. In this study, the effect of using a low concentrating photovoltaic thermal system as a pre-heater before the evaporator in the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) was investigated. Thermodynamic analyzes were performed for different solar radiation values, concentration ratio values and various photovoltaic module (PV) materials. The increase in solar radiation and concentration increased the electricity production in the photovoltaic module and the thermal efficiency of the system but led to a decrease in exergy efficiency. In the analyzes, four different PV module materials were examined and M-Si and P-Si module materials showed better performance in terms of system efficiency and electricity production. INTRODUCTION