Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Marine Nutraceuticals And Functional Foods

Marine Fisheries By-Products as Potential Nutraceuticals: An Overview, S.K. Kim, E. Mendis, and F. Shahidi Omega-3 Oils: Sources, Applications, and Health Effects, F. Shahidi Omega-3s and Their Impact on Brain Health, G. Young and J. Conquer Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases through Anti-Inflammation and Neuroprotection: A Review of Studies in Animal Models, C. Song Microencapsulation of Marine Lipids as a Vehicle for Functional Food Delivery, Y. Jin, C. Perrie, W. Zhang, C. Van Diepen, J. Curtis, and C.J. Barrow Chitin and Chitosan, R.S. Rasmussen and M.T. Morrissey Production of Bioactive Chitosan Oligosaccharides and Their Potential Use as Nutraceuticals, S.K. Kim, N. Rajapakse, and F. Shahidi Glucosamine Production and Health Benefits, J.A. Kralovec and C.J. Barrow CRC_ Functional and Bioactive Peptides from Hydrolyzed Aquatic Food Proteins, H.G. Kristinsson Marine-Derived Protein Hydrolysates, Their Biological Activities and Potential as Functional Food Ingredients: ACE-Inhibitory Peptides Derived from Bonito, H. Fujita and M. Yoshikawa Marine Algal Constituents, Y.V. Yuan Beneficial Health Effects of Seaweed Carotenoid, Fucoxanthin, K. Miyashita and M. Hosokawa The Production and Health Benefits of Astaxanthin, M. Olaizola Marine Algae and Polysaccharides with Therapeutic Applications, J.H. Fitton and J. Teas Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods from Marine Microbes: An Introduction to a Diverse Group of Natural Products Isolated from Marine Macroalgae, Microalgae, Bacteria, Fungi, and Cyanobacteria, A.M. Burja and H. Radianingtyas Shark Cartilage: Potential for Therapeutic Application for Cancer-Review Article, K. Sato, T. Kitahashi, C. Itho, and M. Tsutsumi Calcium from Fish Bone and Other Marine Resources, W.K. Jung, F. Shahidi, and S.K. Kim Immunoenhancing Preparations of Marine Origin, J.A. Kralovec and C.J. Barrow Index
Population Genetics of Antarctic Seals

I developed and tested a protocol for determining the sex of individual pinnipeds using the sex-chromosome specific genes ZFX and ZFY. I screened a total of 368 seals (168 crabeater, Lobodon carcinophagus; 159 Weddell, Leptonychotes weddellii; and 41 Ross, Ommatophoca rossii) of known or unknown sex and compared the molecular sex to the sex assigned at the time of collection in the Ross and Amundsen seas, Antarctica. Discrepancies ranged from 0.0% – 6.7% among species. It is unclear, however, if misassignment of sex occurred in situ or in the laboratory. It also is possible, however, that the assigned morphological and molecular sex both are correct, owing perhaps to developmental effects of environmental pollution. I sequenced a portion (ca 475 bp) of the mitochondrial control region of Weddell seals (N = 181); crabeater seals (N = 143); and Ross seals (N = 41). I resolved 251 haplotypes with a haplotype diversity of 0.98 to 0.99. Bayesian estimates of Θ from the program LAMARC ranged from 0.075 for Weddell seals to 0.576 for crabeater seals. I used the values of
Nutritionally Enhanced Staple Food Crops

Crop biofortification is a sustainable and cost-effective strategy to address malnutrition in developing countries. This review synthesizes the progress toward developing seed micronutrient-dense cereals and legumes cultivars by exploiting natural genetic variation using conventional breeding and/or transgenic technology, and discusses the associated issues to strengthen crop biofortification research and development. Some major QTL for seed iron and zinc, seed phosphorus, and seed phytate in common bean, rice,J;md wheat have been mapped. An iron reductase QTL associated with seed-iron ~QTL is found in common bean where the genes coding for candidate enzymes involved in phytic acid synthesis have also been mapped. Candidate genes for Ipa co segregate with mutant phenotypes identified in rice and soybean. The Gpe-B1 locus in wild emmer wheat accelerates senescence and increases nutrient remobilization from leaves to developing seeds, and another gene named TtNAM-B1 affecting these traits has been cloned. Seed iron-dense common bean and rice in Latin America; seed iron-dense common bean in eastern and southern Africa;.
Daily activity of ants associated with the extrafloral nectaries of Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae) in a suburban area in Southeast Brazil.

The ant fauna visiting the extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) of Ihe weed Turnera, ulmifolia L. (Tumeraceae) was monitored day and night in a suburban area in Southeast Brazil. The ant densilY and number of occupied branches were both positively correlated wilh temperature, wilh the maximum activity of ants occurring between 12.00 and 15.00. A tolal of 16 ant species from four subfamilies were observed in the EFNs of Turnera, the Formicinae and Ponerinae comprising the vast majority of the species and individuals recorded during surveys. There was a clear daily turnover in ant species composition, with Brachymyrmex sp.t Eclalomma quadridens (F.) and Campana/us aff. blandus dominating during the day, and Ecraromma spp. and a species of Camponoru.f at night. The differen~s in the foraging rhylhms and the relatively low species overlap are proposed as promoting resour~ panilioning in ani assemblages.
Common diseases of peanuts in the top end of the NT (Arachis hypogaea L). Agdex No: 141/633.

Diseases in peanut crops occur throughout the plant’s l ife, and therefore checks are necessary from emergence to the post-harvest period. All parts of the peanut plant are subject to attack; and many diseases can reduce the quantity or quality of pods and seed. While crop losses associated with an individual disease may not cause economic losses, combinations of seedling disorders, leaf spots, and limb and peg (fruit attachment) blights can be detrimental to yield and quality. Certain diseases, such as leaf spots are found throughout the growing areas of Australia. Other diseases such as net blotch and Cylindrocladium black root rot have not been recorded in the NT at the time of publication. Seed-borne diseases pose a potential threat by providing an avenue for entry of certain quarantine diseases into peanut growing areas of the NT. Application of a seed dressing is required for seed to be allowed into the NT, which reduces the risk of seed-borne diseases.
Recovery of Sperm Activity After Osmotic Shock in the Three-Spined Stickleback: Implications for Pre-Oviposition Ejaculation

Pre-oviposition ejaculation is known to occur in the three-spined stickleback and may help to determine fertilisation success when sperm competition occurs as a consequence of males adopting alternative mating tactics. However, fish sperm typically show a rapid reduction in motility after exposure to fresh water, which would appear to limit the utility of such a strategy. Here, we use computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) to examine changes in stickleback sperm motion over time in fresh water, showing for the first time that this reduction in motility can be reversed by an increase in osmolality. We consider the possibility that ovarian fluid may have the same effect, and suggest that pre-oviposition ejaculation may be associated with higher fertilisation success than might otherwise be the case.
Russia and Kazakhstan: Transformation of Borders and Perspectives of Cross-Border Interactions

The paper is devoted to the issues of the transformation of borders and cross-border cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan. Methodologically, the article is based on the ''New economic geography" approaches and the theory of borders by O Martinez with the accents made on the institutional factors of the cross-border cooperation. The problems raised in the paper are considered in the context of basic trends in the evolution of borders of the states belonging to the former Soviet zone of influence that occurred in Europe and Eurasia after collapse of the USSR. The vectors of evolution of borders of the Central and Eastern Europe countries and Commonwealth of Independent States are analyzed. Particular attention is delivered to the state of interregional cooperation of Russia and Kazakhstan. According to the authors’ view, the current state of interregional cooperation is not satisfactory to stimulate the process of regional development and integration and cannot substitute the advantages of cross-border cooperation of the «euroregions» type. So far, the authors conclude that no cross-border regions exist in Russia – Kazakhstan border area meaning that there are no genuine integrated regions. They agree that comparative advantages of the cross-border localization and available resources in a poor institutional environment can turn into barriers for regional development and, therefore, transform into «institutional traps»'.
Finish Him: possibilidades do uso de jogos eletrônicos comerciais como recursos didáticos no ensino de História

A presente dissertacao de mestrado tem como objetivo analisar alguns aspectos da viabilidade do uso de jogos eletronicos comerciais como recursos didaticos no ensino regular de Historia. Ja ha uma consideravel quantidade de pesquisas sobre estes jogos, sua relacao com o perfil cognitivo e social da juventude contemporânea e sobre as possibilidades educacionais encontradas em jogos eletronicos. Como e um artefato cultural plenamente difundido, que gera interesse e atracao, e ainda carrega consigo potencialidades pedagogicas e cognitivas, percebemos que o jogo eletronico comercial pode ser um elemento mediador eficaz no ensino de historia. O ensino de Historia perpassa, necessariamente, por uma construcao conjunta, dialogica, entre o professor e o aluno, de uma narrativa. Esta relacao complexa e dialogica demanda o uso expressivo de recursos didaticos, com a funcao de colaborar na mediacao entre o estudante e o conhecimento. O enredo de um jogo eletronico vai se desenvolvendo de acordo com as acoes do jogador. Esta interatividade, junto a recriacao visual do espaco geografico e historico, conferem ao jogo eletronico potencialidade como recurso didatico no ensino de Historia. O objetivo principal desta dissertacao e analisar, sob uma perspectiva critica, possibilidades no uso do jogo eletronico comercial como recurso didatico no ensino de Historia. Apos uma pesquisa bibliografica, pretendemos identificar e construir conhecimentos acerca de sua real aplicacao, como recurso didatico, em sala de aula. Para tanto, utilizamos o metodo da pesquisa acao, pois este metodo, alem de focalizar na construcao de respostas concretas para uma determinada demanda, permite protagonismo a todos os participantes da pesquisa, nao apenas ao pesquisador. Esta relacao dialogica tende a favorecer uma construcao de conhecimentos mais horizontal e democratica, pois considera todos os envolvidos na pesquisa. A coleta de dados sera feita junto a alunos de Historia, do nono ano do ensino fundamental da rede publica, atraves de seminarios e questionarios, aplicados dentro do ambiente escolar e em horario de aula. Os dados levantados serao analisados e utilizados para a producao de uma dissertacao cientifica e um blog, onde serao divulgados os resultados obtidos pela presente pesquisa, em relacao ao uso de jogos eletronicos comerciais como recursos didaticos no ensino regular de Historia, objetivando auxiliar os professores em sua pratica pedagogica.
Manutenção e reprodução de Anomalocardia brasiliana em condições laboratoriais - DOI:10.5039/agraria.v9i2a3237

This study examined the filtration and ingestion rates from the Veneridae Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791) and evaluated the efficiency of reproduction in laboratory. Specimens were collected on Mangue Seco beach, Pernambuco, Brazil. To evaluate the filtration and ingestion rates, experiments were carried out separately: the presence of light (2000 Lux) and absence of light, with three different temperatures (23.5, 27 and 30 oC), and different salinities (20, 25, 30 and 35 g L-1). Spawning was tested by manipulating temperature with the addition of microalgae and gametes in induction treatment and without manipulating water variables by spontaneous spawning treatment. The most active filtration and ingestion for the species occurred in the absence of light, at temperature of 27 oC, and salinity of 30 g L-1. It was found that there is no significant difference between the spontaneous and induction of spawning, however the spontaneous spawning showed a more significant amount of eggs and larvae. These results may contribute to the technology of maintenance breeding under laboratory conditions and seed production of this species for use in culture.
Whole‐organism performance in a jumping spider, Servaea incana (Araneae: Salticidae): links with morphology and between performance traits

Studies of whole-organism performance are central to understanding the links between animal behaviour, morphology, and fitness. Invertebrates have been popular models for studies of behaviour, although there have been few detailed studies of their whole-organism performance, links between performance and morphology, or trade-offs amongst different performance dimensions. In the present study, we investigate four facets of whole-organism performance (running speed, climbing speed, endurance, and pulling force) in males of a jumping spider (Servaea incana). We consider links between these performance traits and their association with three morphological measures expected to influence maximum performance capacity: body size, relative leg length, and relative body mass (condition). Running speed, climbing speed, and pulling force were all positively related, suggesting that selection for one may positively effect all. By contrast, endurance capacity decreased with running and climbing speed, suggesting an evolutionary trade-off. Associations amongst performance measures cannot be explained solely as correlates of morphology: large size was associated with greater running speed, climbing speed, and pulling force but not with endurance; relative leg length was associated with pulling force but not other performance traits; relative mass was associated with climbing speed and endurance but not running speed or pulling force. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 110, 644–657.
GPCR and G protein mobility in D. discoideum : a single molecule study

Chemotaxis, the process in which cells detect a concentration gradient of a specific substance, interpret that information, and subsequently initiate movement towards the source is an essential part of many biological phenomena. Itâs central to the processes in wound healing, in immune defense and in the formation of a viable embryo. In this thesis I used the well characterized social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum to investigate, in depth, the dynamics that govern the first steps in the detection of a chemical gradient. D. discoideum detects cyclic adenosine mono-phosphate (cAMP) by a special receptor protein, cAMP receptor 1 (cAR1). Inside the cell this receptor activates a G protein which subsequently initiates a complex signaling cascade. Using fluorescence single-molecule microscopy I investigated the movements of both cAR1 and its associated G protein. During chemotaxis both proteins show striking differences in mobility between the leading and trailing edge of the cell. Those differences are presumably key to our understanding of gradient sensing by cells that have been ignored in models so far.
Incidencia, caracterización cultural y prueba de patogenicidad de ceratobasidium sp. Aislado de manchas bandeadas en maíz

Cultural characterization and patogenic test of Ceratobasidium spp isolates of maize banded leaf The banded leaf of maize is the primarily disease in corn fields in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence and carry out cultural and pathogenic characterization of binucleate Rhizoctonia strains isolated of typical symptoms of the banded leaf of maize. Of samples collected in 2006, were isolated strains of the fungus in semi selective media and were purified by growing hyphae tips, nuclear staining was used to verify the number of nuclei per cell, using this methodology found that 39.68 % of the isolates belonged to binucleate Rhizoctonia. Isolates were characterized by measuring the formation of sclerotia and growth velocity in PDA. There were two tests of pathogenicity: in greenhouse, were inoculated agarmycelium disc in basal leaves of healthy maize plants; in laboratory, was placed a grain of rice colonized with the fungus on the adaxial segment healthy leaf in 2 ppm of kinetin solution. The results in greenhouse indicated that 16 strains tested caused symptoms in 100 % of inoculated seedlings, similar to the control Rhizoctonia solani AG1 IA. Only 31.2% of strains and isolates formed sclerotia and the most aggressive isolates (M2C1, M5B1, M4G4 and M1F3) showed an average growth rate of 1.1 cm per day, under laboratory conditions. We conclude that Ceratobasidium (= binucleate Rhizoctonia) emerges as a pathogen of the complex banded leaf of maize, in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. Additional key words: Zea mays, binucleate Rhizoctonia, nuclear stain
Reservas extractivas ¿Alternativa para la conservación de especies forestales?

Extractive reserves represent a recently developed strategy to protect forest areas continuosly subject to extraction of non-wood forest products. This kind of protected area was originally developed in Brazil because of the rubber tappers needs to diminish the continuous and fast loss of large forest areas of the Amazonas, while extracting Para rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis [ Willd. Ex Adr. Juss.] M. Arg. ) Brazil nuts ( Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.) and other forest products. Extractive reserves strategy was incorporated in the Brazilian law in 1990, and currently they are avoiding the reduction of the deforestation rates. In Mexico this concept was applied in 1910 at the Maya area of Quintana Roo state. Because chicle market decreased, this kind of reserve area moderated the communitary extraction activities of other forest products and avoided drastic land use change of important tropical forest areas. In this paper we discuss the relevance of extractive reserves strategy in terms of its functionality to reduce the effects of deforestation in tropical rain forest areas. We conclude that this kind of protected area has limitations and should be considered as an alternative only to extract non-wood forest products in low quantities while containing the tropical rain forest areas deforestation.
Maxillary overdentures on dental implants

Het doel van dit onderzoek was om te kijken of een volledig kunstgebit in de bovenkaak het best vastgezet kan worden op een staafje of op drukknopjes (Locators). De conclusie van dit onderzoek was dat een overkappingsprothes in de bovenkaak op vier implantaten met een staafmesostructuur dan wel locators resulteert in tevredenere patienten en gezond tandvlees en bot rond de implantaten. De volgende overwegingen zouden een rol moeten spelen bij de keuze voor een overkappingsprothese op een staafmesostructuur of locators: • Vanuit het perspectief van de patient kan er het best gekozen worden voor een overkappingsprothese in de bovenkaak op een staafmesostructuur, hoewel een overkappingsprothese in de bovenkaak op locators de patienttevredenheid ook significant verbetert. • Vanuit het klinisch perspectief heeft de overkappingsprothese op een staafmesostructuur een jaar na plaatsen significant minder botverlies rond de implantaten,hoewel het verschil met het botverlies bij een overkappingsprothese op locators klein is. • Vanuit het perspectief van kosteneffectiviteit is een overkappingsprothese met een staafmesostructuur minder kosteneffectief met betrekking tot de mondgezondheid gerelateerde kwaliteit van leven en functionele uitkomstmaten.
Identifying Interacting Regions in theβSubunit ofEscherichia coliRNA Polymerase

Abstract Numerous physical and genetic approaches have identified residues in the α, β, β′ and σ subunits of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase that are involved in transcriptional processes; in contrast, relatively little data exist to demonstrate interacting regions within or between the subunits themselves. As a means of identifying regions in the β subunit that may interact, we have sought intragenic suppressor mutations of a class of elongation-defective and termination-proficient inviable rpoB alleles that affect highly conserved residues. We obtained intragenic allele-specific suppressors of GD566 (located in conserved region D) and AV676 (located in conserved region E). With one exception, these allele-specific suppressors also map to highly conserved regions of the β subunit. Allele specific suppression is a genetic criterion for protein – protein interaction. Moreover, the functional properties of the mutants suggests that suppression is likely to result from protein – protein interaction rather than from functional compensation. Our suppression studies provide evidence for the interaction of conserved regions B and D as well as conserved regions E and H of the β polypeptide. We suggest that these, as well as other conserved regions of the β polypeptide, may interact with each other to provide a framework for the function of the enzyme.
Related party transaction disclosure: compliance, determinants, value-relevance and real earnings management

Expropriation through Related Party Transaction (RPT) has been identified as one of the key factors that led to the collapse of several firms globally. Hence, its regulation becomes necessary. This study examines the extent and the determinants of compliance with the disclosure requirements on RPTs by Malaysian listed firms. It also investigates the value-relevance of Malaysian Financial Reporting Standard (MFRS) 124 adoption, real earnings management (REM) in RPTs and the moderating effect of compliance with MFRS 124 on the relationship between REM in RPTs and firm value. The study uses the data collected from the firms with significant RPTs from 2009 to 2015. Findings from the weighted disclosure index indicate a moderate level of compliance with MFRS 124. Furthermore, the regression results reveal that board independence, audit committee financial expertise, family ownership, managerial ownership and firm growth have significant positive relationships with the compliance of MFRS 124. Moreover, the study documents that RPTs disclosure is value-relevant. Findings of price model provide evidence that with the adoption of MFRS 124, capital market participants value the EPS of the RPT firms over its BVPS. The study documents that firms use RPTs to perpetrate REM. The results of the Roychowdhury models show that RPTs firms are characterized by low cash flow from operations, high production costs and low discretionary expenditures. It is also established that capital market discounts the stock price of firms that perpetrate REM in RPTs. Also, compliance with disclosure requirements on RPTs mitigates the negative relationship between REM in RPTs and firm value. The study reveals the need for the relevant authorities to increase the level of enforcement to achieve full compliance which will result to increase transparency of financial reporting and investor protection. The results of this study contribute to the agency, resource dependency and capital market theories.