cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Complicating cure: How Australian criminal law shapes imagined post-hepatitis C futures
Creators: name: Seear, Kate
name: Mulcahy, Sean
name: Kagan, Dion
name: Lenton, Emily
name: Fraser, Suzanne
name: Valentine, Kylie
name: Farrugia, Adrian
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology

description: In recent years, highly tolerable and effective drugs have emerged promising a radical new ‘post-hepatitis C’ world. Optimism about medical cure potentially overlooks discrimination and stigma associated with hepatitis C and injecting drug use. Legal frameworks are especially relevant to hepatitis futures, since the law has the potential to reinforce or alleviate stigma and discrimination. This article explores how hepatitis C figures in Australian criminal law and with what potential effects. Drawing on Bruno Latour’s work on legal veridiction, Alison Kafer’s work on futurity and disability and case law data collected for a major study on hepatitis C and post-cure lives, we explore how the criminal law handles hepatitis C in the age of cure. We find that law complicates cure, constituting hepatitis C as disabling despite the advent of effective cures. The law steadfastly maintains its own approach to disease, disability and illness, untouched by medical and scientific developments, in ways that might complicate straightforwardly linear imaginaries of cure, transformation and progress of the kind that dominate biomedicine. We explore the implications of these tensions between law and medicine.
Comparison of Social and Economic Stress in Military and Civilian Families: A Rapid Review of the Evidence
Creators: name: Jiang, Heng
name: Dowling, Rowan
name: Hameed, Mohajer
name: Painter, Felicity
name: Vuong, An
name: Booth, Anna
name: Opie, Jessica
name: Boh, Jessica
name: McLean, Natalie
name: McIntosh, Jennifer
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 43
subject: History, heritage and archaeology
classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Although many military families demonstrate resilience and strength, research highlights that military service may impact the health and wellbeing of families. In comparison with civilian families, military families are embedded within a broader military context and culture which may influence many aspects of family life, including socioeconomic status and social participation. This rapid review utilised a systematic methodology to synthesise the evidence of comparing possible differences of the socioeconomic and social participation of military families with civilian families. Relevant online databases such as Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL and ProQuest Central were searched for articles published between January 2000 and February 2022. After screening 3057 articles, five studies were included for analysis. The results highlight considerable income, education and employment gaps between current serving military and civilian spouses. An association was found between social, economic status and increased risk of violence or assaults in military families. Specifically, younger age and decline in health status were key predictors of domestic violence assaults in military families. This review highlights emerging evidence and recommends further Australian-based research with military families. Policy, research, and practice implications are discussed with consideration to preventative interventions tailored towards strengthening health, wellbeing, and socio-economic status of military families.
Farmers' Perception of Causes of Soil Degradation in Northern Taraba, Taraba State of Nigeria
Creators: name: James, Philip Hegarty
name: James, Philip Hegarty
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: Food Security Group
subject: Michigan State University
subject: Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
subject: Nigeria
subject: Input Use and Market Assessment

description: Key Findings -The farmers in the study area are aware of soil degradation. -Improper cultivation practices were identified by the farmers as the most dominant cause of soil degradation in the study area. -Flooding is identified as the most dominant cause of soil degradation in Lau and Karim Lamido local government areas because of their proximity to the River Benue.
Patogenicidad de cepas de Fusarium semitectum BERK. & Ravenel sobre Diaphorina citri Kuwayama
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Guerra, Raúl
name: López-Arroyo, J. Isabel
name: Díaz-Martínez, Santos
name: Peña-Carrillo, Kenzy Ivveth
name: Martínez Camacho, Adriana Paola
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2020

description: Durante el año 2016 y 2020 se colectaron insectos micosados de Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) y Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), respectivamente. Los hongos aislados son morfológicamente iguales y corresponden al género Fusarium. El objetivo de esta investigación consistió en identificar y evaluar in vitro la patogenicidad de estos hongos sobre adultos de D. citri. Además, se evaluó su patogenicidad sobre Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), depredador de D. citri. Dos experimentos fueron establecidos. Las cepas monoconidiales aisladas de cada especie de insecto se identificaron morfológicamente como F. semitectum Berk. & Ravenel, Grevillea. La identidad de la cepa aislada de D. citri fue confirmada mediante el análisis de los espaciadores transcritos internos (ITS’s) como F. semitectum (= F. incarnatum, F. pallidoroseum). La patogenicidad de ambas cepas de Fusarium se evaluó utilizando extracto de levadura para su aspersión. El porcentaje de mortandad de D. citri varió de 21.9 a 50.7 entre ambos experimentos, mientras que ningún ejemplar inoculado de C. externa murió o fue micosado. Los resultados mostraron que F. semitectum es un nuevo hongo entomopatógeno que parasita a D. citri de manera oportunista o débil, y es inocuo a C. externa.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 5 Núm. 1 (2020): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2020
Effects of a targeted resistance intervention compared to a sham intervention on gluteal muscle hypertrophy, fatty infiltration and strength in people with hip osteoarthritis: analysis of secondary outcomes from a randomised clinical trial
Creators: name: Rostron, Zachary
name: Zacharias, Anita
name: Semciw, Adam
name: Kingsley, Michael
name: Pizzari, Tania
name: Woodley, Stephanie J
name: Green, Rodney
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 4207
subject: Sports science and exercise

description: Abstract:- Background: People with hip osteoarthritis are typically offered a combination of education and exercise to address muscle atrophy and weakness. Limited evidence exists to assess the efficacy of exercise programs on muscle structure or function in this population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of targeted resistance exercise on gluteal muscle hypertrophy and strength in people with mild-to-moderate hip osteoarthritis. Methods: Twenty-seven participants with radiologically confirmed hip osteoarthritis recruited from a single site of a multi-site, double-blind clinical trial were randomly allocated to receive a 12-week targeted gluteal intervention or sham intervention. Magnetic resonance imaging and hand-held dynamometry were used to determine change in gluteal muscle volume, fatty infiltration and hip muscle strength. For gluteal muscle volume and strength outcomes mixed model analyses of variance (ANOVA) were conducted. A general linear model (ANOVA) analysis with fixed effects parameter estimates was used to assess the impact of sex on gluteal muscle size and strength of the affected limb only. For muscle fat index a mixed method ANOVA was used to assess the differences between groups and over time. Results: In the targeted intervention group, gluteus minimus volume increased from baseline to post-intervention in both limbs (pooled mean difference: 0.06 cm3/kg, 95% confidence interval: 0.01 to 0.11) while no change occurred in the sham group (time x group effect: P = 0.025). Gluteus medius, gluteus maximus and tensor fascia lata volume did not change significantly over time. Hip strength (abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, external and internal rotation) improved similarly in both groups (time main effect: P ≤ 0.042). There was a consistent, albeit non-significant, pattern of reduced fatty infiltration after the targeted intervention. Conclusion: Targeted resistance exercise resulted in gluteus minimus hypertrophy, but improvements in hip strength occurred in both groups. Clinicians delivering hip osteoarthritis rehabilitation programs might consider implementing a targeted exercise program to attenuate disease associated changes within gluteal muscles. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ID: ACTRN12617000970347. Registered prospectively on 5 July 2017.
Models of leadership in remote Aboriginal schools in the Northern Territory
Creators: name: Nolen, Helen Maree
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 1998

description: Aboriginalisation or localisation of leadership in schools in remote areas of the Northern Territory is becoming more widespread in this last decade of the second millennium. Emerging models or ways in which Indigenous leadership is practised in some of these schools is the focus of this research project. Developing understandings of the history of education in its western guise and ways in which teacher education has been practised, as well as other influences which have impacted on people within remote communities are essential in order to contexualise the changes which are occurring in school governance and decision-making. Group interviews with senior Aboriginal teachers in five remote schools provide the core data for an analysis of preparation for leadership for executive teachers, decision-making structures, strengths, supports and difficulties in leadership, and areas for localised decision-making. Preparation for leadership for executive teachers in remote areas which occurs primarily through mentoring programs and accredited study courses in educational administration are detailed to provide a framework for initiatives which are being taken. Leadership theories from the western perspective provide a partial understanding of what is occurring in the localisation of educational leadership and management of some remote Aboriginal schools. A number of significant developments have occurred including ways of incorporating shared leadership into the executive of the school, greater collaboration between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members, and an increase in collegiality. This interplay between traditional and western leadership styles has the potential for transforming education in remote communities.
Exploring possible mimicry of host immune genes by viruses
Creators: name: Yadav, Aditi
name: Kropp, Kai
name: Mazein, Alexander
name: Watterson, Steven
name: Roy, Douglas
name: Ghazal, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics

description: Pathway diagrams describing the regulation of Interferon-beta and the Major Immediate Early Promotor (MIE) of human Cytomegalovirus, obtained from a review of the published literature as part of the project work for our MSc in Genomics and Pathway Biology. The pathways are presented in SBGN notation. This document has not been peer reviewed.
Effects of a targeted resistance intervention compared to a sham intervention on gluteal muscle hypertrophy, fatty infiltration and strength in people with hip osteoarthritis: analysis of secondary outcomes from a randomised clinical trial
Creators: name: Rostron, Zachary
name: Zacharias, Anita
name: Semciw, Adam
name: Kingsley, Michael
name: Pizzari, Tania
name: Woodley, Stephanie J
name: Green, Rodney
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: Abstract:- Background: People with hip osteoarthritis are typically offered a combination of education and exercise to address muscle atrophy and weakness. Limited evidence exists to assess the efficacy of exercise programs on muscle structure or function in this population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of targeted resistance exercise on gluteal muscle hypertrophy and strength in people with mild-to-moderate hip osteoarthritis. Methods: Twenty-seven participants with radiologically confirmed hip osteoarthritis recruited from a single site of a multi-site, double-blind clinical trial were randomly allocated to receive a 12-week targeted gluteal intervention or sham intervention. Magnetic resonance imaging and hand-held dynamometry were used to determine change in gluteal muscle volume, fatty infiltration and hip muscle strength. For gluteal muscle volume and strength outcomes mixed model analyses of variance (ANOVA) were conducted. A general linear model (ANOVA) analysis with fixed effects parameter estimates was used to assess the impact of sex on gluteal muscle size and strength of the affected limb only. For muscle fat index a mixed method ANOVA was used to assess the differences between groups and over time. Results: In the targeted intervention group, gluteus minimus volume increased from baseline to post-intervention in both limbs (pooled mean difference: 0.06 cm3/kg, 95% confidence interval: 0.01 to 0.11) while no change occurred in the sham group (time x group effect: P = 0.025). Gluteus medius, gluteus maximus and tensor fascia lata volume did not change significantly over time. Hip strength (abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, external and internal rotation) improved similarly in both groups (time main effect: P ≤ 0.042). There was a consistent, albeit non-significant, pattern of reduced fatty infiltration after the targeted intervention. Conclusion: Targeted resistance exercise resulted in gluteus minimus hypertrophy, but improvements in hip strength occurred in both groups. Clinicians delivering hip osteoarthritis rehabilitation programs might consider implementing a targeted exercise program to attenuate disease associated changes within gluteal muscles. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ID: ACTRN12617000970347. Registered prospectively on 5 July 2017.
The Squid: A Healthy Nutritional Miracle on Our Plate
Creators: name: Dr. G. Kondaiah1*, Dr. U. Srineetha2, Dr. D. Veera Nagendra Kumar3, Dr. C. Narasimha Rao4
Publisher: name: The Science world a Monthly e magazine
Year: 2024

description: The squid is an important cephalopod for economic growth in India and other countries. It has white flesh, a very low-fat content, is a nutrient-rich source, and has many advantages over fish. Squids contribute significantly to the daily intake of several macronutrients such as Na, K, Mg, and P and micronutrients such as Cu, Zn, and Ni. Despite their low-fat concentration, they are rich in long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, particularly docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapen. This article explores the nutritional importance and health benefits of squid, educational initiatives, affordability measures, and culinary exploration to elevate squid's status in Indian households.
title: National surveillance of rheumatic fever in Australia, and continuous quality improvement of rheumatic heart disease in Fiji
title: contemporary models for identification and management
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Noonan, Sara-Jane
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2014

description: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune response following an untreated streptococcal infection. The devastating effect of ARF is residual damage to the heart valves; a condition called rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Diagnosis and management of these conditions is complex. The most important yet most difficult element of treatment is delivery of regular intramuscular injections to prevent recurrence of ARF and worsening of RHD. Two contemporary models were employed to investigate current approaches to diagnosis and management and whether they could be improved. Diagnosis of ARF in Australian children was monitored through an existing national surveillance system over a 3 year period (2007 to 2010). One hundred and fifty-one cases were identified, with joint symptoms, fever and carditis being the most common features. There were delays in presentation of children to primary care services, and referral by medical officers to higher-level care across both urban and remote areas. Results of ARF in low risk children suggest that subtle presentations of ARF in this group are being missed. Management of ARF and RHD was analysed at three sites in Fiji over a two and a half year period (2009 to 2011). A process of continuous quality improvement (CQI) was applied to determine what impact such an intervention might have on key aspects of service delivery and client health outcomes. The study produced mixed results. Overall, the quality of clinical documentation improved; however there was not a consistently positive impact on the delivery of intramuscular injections despite reported improvements in clinical delivery systems. Based on the experience of using CQI in Fiji it is not a valid tool in its current form. Modification of the CQI tool and a higher level of technical and financial support for CQI activities should be considered prior to any future research.
Transcriptional regulation of viral and innate immune genes – a comparison of IFNbeta and HCMV MIE genes
Creators: name: Huang, Jimmy Ming-Yuan
name: Kropp, Kai
name: Mazein, Alexander
name: Watterson, Steven
name: Roy, Douglas
name: Ghazal, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics

description: Pathway diagrams describing the regulation of Interferon-beta and the Major Immediate Early Promotor (MIE) of human Cytomegalovirus, obtained from a review of the published literature as part of the project work for our MSc in Genomics and Pathway Biology. The pathways are presented in SBGN notation. This document has not been peer reviewed.
Insurance discrimination and hepatitis C: Recent developments and the need for reforms
Creators: name: Mulcahy, Sean
name: Seear, Kate
name: Fraser, Suzanne
name: Farrugia, Adrian
name: Kagan, Dion
name: Lenton, Emily
name: Elphick, Liam
name: Holas, Nic
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies
classificationCode: 480412
subject: Medical and health law
classificationCode: 480707
subject: Welfare, insurance, disability and social security law

description: Current direct-acting antiviral treatments for hepatitis C have the potential not only to cure the disease but to address the discrimination associated with having the virus. However, obstacles remain to the tackling of discrimination in many areas, including in the insurance industry where many insurers still require (a history of) hepatitis C to be disclosed in insurance applications even where it has been cured. This article considers Australian insurance law and practice in the context of hepatitis C. It proceeds in three parts. In part II we analyse the case law on insurance and hepatitis C. Next, we examine in part III an Australian-first report on insurance discrimination against LGBTIQA+ populations, including people living with another blood-borne virus, HIV. Whilst there has been no equivalent major Australian study on people with (a history of) hepatitis C, this recent work on HIV, combined with the case law surrounding hepatitis C, raises the possibility that insurance practices and actuarial data regarding hepatitis C are now outdated. In part IV we consider proposed reforms to insurance discrimination in the Australian Capital Territory and potential law and policy reforms throughout Australia. We argue that assumptions about the risks associated with hepatitis C need to be reconceptualised following the advent of direct-acting antiviral treatments, in order to avoid unreasonable discrimination against people with (a history of) the virus.
Gene and Protein Idenifiers
Creators: name: Southan, Christopher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: What I hope is a useful overview has been adapted from a 2009 version. The content has not been updated so some of the screen shots and statistics have been superseded.
Bíocontrol de sogata (Tagasodes orizicolus Muir) mediante el uso de hongos entomopatógenos en arroz bajo condiciones de laboratorio
Creators: name: Vegas García, Ariadne Lucrecia
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2021

description: El uso de microorganismos para el control de plagas es indispensable cuando se trata de mejorar el rendimiento del cultivo atacado, y que al mismo tiempo, el medio ambiente y la salud de los seres vivos no sean afectados. Sin embargo es necesario ampliar el conocimiento sobre los productos biológicos y las dosis. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue determinar el efecto de hongos entomopatógenos sobre ninfas de sogata (Tagasodes orizicolus Muir) en instar 1, en condiciones de laboratorio, y conocer los insectos asociados en el campo en las etapas de iniciación, intermedia y final en el cultivo de arroz. La investigación se realizó en las instalaciones de la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, sede Milagro, en la provincia del Guayas, y se basó en un diseño de Bloques Completamente al Azar, con cinco tratamientos y cuatro repeticiones. Se utilizaron cuatro productos comerciales basados en microorganismos entomopatógenos de los géneros Beauveria, Metarhizium, Paecilomyces, y Verticillium, y el testigo (con agua destilada). Las variables evaluadas fueron: número de ninfas sanas y enfermas a las 24 y 48 h, y mortalidad de las ninfas a las 72 h. Se cuantificaron e identificaron los insectos plagas y benéficos colectados en un campo de arroz. Se determinó que el tratamiento con el producto Phytosect, basado en una mezcla de Beauveria, Metarhizium, y Verticillium en dosis de 2 kg.ha-1 fue la mejor alternativa con 93.75% de ninfas enfermas y una mortalidad de 96.25%. A nivel de campo prevaleció la sogata como insecto plaga en todas las etapas del cultivo.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2021): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2021
Diversidad de actinobacterias aisladas de suelo y su antagonismo contra la germinación de esporas de hongos fitopatógenos
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Guerra, Raúl
name: Peña-Carrillo, Kenzy Ivveth
name: Almeyda-León, Isidro Humberto
name: López-Arroyo, J. Isabel
name: Narvaéz-Rodríguez, Ángel Ismael
name: Torres-Acosta, Reyna Ivonne
name: Ochoa-Asencio, Salvador
name: Estrada-Virgen, Orlando
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2021

description: En esta investigación se determinó la diversidad morfotípica de actinobacterias aisladas de un suelo desmontado de El Mante, Tamaulipas, México, y en una prueba preliminar se evaluó la capacidad de morfotipos contra la germinación de esporas de Raffaelea sp., Colletotrichum musae, Fusarium oxysporum and F. solani en dos tiempos de evaluación. Con morfotipos sobresalientes que inhibieron la germinación de esporas de Raffaelea sp. se evaluó su efecto en el desarrollo de colonias en confrontaciones duales, y en su capacidad fungicida/fungistática, sobre esporas de Raffaelea spp.; además, se determinó la identidad esas actinobacterias a nivel de género mediante el análisis de la secuencia del gen 16S. De 92 cepas de actinobacterias aisladas, se definieron 64 morfotipos y el índice de diversidad de Shannon-Wiener fue de 1,76 para los morfotipos de actinobacterias presentes en el suelo. Se determinó que 44, 13, 1 and 1 morfotipos inhibieron la germinación de esporas de Raffaelea sp., Colletotrichum musae, Fusarium oxysporum and F. solani a las 24 h, respectivamente; y a las 96 h la cantidad fue de 14, 5, 1 y 1. En la confrontación dual con seis morfotipos de actinobacterias sobresalientes, las esporas de Raffaelea sp., R. fusca y R. subalba fueron incapaces de germinar y desarrollar colonias. La evaluación de la actividad fungistática/fungicida de las actinobacterias sobre esporas de R. fusca y R. subalba mostró que cuatro morfotipos (M-18, M-21, M-31, M-74) causaron un efecto fungicida contra la primera especies, y que el morfotipo M-46 fue el único en causar esta actividad contra R. subalba. Los morfotipos de actinobacterias se identificaron como miembros del género Streptomyces, y cada uno estuvo relacionado con diversas especies de este género. Actinobacterias del género Streptomyces aisladas de El Mante, Tamaulipas, tienen importante actividad contra la germinación de esporas de hongos fitopatógenos, en particular contra Raffaelea spp.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2021): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2021
Uso de Thidiazuron (TDZ) para la micropropagación de Phalaenopsis spp
Creators: name: ParizMoreno Rivas, Laura Lucía
name: Zamora Quimiz, Erika Vanessa
name: Medina Litardo, Reina Concepción
name: Pérez-Almeida, Iris Betzaida
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2021

description: Ecuador es reconocido por presentar una gran diversidad de orquídeas. Phalaenopsis es una epífita cultivada para el corte de flores y como ornamental. Su multiplicación vegetativa es lenta y laboriosa, mientras que las semillas botánicas expresan amplia variabilidad fenotípica, poco uniforme en sus características. La propagación in vitro se presenta como una alternativa conveniente tanto para su multiplicación como su conservación. El objetivo de esta investigación fue evaluar el uso del Thidiazuron (TDZ) en la inducción de brotes durante la micropropagación de Phalaenopsis. Se establecieron cuatro tratamientos aplicando dosis de 0; 0,25; 0,5; 1,5 mg. L-1 TDZ en medio de cultivo Murashige-Skoog esterilizado, suplementado con vitaminas de Morel; cisteína (0,3 mg. L-1); sacarosa (30 g); gentamicina 20 mg; Phyton 4 gotas y solidificado con Phytagel 2,2 g. L-1 usando un diseño completamente al azar con 7 repeticiones, para la siembra de los explantes consistentes en yemas axilares de la vara floral. Noventa días después de la siembra se evaluaron las variables número de brotes, número de hojas, longitud de hoja (mm) y diámetro de hoja (mm). Se encontró que con la dosis de TDZ de 0.25 mg. L-1 se obtuvo el mayor número de brotes, con media de 3. Esta dosis también estimuló el mayor número de hojas y longitud, produciendo una media de 5 hojas y 3.86 mm respectivamente; mientras que la dosis de 0,5 mg. L-1 presentó el mayor diámetro de hojas con un promedio de 5,76 mm. Los resultados mostraron que fue posible establecer in vitro yemas axilares del escapo floral de esta orquídea, mediante una rigurosa selección del material vegetativo inicial, desinfección, preparación de medios de cultivos adicionando TDZ y siembra aséptica. Se concluye que el TDZ estimula la proliferación de brotes axilares, favoreciendo el proceso de multiplicación vegetativa de Phalaenopsis.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2021): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2021
title: Mapping Nevada's Dental Workforce
Creators: name: Chen, Kelvin
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Access to care is a concern at the forefront of public health. Due to socioeconomic and geopolitical pressures, the distribution of healthcare providers across a population often does not coincide with the demand for healthcare in a specific geographic area. Rural areas typically do not have enough providers and urban areas typically have too many. This stark reality underscores an inherent inefficiency in the allocation of healthcare resources and is a discrepancy that must be addressed by state-sponsored institutions and programs. From a public health perspective, the problem of insufficient or lack of access to care is the greater of the two problems. Rural residents that require care face additional challenges that the urban counterpart does not readily encounter. They include the sheer lack of qualified providers that can address their specific concerns, lack of interdisciplinary care that is required for more complex medical and dental conditions, and higher costs associated with receiving this care, which may come from high transportation costs, long waiting time and long commutes. These barriers place unneeded pressures on the care seeker and can ultimately lead to aggravation of the medical or dental condition itself and poorer patient outcomes.

Geographic information system (GIS) mapping of the state’s general dentists and clinical specialists revealed an uneven per capita distribution of dental providers between the 17 counties in the state of Nevada as well as between the 55 zip codes of the Las Vegas Valley. The study found that 0.6% of Nevadan residents in the state lived beyond a 30-mile radius of a dental office and 1.7% of Nevada residents in the state lived beyond a 30-mile radius of a Medicaid-accepting dental office, with virtually all such residents living in a rural county. Moreover, the study found zip codes with a larger ratio of Medicaid-accepting dental offices in the Las Vegas Valley were associated with a greater percentage of children, minorities, and Hispanics in the population, as well as a lower median household income.
Long-Term Calorie Restriction Alters Anxiety-like Behaviour and the Brain and Adrenal Gland Transcriptomes of the Ageing Male Rat
Creators: name: Govic, Antonina
name: Nasser, Helen
name: Levay, Elizabeth
name: Zelko, Matthew
name: Ebrahimie, Esmaeil
name: Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh, Manijeh
name: Kent, Stephen
name: Penman, Jim
name: Hazi, Agnes
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3214
subject: Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences

description: Further examination of the molecular regulators of long-term calorie restriction (CR), reported to have an anxiolytic effect, may highlight novel therapeutic targets for anxiety disorders. Here, adult male Hooded Wistar rats were exposed to a 25% CR whilst anxiety-like behaviour was assessed at 6-, 12-, and 18-months of age via the elevated plus maze, open field, and acoustic startle tests. Next-generation sequencing was then used to measure transcriptome-wide gene expression in the hypothalamus, amygdala, pituitary, and adrenal glands. Results showed an anxiolytic behavioural profile across early, middle, and late adulthood by CR, with the strongest effects noted at 6-months. Transcriptomic analysis by seven attribute weighting algorithms, including Info Gain Ratio, Rule, Chi Squared, Gini Index, Uncertainty, Relief, and Info Gain, led to the development of a signature of long-term CR, independent of region. Complement C1q A chain (C1qa), an extracellular protein, expression was significantly decreased by CR in most regions examined. Furthermore, text mining highlighted the positive involvement of C1qa in anxiety, depression, neurodegeneration, stress, and ageing, collectively identifying a suitable biomarker candidate for CR. Overall, the current study identified anxiety-related phenotypic changes and a novel transcriptome signature of long-term CR, indicating potential therapeutic targets for anxiety, depression, and neurodegeneration.
Coinoculación y cultivos esterilizados por calor de actinobacterias inhiben la germinación y formación de colonias de esclerocios de Sclerotium rolfsii
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Guerra, Raúl
name: Almeyda-León, Isidro Humberto
name: Peña-Carrillo, Kenzy Ivveth
name: López-Arroyo, J. Isabel
name: Narvaéz-Rodríguez, Ángel Ismael
name: Armijo-Martínez, Luis Fernando
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2021

description: En esta investigación se evaluó el efecto de la coinoculación de las actinobacterias M-14 y M-18 y de concentraciones de colonias de éstas esterilizadas por calor, sobre la germinación y desarrollo de colonias a partir de esclerocios del hongo Sclerotium rolfsii. Para la coinoculación, cuatro alícuotas de las actinobacterias se depositaron en cajas Petri con agar nutritivo y sobre ellas se colocaron esclerocios. Al tercer y quinto día se determinó el porcentaje de esclerocios que germinaron produciendo hifas y que desarrollaron colonias, respectivamente. Cuatro concentraciones (100, 75, 50 y 25%) de colonias esterilizadas por calor fueron vaciadas a cajas Petri e inoculadas con cuatro esclerocios. A las 48 h se determinó el porcentaje de esclerocios germinados que desarrollaron colonia y éstos se subcultivaron en nuevas cajas Petri conteniendo sólo agar nutritivo; a las 72 h se determinó el porcentaje de esclerocios germinados. En la coinoculación el 100, 100 y 91.7% de esclerocios formaron hifas en el testigo, M-14 y M-18 al tercer día; y el promedio de colonias formadas fue de 100, 0 y 0 para los mismos tratamientos al quinto día. Los esclerocios inoculados en las cuatro concentraciones fueron incapaces de germinar, y al subcultivarse los esclerocios previamente expuestos a la concentración de 25 % de M-14 y M-18, sólo germinaron en un 81.25 % y 56.25 %. Debido a que la cepa M-18 causó el menor porcentaje de germinación, se secuenció el gen 16S ribosomal, y el análisis BLAST permitió determinar su relación con tres especies de Streptomyces. Los resultados demostraron que esclerocios en contacto con las actinobacterias y durante la exposición a colonias esterilizadas por calor inhiben su germinación, que la exposición por 48 h a concentraciones esterilizadas mayores al 25% tiene un efecto fungicida y que la cepa de Streptomyces M-18 está relacionada a S. maritimus, S. rochei y S. enissocaesilis.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2021): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2021
EASY WAYS TO MEMORIZE VOCABULARIES
Creators: name: S.Axmedova Shahrisabz State Pedagogical Institute 4th stage student
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: As we all know, in our now rapidly growing world, English is the most globalized language. We cannot learn a language effectively without a strong foundation in vocabulary and grammar. In this case, learning new words can be very difficult, particularly, when you see many words you don't know. However, with the right approaches, you can easily remember words and expand your language skills. This article is about how learners can memorize new vocabularies with easy and effective way without spending much time. Specifically, if youʼre a new language learner, a student or young teacher who wants to teach your students some tips, these easy-to-implement strategies will help you.

      Key words: word memorization methods, long-term memory,short-term memory, flashcards, mnemonics, conceptual understanding, combination methods.
Análisis de la diversidad genética de patrones de cítricos mediante microsatélites amplificados al azar (RAMs)
Creators: name: Almeyda León, Isidro Humberto
name: Martínez Medina, Juan
name: Alvarez Ojeda, María Genoveva
name: Pecina Quintero, Víctor
name: Rodríguez Guerra, Raúl
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2021

description: Los materiales de cítricos que se mantienen en los bancos de germoplasma, y que son usados como patrones en muchas ocasiones son de origen desconocido, razón por la cual, es necesario realizar estudios para conocer su diversidad genética y detectar introducciones promisorias para procesos de selección y mejoramiento genético. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la diversidad genética de patrones de cítricos del banco de germoplasma del Campo Experimental General Terán. En el estudio se incluyeron 10 materiales de cítricos, los cuales, se utilizan tradicionalmente como patrones y dos variedades comerciales. El análisis de la diversidad genética se realizó mediante la técnica de Microsatélites Amplificados al Azar, y para las amplificaciones se utilizaron cuatro iniciadores. Se observó un alto nivel de polimorfismo con todos los iniciadores utilizados con valores que fluctuaron del 92.31 al 96.00%, lo cual, permitió diferenciar a todos los materiales involucrados en el estudio. Sin embargo, el índice de Shannon calculado fluctúo de 0.5552 a 0.7809, lo cual, es indicativo de que existe baja diversidad genética entre los patrones evaluados. No obstante, estos resultados permiten inferir que la técnica de Microsatélites Amplificados al Azar, se constituye como una herramienta útil para trabajos de caracterización genética de cítricos.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2021): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2021
EOSC Symposium 2024 initial reflections
Creators: name: Nyberg Åkerström, Wolmar
Publisher: name: NBIS
Year: 2024

description: Personal reflections from EOSC Symposium 2024 summarised with a focus on EOSC Opportunity Area Expert Group 2 (OA2): Metadata, Ontologies and Interoperability activities and shared with the aim to support continued discussions and collaborative reporting. 

One of the biggest headlines from EOSC Symposium 2024 was definitely the launch of the EOSC EU Node with updates on the build-up phase of the broader EOSC federation. The opening and closing sessions emphasised that EOSC has the full support of the European Commission, that there is a strong momentum and body of finished work to build on, and that now is the time to focus on science-driven showcases with tangible benefits. There were a lot of interesting sessions and while you can find the recordings, slides and summaries on the website, I would like to invite those of you who can highlight something more specific to share your perspective.
ผลกระทบต่อความเชื่อมั่นของนักลงทุนของคุณค่าของรายงานความยั่งยืน การกำกับดูแลกิจการ และผลการปฏิบัติทางการเงิน : หลักฐานจากตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทย
Creators: name: วัฒนี รัมมะพ้อ
name: นิ่มนวล วิเศษสรรพ์
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2020
Subjects: รายงานความยั่งยืน
การกํากับดูแลกิจการ
ผลการปฏิบัติการทางการเงิน

description: วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP, 16, 49 (มีนาคม 63), 5
Potenciales agentes de control biológico contra Fusarium spp. en México: situación actual, retos y perspectivas
Creators: name: Reverchon, Frédérique
name: Diyarza Sandoval, Nayeli Angélica
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2021

description: Las enfermedades causadas por hongos del género Fusarium ocasionan daños ecológicos y económicos en una gran variedad de cultivos. Existe un interés creciente para la búsqueda de agentes de control biológico (ACB) de Fusarium para promover alternativas de manejo más sustentables. Nuestro objetivo fue revisar la literatura existente sobre las alternativas de control biológico contra Fusarium spp. que se han desarrollado en México y proponer algunas perspectivas de investigación. Nuestra revisión mostró que el enfoque principal de los estudios de control biológico contra Fusarium spp. ha sido el aislamiento de bacterias, en particular rizobacterias del género Bacillus. En contraste, el uso de hongos como ACB contra Fusarium es aún incipiente. Los estudios más recientes integran la caracterización de los compuestos naturales microbianos responsables de la actividad antifúngica observada. Los resultados obtenidos enfatizan la necesidad de: 1) extender la búsqueda de ACB a hábitats diferentes de la rizosfera, enfocándose a ambientes extremos; 2) investigar la producción de compuestos antifúngicos bajo diversas condiciones de cultivo, considerando las interacciones con otros microorganismos; 3) escalar las investigaciones a condiciones de campo, para confirmar la eficiencia de los ACB seleccionados y determinar los mejores métodos de aplicación de las bioformulaciones desarrolladas.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2021): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2021
EOSC Symposium 2024 initial reflections
Creators: name: Nyberg Åkerström, Wolmar
Publisher: name: NBIS
Year: 2024

description: Personal reflections from EOSC Symposium 2024 summarised with a focus on EOSC Opportunity Area Expert Group 2 (OA2): Metadata, Ontologies and Interoperability activities and shared with the aim to support continued discussions and collaborative reporting.
Variabilidad morfológica y genética del germoplasma de aguacate criollo en Nuevo León, México
Creators: name: Almeyda-León, Isidro Humberto
name: Acosta-Díaz, Efraín
name: Álvarez-Ojeda, Maria Genoveva
name: Rodríguez-Guerra, Raúl
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2020

description: El Estado de Nuevo León, México, forma parte del centro de origen de la raza mexicana de aguacate (Persea americana Mill. var. drymifolia), en donde se cultivan materiales criollos en huertos comerciales y de traspatio, predominando la utilización de uno o dos materiales, los cuales, se caracterizan por presentar un ciclo temprano de madurez fisiológica, por lo tanto, su producción se concentra en un periodo de tiempo relativamente corto. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar el estado de conservación del germoplasma de aguacate criollo en Nuevo León con base en estudios realizados sobre la caracterización morfológica, contenidos de aceite y ácidos grasos, así como la variabilidad genética existente. Lo anterior, con la finalidad de establecer de que existe variabilidad suficiente en este germoplasma de aguacate criollo para su incorporación en programas de mejoramiento genético para la generación de nuevas variedades que presenten mejores características de interés comercial.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 5 Núm. 1 (2020): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2020
Novel Formulation of Undecylenic Acid induces Tumor Cell Apoptosis
Creators: name: Day, Zoe
name: Mayfosh, Alyce
name: Giel, Marie-Claire
name: Hong, Yuning
name: Williams, Scott
name: Santavanond, Jascinta
name: Rau, Thomas F
name: Poon, Ivan
name: Hulett, Mark
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology
classificationCode: 3404
subject: Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry

description: Undecylenic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid, is currently in clinical use as a topical antifungal agent, however the potential for therapeutic application in other disease settings has not been investigated. In this study, we describe a novel platform for the solubilization of fatty acids using amino acids and utilize this approach to define a tumoricidal activity and underlying mechanism for undecylenic acid. We examined a novel formulation of undecylenic acid compounded with L-Arginine, called GS-1, that induced concentration-dependent tumor cell death, with undecylenic acid being the cytotoxic component. Further investigation revealed that GS-1-mediated cell death was caspase-dependent with a reduction in mitochondrial membrane potential, suggesting a pro-apoptotic mechanism of action. Additionally, GS-1 was found to localize intracellularly to lipid droplets. In contrast to previous studies where lipid droplets have been shown to be protective against fatty acid-induced cell death, we showed that lipid droplets could not protect against GS-1-induced cytotoxicity. We also found a role for Fatty Acid Transport Protein 2 (FATP2) in the uptake of this compound. Collectively, this study demonstrates that GS-1 has effective pro-apoptotic antitumor activity in vitro and, together with the novel platform of fatty acid solubilization, contributes to the re-emerging field of fatty acids as potential anti-cancer therapeutics.
Inducción de la germinación de conidios de los hongos entomopatógenos Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae y el micoparásito Trichoderma harzianum
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Guerra, Raúl
name: Armijo-Martínez, Luis Fernando
name: López-Arroyo, J. Isabel
Publisher: name: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad
Year: 2020

description: La eficiente germinación de conidios de hongos utilizados en el control biológico de artrópodos plaga y hongos fitopatógenos constituye una característica importante para asegurar su actividad como agente regulador de poblaciones de organismos objetivo. En esta investigación se evaluó la capacidad de conidios de los hongos entomopatógenos Beauveria bassiana (Bals-Criv.) Vuill. y Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin, y el micoparásito Trichoderma harzianum Rifai, para germinar en agua, extracto de levadura (0.5 %) y el fertilizante Aminocel 500® (0.15 %). De ocho cepas evaluadas (cuatro de B. bassiana y dos de M. anissopliae y T. harzanium), en el tratamiento testigo a base de agua se presentó el menor promedio de germinación de conidios (hasta 0 % en una cepa de T. harzianum); mientras que los montos máximos fueron encontrados en el extracto de levadura (99.7%), con registros en el fertilizante hasta de 99.0 %. De las tres especies, T. harzianum mostró los porcentajes más bajos de germinación en agua respecto a los otros hongos. Esta especie y B. bassiana mostraron valores similares tanto en extracto de levadura como en el fertilizante. En M. anisopliae la cepa 2 registró un valor bajo de germinación en agua (42.5 %) y la cepa 1 en Aminocel 500 (48.0 %). Estos resultados demostraron que el fertilizante Aminocel 500 es compatible con hongos agentes de biocontrol de artrópodos plaga y de hongos fitopatógenos, incrementando la capacidad de los conidios para germinar, lo que constituye una ventaja adicional a su función y una forma económica de potenciar la actividad de estos agentes de control biológico de plagas.
description: Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad, Vol. 5 Núm. 1 (2020): Biotecnología y Sustentabilidad 2020