Jennifer Luedtke, Janice Chanson, Kelsey Neam, Louise Hobin et al.
Abstract Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action 1,2 . Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment 3,4 . Here we report the findings of the second Glob...
Monika Karmin, Lauri Saag, Mário Vicente, Melissa A. Wilson Sayres et al.
It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50-100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a study of 456 geographically diverse high-coverage Y chromosome sequences, including 299 newly reported samples. Applying ...
Luca Pagani, Daniel J. Lawson, Evelyn Jagoda, Alexander Mörseburg et al.
High-coverage whole-genome sequence studies have so far focused on a limited number of geographically restricted populations, or been targeted at specific diseases, such as cancer. Nevertheless, the availability of high-resolution genomic data has led to the development of new methodologies for infe...
Elizabeth K. Ruzzo, José‐Mario Capo‐Chichi, Bruria Ben‐Zeev, David Chitayat et al.
We analyzed four families that presented with a similar condition characterized by congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, progressive cerebral atrophy, and intractable seizures. We show that recessive mutations in the ASNS gene are responsible for this syndrome. Two of the identified miss...
Gerard Saucier, Judith Kenner, Kathryn Iurino, Philippe Bou Malham et al.
We know that there are cross-cultural differences in psychological variables, such as individualism/collectivism. But it has not been clear which of these variables show relatively the greatest differences. The Survey of World Views project operated from the premise that such issues are best address...
Andrew Mertens, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, John M. Colford, Jeremy Coyle et al.
. Interventions such as nutritional supplementation during pregnancy and the postnatal period could help prevent growth faltering, but programmatic action has been insufficient to eliminate the high burden of stunting and wasting in low- and middle-income countries. Identification of age windows and...
Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Andrew Mertens, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard et al.
. Stunting, a form of linear growth faltering, increases the risk of illness, impaired cognitive development and mortality. Global stunting estimates rely on cross-sectional surveys, which cannot provide direct information about the timing of onset or persistence of growth faltering-a key considerat...
Andrew Mertens, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard et al.
. Prevailing methods to measure wasting rely on cross-sectional surveys that cannot measure onset, recovery and persistence-key features that inform preventive interventions and estimates of disease burden. Here we analyse 21 longitudinal cohorts and show that wasting is a highly dynamic process of ...
T. Nagaoka, M. A. U. Doullah, Satoru Matsumoto, Shinji Kawasaki et al.
To perform comparative studies of CR (clubroot resistance) loci in Brassica oleracea and Brassica rapa and to develop marker-assisted selection in B. oleracea, we constructed a B. oleracea map, including specific markers linked to CR genes of B. rapa. We also analyzed CR-QTLs using the mean phenotyp...
Annika Björkdahl
Abstract Exploring the myth or reality of the powerless small state, this article offers a re-examination of Nordic internationalism by introducing the concepts of Nordic normative power and norm entrepreneurship. A discussion of Swedish norm advocacy within the UN provides an illustration of norm e...
Ole Mark, Casper M. Jørgensen, Michael Hammond, Dr.Abdul Basit Khan et al.
Abstract The phenomenon of urban flooding due to rainfall exceeding the design capacity of drainage systems is a global problem and can have significant economic and social consequences. This is even more extreme in developing countries, where poor sanitation still causes a high infectious disease b...
Md. Amirul Alam, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Mohd Y. Rafii, Azizah Abdul Hamid et al.
Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea), also known as pigweed, fatweed, pusle, and little hogweed, is an annual succulent herb in the family Portulacaceae that is found in most corners of the globe. From the ancient ages purslane has been treated as a major weed of vegetables as well as other crops. H...
Md. Sadique Rahman, George W. Norton, M. Harun-Ar Rashid
Impacts of integrated pest management (IPM) were assessed for six vegetables: eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var capitata), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), and country bean (Lablab purpureus L.) i...
Rajeev K. Singla, Ronita De, Thomas Efferth, Bruno Mezzetti et al.
BACKGROUND: The development of digital technologies and the evolution of open innovation approaches have enabled the creation of diverse virtual organizations and enterprises coordinating their activities primarily online. The open innovation platform titled "International Natural Product Sciences T...
Ashim Gupta, Mukand S. Babel, Xavier Albert, Ole Mark
Abstract This paper presents the general concepts and elements of integrated water resources management and the status of their adoption in Bangladesh at the national level. It describes the situation of the country with respect to the duality in the seasonal pattern of rainfall, the geographic posi...
Shaikh M. Rahman, Takehito Kinoshita, Toyoaki Anai, Yutaka Takagi
Two soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] germplasm lines have been identified for unique fatty acid content. The contents of oleic and linolenic acids in HOLL are controlled by ol and fan loci, respectively, and the very low content of linolenic acid in LOLL is controlled by fan and fanx a loci combine...
Lei Qiao, Hefeng Wang, Lei Xiang, Jing Ma et al.
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) serves as a critical upstream regulator of lipophagy and lipid metabolism in hepatocyte. However, the role of CMA in lipid metabolism of macrophage, the typical component of atherosclerotic plaque, remains unclear. In our study, LAMP-2A (L2A, a CMA marker) was redu...
Nazmoon Naher Tonu, Md. Asad-ud Doullah, Motoki Shimizu, Md. Masud Karim et al.
Black rot, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is possibly the most important disease of Brassica worldwide. To compare chromosomal positions of Xcc resistance loci in Brassica oleracea between the present and published studies and to develop marker assisted selection (MAS) to resi...
Nurul Mohammad Zayed, Isse Sudi Mohamed, K. M. Anwarul Islam, Iryna Perevozova et al.
The ambition of this study was to identify the factors that influence the financial situations of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Somalia. The research objectives of this study were to determine how capital building affected the financial situations of SMEs in Somalia, how human resource capa...
Silvia E. Arranz, Jean‐Christophe Avarre, Chellam Balasundaram, Carmen Bouza et al.
Abstract This article documents the addition of 268 microsatellite marker loci to the M olecular E cology R esources D atabase. Loci were developed for the following species: A lburnoides bipunctatus, C hamaerops humilis, C hlidonias hybrida, C yperus papyrus, F usarium graminearum, L oxigilla barba...