ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO BANCA DATI: 13/09/2024 13:00:57
Food losses due to crop infections from pathogens such as bacteria, viruses and fungi are persistent issues in agriculture for centuries across the globe. In order to minimize the disease induced damage in crops during growth, harvest and postharvest processing, as well as to maximize productivity and ...
Progranulin is a secreted growth factor that is active in tumorigenesis, wound repair, and inflammation. Haploinsufficiency of the human progranulin gene, GRN, causes frontotemporal dementia. Progranulins are composed of chains of cysteine-rich granulin modules. Modules may be released from progranulin ...
Many animals, including fish, can utilize both vision and the chemical senses in intra-specific communication. However, the relative influence of these sensory modalities on behavioral and physiological responses in social interactions is not well understood. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate ...
Abstract There is a need for more information on the relationship between diseases and fluctuations of wild populations of marine animals. In the case of Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1 ( Cs RV1, also known as RLV), there is a lack of baseline information on range, prevalence and outbreaks, from which ...
The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, a widely cultivated marine bivalve mollusc, is becoming a genetically and genomically enabled model for highly fecund marine metazoans with complex life-histories. A genome sequence is available for the Pacific oyster, as are first-generation, low-density, linkage ...
Here we used both microsatellites and mtCR (mitochondrial DNA control region) sequences as genetic markers to examine the genetic diversity and population structure of Penaeus monodon shrimp from six Indonesian regions. The microsatellite data showed that shrimp from the Indian and the Pacific Ocean ...
Cryptic species are widespread across the phylum Porifera making the identification of non-indigenous species difficult, an issue not easily resolved by the use of morphological characteristics. The widespread order Haplosclerida is a prime example due to limited and plastic morphological features. ...
Current understandings on the molecular mechanisms underlying bivalve metamorphosis are still fragmentary, and a comprehensive description is required. In this study, using a large-scale label-free proteomic approach, we described and compared the proteomes of competent larvae (CL) and juveniles (JU) ...
A submarine rescue suit (4) has connection means with which at least one device of the submarine rescue suit (4) to be supplied with air can be connected to a respiratory emergency system (14) of a submarine. [Image Omitted]
A radar antenna (1) is provided. The radar antenna (1) includes a radar case (10) having a front side and a rear side, a signal processor (25) provided inside the radar case (10) and configured to perform signal processing on a reception signal that is received by an EM radiator (23) configured to transceive ...
A binder for a marine antifouling coating composition comprising a polyoxalate polymer with a Mw of at least 4000 g/mol, wherein said polyoxalate polymer comprises (i) a residue of an oxalate monomer selected from oxalic acid or a diester derivative thereof, (ii) a residue of a second monomer selected ...
A marine antifouling coating composition comprising 1) a polyoxalate polymer with a Mw of at least 4000 g/mol, wherein said polyoxalate comprises (i) a residue of an oxalate monomer selected from oxalic acid or a diester derivative thereof, (ii) a residue of a second monomer selected from a cyclic diester ...
The present invention provides a ship load adjustment device for adjusting the load of the ship by burning, by means of comprising a raw material storage portion for storing raw material and a collection/storage tank, which are symmetrically mounted on the front end of the ship with an incinerator at ...
Haloterrigena jeotgali is a halophilic archaeon within the family Natrialbaceae that was isolated from shrimp jeotgal, a traditional Korean salt-fermented food. A29T is the type strain of H. jeotgali, and is a Gram-negative staining, non-motile, rod-shaped archaeon that grows in 10 %–30 % (w/v) NaCl. ...
Group living animals may eavesdrop on signalling interactions between conspecifics in order to collect adaptively relevant information obtained from others, without incurring in the costs of first-hand information acquisition. This ability (aka social eavesdropping) is expected to impact Darwinian fitness, ...
Background Mollusca is an extremely diverse animal phylum that includes the aculiferans (worm-like aplacophorans and eight-shelled polyplacophorans) and their sister group, the conchiferans, comprising monoplacophorans, bivalves (clams, mussels), gastropods (snails, slugs), scaphopods (tusk shells) ...
Heterosporosis is an increasingly important microsporidian disease worldwide, impacting wild and farmed raised fishes in both marine and freshwater environments. A previously undescribed species (Heterosporis sp.), with widespread distribution in the Great Lakes region, was the subject of this study. ...
Background Food insecurity is an ongoing problem in the Canadian Arctic. Although most studies have focused on smaller communities, little is known about food insecurity in larger centres. Objectives This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of food insecurity during 2 different seasons in Iqaluit, ...
Teleost and amphibian prey undertake fast-start escape responses during a predatory attack in an attempt to avoid being captured. Although previously viewed as a reflex reaction controlled by the autonomic nervous system, the escape responses of individuals when repeatedly startled are highly variable ...
Ocean and coastal ecosystems provide critical fisheries, coastal protection, and cultural benefits to communities worldwide, but these services are diminishing due to local and global threats. In response, place-based strategies involve communities and resource users in management have proliferated. ...