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The vasa gene encodes an ATP-dependent RNA helicase of the DEAD box protein family that functions in a broad range of molecular events involving duplex RNA. In most species, the germline specific expression of vasa becomes a molecular marker widely used in the visualization and labeling of primordial ...
Background Recent advancements in next-generation sequencing technology have enabled cost-effective sequencing of whole or partial genomes, permitting the discovery and characterization of molecular polymorphisms. Double-digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq) is a powerful and ...
Microbes are now well regarded for their important role in mammalian health. The microbiology of skin – a unique interface between the host and environment - is a major research focus in human health and skin disorders, but is less explored in other mammals. Here, we report on a cross-population study ...
Destruction and pollution of coral reefs threaten these marine biodiversity hot stops which shelter more than two thirds of sea snake species. Notably, in many coral reef ecosystems of the Western Pacific Ocean, large populations of sea kraits (amphibious sea snakes) have drastically declined during ...
Interspecific differences in organismal stoichiometry (OS) have been documented in a wide range of animal taxa and are of significant interest for understanding evolutionary patterns in OS. In contrast, intraspecific variation in animal OS has generally been treated as analytical noise or random variation, ...
Arc welding systems, methods, and apparatus that provide dual-spectrum, real-time viewable, enhanced user-discrimination between arc welding characteristics during an arc welding process. Welding headgear (110) is configured to shield a user from harmful radiation and to include a digital camera or ...
In a shield member for covering a face of a wearer and a protective cap in which the shield member is provided, image distortion is made as small as possible even when he or she sees an object through its peripheral portions of the shield member. In a shield member 5 for covering a face of a wearer ...
A diving torch that floats over the water is revealed. The diving torch includes a waterproof washer (12) and a light transmitting lens (13), both locked and located on a front cover (1) thereof. A front end of a barrel (3) is enlarged outward to form a receiving space for loading a light cup (2) and ...
Right detection of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangement is pivotal to selection of patients with lung adenocarcinoma for ALK-targeted therapy. We explored the potential of combination of immunohistochemistry (IHC) screening and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as an affordable ...
The world's oceans are governed as a system of over 150 sovereign exclusive economic zones (EEZs, ∼42% of the ocean) and one large high seas (HS) commons (∼58% of ocean) with essentially open access. Many high-valued fish species such as tuna, billfish, and shark migrate around these large oceanic regions, ...
Quantitative real time RT-PCR has been described as the most sensitive method for the detection of low abundance mRNA. To date, no reference genes have been screened in the half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis). The aim of this study was to select the most stable genes for quantitative real-time ...
Background Preventive chemotherapy represents a powerful but short-term control strategy for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Since humans are often re-infected rapidly, long-term solutions require improvements in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). The purpose of this study was to quantitatively ...
Transmission is an essential process that contributes to the survival of pathogens. Ranaviruses are known to infect different classes of lower vertebrates including amphibians, fishes and reptiles. Differences in the likelihood of infection among ectothermic vertebrate hosts could explain the successful ...
Phaeobacter gallaeciensis CIP 105210T (= DSM 26640T = BS107T) is the type strain of the species Phaeobacter gallaeciensis. The genus Phaeobacter belongs to the marine Roseobacter group ( Rhodobacteraceae, Alphaproteobacteria). Phaeobacter species are effective colonizers of marine surfaces, including ...
Most commercial vaccines offered to the aquaculture industry include inactivated antigens (Ag) formulated in oil adjuvants. Safety concerns are related to the use of oil adjuvants in multivalent vaccines for fish, since adverse side effects (e.g., adhesions) can appear. Therefore, there is a request ...
Introduction: The subject well, located onshore in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, had approximately 9,000 ft of 2.00-in coiled tubing lost in the wellbore, and was requiring thru-tubing intervention to recover the parted string and subsequently abandon the well. The string was lost following a failed ...
As part of the old time reservoir strategy to develope the Cusiana field in Colombia, several mechanical plug-back tools (MPBT) were set on Electric Line to isolate the deeper production reservoirs specially for water shut-off. After setting, the anchoring system keeps the tool in place while cement ...
Floreña field, located north of the Cusiana and Cupiagua fields, has been producing since 2001. Floreña field is part of the series of thrust sheets developed as result of the Eastern Cordillera uplifting. In order to determine pressure depletion, establish connectivity between wells, reduce the risks ...
A new lightweight, small-footprint coiled tubing unit (CTU) has been developed to enable CT for a broad spectrum of well service applications. The technology could substantially reduce well intervention costs, logistical support and risk exposure and can be applied to operating environments worldwide, ...
In the Malay Basin area, 18 offshore oil and gas fields are operated by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd (PCSB). PCSB performs well intervention, integrity operations and maintenance on 41 platforms comprising of 748 strings. In these mature assets, total production figures are approximately 100,000 bbls/day ...