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Development of a genome-wide multiple duplex-SSR protocol and its applications for the identification of selfed progeny in switchgrass
(BioMed Central, 2012-10-03)
Background: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a herbaceous crop for the cellulosic biofuel feedstock development in the USA and Europe. As switchgrass is a naturally outcrossing species, accurate identification of selfed ...
Learning in plants: Lessons from Mimosa pudica
(Frontiers Media, 2016-03-31)
This article provides an overview of the early Mimosa pudica literature; much of which is in journals not easily accessible to the reader. In contrast to the contemporary plant learning literature which is conducted primarily ...
Trajectories of substance use: Onset and adverse outcomes among North American Indigenous adolescents
(Wiley, 2016-12)
North American Indigenous communities experience disproportionately high rates of substance use, abuse, and dependence and their accompanying consequences. This study uses group-based trajectory modeling of past-year ...
Translation and translatio: 'Nuestro Latin' in Alfonso El Sabio's General Estoria
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)
One of the more puzzling aspects of lexical gloss in the General estoria of Alfonso X is the use of the phrase nuestro latin, which is unique to the General estoria within the Alfonsine corpus. Since Antonio Solalinde's ...
Exposure and risk factors to Coxiella burnetii, spotted fever group and typhus group rickettsiae, and Bartonella henselae among volunteer blood donors in Namibia
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-26)
Background: The role of pathogen-mediated febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa is receiving more attention, especially in Southern Africa where four countries (including Namibia) are actively working to eliminate malaria. ...
Environmental determinants of and impact on childhood asthma by the bacterial community in household dust
(American Society for Microbiology, 2010-04)
Asthma increased dramatically in the last decades of the 20th century and is representative of chronic diseases that have been linked to altered microbial exposure and immune responses. Here we evaluate the effects of ...
The best keying protocol for sensor networks
(Elsevier, 2013-08)
Many sensor networks, especially mobile networks or those networks that are deployed to monitor crisis situations, are deployed in an arbitrary and unplanned fashion. Thus, any sensor in such a network may end up being ...
Beginning design process: Subject to object
(2014-05-01)
Beyond the act of building, the architect is responsible for assembling a collection of inanimate objects - bricks, window units, etc - and with those basic tools create form and space that are expressible to the human ...
ER quality control and ER associated degradation machineries are vital for viral pathogenesis
(Frontiers Media, 2014-03-11)
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is central to protein production and membrane lipid synthesis. The unfolded protein response (UPR) supports cellular metabolism by ensuring protein quality control in the ER. Most positive ...
Differential expression of genes in salivary glands of male Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in response to infection with Anaplasma marginale
(BioMed Central, 2010-03-18)
Background: Bovine anaplasmosis, caused by the rickettsial tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae), is vectored by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)microplus in many tropical and subtropical regions ...