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Research Achievement And Prospect Development On Wheat Genome, Fu Xiangdong, Liu Qian, Li Zhensheng, Zhang Aimin, Ling Hongqing, Tong Yiping, Liu Zhiyong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

China is the largest wheat producer and consumer in the world. Wheat production is of great importance for national food security and is greatly influenced by the spatial variation of climatic variables, soils, cultivars, etc. The un-deciphered wheat genome has prevented the development of map-based cloning and molecular design breeding technology for a long time. Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Program "Innovative System of Designer Breeding by Molecular Modules", Chinese scientists made a significant contribution in deciphering the wheat genome. Moreover, some new wheat varieties have been successfully developed using the theory of "multi-module assembly breeding". …

Update And Perspect Of Soybean Molecular Module-Based Designer Breeding In China, Tian Zhixi, Liu Baohui, Yang Yanping, Li Ming, Yao Yuan, Ren Xiaobo, Xue Yongbiao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Soybean is one of the most economically important leguminous seed crops that provide the majority of plant proteins, and more than a quarter of the world's food and animal feed. At present, the soybean breeding technology in China mainly relys on conventional breeding, and the levels of both fundamental study and production lag behind those of the United States. Supported by "Innovative System of Designer Breeding by Molecular Modules", one of the strategic priority research programs of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese soybean scientists have dissected several important molecular modules controlling yield and seed quality, revealed the coupling mechanisms of …

Application And Prospect Of Molecular Module-Based Crop Design Technology In Maize Breeding, Hao Huaiqing, Liu Lili, Yao Yuan, Feng Xue, Li Zhigang, Chao Qing, Xia Ran, Liu Hongtao, Wang Baichen, Qin Feng, Xie Qi, Jing Haichun

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Maize is one of the most important food crops and plays a decisive role in the people's livelihood and national economy in China. Its sustained and stable production is of great strategic significance for ensuring food security and supply-side structural reform. Although traditional hybrid breeding technology has made a great contribution to increasing maize production, it can no longer satisfy the demand for a better life of current society. With the rapid development of modern biotechnology, molecular breeding has become an important direction and an inevitable choice for maize breeding, and the molecular module-based crop design technology, by combining multiple …

Research Advances And Prospects For Fish Genetic Breeding, Gui Jianfang, Zhou Li, Zhang Xiaojuan

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Rapid advances in molecular basis and genetic improvement of economically important traits in fish have led to flourishing development of aquatic seed industry. Based on analyzing the origin, development, and status of fish genetic breeding in China, we mainly summarize recent progresses on complete genome sequencing, identification of molecular modules controlling complex traits including sex control, disease resistance, hypoxia tolerance, and feed efficient utilization, and breeding of a new allogynogenetic gibel carp variety supported by the Strategic Priority Program "Innovative System of Designer Breeding by Molecular Modules". Moreover, we highlight the future perspectives in modern aquatic seed industry for intensive …

High-Throughput Crop Phenotyping: Accelerators For Development Of Breeding And Precision Agriculture, Guo Qinghua, Yang Weicai, Wu Fangfang, Pang Shuxin, Jin Shichao, Chen Fan, Wang Xiujie

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Phenotyping is an important linkage for studying the interaction mechanism of "genotype-phenotype-environment". The development of crop phenotyping with independent intellectual property rights is of great significance for accelerating the breeding process and assisting the monitoring in precision agriculture. Taking rice, maize, and other major food crops as the research objects, Crop 3D phenotyping system has realized multi-scale and multi-temporal crop growth dynamic monitoring, which provide an important tool support for breeding. This article first reviewed the research progress of phenotyping platforms, then introduced the main research progress of Crop 3D platform, and finally summarized the future phenotyping research direction.

Advances In Seed Chipping Technology And Its Applications In Crop Breeding, Zhai Chenguang, Liu Longfei, Yao Yuan, Jing Haichun, Lu Hong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

In recent years, crop molecular maker assisted selection has been developing rapidly in China. Automatic seed chipper is the key equipment that affects the breeding scale and speed. The related technology is developing very fast, and will improve the level of crop breeding in the future. Here we introduce the value of automatic seed chipper in crop breeding, the domestic and international development status and technical principle. We also describe the technical characteristics of China's first commercial breeding seed chip equipment in detail, and point out the development in our breeding seed chip equipment.

Efficient Management On Soil And Fertilizer To Promote Sustainable Development Of Local Agro-Ecosystems In Liaohe Plain, China, Chen Xin, Zhang Xudong, Yu Wantai, Liang Wenju, He Hongbo, Guo Shuhai, Shen Shanmin

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Liaohe Plain is an important region of the temperate agro-ecosystem in China. To develop efficient agriculture in Liaohe Plain is the key to the stability of food production in Northeast China. However, the sustainable development of agro-ecosystem in Liaohe Plain has been severely constrained by decreasing cultivated land and worsening environment caused by long-term excessive use of resources. Focusing on the development of local agriculture and the management on agricultural resources, Shenyang Agro-ecosystem Experimental Station has conducted a series of long-term experiments since 1990s to explore the change of soil fertility under different management modes of soil nutrients. The retention, …

Characterization Of Protease From Bacillus Licheniformis F11.1 As A Bio-Detergent Agent, Sitti Nur Lmiah, Nisa Rachmania Mubarik, Budiasih Wahyuntari

Makara Journal of Science

Proteases are among the most important enzymes in both food and non-food industries taking up almost 60% of the world enzyme market. This enzyme has been used for many industrial processes, especially in the detergent industry. The purpose of this study was to characterize the protease from Bacillus licheniformis F11.1 as a bio-detergentagent. An enzyme assay of protease activity was used to assess and characterize the protease enzyme from B. licheniformis F11.1. It showed that the highest pH protease activity for alkaline protease occurred at pH 8.0 with a value of 35.00U/mL. Under incubation temperature, the protease had the highest …

Cloning Of A Gene Encoding Protease From Bacillus Halodurans Cm1 Into Escherichia Coli Dh5Α And Expression Analyses Of The Gene Product, Is Helianti, Natasha Furgeva, Lina Mulyawati, Rejeki Siti Ferniah, Hermin Pancasakti Kusumaningrum

Makara Journal of Science

Bacillus halodurans strain CM1 is an Indonesia alkalothermophilic bacterium isolated from Cimanggu Hot Spring, Bandung, West Java. This bacterial strain produces high levels of thermoalkalophilic xylanase. It has also been predicted to produce other potential industrial enzymes, including protease. For production and application of protease in the future, the protease gene from B. halodurans CM1 was cloned into Escherichia coli. The protease gene was isolated from B. halodurans CM1 by the PCR approach using primers designed based on the GenBank. The PCR product was then ligated into pGEM-T Easy vector, transformed into E. coli DH5α, verified, and analyzed based on …

Development Of An Environment-Friendly And Solvent-Free Synthetic Route For The Synthesis Of 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2-(1h)-Ones/Thiones Using La(No3)3.6h2o As An Efficient Catalyst, Farzaneh Mohamadpour

Makara Journal of Science

We present a facile and environmentally friendly procedure for the synthesis of corresponding 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones/thiones derivatives. The synthesis was achieved using aone-pot three-component Biginelli reaction among β-keto esters (methyl or ethyl acetoacetate), aromatic aldehyde (benzaldehyde derivatives), and urea or thiourea in the presence of lanthanum (III) nitrate hexahydrate (La(NO3)3.6H2O), as a highly efficient catalyst under solvent-free conditions. This protocol has numerous advantages: it isan inexpensive, non-toxic, simple reaction work-upcatalyst with a high atom-economy, and shows excellent yields with short reaction times.

Last Chance To Care: An Autoethnography Of End-Of-Life Care In Indonesia, Petra B. Wessner

The Qualitative Report

In Australia, palliative care is an accepted and expected part of contemporary health care service provision. Efficacious palliative care focusses on managing pain and symptoms and making the patient as comfortable as possible (World Health Organization Definition of Palliative Care (WHO, 2010). As well, palliative care focusses on the spiritual and psycho-social dimensions of life (Martina, 2017), providing the opportunity for the patient and their family to continue to be engaged with life and self-determined decision making throughout palliation. In this account, utilizing the qualitative research method of autoethnography the Australian author describes her experience of caring for her Indonesian …

Isolation, Purification And Characterization Of A Novel Solvent Stable Lipase From Pseudomonas Reinekei, Barry Ryan, Priyanka Priyanka, Gemma K. Kinsella, Gary T. Henehan

Articles

The Pseudomonas sp. have been long recognized for their exogenous lipolytic activities yet the genus still contains a lot of unexplored strains. Due to the versatile metabolic machinery and their potential for adaptation to fluctuating environmental conditions Pseudomonas sp. are of great interest for biotechnological applications. In this study, a new extracellularly produced lipolytic enzyme from Pseudomonas sp. (P. reinekei) was purified and characterized. The production of lipase from P. reinekei (H1) was enhanced 10-fold by optimizing the nitrogen source. The 50 kDa H1 lipase was purified using negative and positive mode anion exchange chromatography. The purified lipase was active …

Penentuan Lokasi Tpa Dengan Pendekatan Spasial Di Pulau Kecil Kota Makassar, Agus Bintara Birawida, Bukroanah Amir Makkau, Indra Dwinata

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Solid waste is an environmental issue that currently still occurs in the islands, especially for small islands.
Every year waste disposed into the sea continues to experience levels caused by community activities around the
island. The aimof the research is to determine the best point in the location of the Final Waste Disposal Site (TPA).
This research uses descriptive method with spatial approach. Retrieval of data to determine locations in GPS location
and measurement in the field. The results showed that the GPS coordinate points and the objectives of the
measurement purposes, namely the slope of the slope, the distance …

Level Aktivitas Fisik Dan Kualitas Hidup Warga Lanjut Usia, Syamsumin Kurnia Dewi

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

A previous study showed active participation in physical exercise program was the major factor
related to better quality of life in Community Elderly Care Services (CECS) participants. This study,
therefore, undertaken to know the relationship between physical activity level and quality of life of
the elderly at Bambanglipuro subdistrict, Bantul. A cross-sectional study was conducted from June-
September 2017. Samples were 123 elderly subjects selected with consecutive sampling technique.
Physical activity level was measured with IPAQ-short form. Quality of life was measured with The SF-
36 Health Survey, including the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary
(MCS). Data …

School Based Intervention Sebagai Upaya Perbaikan Konsumsi Buah Dan Sayur Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Damelya Patricksia Dampang, Lilik Kustiyah, Cesilia Meti Dwiriani

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

School age children are susceptible to experiencing nutritional problems, one of which is due to environmental
factors, especially the physical environment which provides broad, affordable food, higher energy density
and lack of consumption of fruits and vegetables. The efforts to improve the habit of eating fruits and vegetables in
school children is the existence of school based intervention. This study aim to analyze the effect of school based
intervention program to increase of fruit and vegetable consumption of elementary school students. The study
took place from February to May 2017 in Nganjuk, East Java. This study used experimental design with …

Periode Waktu Inisiasi Anti-Retroviral Terapi (Art) Berhubungan Dengan Perbedaan Outcome Dan Tingkat Kadar Cd4 Pada Kasus Hiv Positif, Wayan Citra Wulan Sucipta Putri, Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri, Komang Ayu Kartika Sari

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Early ART (Anti Retroviral Therapy) treatment at higher CD4 levels is believed to provide better outcomes.
This study aims to determine the differences in outcomes and levels of CD4 levels based on the initiation period
of ART in HIV positive patients. This is a retrospective study, using secondary data to see differences in outcomes
(CD4, morbidity, morbidity, lost to follow-up) of patients based on time-span status of ART initiation. The study
population was all HIV-positive patients who were or had undergone antiretroviral therapy in Denpasar City. A
total of 312 patients were included in the study according to the criteria. …

Karakteristik Dan Distribusi Spasial Habitat Positif Larva Nyamuk Anopheles Spp. Berdasarkan Curah Hujan, Noper Tulak, Handoko Handoko, Rini Hidayati, Upik Kesumawati Hadi, Lukman Hakim

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Malaria is still a public health problem in Jayapura City. The disease is spread throughout the region with
varying number of cases. Increased transmission of malaria is affected by local conditions, including rainfall,
habitat characteristics and larval habitats distribution. The aims of study were to describe habitat characteristics
and spatial distribution a habitat of positive of an Anopheles larvae spp based on rainfall in Heram District,
Jayapura City. The method used is field observation with descriptive and statistical analysis approach. The results
showed that there were 6 breeding site Anopheles Mosquito in Heram District, namely rain puddle, puddles,
moats, ponds, …

Removal Efficiencies, Uptake Mechanisms And Competitive Effects Of Copper And Zinc In Various Stormwater Filter Media, Emily Heleva-Ponaski

Dissertations and Theses

Polluted stormwater, if not treated, can compromise water quality throughout our hydrologic cycle, adversely affecting aquatic ecosystems. Common stormwater pollutants, copper and zinc, have been identified as primary toxicants in multiple freshwater and marine environments. For small-scale generators, stormwater management can be cumbersome and implementation of common BMPs impractical thus catch basins are popular though not the most environmentally conscious and sustainable option. This study aims to characterize the potential of a mobile media filter operation for the treatment and on-site recycling of catch basin stormwater. The removal capacities of various commercially available filter media (e.g. a common perlite; Earthlite™, …

Effects Of Different Retail Packaging Materials On The Shelflife Of Dehusked Foxtail Millet, Pooran Pragnya Joshi, Ravikumar Biradar, Prakash Mathad, Vikas Jha

Journal of Applied Packaging Research

Millets are in the family of cereals grown globally with differential importance across continents and within regions of the world. Cereals are staple foods for a large proportion of the world population. The present investigation was carried out to find out the effect of different retail packaging material on the shelf-life of dehusked foxtail millet. The foxtail millet was procured at local Raichur market. Physical properties of dehusked foxtail millet viz., Particle density, Bulk density, Angle of repose, Coefficient of internal friction, Coefficient of external friction, Length, Breadth, Thickness, size and Spherecity were found to be 1.34 g/cc , 0.87 …

Reproductive Timing Of The Scarlet Shiner (Lythrurus Fasciolaris) In Northern Alabama, Bruce Stallsmith, Toacca Taylor, Chelsie Smith

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

The Scarlet Shiner (Lythrurus fasciolaris) is a cyprinid species widely distributed in parts of the Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee river drainages of the United States. The objective of this study was to determine the Scarlet Shiner’s reproductive schedule. Maturation of ovaries and oocytes was determined through the categorization of developmental stages from early maturing to ripe, along with the calculation of monthly gonadosomatic index (GSI) measurements over two reproductive seasons in 2012 and 2015. In both years reproductive competence began in April. Average monthly GSI for females peaked in May, followed by a slow decline through August. Average clutch …

Innovation In Rangeland Monitoring: Annual, 30 M, Plant Functional Type Percent Cover Maps For U.S. Rangelands, 1984-2017, Matthew O. Jones, Brady W. Allred, David E. Naugle, Jeremy D. Maestas, Patrick Donnelly, Loretta J. Metz, Jason Karl, Rob Smith, Brandon Bestelmeyer, Chad Boyd, Jay D. Kerby, James D. Mciver

Articles

Innovations in machine learning and cloud‐based computing were merged with historical remote sensing and field data to provide the first moderate resolution, annual, percent cover maps of plant functional types across rangeland ecosystems to effectively and efficiently respond to pressing challenges facing conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. We utilized the historical Landsat satellite record, gridded meteorology, abiotic land surface data, and over 30,000 field plots within a Random Forests model to predict per‐pixel percent cover of annual forbs and grasses, perennial forbs and grasses, shrubs, and bare ground over the western United States from 1984 to 2017. Results were …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93 [94], No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Ziege, Nicole & Rebekah Alvey. Is Mold in Dorms Making You Sick? – Housing & Residential Life
• Singlton, John. Delta Tau Delta Returns to Campus After Four-year Hiatus
• DeLetter, Emily. WKU Limited Use of White Squirrel Logo
• DeLetter, Emily. City Passes Grant Application to Revitalize Riverfront
• Allen, Ellie. Editorial Cartoon re: Banished Squirrel
• Banished? #SaveOurSquirrel
• Hovell, Nolan. Worst Day Ever: The Day We Lost Malcolm Miller aka Mac
• Hanks, Michelle. Bowling Green Fiestaval
• Webster, Mark. Nothing But Love – Houston Edison
• Kizer, Drake. Spikeball Gains …

The Waiting And Mating Game: Condition Dependent Mate Sampling In Female Gray Treefrogs (Hyla Versicolor), Brandon L. Bastien , '17, Gracie M. Farley , '17, Francis Ge , '17, Jacob S. Malin , '18, Casey Lu Simon-Plumb , '18, Desta M. Pulley , '17, Claire Yang , '18, Alexander T. Baugh

Biology Faculty Works

Strong sexual selection by receivers can lead to the evolution of elaborate courtship behaviors in signalers. However the process by which receivers sample signalers and execute mate choice under complex signaling conditions—and thus the realized strength of sexual section—is poorly understood. Moreover, receivers can vary in condition, which can further influence mate sampling strategies. Using wild female frogs we tested two hypotheses at the intersection of these important problems: that some of the individual variation in mate sampling is explained by (1) the reproductive urgency hypothesis, which predicts that receivers in a more urgent reproductive state will sample mates less …

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2010s

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Personal Reflections / 9.19.18, José M. Torres

Personal Reflections

During Parent Day at IMSA on September 15, 2018, several parents commented to me how muchtheyenjoythesePersonalReflections. Ismiledandsaid“It’sactuallytimeformeto write another one. Thanks for the encouragement.” In this reflection, I want to share several comments I heard at Parent Day and provide an update on an IMSA priority for this Academic Year.

IMSA Proud

One parent commented to me that her daughter, a junior at IMSA, sometimes calls upon her brother, a junior in college, to ask questions about her math assignment at IMSA. Her brother, who is also an IMSA alumnus, sometimes remarks that he is working on a similar math …

Uab Joins Ranks Of National Udall Centers Of Excellence In Parkinson's Disease, Staff

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Wheat Grain Protein Accumulation And Polymerization Mechanisms Driven By Nitrogen Fertilization, Zitong Yu, Shahidul Islam, Maoyun She, Dean Diepeveen, Yujuan Zhang, Guixiang Tang, Jingjuan Zhang, Angela Juhasz, Rongchang Yang, Wujun Ma

Grain and Other Field Crops Research Articles

In wheat (Triticum aestivum) grain yield and grain protein content are negatively correlated, making the simultaneous increase of the two traits challenging. Apart from genetic approaches, modification of nitrogen fertilization offers a feasible option to achieve this aim. In this study, a range of traits related to nitrogen-use efficiency in six Australian bread wheat varieties were investigated under different nitrogen treatments using 3-year multisite field trials. Changes in the individual storage protein composition were detected by high-performance liquid chromatography. Our results indicated that wheat grain yield and grain protein content reacted similarly to nitrogen availability, with grain yield …

The Parthenon, September 19, 2018, Sadie Helmick, Franklin Norton, Sarah Ingram, Kieran Intemann, Heather Barker

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2018 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published one day a week. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Rebecca Keogh Authors Article On Staphylococcus Aureus In Infection And Immunity, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Daily Eastern News: September 19, 2018, Eastern Illinois University

September

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