The main purpose of this research is
1. To analyze the terrain/climate of Cape Verde, with emphasis on cloud
cover, and its effect upon satellite image acquisition.
2. To use a methodology that allows the use of AutoCAD to map these clouds effect in image acquisition to permit viewing whatever...
It has been recently reported that the major canned fish found in international trade –tuna- was first canned in 1903 in southern California. This US-centric view regrettably omits the important foreign trade of canned fish products borne as far back as the late 1820s in Europe, birth place of this...
The extent to which demand and supply shocks are transmitted in the value chain is an important topic. As many value chains cross international borders exchange rate pass through is an important element in this context. In this paper a multivariate system that allow us to test different hypothesis with...
Seasonality and drought in Amazon rainforests have been controversially discussed in the literature, partially due to a limited ability of current remote sensing techniques to detect its impacts on tropical vegetation. We use a multi-angle remote sensing approach to determine changes in vegetation structure from differences in directional scattering (anisotropy)...
Gene synthesis attempts to assemble user-defined DNA sequences with base-level precision. Verifying the sequences of construction intermediates and the final product of a gene synthesis project is a critical part of the workflow, yet one that has received the least attention. Sequence validation is equally important for other kinds of...
Dramatic increases in research in the area of microbial biofuel production coupled with
high-throughput data generation on bioenergy-related microbes has led to a deluge of
information in the scientific literature and in databases. Consolidating this information and
making it easily accessible requires a unified vocabulary. The Gene Ontology (GO) fulfills...
Methane (CH₄) is a valuable fuel, constituting 70–95% of natural gas, and a potent
greenhouse gas. Release of CH₄ into the atmosphere contributes to climate change.
Biological CH₄ production or methanogenesis is mostly performed by methanogens, a
group of strictly anaerobic archaea. The direct substrates for methanogenesis are H₂
plus...
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, Jane Lomax2, João C. Setubal3,4, Brett M. Tyler4,5 and
Biswarup Mukhopadhyay1,4,6*
1 Department of
The study of the effects of diethyldithiocarbamate (DEDTC) in some diseases is in focus for many years. However, DEDTC is a metal chelator that can present neurotoxicity as side effects. Here we investigate the effect of DEDTC on brain Zinc (Zn) content and behavior. To address this issue we used...
Thiamin is an essential nutrient in the human diet. Severe thiamin deficiency leads to beriberi, a lethal disease which is common in developing countries. Thiamin biofortification of staple food crops is a possible strategy to alleviate thiamin deficiency-related diseases. In plants, thiamin plays a role in the response to abiotic...
Pesticides benefit agriculture by increasing crop yield, quality, and security. However, pesticides may inadvertently harm bees, which are valuable as pollinators. Thus, candidate pesticides in development pipelines must be assessed for toxicity to bees.
Leveraging a data set of 382 molecules with toxicity labels from honey bee exposure experiments, we...