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Changes in the genetic diversity of barley of Nordic and Baltic origin, studied by isozyme electrophoresis
2003
AbstractIn this study an evaluation was made of changes in the genetic variation of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) of Nordic and Baltic origin, from the end of the 19th century until today. A comparison of Nordic and Baltic material with exotic material that has not been subjected to intense selection was also made. A total of 293 accessions, including 160 Nordic and 80 Baltic landraces, cultivars and breeding lines, and another 53 landraces of exotic origin (Central Asia), were surveyed using isozyme starch gel electrophoresis. For the four isozymes studied, 28 alleles at 11 loci were observed. The average total genetic diversity value (HT) for individual loci ranged between 0 and 0.519. In t…
Coat colours in the Massese sheep breed are associated with mutations in the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) and melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) genes
2012
Massese is an Italian dairy sheep breed characterized by animals with black skin and horns and black or apparent grey hairs. Owing to the presence of these two coat colour types, this breed can be considered an interesting model to evaluate the effects of coat colour gene polymorphisms on this phenotypic trait. Two main loci have been already shown to affect coat colour in sheep: Agouti and Extension coding for the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) and melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) genes, respectively. The Agouti locus is affected by a large duplication including the ASIP gene that may determine the Agouti white and tan allele (A(Wt)). Other disrupting or partially inactivating mutations ha…
Street Food as a Special Interest and Sustainable Form of Tourism for Southeast Asia Destinations
2019
Sustainable development is an objective that every destination is aiming at. This chapter provides evidence that street food, as a special interest for of tourism, if appropriately explored, has the potential to contribute significantly to the sustainable tourism development of Southeast Asia, and more generally to emerging destinations. Within this context, there is an opportunity to convert street food into a tourism resource that can align with the SDGs of the UNWTO. From a management point of view, this chapter highlights the fact that destination marketing organisations need to rethink the type of products and services offered to visitors and more importantly how they advertise themsel…
Late Holocene Asian summer monsoon variability reflected byδ18O in tree-rings from Tibetan junipers
2011
[1] Recent warming in High Asia might have a strong impact on Asian summer monsoon variability with consequences for the hydrological cycle. Based on correlations between climate data, the tree-ring δ18O of high-elevation junipers is an indicator of August precipitation. Thus, our 800-year long annually resolved oxygen isotope series reflects long-term variations in summer monsoon activity on the southern Tibetan plateau. Summer precipitation was reduced during 13th–15th centuries and since the 19th century, whereas the Little Ice Age period (15th–19th century) was rather moist. The late 20th century was among the driest periods during the past 800 years, showing a tendency to slightly wett…
National, regional, and global trends in serum total cholesterol since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological st…
2011
Summary Background Data for trends in serum cholesterol are needed to understand the effects of its dietary, lifestyle, and pharmacological determinants; set intervention priorities; and evaluate national programmes. Previous analyses of trends in serum cholesterol were limited to a few countries, with no consistent and comparable global analysis. We estimated worldwide trends in population mean serum total cholesterol. Methods We estimated trends and their uncertainties in mean serum total cholesterol for adults 25 years and older in 199 countries and territories. We obtained data from published and unpublished health examination surveys and epidemiological studies (321 country-years and 3…
Estimulación ovárica y sus variantes y su efecto sobre la calidad embrionaria; análisis morfocinético mediante cinematografía
2012
El trabajo está basado en la influencia de los protocolos de estimulación ovárica sobre la cinética de división embrionaria. La herramienta que se ha utilizado para evaluar la cinética de división embrionaria ha sido el Embryoscope®, que es un incubador que consta de un sistema interno que permite la toma de imágenes de alta resolución en intervalos de tiempos predeterminados (en este caso cada veinte minutos). Este recurso técnico permite poder conocer con exactitud los distintos hitos en el desarrollo de los embriones, tales como los tiempos de división celular, cosa que con las observaciones con microscopía convencional no resulta posible y se pierde una fuente de datos que pueden ser fu…
Taenia asiatica: left out by globalisation?
2014
A recent review article discusses how globalisation, related to the movement of people, animals, and food, affects the epidemiology of foodborne parasites [1].
Svarīgāko klīnisko faktoru ietekme uz pacientu ārstēšanas rezultātu pie spontānām intracerebrālām hematomām
2018
Spontānas intracerebrālas hematomas sastāda 15% no visiem insultiem pieaugušo vecumā, bet šīs pataloģijas letalitāte pirmā mēneša laikā atbilst 40%. Pēdējās vadlīnijas (2015. gada) saglabājas daudz neskaidru jautājumu par optimālo terapiju, izvēles taktiku intracerebrālas hematomas ārstēšanā. Pētījuma mērķis: uzlabot pacientu stāvokļa novērtēšanu un attiecīgās ārstēšanas pielāgošanu pacientiem. Pētījuma rezultāti: Funkcionālais iznākums korelē ar GKS(r=0,5), spontānas intracerebrālas hematomas tilpumu (r=0,4) un smadzeņu viduslīnijas dislokācija (r=0,3). Spontānas intracerebrālas hematomas tilpums (p<0,0001), smadzeņu viduslīnijas dislokācija (p<0,0001), intraventrikulārās hemorāģijas esamī…
Digital Storytelling Project as a Way to Engage Students in Twenty-First Century Skills Learning
2020
[EN] This paper is focused on the implications of a collaborative digital storytelling project on student engagement in the higher education context. The empirical study is conducted with an interdisciplinary group of bachelor students in a Nordic University (N = 22) and a university in Southern Europe (N = 21), and the data are collected through an online student survey. The results demonstrate that the digital storytelling project supported students’ behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement. In general, the students had positive emotional experiences with the project. This assignment format was found less stressful than a frontal presentation in the classroom, allowing the students…
Calidad de la atención al paciente oncológico: Tiempos asistenciales recomendables entre sospecha clínica y definición del plan terapéutico en cáncer…
2012
Fundamento. Determinar tiempos recomendables para el tratamiento desde la sospecha clínica fundada en los procesos asistenciales de cáncer de mama y colorrectal considerando factibilidad y situación personal del paciente. Método. Estudio cualitativo de búsqueda de consenso entre profesionales. Primero, se revisaron mediante 4 sesiones grupales (N=19), los procesos asistenciales de cáncer de mama y cáncer colorrectal y se fijaron los tiempos deseables de ambos procesos. Segundo, mediante una modificación de la técnica Delphi (N=49), se validó la propuesta de tiempos de atención recomendables para cada proceso asistencial. Resultados. La tasa de respuesta en el estudio Delphi fue del 69% en e…