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B‐DNA structure and stability: the role of nucleotide composition and order
2022
Abstract We have quantum chemically analyzed the influence of nucleotide composition and sequence (that is, order) on the stability of double‐stranded B‐DNA triplets in aqueous solution. To this end, we have investigated the structure and bonding of all 32 possible DNA duplexes with Watson–Crick base pairing, using dispersion‐corrected DFT at the BLYP‐D3(BJ)/TZ2P level and COSMO for simulating aqueous solvation. We find enhanced stabilities for duplexes possessing a higher GC base pair content. Our activation strain analyses unexpectedly identify the loss of stacking interactions within individual strands as a destabilizing factor in the duplex formation, in addition to the better‐known eff…
Ravinnetason ja ojituksen vaikutus suokasvillisuuden monimuotoisuuteen ja lajikoostumukseen
2013
Lajistollisessa monimuotoisuudessa on havaittavissa ajallista ja paikallista vaihtelua, joka on jo vuosisatojen ajan innoittanut ekologeja selvittämään lajirikkauden määrittäviä tekijöitä. Muun muassa pinta-alan, elinympäristön heterogeenisyyden, energian ja resurssien saatavuuden sekä erilaisten häiriöiden on havaittu vaikuttavan lajistolliseen monimuotoisuuteen. Osa monimuotoisuuteen vaikuttavista prosesseista on yhä huonosti tunnettuja, ja yksittäisen tekijän vaikutusta voi olla vaikea tulkita, sillä eri tekijät ovat keskenään vuorovaikutuksessa. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää suokasvillisuusyhteisöjen avulla, vaikuttavatko resurssit tai häiriö (1) yhteisön lajimäärään (alfa…
How important are terrestrial organic carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems?
2017
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Context-dependent foraging habitat selection in a farmland raptor along an agricultural intensification gradient
2021
Abstract Gradients of agricultural intensification in agroecosystems may determine uneven resource availability for predators relying on these man-made habitats. In turn, these variations in resource availability may affect predators’ habitat selection patterns, resulting in context-dependent habitat selection. We assessed the effects of gradients of landscape composition and configuration on habitat selection of a colonial farmland bird of prey, the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), relying on 76 GPS-tracked nestling-rearing individuals from 10 populations scattered along an agricultural intensification gradient. Analyses were conducted considering two ecological levels of aggregation (the …
La enseñanza de la escritura académica: Una intervención a través del currículum
2014
En el presente artículo, se presenta una propuesta de intervención donde se ponen de manifiesto las acciones llevadas a cabo en el Grado de Logopedia de la UCLM para formar tanto a profesorado como a estudiantes en el desarrollo de la competencia en comunicación escrita. En primer lugar, se ofreció al profesorado formación teórica y metodológica que aportase herramientas para trabajar con los estudiantes las competencias de escritura en los ámbitos académicos. En este sentido, lo más importante fue la metodología de intervención propuesta al profesorado para abordar la enseñanza de la escritura académica y el inicio de un trabajo docente colaborativo con posibilidades de extenderse a lo lar…
The use of shallow dripwater as an isotopic marker of seepage in karst areas: A comparison between Western Sicily (Italy) and the Harz Mountains (Ger…
2013
Abstract The isotopic signature of slow-flowing dripwater collected in caves located in Western Sicily (Italy) was determined for evaluating its possible use as an isotopic tracer of the local groundwater recharge. These spot measures were compared with a longer series of local rain and spring compositions and with other samples taken, under different hydrogeological conditions, in caves of the Harz Mountains (Northern Germany). The slow flowing dripwater from Sicily showed δ 18 O/δD ratios similar to those of local rain and groundwater, demonstrating that these three are all parent waters. A parallel similarity was found in the vertical isotopic gradient (Δδ 18 O) of the three groups of wa…
Generation of homozygosity and genome fixation in pea (Pisum sativum L.)
2013
Pea cultivars are nearly homozygous and thus homogeneous when they are released. The traditional method of selfing is slow and inefficient, taking up to ten generations of inbreeding following a cross to achieve a high level of homozygosity. Current single-seed-descent (SSD) methodologies enable a maximum of three generations per year to be developed in pea. Doubled haploidy and an in vitro based modified SSD technology have been utilised in many important crops for the rapid achievement of homozygosity, and thus acceleration of the breeding process. In pea, due to the lack of robust protocols, none of these technologies is routinely used in a breeding program. The aim of this study was to …
Sarcopenia and appendicular muscle mass as predictors of impaired fasting glucose/type 2 diabetes in elderly women
2021
Elderly women exhibit a high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but no definitive data exist about the possible role of postmenopausal increases in visceral adiposity, the loss of lean body mass, or decreases in the sum of the lean mass of arms and legs (appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASMM)). This retrospective, longitudinal study investigated whether body composition (bioelectrical impedance analysis) predicted the development of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or T2D in a cohort of 159 elderly women (age: 71 ± 5 years, follow-up: 94 months) from southern Italy (Clinical Nutrition and Geriatric Units of the “Mater Domini” University Hospital in Catanzaro, Calabria region, and the “P. Giacco…
Musica sbagliata
2020
Our paper examines the errors made by composers and book-makers in 16th- and 17th-century Italy. Errors made by composers were denounced by other composers, through the diffusion of written censures, or during public challenges in the presence of judges and witnesses. Errors made during the printing process can be found both in the paratext (forgotten or inverted letters and numbers in the title page) and in the text itself (omission of alterations or mistaken notes and words). Our paper ends with a discussion of errors and misunderstandings made by performers and listeners, including both those contemporary to the music, and others committed in modern performances of early music.
Spektrofotometryczna metoda oznaczania składu kopolimerów etylen/1-heksen
2000
Zmodyfikowano znaną z literatury spektrofotometryczną (FT-IR) metodę oznaczania składu kopolimerów etylenu z α-olefinami i wykorzystano ją do oznaczania składu kopolimerów etylenu z 1-heksenem o bardzo dużym ciężarze cząsteczkowym (~ 106) (tabela 1). Wyprowadzono zależność umożliwiającą obliczenie zawartości 1-heksenu w kopolimerach etylen/1-heksen na podstawie stosunku wartości absorbancji pasm ACH31379 / ACH21369 [równanie (8)] oznaczonych po separacji odpowiednich pasm analitycznych (rys. 7 i 8). Ustalono też, że absorbancji pasm z zakresu 722 cm-1 nie powinno się wykorzystywać w proponowanej metodzie ilościowej (tabela 1).