ОТНОШЕНИЕ К МИГРАЦИИ СИРИЙСКИХ СТУДЕНТОВ-СПОРТСМЕНОВ

The problem of sports migration is considered as a new direction of interdisciplinary research. The purpose of the study was to study the attitudes of Syrian student athletes towards migration in the field of sports. The study was conducted among undergraduate students of 1-4 years in the faculty of "Physical culture" Tishrin University, Lattakia, Syria. A total of 34 students took part in the study. involved in different sports. The author's questionnaire was used as a method. The results of the study revealed that Syrian student athletes are quite informed about the migration of athletes, since everyone knows migrant athletes. Data have been obtained regarding which motives for migration in sports they consider the most significant, the opinion of students about the difficulties of migration and the strategies necessary to overcome them. The data may be relevant for specialists dealing with the problem of migration in sports.Проблема спортивной миграции рассматривается как новое направление междисцилинарных исследований. Цель исследования заключалась в изучении отношения сирийских студентов-спортсменов к миграции в сфере спорта. Исследование проводилось среди студентов бакалавриата 1-4 курса по направлению «Физическая культура» Университета Тишрин, Латтакия, Сирия. Всего в исследовании приняло участие 34 студента, которые занимаются разными видами спорта. В качестве метода использовалась авторская анкета. Результаты, проведенного исследования выявили, что сирийские студенты спортсмены достаточно информированы о миграции спортсменов, поскольку все имеют знакомых спортсменов-мигрантов. Получены данные относительно того, какие мотивы миграции в спорте они считают наиболее значимыми, выявлено мнение студентов о трудностях миграции и стратегиях необходимых для их преодоления. Данные могут быть актуальны для специалистов занимающихся проблемой миграции в спорте

ВЛИЯНИЕ ВЗАИМООТНОШЕНИЙ МЕЖДУ ТРЕНЕРОМ И СПОРТСМЕНОМ НА УРОВЕНЬ МОТИВАЦИИ ДОСТИЖЕНИЯ СПОРТСМЕНА

The purpose of the study was to study the influence of the relationship between a coach and an athlete on the level of motivation of an athlete's achievement. The sample consisted of 64 athletes (girls and boys) aged 13 to 18 years, engaged in the Syrian Sports Federation in Latakia in such sports as athletics, football, table tennis, tennis, boxing and gymnastics. A descriptive approach was used as a methodology due to its relevance to the nature of the study, an author's questionnaire was used to assess the relationship in the coach-athlete system, and a methodology was used to assess the motivation for achievement (Abdel Karim and Barakat, 2007). The data were analyzed using statistical methods: arithmetic averages, standard deviations, Pearson correlation coefficient. The results of the study revealed that there are reliable links between the relationship in the "coach-athlete" system with the level of motivation of an athlete's achievement.Цель исследования заключалась в изучении влияния взаимоотношений между тренером и спортсменом на уровень мотивации достижения спортсмена. Выборка состояла из 64 спортсменов (девушек и юношей) в возрасте от 13 до 18 лет, занимающихся в Сирийской спортивной федерации в Латакии по таким видам спорта как легкая атлетика, футбол, настольный теннис, теннисом, бокс и гимнастика. В качестве методологии использовался описательный подход из-за его релевантности характеру исследования, для оценки отношений в системе «тренер–спортсмен» использовалась авторская анкета, для оценки мотивации достижения методика (Abdel Karim и Barakat, 2007). Данные анализировались с помощью статистических методов: средние арифметические, стандартные отклонения, коэффициент корреляции Пирсона. Результаты исследования выявили, что существуют достоверные связи между взаимоотношениями в системе «тренер–спортсмен» с уровнем мотивации достижения спортсмена

An efficient annotation and gene-expression derivation tool for Illumina Solexa datasets

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The data produced by an Illumina flow cell with all eight lanes occupied, produces well over a terabyte worth of images with gigabytes of reads following sequence alignment. The ability to translate such reads into meaningful annotation is therefore of great concern and importance. Very easily, one can get flooded with such a great volume of textual, unannotated data irrespective of read quality or size. CASAVA, a optional analysis tool for Illumina sequencing experiments, enables the ability to understand INDEL detection, SNP information, and allele calling. To not only extract from such analysis, a measure of gene expression in the form of tag-counts, but furthermore to annotate such reads is therefore of significant value.</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>We developed TASE (Tag counting and Analysis of Solexa Experiments), a rapid tag-counting and annotation software tool specifically designed for Illumina CASAVA sequencing datasets. Developed in Java and deployed using jTDS JDBC driver and a SQL Server backend, TASE provides an extremely fast means of calculating gene expression through tag-counts while annotating sequenced reads with the gene's presumed function, from any given CASAVA-build. Such a build is generated for both DNA and RNA sequencing. Analysis is broken into two distinct components: DNA sequence or read concatenation, followed by tag-counting and annotation. The end result produces output containing the homology-based functional annotation and respective gene expression measure signifying how many times sequenced reads were found within the genomic ranges of functional annotations.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>TASE is a powerful tool to facilitate the process of annotating a given Illumina Solexa sequencing dataset. Our results indicate that both homology-based annotation and tag-count analysis are achieved in very efficient times, providing researchers to delve deep in a given CASAVA-build and maximize information extraction from a sequencing dataset. TASE is specially designed to translate sequence data in a CASAVA-build into functional annotations while producing corresponding gene expression measurements. Achieving such analysis is executed in an ultrafast and highly efficient manner, whether the analysis be a single-read or paired-end sequencing experiment. TASE is a user-friendly and freely available application, allowing rapid analysis and annotation of any given Illumina Solexa sequencing dataset with ease.</p

Attitude to migration of Syrian student-athletes

Рукопись поступила в редакцию: 19.02.2023. Принята к публикации: 18.03.2023.Received: 19.02.2023. Accepted: 18.03.2023.Проблема спортивной миграции рассматривается как новое направление междисцилинарных исследований. Цель исследования заключалась в изучении отношения сирийских студентов-спортсменов к миграции в сфере спорта. Исследование проводилось среди студентов бакалавриата 1-4 курса по направлению «Физическая культура» Университета Тишрин, Латтакия, Сирия. Всего в исследовании приняло участие 34 студента, которые занимаются разными видами спорта. В качестве метода использовалась авторская анкета. Результаты, проведенного исследования выявили, что сирийские студенты спортсмены достаточно информированы о миграции спортсменов, поскольку все имеют знакомых спортсменов-мигрантов. Получены данные относительно того, какие мотивы миграции в спорте они считают наиболее значимыми, выявлено мнение студентов о трудностях миграции и стратегиях необходимых для их преодоления. Данные могут быть актуальны для специалистов занимающихся проблемой миграции в спорте.The problem of sports migration is considered as a new direction of interdisciplinary research. The purpose of the study was to study the attitudes of Syrian student athletes towards migration in the field of sports. The study was conducted among undergraduate students of 1-4 years in the faculty of “Physical culture” Tishrin University, Lattakia, Syria. A total of 34 students took part in the study. involved in different sports. The author’s questionnaire was used as a method. The results of the study revealed that Syrian student athletes are quite informed about the migration of athletes, since everyone knows migrant athletes. Data have been obtained regarding which motives for migration in sports they consider the most significant, the opinion of students about the difficulties of migration and the strategies necessary to overcome them. The data may be relevant for specialists dealing with the problem of migration in sports

MAPT and PAICE: Tools for time series and single time point transcriptionist visualization and knowledge discovery

With the advent of next-generation sequencing, -omics fields such as transcriptomics have experienced increases in data throughput on the order of magnitudes. In terms of analyzing and visually representing these huge datasets, an intuitive and computationally tractable approach is to map quantified transcript expression onto biochemical pathways while employing datamining and visualization principles to accelerate knowledge discovery. We present two cross-platform tools: MAPT (Mapping and Analysis of Pathways through Time) and PAICE (Pathway Analysis and Integrated Coloring of Experiments), an easy to use analysis suite to facilitate time series and single time point transcriptomics analysis. In unison, MAPT and PAICE serve as a visual workbench for transcriptomics knowledge discovery, data-mining and functional annotation. Both PAICE and MAPT are two distinct but yet inextricably linked tools. The former is specifically designed to map EC accessions onto KEGG pathways while handling multiple gene copies, detection-call analysis, as well as UN/annotated EC accessions lacking quantifiable expression. The latter tool integrates PAICE datasets to drive visualization, annotation, and data-mining

Population-specific gene expression in the plant pathogenic nematode Heterodera glycines exists prior to infection and during the onset of a resistant or susceptible reaction in the roots of the Glycine max genotype Peking

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A single <it>Glycine max </it>(soybean) genotype (Peking) reacts differently to two different populations of <it>Heterodera glycines </it>(soybean cyst nematode) within the first twelve hours of infection during resistant (R) and susceptible (S) reactions. This suggested that <it>H. glycines </it>has population-specific gene expression signatures. A microarray analysis of 7539 probe sets representing 7431 transcripts on the Affymetrix^®soybean GeneChip^®were used to identify population-specific gene expression signatures in pre-infective second stage larva (pi-L2) prior to their infection of Peking. Other analyses focused on the infective L2 at 12hours post infection (i-L2_12h), and the infective sedentary stages at 3days post infection (i-L2_3d) and 8days post infection (i-L2/L3_8d).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Differential expression and false discovery rate (FDR) analyses comparing populations of pi-L2 (i.e., incompatible population, NL1-RHg to compatible population, TN8) identified 71 genes that were induced in NL1-RHg as compared to TN8. These genes included putative gland protein G23G12, putative esophageal gland protein Hgg-20 and arginine kinase. The comparative analysis of pi-L2 identified 44 genes that were suppressed in NL1-RHg as compared to TN8. These genes included a different Hgg-20 gene, an EXPB1 protein and a cuticular collagen. By 12 h, there were 7 induced genes and 0 suppressed genes in NL1-RHg. By 3d, there were 9 induced and 10 suppressed genes in NL1-RHg. Substantial changes in gene expression became evident subsequently. At 8d there were 13 induced genes in NL1-RHg. This included putative gland protein G20E03, ubiquitin extension protein, putative gland protein G30C02 and β-1,4 endoglucanase. However, 1668 genes were found to be suppressed in NL1-RHg. These genes included steroid alpha reductase, serine proteinase and a collagen protein.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>These analyses identify a genetic expression signature for these two populations both prior to and subsequently as they undergo an R or S reaction. The identification of genes like steroid alpha reductase and serine proteinase that are involved in feeding and nutritional uptake as being highly suppressed during the R response at 8d may indicate genes that the plant is targeting. The analyses also identified numerous putative parasitism genes that are differentially expressed. The 1668 genes that are suppressed in NL1-RHg, and hence induced in TN8 may represent genes that are important during the parasitic stages of <it>H. glycines </it>development. The potential for different arrays of putative parasitism genes to be expressed in different nematode populations may indicate how <it>H. glycines </it>evolve mechanisms to overcome resistance.</p

Studying the Problem of Migration in Sports

В статье представлены теоретические подходы к изучению миграции в спорте и результаты исследования отношения сирийских студентов-спортсменов к проблеме миграции. Были получены данные о мотивах миграции спортсменов, представления студентов о трудностях адаптации в чужой культуре, и о возможных стратегиях преодоления трудностей. Выводы могут иметь отношение к специалистам, имеющим дело со спортсменами-мигрантами.The article presents theoretical approaches to the study of migration in sports and the results of a study of the attitude of Syrian student-athletes to the problem of migration. Data were obtained on the motives of athletes' migration, students' perceptions of the difficulties of adaptation in a foreign culture, and possible strategies for overcoming difficulties. The findings may be relevant to specialists dealing with migrant athletes

Re-annotation of the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) genome

Fragaria vesca is a low-growing, small-fruited diploid strawberry species commonly called woodland strawberry. It is native to temperate regions of Eurasia and North America and while it produces edible fruits, it is most highly useful as an experimental perennial plant system that can serve as a model for the agriculturally important Rosaceae family. A draft of the F. vesca genome sequence was published in 2011 [Nat Genet 43:223,2011]. The first generation annotation (version 1.1) were developed using GeneMark-ES+[Nuc Acids Res 33:6494,2005]which is a self-training gene prediction tool that relies primarily on the combination of ab initio predictions with mapping high confidence ESTs in addition to mapping gene deserts from transposable elements. Based on over 25 different tissue transcriptomes, we have revised the F. vesca genome annotation, thereby providing several improvements over version 1.1. The new annotation, which was achieved using Maker, describes many more predicted protein coding genes compared to the GeneMark generated annotation that is currently hosted at the Genome Database for Rosaceae (http://www.rosaceae.org/). Our new annotation also results in an increase in the overall total coding length, and the number of coding regions found. The total number of gene predictions that do not overlap with the previous annotations is 2286, most of which were found to be homologous to other plant genes. We have experimentally verified one of the new gene model predictions to validate our results. Using the RNA-Seq transcriptome sequences from 25 diverse tissue types, the re-annotation pipeline improved existing annotations by increasing the annotation accuracy based on extensive transcriptome data. It uncovered new genes, added exons to current genes, and extended or merged exons. This complete genome re-annotation will significantly benefit functional genomic studies of the strawberry and other members of the Rosaceae.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1221-

A Look at the Problem of Intercultural Communication from the Position of Russian Student-Athletes

Рукопись поступила в редакцию: 05.11.2023. Принята к публикации: 21.12.2023.Received: 05.11.2023. Accepted: 21.12.2023.Цель исследования заключалась в изучении отношения студентов-спортсменов к межкультурной коммуникации. В исследовании приняли участие 22 российских студента Института физической культуры, спорта и молодежной политики. Для проведения исследования была разработана авторская анкета, включающая вопросы которые раскрывают особенности взаимодействия российских и иностранных студентов. Результаты исследования показали, что российские студенты-спортсмены положительно относятся к общению с иностранными студентами. В то же время межкультурное общение достаточно ограничено в силу наличия ряда причин, таких как «языковой барьер», необходимость выстраивания эффективного взаимодействия на фоне непонимания собеседника, отсутствие эмоционального комфорта в процессе общения, а так же недостаточное количество организованных вне учебных мероприятий с иностранными студентами. Студенты высказали свое предпочтение по организации мероприятий, которые могли бы способствовать развитию межкультурной коммуникации, среди которых должны быть обязательно спортивные мероприятия. Дальнейшие исследования могут быть связаны с разработкой программы по развитию межкультурной коммуникации студентов института физической культуры.The aim of the study was to know student-athletes’ attitudes toward intercultural communication. 22 Russian students from the Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy took part in the study. To conduct the study, a questionnaire was developed by the author, including questions that reveal the features of interaction between Russian and foreign students. The results of the study showed that Russian student-athletes have a positive attitude towards communication with foreign students. At the same time, intercultural communication is quite limited due to a number of reasons, such as the «language barrier», the need to build effective interaction against the background of misunderstanding of the interlocutor, lack of emotional comfort in the communication process, as well as an insufficient number of organized extracurricular activities with foreign students. Students expressed their preference for organizing events that could contribute to the development of intercultural communication, which should necessarily include sports events. Further research may be related to the development of a program for the development of intercultural communication among students at the Institute of Physical Education

Microarray Detection Call Methodology as a Means to Identify and Compare Transcripts Expressed within Syncytial Cells from Soybean (Glycine max) Roots Undergoing Resistant and Susceptible Reactions to the Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines)

Background. A comparative microarray investigation was done using detection call methodology (DCM) and differential expression analyses. The goal was to identify genes found in specific cell populations that were eliminated by differential expression analysis due to the nature of differential expression methods. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) was used to isolate nearly homogeneous populations of plant root cells. Results. The analyses identified the presence of 13,291 transcripts between the 4 different sample types. The transcripts filtered down into a total of 6,267 that were detected as being present in one or more sample types. A comparative analysis of DCM and differential expression methods showed a group of genes that were not differentially expressed, but were expressed at detectable amounts within specific cell types. Conclusion. The DCM has identified patterns of gene expression not shown by differential expression analyses. DCM has identified genes that are possibly cell-type specific and/or involved in important aspects of plant nematode interactions during the resistance response, revealing the uniqueness of a particular cell population at a particular point during its differentiation process