INTRA-CULTIVAR DIVERSITY IN SOUTHERN ITALY OLIVE CULTIVARS DEPICTED BY MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS AND SSR MARKERS

In this study, SSR analysis was performed on a large number of putative clones of the main olive cultivars from two Italian regions, Sicily and Calabria, in order to study the genetic relatedness, and to detect any degree of genetic diversity, which can be used to unambiguously identify possible superior clones. These putative clones have been collected and observed in the last ten years, following an extensive investigation carried out in traditional olive growing areas, thanks to the reports of farmers, millers, technician, growers and nurseries. The set of microsatellite (SSR) markers used allowed the detection of the genetic diversity, resulting from somatic mutation, indicating the presence of polyclonal cultivars, or having gametic origin, indicating a seedling origin of many clones, which thus share sibling relationships. The presence of superior clones or superior genotypes is discussed

Teaching disability : strategies for the reconstitution of disability knowledge

As teachers of disability studies, working with students from the health and psychological sciences, we tackle some of our pedagogical challenges and offer productive possibilities. We begin by introducing the offerings of disability studies and then consider our first question: how might we invite disability into our teaching? We introduce a Spanish tale – Por cuatro esquinitas de nada – that, while aimed at children and not explicitly engaged with a disability, permits us to engage in inter-textual analyses of disability. We find that students move through different stages of what we term distinction, idealisation and invisibility/concealment. We then address our second question – what does it mean to teach disability? We answer this with reference to the generative practices of two teaching methodologies: disposal and disavowal. We conclude the paper by considering the importance of generating critical theories of disability

The cholinergic system in Down's syndrome.

The cholinergic system is one of the most important modulatory neurotransmitter systems in the brain. Alterations of the transmission communicators are accompanied by reduction of the cortical activity, which is associated with a learning and memory deficit. Down's syndrome is a pathological condition characterized by a high number of abnormalities that involve the brain.The cholinergic system is involved in alterations of the neurological system such as severe learning difficulties.To explain these alterations, important results are obtained from studies about murine trisomy 16 (animal model of Down's syndrome).The results obtained provide useful elements in the improvement of knowledge about the neurological and neurotransmissional alterations that are responsible for the neurobiological characteristics of Down's syndrome.These data potentially justify, in these patients, the therapeutic use of drugs that are principally administered to improve the severe learning difficulties of people with Alzheimer's disease, and suggest a trend which generates a hypothesis worthy of further exploration. © 2006 Sage Publications

Use of antifissurants in making better coke from Sunnyside coal from Utah /

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Relationship between Canopy Architecture and Fruit Quality on "Rich May" Peach Grafted onto "Penta" and "GF677" Rootstocks

Observations on crop efficiency and fruit quality of peach trees of \u2018Rich May\u2019 grafted onto \u2018GF677\u2019 (peach x almond) and \u2018Penta\u2019 (Prunus domestica L.) rootstocks are reported. Results were related to canopy architecture parameters, particularly to scaffold branches, shoot and leaf blade inclination angles, to the pattern of light distribution, and to the area of sunflecks projected at midday on the ground. Trees grafted onto \u2018GF677\u2019 were more vigorous, in terms of trunk cross-sectional area, summer pruning weight and leaf area. Within canopy light distribution profiles were in agreement with foliage density, with a higher light interception observed in trees grafted on \u2018GF677\u2019. Within canopy variation of fruit quality was higher on trees grafted onto \u2018GF677\u2019 than on those grafted onto \u2018Penta\u2019. Fruit red skin colour and soluble solids content were consistently higher on trees grafted onto \u2018Penta\u201

X4-MaG and RT-MaG: a low-cost open-source micro-quadrotor based on Real-Time Linux and a new Matlab/Simulink toolbox

International audienceThe new open-source quadrotor platform called X4-MaG presented here was developed for aca-demic and research applications. X4-MaG is a small, low-cost open quadrotor of only 307-grammeswhich oers two levels of controllers providing a manual mode and an automatic mode thanks to apowerful Linux-based controller embedded onboard. The controllers and estimators are highly cus-tomizable and are designed in the Matlab/Simulink environment and directly implemented onboardthe tiny Linux-based autopilot board using a custom made toolbox (RT-MaG toolbox).The new open-source Matlab/Simulink toolbox called RT-MaG toolbox (see [1]) generates reliablestandalone robotic applications running on real-time embedded Linux targets such as tiny ComputersOn Module (e.g., Gumstix boards). This toolbox gives direct access from Simulink to the maincommunication drivers classically used in robotics: network interfaces (via UDP), asynchronous andsynchronous serial port interfaces (RS232, SPI, I2C), Pulse-width-modulation (PWM), etc.[1] A. Manecy, N. Marchand, S. Viollet, Rt-mag: An open-source simulink toolbox for linux-based real-time robotic applications, in: Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2014 IEEE International Confer-ence on, 2014, pp. 173{180. doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2014.7090326

X4-MaG and RT-MaG: a low-cost open-source micro-quadrotor based on Real-Time Linux and a new Matlab/Simulink toolbox

International audienceThe new open-source quadrotor platform called X4-MaG presented here was developed for aca-demic and research applications. X4-MaG is a small, low-cost open quadrotor of only 307-grammeswhich oers two levels of controllers providing a manual mode and an automatic mode thanks to apowerful Linux-based controller embedded onboard. The controllers and estimators are highly cus-tomizable and are designed in the Matlab/Simulink environment and directly implemented onboardthe tiny Linux-based autopilot board using a custom made toolbox (RT-MaG toolbox).The new open-source Matlab/Simulink toolbox called RT-MaG toolbox (see [1]) generates reliablestandalone robotic applications running on real-time embedded Linux targets such as tiny ComputersOn Module (e.g., Gumstix boards). This toolbox gives direct access from Simulink to the maincommunication drivers classically used in robotics: network interfaces (via UDP), asynchronous andsynchronous serial port interfaces (RS232, SPI, I2C), Pulse-width-modulation (PWM), etc.[1] A. Manecy, N. Marchand, S. Viollet, Rt-mag: An open-source simulink toolbox for linux-based real-time robotic applications, in: Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2014 IEEE International Confer-ence on, 2014, pp. 173{180. doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2014.7090326

Morphological and molecular variability within the fig cultivar 'Dottato' in the Italian protected designation origin area "fichi di Cosenza"

The morphological and molecular diversity among fig accessions of 'Dottato', found in the PDO "Fichi di Cosenza" area was studied by evaluating 24 morphological traits and by genotyping with 18 microsatellite markers. The microsatellite allelic profiles among the putative clones of 'Dottato' indicated a moderate genetic variability, discriminating unambiguously most of the accessions. Only two groups of identity were found. The average expected and observed heterozygosity were 0.43 and 0.62, respectively. The mean polymorphic information content (PIC) was 0.4, varying from 0.08 (LMFC26) to 0.067 (FCUP 38-6). The morphological clustering allowed the distinction of all genotypes. Some genotypes evidenced better horticultural traits and quality characteristics