"A Costa dos Murmúrios and O Vale da Paixão - acts of female resistance to the Portuguese patriarchal order"

Speaking of Lídia Jorge and her novels, particularly A Costa dos Murmúrios and O Vale da Paixão is no easy task, considering the enormous quantity of critical work that has already been published both on the author and on the two novels in question. Just to give very few recent examples, I would like to mention the volume published last year and organized by Ana Paula Ferreira Para um Leitor Ignorado. Ensaios sobre a ficção de Lídia Jorge that includes extremely highly valuable contributions on O vale da Paixão, such as the one by Cláudia Pazos Alonso. Andreia Azevedo Soares’s master thesis A Manta intertextual do Vale da Paixão of the University of Porto is equally en eye opener on the novel. With regard to A Costa do Murmúrios, there are too many critical works to be named on what I personally consider Lídia Jorge’s best novel. But then, again, I am far from objective about it since I wrote my own PhD on it

SciBERT-based Semantification of Bioassays in the Open Research Knowledge Graph

As a novel contribution to the problem of semantifying bio- logical assays, in this paper, we propose a neural-network-based approach to automatically semantify, thereby structure, unstructured bioassay text descriptions. Experimental evaluations, to this end, show promise as the neural-based semantification significantly outperforms a naive frequencybased baseline approach. Specifically, the neural method attains 72% F1 versus 47% F1 from the frequency-based method. The work in this paper aligns with the present cutting-edge trend of the scholarly knowledge digitalization impetus which aim to convert the long-standing document-based format of scholarly content into knowledge graphs (KG). To this end, our selected data domain of bioassays are a prime candidate for structuring into KGs

Wheat Production Performance In Response To Nitrogen Sidedressing And Molybdenum Leaf Application

The application of nitrogen (N) at the appropriate time can be effective for crop productivity, changing the grain yield by increasing yield components. Thus, new alternatives that enable a better application of N fertilizer are sought. The aim of this study was to evaluate the components of yield and productivity of wheat cultivated with different doses of N sidedressing and molybdenum (Mo) via leaf application, using two cultivars, CD 150 and Quartzo. The experiment was conducted in the crop years of 2013 and 2014. The experiment used a randomized, factorial 4 x 4 block design, with four replicates. Four doses of N sidedressing in the form of urea were applied (0, 30, 60, and 90 kg ha-1) during tillering. In the same period, leaf molybdic fertilizer was applied, using four dosages of Mo in the form of potassium molybdate (0, 20, 40, and 60 g ha-1). Grain number per ear (GNPE), 1,000-grain mass (TGM), hectoliter weight (HW), and grain productivity (PROD) were evaluated. N fertilizer sidedressing did not promote the yield components of either of the wheat cultivars, although the GNPE of the Quartzo cultivar increased with increasing N doses in both crop years. The increase in N fertilizer increased the PROD of both wheat cultivars. The foliar application of Mo did not promote the yield components or wheat PROD of either cultivar. The HW was influenced by N and Mo rates, and was reduced in the absence of either of these fertilizer elements, indicating that the two nutrients were dependent on each other.3752963297

SciBERT-based semantification of bioassays in the open research knowledge graph

As a novel contribution to the problem of semantifying biological assays, in this paper, we propose a neural-network-based approach to automatically semantify, thereby structure, unstructured bioassay text descriptions. Experimental evaluations, to this end, show promise as the neural-based semantification significantly outperforms a naive frequencybased baseline approach. Specifically, the neural method attains 72% F1 versus 47% F1 from the frequency-based method. The work in this paper aligns with the present cutting-edge trend of the scholarly knowledge digitalization impetus which aim to convert the long-standing document-based format of scholarly content into knowledge graphs (KG). To this end, our selected data domain of bioassays are a prime candidate for structuring into KG

Metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for medium-chain-length fatty alcohol and ester production from fatty acids

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Regulation of three virulence strategies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : A success story

Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest diseases. Emergence of drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains makes treating tuberculosis increasingly challenging. In order to develop novel intervention strategies, detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind the success of this pathogen is required. Here, we review recent literature to provide a systems level overview of the molecular and cellular components involved in divalent metal homeostasis and their role in regulating the three main virulence strategies of M. tuberculosis: immune modulation, dormancy and phagosomal rupture. We provide a visual and modular overview of these components and their regulation. Our analysis identified a single regulatory cascade for these three virulence strategies that respond to limited availability of divalent metals in the phagosome

Decapod crustacean larval communities in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean): Seasonal composition, horizontal and vertical distribution patterns

Decapod crustaceans are the main target species of deepwater bottomtrawl fisheries in the Balearic Sea but little is known about their larval stages. This work focuses on the species composition of the decapod larval community, describing the main spatio-temporal assemblages and assessing their vertical distribution. Mesozooplankton sampling was carried out using depth-stratified sampling devices at two stations located over the shelf break and themid slope, in the north-western and southern Mallorca in late autumn 2009 and summer 2010. Differences among decapod larvae communities, in terms of composition, adult's habitat such as pelagic or benthic, and distribution patternswere observed between seasons, areas and station. Results showed that for both seasonsmost species and developmental stages aggregatedwithin the upperwater column (above 75 mdepth) and showed higher biodiversity in summer compared to late autumn. Most abundant species were pelagic prawns (e.g., Sergestidae) occurring in both seasons and areas. The larval assemblages' distributions were different between seasonal hydrographic scenarios and during situations of stratified and non-stratified water column. The vertical distribution patterns of different larval developmental stages in respect to the adult's habitat were analyzed in relation to environmental variables. Fluorescence had the highest explanatory power. Four clearly different vertical patterns were identified: two corresponding to late autumn, which were common for all the main larval groups and other two in summer, one corresponding to larvae of coastal benthic and the second to pelagic species larvae.Versión del editor2,655