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The rumen microbial metaproteome as revealed by SDS-PAGE
This work was supported by the RuminOmics project and funded by the European Commission (Grant Agreement No. 289319). The Rowett Institute is funded by the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) of the Scottish Government. The funding bodies had no role in the design of the study or collection, analysis, or interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
The Knowledge of the Grid: A Grid Ontology
This paper presents a knowledge architecture and set of ontologies that can be used as the foundation to facilitate the matching of abstract resource requests to services and resources, to determine the functional equivalence of Grid middle wares and deployments and to allow the description of ‘hybrid’ compound Grids composed of individual heterogeneous Grids. This is necessary as in all these cases what is required is mediation between different views or descriptions of Grids, which requires a formal reference vocabulary. We present a framework and ontologies for achieving this
Magnetic field dependence of hole levels in self-assembled InAs quantum dots
Recent magneto-transport experiments of holes in InGaAs quantum dots [D.
Reuter, P. Kailuweit, A.D. Wieck, U. Zeitler, O. Wibbelhoff, C. Meier, A.
Lorke, and J.C. Maan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 026808 (2005)] are interpreted by
employing a multi-band kp Hamiltonian, which considers the interaction between
heavy hole and light hole subbands explicitely. No need of invoking an
incomplete energy shell filling is required within this model. The crucial role
we ascribe to the heavy hole-light hole interaction is further supported by
one-band local-spin-density functional calculations, which show that Coulomb
interactions do not induce any incomplete hole shell filling and therefore
cannot account for the experimental magnetic field dispersion.Comment: 5 pages with 3 figures and one table. The paper has been submitted to
Phys.Rev.
Effect of Sunflower and Marine Oils on Ruminal Microbiota, In vitro Fermentation and Digesta Fatty Acid Profile
Funding This work has been funded by Consejería de Educación, Junta de Castilla y León (research project LE007A07). Acknowledgments We acknowledge support of the publication fee by the CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources for Research (URICI). Support received from CICYT project AGL2005-04760-C02-02 is gratefully acknowledged.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Streptozocin Diabetes Elevates all Isoforms of TGF-β in the Rat Kidney
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a major
promoter of diabetic nephropathy. While TGF-β1 is
the most abundaft renal isoform, types 2 and 3 are
present as well and have identical in vitro effects.
Whole kidney extracts were studied 2 weeks after
induction of streptozocin diabetes and in control
rats. Mean glomerular area was 25% greater in the
diabetic animals. TGF-β1 showed a 2-fold increase
in message with a 3-fold increase in protein. TGF-β2
mRNA increased approximately 6% while its
protein doubled. TGF-β-message increased by 25%,
producing a 35% increase in its protein. TGF-β-
inducible gene H3 mRNA was increased 35% in the
diabetic animals, consistent with increased activity
of this growth factor. All isoforms of TGF-β are
increased in the diabetic rat kidney. Future studies
need to address the specific role that each isoform
plays in diabetic nephropathy as well as the impact
of therapies on each isoform
Spin polarization and magneto-luminescence of confined electron-hole systems
A BCS-like variational wave-function, which is exact in the infinite field
limit, is used to study the interplay among Zeeman energies, lateral
confinement and particle correlations induced by the Coulomb interactions in
strongly pumped neutral quantum dots. Band mixing effects are partially
incorporated by means of field-dependent masses and g-factors. The spin
polarization and the magneto-luminescence are computed as functions of the
number of electron-hole pairs present in the dot and the applied magnetic
field.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev.
Archaeal abundance in post-mortem ruminal digesta may help predict methane emissions from beef cattle
The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health and SRUC are funded by the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) of the Scottish Government. The project was supported by DEFRA and DA funded Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Platform. Our thanks are due to the excellent support staff at the SRUC Beef Research Centre, Edinburgh, also to Graham Horgan of BioSS, Aberdeen, for conducting multivariate analysis.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Application of meta-omics techniques to understand greenhouse gas emissions originating from ruminal metabolism
The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health is funded by the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) of the Scottish Government. This study was financially supported by RuminOmics (Project No. 289319 of EC 7th Framework Programme: Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology). Erratum to: Application of meta-omics techniques to understand greenhouse gas emissions originating from ruminal metabolism Robert J. WallaceEmail author, Timothy J. Snelling, Christine A. McCartney, Ilma Tapio and Francesco Strozzi Genetics Selection Evolution 2017 49:27, DOI: 10.1186/s12711-017-0304-7 © The Author(s) 2017, Received: 22 February 2017, Accepted: 22 February 2017, Published: 28 February 2017Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Baseline incidence of adverse birth outcomes and infant influenza and pertussis hospitalisations prior to the introduction of influenza and pertussis vaccination in pregnancy: a data linkage study of 78 382 mother-infant pairs, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994-2015
We conducted probabilistic data linkage of three population datasets for the Northern Territory (NT), Australia, to describe the incidence of preterm births, stillbirths, low birthweight and small for gestational age (SGA) per 1000 NT births; and influenza and pertussis hospitalisations per 1 00 000 NT births in infants <7 months of age, in a pre-maternal vaccination era. The Perinatal Trends dataset (1994–2014) formed the cohort of 78 382 births. Aboriginal mother–infant pairs (37%) had disproportionately higher average annual rates (AR) for all adverse birth outcomes compared to their non-Aboriginal counterparts; rate ratios: preterm births 2.2 (AR 142.4 vs. 64.7); stillbirths 2.3 (AR 10.8 vs. 4.6); low birthweight 2.9 (AR 54 vs. 19); and SGA 1.7 (AR 187 vs. 111). Hospitalisation (2000–2015) and Immunisation Register datasets (1994–2015), showed that influenza hospitalisations (n = 53) and rates were 42.3 times higher in Aboriginal infants (AR 254 vs. 6); and that pertussis hospitalisations (n = 37) were 7.1 times higher in Aboriginal infants (AR 142.5 vs. 20.2) compared to non-Aboriginal infants. These baseline data are essential to assess the safety and effectiveness of influenza and pertussis vaccinations in pregnant women from the NT. Remote living Aboriginal women and infants stand to benefit the most from these vaccines.This study was funded by a National Health
and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (APP1091491).
LMc was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship provided
by Charles Darwin University of the Northern Territory and an Enhanced
Living scholarship provided by Menzies as part of the Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) program. TS holds a Career Development Fellowship from the
NHMRC (GNT 1111657). MJB was supported by an NHMRC Early Career
Fellowship (GNT1088733)
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