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COMETT/ACTIVE: Ein europäisches Programm initiiert durch die Sektion Analytische Chemie (SACh) : Kolumne
The Utility of Trouble: Maximizing the Value of Our Human Services Dollars
Outlines recommendations to standardize service delivery areas and consolidate area offices of the state's seven largest human services agencies, as well as to close antiquated institutions. Projects benefits such as improved accessibility and savings
Third Swiss-Japanese Joint Meeting on Bioprocess Development: Montreux, 25–27 October1992: Kolumne
ZTBus: A Dataset of 1000+ Complete, Second-Resolved Driving Missions of Inner-City Transit Buses
This paper presents the Zurich Transit Bus (ZTBus) dataset, which consists of
data recorded during driving missions of electric city buses in Zurich,
Switzerland. The data was collected over several years on two trolley buses as
part of multiple research projects. It involves more than a thousand missions
across all seasons, each mission usually covering a full day of operation. The
ZTBus dataset contains detailed information on the vehicle's power demand,
propulsion system, odometry, global position, ambient temperature, door
openings, number of passengers, dispatch patterns within the public
transportation network, etc. All signals are synchronized in time and include
an absolute timestamp in tabular form. The dataset can be used as a foundation
for a variety of studies and analyses. For example, the data can serve as a
basis for simulations to estimate the performance of different public transit
vehicle types, or to evaluate and optimize control strategies of hybrid
electric vehicles. Furthermore, numerous influencing factors on vehicle
operation, such as traffic, passenger volume, etc., can be analyzed in detail.Comment: This work has been submitted to Scientific Data for possible
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FGB1 and WSC3 are in planta-induced beta-glucan-binding fungal lectins with different functions
In the root endophyte Serendipita indica, several lectin-like members of the expanded multigene family of WSC proteins are transcriptionally induced in planta and are potentially involved in beta-glucan remodeling at the fungal cell wall. Using biochemical and cytological approaches we show that one of these lectins, SiWSC3 with three WSC domains, is an integral fungal cell wall component that binds to long-chain beta 1-3-glucan but has no affinity for shorter beta 1-3- or beta 1-6-linked glucose oligomers. Comparative analysis with the previously identified beta-glucan-binding lectin SiFGB1 demonstrated that whereas SiWSC3 does not require beta 1-6-linked glucose for efficient binding to branched beta 1-3-glucan, SiFGB1 does. In contrast to SiFGB1, the multivalent SiWSC3 lectin can efficiently agglutinate fungal cells and is additionally induced during fungus-fungus confrontation, suggesting different functions for these two beta-glucan-binding lectins. Our results highlight the importance of the beta-glucan cell wall component in plant-fungus interactions and the potential of beta-glucan-binding lectins as specific detection tools for fungi in vivo
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