Produção comercial de achigãs - primeira experiência em Portugal

Produção comercial de achigãs - primeira experiência em Portugal

Growth evaluation of largemouth bass raised in aquaculture - first results

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) (LB) is a freshwater fish introduced in Portugal (Azores) in the end of XIX Century. It is a very important fish in regional cuisine especially in Ribatejo, Beira Baixa and Alentejo regions. The Sociedade Agrícola Vale de Inguinhos S.A. (SAVI) is the first LB aquaculture industry with permission for production 61.5 tones LB/year. Because in Portugal there are no specific LB comercial feed compound SAVI is now evaluate the growth capacity of wild LB using a commercial feed formulated for seabream and European seabass (protein 47.7%, fat 17.3%). On September 2014 358 juvenile LB (0+ years) were caught from 5 small dams belonging to SAVI. Juvenile were stocked in a circular tank used for compound feed training and evaluate fish growth. On the day zero 57 fish were sampled. The average values were: weight 19.49g (±1.882); length 11.85cm (±0.275); K condition factor 1.170 (±0.081). During the compound feed training period (35 days) the survival rate was 90.2%. A sample of >60 LB was collected every ~30 days. Thirty-five days (n=67) and 67 days (n=80) after the end feed training period, a LB sample were controlled with the following results: weight, 35 days 15.31g (±2.681) and 67 days 20.46g (±5.363) (P0.05). Water temperature ranged 24.6ºC and 10.0ºC. The first results indicate there was a decrease in weight and K condition factor during feed training period. However, the mortality rate was acceptable. Between 35 to 67 days, largemouth bass weight and length increased significantly. We conclude that commercial compound used at SAVI is appropriate to feed juveniles Micropterus salmoides

Зимостойкость некоторых видов рода Sorbus L. в Донбассе

Изучены анатомические особенности годичных побегов Sorbus persica Hedl., S. domestica L. и S. aucuparia L. Определены толщина тканей и степень лигнификации ксилемы. Наиболее развиты покровные и механические ткани у S. aucuparia, годичные побеги полностью вызревшие. У S. persica наблюдается отставание в развитии тканей и степени одревеснения побегов по сравнению с S. aucuparia. Отмечена высокая зимостойкость S. domestica и S. aucuparia и более низкая – S. persica. К перспективным видам отнесены S. domestica и S. aucuparia. Вид – S. persica нецелесообразно вводить в ассортимент декоративных растений юго-востока Украины.The anatomical peculiarities of annual spears of Sorbus persica Hedl., S. domestica L. and S. aucuparia L. were studied. The tissue depth and xylem lignification rate were defined. The tissues of S. aucuparia are most developed and annual spears are fully mature for vegetative period. S. persica lags in terms of tissue development and spear lignification rate compared to S. aucuparia. S. domestica and S. aucuparia revealed winter resistance at high level, whereas S. persica demonstrated it at low level. S. domestica and S. aucuparia are treated as perspective, while S. persica is unreasonable for introduction to the assortment of decorative plants of south-east of Ukraine

Magnetic Field Effects on the Transport Properties of One-sided Rough Wires

We present a detailed numerical analysis of the effect of a magnetic field on the transport properties of a `small-$N$' one-sided surface disordered wire. When time reversal symmetry is broken due to a magnetic field $B$, we find a strong increase with $B$ not only of the localization length $\xi$ but also of the mean free path $\ell$ caused by boundary states. Despite this, the universal relationship between $\ell$ and $\xi$ does hold. We also analyze the conductance distribution at the metal-insulator crossover, finding a very good agreement with Random Matrix Theory with two fluctuating channels within the Circular Orthogonal(Unitary) Ensemble in absence(presence) of $B$Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.

VGLL3 operates via TEAD1, TEAD3 and TEAD4 to influence myogenesis in skeletal muscle.

VGLL proteins are transcriptional co-factors that bind TEAD family transcription factors to regulate events ranging from wing development in fly, to muscle fibre composition and immune function in mice. Here, we characterise Vgll3 in skeletal muscle. We found that mouse Vgll3 was expressed at low levels in healthy muscle but that its levels increased during hypertrophy or regeneration; in humans, VGLL3 was highly expressed in tissues from patients with various muscle diseases, such as in dystrophic muscle and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Interaction proteomics revealed that VGLL3 bound TEAD1, TEAD3 and TEAD4 in myoblasts and/or myotubes. However, there was no interaction with proteins from major regulatory systems such as the Hippo kinase cascade, unlike what is found for the TEAD co-factors YAP (encoded by YAP1) and TAZ (encoded by WWTR1). Vgll3 overexpression reduced the activity of the Hippo negative-feedback loop, affecting expression of muscle-regulating genes including Myf5, Pitx2 and Pitx3, and genes encoding certain Wnts and IGFBPs. VGLL3 mainly repressed gene expression, regulating similar genes to those regulated by YAP and TAZ. siRNA-mediated Vgll3 knockdown suppressed myoblast proliferation, whereas Vgll3 overexpression strongly promoted myogenic differentiation. However, skeletal muscle was overtly normal in Vgll3-null mice, presumably due to feedback signalling and/or redundancy. This work identifies VGLL3 as a transcriptional co-factor operating with the Hippo signal transduction network to control myogenesis

Superstripes and complexity in high-temperature superconductors

While for many years the lattice, electronic and magnetic complexity of high-temperature superconductors (HTS) has been considered responsible for hindering the search of the mechanism of HTS now the complexity of HTS is proposed to be essential for the quantum mechanism raising the superconducting critical temperature. The complexity is shown by the lattice heterogeneous architecture: a) heterostructures at atomic limit; b) electronic heterogeneity: multiple components in the normal phase; c) superconducting heterogeneity: multiple superconducting gaps in different points of the real space and of the momentum space. The complex phase separation forms an unconventional granular superconductor in a landscape of nanoscale superconducting striped droplets which is called the "superstripes" scenario. The interplay and competition between magnetic orbital charge and lattice fluctuations seems to be essential for the quantum mechanism that suppresses thermal decoherence effects at an optimum inhomogeneity.Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures; J. Supercon. Nov. Mag. 201