Duodenal ileus caused by a calf feeding nipple in a cow

Background  

The aim of this report was to describe duodenal obstruction caused by a rubber foreign body in a cow.     

BioWarehouse: a bioinformatics database warehouse toolkit

Background  

This article addresses the problem of interoperation of heterogeneous bioinformatics databases.     

Minimally perturbing a gene regulatory network to avoid a disease phenotype: the glioma network as a test case

Background  

Mathematical modeling of biological networks is an essential part of Systems Biology. Developing and using such models in order to understand gene regulatory networks is a major challenge.     

Dynamics of a disabled population in Morocco

Background  

The disabled population constitutes a class of people needing special care and necessitating important economic and social effort.     

Propagation velocity profile in a cross-section of a cardiac muscle bundle from PSpice simulation

Background  

The effect of depth on propagation velocity within a bundle of cardiac muscle fibers is likely to be an important factor in the genesis of some heart arrhythmias.     

Application of a correlation correction factor in a microarray cross-platform reproducibility study

Background  

Recent research examining cross-platform correlation of gene expression intensities has yielded mixed results. In this study, we demonstrate use of a correction factor for estimating cross-platform correlations.     

Human NCU-G1 can function as a transcription factor and as a nuclear receptor co-activator

Background  

Novel, uncharacterised proteins represent a challenge in biochemistry and molecular biology. In this report we present an initial functional characterization of human kidney predominant protein, NCU-G1.     

Rooting a phylogenetic tree with nonreversible substitution models

Background  

We compared two methods of rooting a phylogenetic tree: the stationary and the nonstationary substitution processes. These methods do not require an outgroup.     

Identification of a subunit of NADH-dehydrogenase as a p49/STRAP-binding protein

Background  

The p49/STRAP (or SRFBP1) protein was recently identified in our laboratory as a cofactor of serum response factor that contributes to the regulation of SRF target genes in the heart.     

Characterization of a filamentous biofilm community established in a cellulose-fed microbial fuel cell

Background  

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that exploit microorganisms to generate electric power from organic matter. Despite the development of efficient MFC reactors, the microbiology of electricity generation remains to be sufficiently understood.     

Reversing expansion of Calamagrostis epigejos in a grassland biodiversity hotspot: Hemiparasitic Rhinanthus major does a better job than increased mowing intensity

Questions

Can hemiparasitic Rhinanthus major originating from a local population suppress the competitive clonal grass Calamagrostis epigejos and reverse its expansion in species‐rich semi‐natural grasslands? Does sowing seeds of R. major facilitate restoration of target meadow vegetation? Is R. major more beneficial for biodiversity restoration/conservation than increased mowing intensity, a conventional measure to suppress C. epigejos?

Location

?ertoryje National Nature Reserve, Bílé Karpaty (White Carpathians) Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic.

Methods

We conducted a before‐after‐control‐impact experiment in meadow patches heavily infested by C. epigejos: eight blocks, each containing four plots with four treatment combinations: (1) traditional management, i.e. mowing once in summer, (2) mowing in summer and autumn (3) mowing in summer and seed sowing of R. major, (4) mowing in summer and autumn and seed sowing of R. major. Above‐ground biomass of C. epigejos and vegetation composition of each of the plots were monitored every year from 2013 to 2016. To assess the effects of treatments, we analysed biomass production of C. epigejos, herb layer cover and vegetation composition.

Results

Both sowing R. major and an additional autumn meadow cut significantly suppressed C. epigejos. Their effects were additive and of comparable size. Both treatments also had significant but markedly different effects on community composition. Rhinanthus major facilitated directional community composition change towards the regional Brachypodio‐Molinetum meadows. In contrast, increased mowing intensity significantly decreased frequency of threatened species, which however may have also been influenced by R. major.

Conclusions

Sowing of autochthonous R. major seeds was demonstrated as an efficient tool to suppress C. epigejos and facilitate community restoration. It can be combined with an additional meadow cut to further accelerate decline of the grass. The additional cut should however be used as a short‐term practice (1–2 years) only to minimize potential negative effects of its long‐term application on some threatened plant species. The effects of R. major are comparable to those of Rhinanthus alectorolophus reported previously. As a species occurring naturally in species‐rich dry grasslands, R. major has a broader and longer‐term application potential than R. alectorolophus in ecological restoration and conservation of these communities.     

Treatment of established postoperative nausea and vomiting: a quantitative systematic review

Background  

The relative efficacy of antiemetics for the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is poorly understood.     

Effect of a single acupuncture treatment on surgical wound healing in dogs: a randomized,single blinded,controlled pilot study

Background  

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of acupuncture on wound healing after soft tissue or orthopaedic surgery in dogs.     

BACTIBASE second release: a database and tool platform for bacteriocin characterization

Background  

BACTIBASE is an integrated open-access database designed for the characterization of bacterial antimicrobial peptides, commonly known as bacteriocins.     

The genetic basis of multiple sclerosis: a model for MS susceptibility

Background  

MS-pathogenesis is known to involve both multiple environmental events, and several independent genetic risk-factors.     

Adiponectin is a potential catabolic mediator in osteoarthritis cartilage

Introduction  

Adiponectin has been implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). We studied the effects of adiponectin on the OA cartilage homeostasis.     

High-Temperature unfolding of a trp-Cage mini-protein: a molecular dynamics simulation study

Background  

Trp cage is a recently-constructed fast-folding miniprotein. It consists of a short helix, a 3,10 helix and a C-terminal poly-proline that packs against a Trp in the alpha helix. It is known to fold within 4 ns.     

Secretory carcinoma of breast in a 17-year-old male

Background  

Secretory carcinoma of the male breast (juvenile carcinoma) is a rare neoplasm. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature.     

Erythrocyte membrane fatty acid profile and saturation index in gallbladder carcinogenesis: a case-control study

Background  

Gallbladder cancer is a common neoplasm of biliary tract, with an unknown etiology.     

Cerebral aneurysm exclusion by CT angiography based on subarachnoid hemorrhage pattern: a retrospective study

Background  

To identify patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage for whom CT angiography alone can exclude ruptured aneurysms.