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Tanya Marchant Ritgak Dimka Tilley-Gyado Tsegahun Tessema Kultar Singh Meenakshi Gautham Nasir Umar Della Berhanu Simon Cousens Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg 《PloS one》2015,10(5)
BackgroundFamilies in high mortality settings need regular contact with high quality services, but existing population-based measurements of contacts do not reflect quality. To address this, in 2012, we designed linked household and frontline worker surveys for Gombe State, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Uttar Pradesh, India. Using reported frequency and content of contacts, we present a method for estimating the population level coverage of high quality contacts.ConclusionsMeasuring content of care to reflect the quality of contacts can reveal missed opportunities to deliver best possible health care. 相似文献
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Y Deng J Zhao D Sakurai KM Kaufman JC Edberg RP Kimberly DL Kamen GS Gilkeson CO Jacob RH Scofield CD Langefeld JA Kelly ME Alarcón-Riquelme BIOLUPUS GENLES Networks JB Harley TJ Vyse BI Freedman PM Gaffney KM Sivils JA James TB Niewold RM Cantor W Chen BH Hahn EE Brown PROFILE BP Tsao 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(Z3):A5
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Background
Pichia stipitis xylose reductase (Ps-XR) has been used to design Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that are able to ferment xylose. One example is the industrial S. cerevisiae xylose-consuming strain TMB3400, which was constructed by expression of P. stipitis xylose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase and overexpression of endogenous xylulose kinase in the industrial S. cerevisiae strain USM21. 相似文献36.
Jan Christian Habel Luc Lens Hilde Eggermont Mwangi Githiru Ronald K. Mulwa Halimu Suleiman Shauri Thomas M. Lewinsohn Wolfgang W. Weisser Thomas Schmitt 《Biodiversity and Conservation》2017,26(1):237-241
Most studies on tropical conservation questions are conducted by researchers of developed countries from the north. This geographic disconnection was recently criticised by Mammides et al. Here, we reflect on their findings and add further views from scientist’s and journal editor’s perspectives. We argue that journals are, a priori, most strongly interested in research questions and approaches that will likely increase their scientific impact and prestige. This is rarely compatible with publishing articles on questions with restricted global impact or based on single taxa. We question whether small changes in the editorial policy of international conservation journals will considerably improve the geographic diversity in key conservation publications. Rather, thematic scopes of the leading conservation journals should be modified, preferably in close collaboration with leading conservationists from the south. We are convinced that long-term investments in the tropics will create a stronger local scientific community, thus bolstering academic morale, and finally may lead to an increase in the submission and acceptance rate of articles written from scientists from these regions. 相似文献
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Reduced natural selection associated with low recombination in Drosophila melanogaster 总被引:8,自引:1,他引:7
Synonymous codons are not used equally in many organisms, and the extent of
codon bias varies among loci. Earlier studies have suggested that more
highly expressed loci in Drosophila melanogaster are more biased,
consistent with findings from several prokaryotes and unicellular
eukaryotes that codon bias is partly due to natural selection for
translational efficiency. We link this model of varying selection intensity
to the population-genetics prediction that the effectiveness of natural
selection is decreased under reduced recombination. In analyses of 385 D.
melanogaster loci, we find that codon bias is reduced in regions of low
recombination (i.e., near centromeres and telomeres and on the fourth
chromosome). The effect does not appear to be a linear function of
recombination rate; rather, it seems limited to regions with the very
lowest levels of recombination. The large majority of the genome apparently
experiences recombination at a sufficiently high rate for effective natural
selection against suboptimal codons. These findings support models of the
Hill-Robertson effect and genetic hitchhiking and are largely consistent
with multiple reports of low levels of DNA sequence variation in regions of
low recombination.
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Kappa-chain constant-region gene sequences in genus Rattus: coding regions are diverging more rapidly than noncoding regions 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a 1,200-base pair (bp)
genomic fragment that includes the kappa-chain constant-region gene (C
kappa) from two species of native Australian rodents, Rattus leucopus
cooktownensis and Rattus colletti. Comparison of these sequences with each
other and with other rodent C kappa genes shows three surprising features.
First, the coding regions are diverging at a rate severalfold higher than
that of the nearby noncoding regions. Second, replacement changes within
the coding region are accumulating at a rate at least as great as that of
silent changes. Third, most of the amino acid replacements are localized in
one region of the C kappa domain--namely, the carboxy-terminal "bends" in
the alpha-carbon backbone. These three features have previously been
described from comparisons of the two allelic forms of C kappa genes in R.
norvegicus. These data imply the existence of considerable evolutionary
constraints on the noncoding regions (based on as yet undetermined
functions) or powerful positive selection to diversify a portion of the
constant-region domain (whose physiological significance is not known).
These surprising features of C kappa evolution appear to be characteristic
only of closely related C kappa genes, since comparison of rodent with
human sequences shows the expected greater conservation of coding regions,
as well as a predominance of silent nucleotide substitutions within the
coding regions.
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Leon?BennunEmail author Paul?Matiku Ronald?Mulwa Solomon?Mwangi Paul?Buckley 《Biodiversity and Conservation》2005,14(11):2575-2590
The need for effective global monitoring of biodiversity is clearer than ever, but our measurements remain patchy and inadequate.
In the biodiversity-rich tropics, a central problem is the sustainability of monitoring schemes. Locally-based, participatory
approaches show promise in overcoming this problem, but may not contribute effectively to monitoring at larger scales. BirdLife
International’s framework for monitoring Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Africa is designed to be simple, robust and locally-grounded,
but to produce scaleable results that can be compiled into national or regional indices. Focusing on key sites for bird conservation,
identified according to standard criteria, the framework institutionalises monitoring in site management authorities and Site
Support Groups (community-based organisations of local people working for conservation and sustainable development). A small,
central monitoring unit co-ordinates the programme nationally, compiles, analyses and manages data, and provides feedback.
‘Basic’ monitoring (taking place at all sites) involves scoring of state, pressure and response trends using site information
submitted on simple forms. ‘Detailed’ monitoring (taking place at a selected sub-set of sites) involves more intensive measurement
of particular variables that relate to site management targets. IBA monitoring is now underway in at least 10 African countries,
with implementation of the framework most advanced (thanks to a pilot project) in Kenya. The 2004 IBA monitoring report for
Kenya provides extensive information on individual IBAs, plus indices for national trends in state, pressure and response,
based on data from 49 out of 60 sites. The experience in Kenya shows that institutionalisation is vital, but takes considerable
time and effort; that adequate co-ordination (including timely feedback) is key; and that participatory monitoring has many
valuable benefits beyond the data collected. Further work is being undertaken to refine the process, improve its scientific
underpinning, and strengthen the feedback loop from data and analysis to action on the ground. 相似文献
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Becca Asquith Angelina J Mosley Adrian Heaps Yuetsu Tanaka Graham P Taylor Angela R McLean Charles RM Bangham 《Retrovirology》2005,2(1):1-9