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Differential effects of two dominant plant species on community structure and invasibility in an old-field ecosystem

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Journal of Plant Ecology 2011年第3期4卷 123-131页

作者： lara Souza Jake F.Weltzin Nathan J.Sanders Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee1416 Circle DriveKnoxvilleTN 37996USA USA National Phenology Network National Coordinating Office1955 East 6th StreetTucsonAZ 85719USA

Aims In this study,we examined the effects of Solidago altissima(hereafter Solidago)and two species in the genus Verbesina,Verbesina virginica and Verbesina occidentalis(hereafter Verbesina),on the structure of an old-field plant community and establishment by an invasive plant species,Lespedeza cuneata(hereafter Lespedeza).Methods We removed Solidago,Verbesina and both Solidago and Verbesina from 4m^(-2)plots in an intact old-field community during two growing *** then quantified the effects of these removals on richness,evenness,diversity and composition of the subdominant plant *** also measured the total aboveground biomass and the aboveground biomass of the subdominant *** assess how these removals affected establishment by Lespedeza,we planted 20 seeds in each plot and tracked seedling emergence and survival for one growing *** Findings Subdominant community evenness and Shannon diversity were higher in plots from which Solidago and Verbesina were removed relative to control ***,there were no effects of dominant species removal on species richness or composition of the subdominant *** aboveground biomass was not affected by dominant species removal,suggesting that the community of subdominant species exhibited *** fact,subdominant community biomass was greater when Solidago,but not Verbesina,was *** availability was also greater in plots where Solidago was removed relative to control plots throughout the growing *** addition,removal of dominant species,in particular Solidago,indirectly reduced the emergence,but not survival,of Lespedeza seedlings by directly promoting subdominant community *** together,our results suggest that dominant old-field plant species affect subdominant community structure and indirectly promote establishment by Lespedeza.

关键词： compensation establishment invasive Lespedeza cuneata Solidago Verbesina

Coupling physics in machine learning to predict properties of high-temperatures alloys

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npj Computational Materials 2020年第1期6卷 477-483页

作者： Jian Peng Yukinori Yamamoto Jeffrey A.Hawk Edgar lara-Curzio Dongwon Shin Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTN 37831USA Materials Performance Division National Energy Technology LaboratoryAlbanyOR 97321-2198USA

High-temperature alloy design requires a concurrent consideration of multiple mechanisms at different length *** propose a workflow that couples highly relevant physics into machine learning(ML)to predict properties of complex high-temperature alloys with an example of the 9–12 wt% Cr steels yield *** have incorporated synthetic alloy features that capture microstructure and phase transformations into the *** high impact features that affect yield strength of 9Cr from correlation analysis agree well with the generally accepted strengthening mechanism.

关键词： alloys alloy strength

Should mast cells be considered therapeutic targets in multiple sclerosis?

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Neural Regeneration Research 2020年第11期15卷 1995-2007页

作者： Karen Henriette Pinke Sofia Fernanda Goncalves Zorzella-Pezavento Vanessa Soares lara Alexandrina Sartori Institute of Biosciences Department of Microbiology and ImmunologySao Paulo State University(UNESP)BotucatuSao PauloBrazil Bauru School of Dentistry Department of SurgeryStomatologyPathology and RadiologyUniversity of Sao PauloBauruSao PauloBrazil

Mast cells are immune cells of the myeloid lineage that are found throughout the body,including the central nervous *** perform many functions associated with innate and specific immunity,angiogenesis,and vascular ***,they have been implicated in a series of pathologies(e.g.,hypersensitivity reactions,tumors,and inflammatory disorders).In this review,we propose that this cell could be a relevant therapeutic target in multiple sclerosis,which is a central nervous system degenerative *** support this proposition,we describe the general biological properties of mast cells,their contribution to innate and specific immunity,and the participation of mast cells in the various stages of multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis *** final part of this review is dedicated to an overview of the available mast cells immunomodulatory drugs and their activity on multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis,including our own experience related to the effect of ketotifen fumarate on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis evolution.

关键词： central nervous system degenerative disease experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis immunity immunomodulatory drugs inflammatory disease ketotifen fumarate mast cells multiple sclerosis therapeutic target

Modified Usability Framework for Disaster Apps:A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of User Reviews

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 2020年第5期11卷 615-629页

作者： Marion lara Tan Raj Prasanna Kristin Stock Emma EHDoyle Graham Leonard David Johnston Joint Centre for Disaster Research Massey UniversityWellington 6021New Zealand School of Natural and Computational Sciences Massey UniversityAlbany 0632New Zealand GNS Science AvalonLower Hutt 5010New Zealand

The public has access to a range of mobile applications(apps)for ***,there has been limited academic research conducted on disaster apps and how the public perceives their *** study explores end-users'perceptions of the usability of disaster *** proposes a conceptual framework based on insights gathered from thematically analyzing online *** study identifies new usability concerns particular to disaster apps'use:(1)content relevance depends on the app's purpose and the proximate significance of the information to the hazard event's time and location;(2)app dependability affects users'perceptions of usability due to the lifesafety association of disaster apps;(3)users perceive advertisements to contribute to their cognitive load;(4)users expect apps to work efficiently without unnecessary consumption of critical phone resources;(5)appropriate audio interface can improve usability,as sounds can boost an app's alerting aspect;and,finally(6)in-app browsing may potentially enhance users'impression of the structure of a disaster *** a result,this study argues for focussed research and development on public-facing disaster *** research should consider the conceptual framework and concerns presented in this study when building design guidelines and theories for disaster apps.

关键词： Disaster apps End-user perspective Human-computer interaction Usability

Temporal-spatial segregation among hummingbirds foraging on honeydew in a temperate forest in Mexico

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Current Zoology 2011年第1期57卷 56-62页

作者： Carlos lara Vanessa MARTINEZ-GARCIA Raul ORTIZ-PULIDO Jessica BRAVO-CADENA Salvador LORANCA Alex CORDOBA-AGUILAR Laboratorio de Ecologfa de la Conducta Centro Tlaxcala de Biologfa de la Conducta UAT-UNAM Km 1.5 carretera Tlaxcala- Puebla s/n Colonia Xicohtencatl Apdo. Postal 262 Tlaxcala Tlaxcala 90070 Mexico Laboratorio de Ecologfa de Poblaciones. Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas. Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mexico Departamento de Quimica y Biologia. Universidad de las Ameficas-Puebla. Cholula Puebla Mexico Departamento de Ecologfa Evolutiva. lnstituto de Ecologfa Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Distrito Federal Mexico

Spatial and temporal variation in interactions between hummingbirds and plants have often been examined, and hummingbirds and insects are known to indirectly interact in networks of nectar plants. In a highland temperate forest in Hidalgo, Mexico some oak trees were heavily infested by honeydew-producing insects （family Margarodidae, tribe Xylococcini, genus Strigmacoccus） and the honeydew was consumed by hummingbirds. Here using survival analysis we investigate how the honey- dew produced by dense populations of these margarodids is temporally and spatially partitioned by hummingbirds. We also measured the availability and quality of honeydew exudates, and then we recorded the time until a bird visited and used such re- sources. Four hummingbird species consumed this resource （Atthis eloisa, Hylocharis leucotis, Colibri thalassinus and Eugenes fulgens）. Data from 294 hours of observation on seven focal trees suggested temporal and spatial segregation among visiting birds according to body size and territorial behavior during the most honeydew-limited time. Hummingbird species differed in the dally times they foraged, as well as in the location where honeydew-producing insects were visited on the trees. Temporal and spatial segregation among hummingbird species is interpreted as an adaptation to reduce the risk of aggressive encounters. This may facilitate multispecies coexistence and allow these birds to exploit honeydew more effectively

关键词： Honeydew Hummingbirds Mexico Nectarivory Niche partitioning

Protein synthesis modulation as a therapeutic approach for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

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Neural Regeneration Research 2022年第7期17卷 1423-1430页

作者： Santiago E.Charif M.Florencia Vassallu lara Salvañal Lionel M.Igaz IFIBIO Houssay Grupo de Neurociencia de SistemasFacultad de MedicinaUniversidad de Buenos Aires-CONICETBuenos AiresArgentina

Protein synthesis is essential for cells to perform life metabolic *** alterations of protein content can lead to particular *** have an intrinsic array of mechanisms and pathways that are activated when protein misfolding,accumulation,aggregation or mislocalization *** of them(like the unfolded protein response)represent complex interactions between endoplasmic reticulum sensors and elongation factors that tend to increase expression of chaperone proteins and/or repress translation in order to restore protein homeostasis(also known as proteostasis).This is even more important in neurons,as they are very susceptible to harmful effects associated with protein overload and proteostatic mechanisms are less effective with *** neurodegenerative pathologies such as Alzheimer’s,Parkinson’s,and Huntington’s diseases,amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia exhibit a particular molecular signature of distinct,unbalanced protein *** amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia,the majority of cases present intracellular inclusions of ubiquitinated transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa(TDP-43).TDP-43 is an RNA binding protein that participates in RNA metabolism,among other *** of TDP-43(*** and mislocalization)can dramatically affect neurons,and this has been linked to disease *** of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia TDP-43-related mutations in cellular and animal models has been shown to recapitulate key features of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia disease *** variants can be causative of degeneration onset and *** neurodegenerative diseases(including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia)have no cure at the moment;however,modulating translation has recently emerged as an attractive approach that can be performed at several steps(***

关键词： amyotrophic lateral sclerosis frontotemporal dementia neurodegeneration neurodegenerative diseases protein imbalance protein synthesis modulation proteostasis therapeutical compounds transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa translation unfolded protein response

Glycosylation of N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid equilibrates between systemic acquired resistance response and plant growth

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Molecular Plant 2021年第3期14卷 440-455页

作者： Jianghua Cai Adam Jozwiak lara Holoidovsky Michael MMeijler Sagit Meir Ilana Rogachev Asaph Aharoni Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Weizmann Institute of ScienceRehovot 761001Israel Department of Chemistry and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBe’er-Sheva 8410501Israel

N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid(NHP)activates plant systemic acquired resistance(SAR).Enhanced defense responses are typically accompanied by deficiency in plant development and *** of extensive studies on SAR induction,the effects of NHPmetabolismon plant growth remain largely *** this study,we discovered that NHP glycosylation is a critical factor that fine-tunes the tradeoff between SAR defense and plant *** demonstrated that a UDP-glycosyltransferase(UGT76B1)forming NHP glycoside(NHPG)controls the NHP to NHPG ***,the ugt76b1 mutant exhibits enhanced SAR response and an inhibitory effect on plant growth,while UGT76B1 overexpression attenuates SAR response,promotes growth,and delays senescence,indicating that NHP levels are dependent on UGT76B1 function in the course of ***,our results suggested that,upon pathogen attack,UGT76B1-mediated NHP glycosylation forms a‘‘hand brake’’on NHP accumulation by attenuating the positive regulation of NHP biosynthetic pathway genes,highlighting the complexity of SAR-associated *** addition,we showed that UGT76B1-mediated NHP glycosylation in the local site is important for fine-tuning SAR *** results implicate that engineering plant immunity through manipulating the NHP/NHPG ratio is a promising method to balance growth and defense response in crops.

关键词： N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid glycoside UDP-glycosyltransferase glycosylation systemic acquired resistance plant growth

An experimental study on the conversion between IFPUG and UCP functional size measurement units

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Journal of Zhejiang University-Science C(Computers and Electronics) 2014年第3期15卷 161-173页

作者： Juan J.CUADRADO-GALLEGO Alain ABRAN Pablo RODRíGUEZ-SORIA Miguel A.lara Ecole de Technologie Supérieure-ETS 1100 Notre-Dame Ouest Computer Science Department University of Alcala

The use of functional size measurement(FSM) methods in software development organizations is growing during the years. Also, object oriented(OO) techniques have become quite a standard to design the software and, in particular, Use Cases is one of the most used techniques to specify functional requirements. Main FSM methods do not include specific rules to measure the software functionality from its Use Cases analysis. To deal with this issue some other methods like Kramer's functional measurement method have been developed. Therefore, one of the main issues for those organizations willing to use OO functional measurement method in order to facilitate the use cases count procedure is how to convert their portfolio functional size from the previously adopted FSM method towards the new method. The objective of this research is to find a statistical relationship for converting the software functional size units measured by the International Function Point Users Group(IFPUG) function point analysis(FPA) method into Kramer-Smith's use cases points(UCP) method and vice versa. Methodologies for a correct data gathering are proposed and results obtained are analyzed to draw the linear and non-linear equations for this correlation. Finally, a conversion factor and corresponding conversion intervals are given to establish the statistical relationship.

关键词： Software engineering Requirements analysis Functional size measurement Use cases analysis Object oriented Function point analysis Use cases points

Carbon dioxide fixation into cyclic carbonates at room temperature catalyzed by heteroscorpionate aluminum complexes

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Green Chemical Engineering 2022年第3期3卷 280-287页

作者： Felipe de la Cruz-Martinez Jose A.Castro-Osma Agustin lara-Sanchez Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Departamento de Quimica InorganicaOrganica y Bioquimica-Centro de Innovacion en Quimica Avanzada(ORFEO-CINQA)Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologias QuimicasCiudad Real13071Spain Instituto de Investigaciones Quimicas(IIQ) Departamento de Quimica Inorganica and Centro de Innovacion en Quimica Avanzada(ORFEO-CINQA)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas(CSIC)and University of SevillaSevilla41092Spain Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Departamento de Quimica InorganicaOrganica y Bioquimica-Centro de Innovacion en Quimica Avanzada(ORFEO-CINQA)Facultad de FarmaciaAlbacete02071Spain

Novel mono-and bimetallic scorpionate aluminum compounds have been designed and characterized by spec-troscopic *** organometallics complexes,in combination with tetrabutylammonium bromide as cocatalyst,displayed good catalytic activity for the cycloaddition of styrene oxide and CO_(2) under ambient *** the compounds tested,monometallic complex 3 featuring diethylamino groups showed the highest catalytic *** catalytic system catalyzed the formation of cyclic carbonate products from their corresponding epoxides at room temperature and 1 bar of CO_(2) pressure in the absence of a solvent in good yields and excellent selectivities.

关键词： CO_(2) Epoxides Cyclic carbonates Aluminum complexes