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Archives affabulatoires, engagisme queer et ZOM-FAM de Kama La Mackerel
No full textL’auteure avance que le recueil de poésie ZOM-FAM, de Kama La Mackerel, constitue une archive affabulatoire de l’engagisme queer (queer indenture). Elle situe d’abord son recueil dans le contexte des histoires d’esclavage et d’engagisme de l’île Maurice, pour observer ensuite la façon dont ZOM-FAM offre une optique queer par des approches décoloniales au langage, ainsi qu’une esthétique qui éclaire de nouvelles généalogies d’engagisme queer et de genre décolonial.The author proposes that Kama La Mackerel’s ZOM-FAM is a fabulatory archive for queer indenture. She contextualizes this book of poems within Mauritius and the island’s histories of enslavement and indenture and observe how ZOM-FAM offers a queers lens through decolonial approaches to language alongside an aesthetic that illuminates new genealogies in queer indenture and decolonial gender.La autora afirma que la colección de poesía ZOM-FAM, de Kama La Mackerel, constituye un archivo ficticio de engagisme queer (queer indenture). En primer lugar, sitúa su colección en el contexto de los relatos de esclavitud y de engagisme de la Isla Mauricio, luego observa cómo ZOM-FAM ofrece una perspectiva queer a través de enfoques decoloniales del lenguaje, así como una estética que alumbra nuevas genealogías de engagisme queer y de género decolonial
Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales
No full textA spiral-shaped, highly motile bacterium was isolated from freshwater sulfidic sediment. Strain J10 T is a facultative autotroph utilizing sulfide, thiosulfate, and sulfur as the electron donors in microoxic conditions. Despite high 16S rRNA gene sequence sequence identity to Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 T (99.6 %), digital DNA-DNA hybridisation homology and average nucleotide identity between the two strains was of the different species level (25 % and 83 %, respectively). Strain J10 T is not magnetotactic. The DNA G + C content of strain J10 T is 61.9 %. The predominant phospholipid ester-linked fatty acids are C18:1ω7, C16:1ω7, and C16:0. Strain J10 T (=DSM 23205 T = VKM B-3486 T) is the first strain of the genus Magnetospirillum showing lithoautotrophic growth and is proposed here as a novel species, Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov. In addition, we propose to establish a framework for distinguishing genera and families within the order Rhodospirillales based on phylogenomic analysis using the threshold values for average amino acid identity at ̴ 72 % for genera and ̴ 60 % for families. According to this, we propose to divide the existing genus Magnetospirillum into three genera: Magnetospirillum, Paramagnetospirillum, and Phaeospirillum, constituting a separate family Magnetospirillaceae fam. nov. in the order Rhodospirillales. Furthermore, phylogenomic data suggest that this order should accomodate six more new family level groups including Magnetospiraceae fam. nov., Magnetovibrionaceae fam. nov., Dongiaceae fam. nov., Niveispirillaceae fam. nov., Fodinicurvataceae fam. nov., and Oceanibaculaceae fam. nov. Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.BT/Environmental Biotechnolog
Dethiobacteraceae fam. nov.
No full textDe.thi’o.bac.ter.a.ce.a.e. N.L. masc. n. Dethiobacter, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dethiobacteraceae, the family of the genus Dethiobacter. The family Dethiobacteraceae includes obligately anaerobic, moderately salt-tolerant, and obligately alkaliphilic bacteria able to grow chemolithoautotrophically by elemental sulfur disproportionation and fixingCO2 by the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway. The two strains currently known in pure culture are both isolated from saline soda lakes. H2 can serve as an additionalelectron donor for sulfur and thiosulfate reduction. The family consists of a single genus Dethiobacter with the type species Dethiobacter alkaliphilus. DNA G +C content (%): 48.3–48.5 (genomes of two isolates). Type genus: Dethiobacter Sorokin et al. 2008, VL123.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work publicBT/Environmental Biotechnolog
Phylogenetic study of the Nemaliales (Rhodophyta) based on large-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences supports segregation of the Scinaiaceae fam. nov. and resurrection of Dichotomaria Lamarck
No full textGene sequence data have been newly obtained for 18 species in 13 genera of the order Nemaliales (Rhodophyta), allowing for the first time a relatively comprehensive molecular phylogenetic appraisal of the order. The phylogenetic trees generated from these data support the recognition of three families: (i) the Liagoraceae as presently constituted; (ii) a reduced Galaxauraceae includingActinotrichia,Galaxaura (sensu lato), andTricleocarpa; and (iii) a new family, Scinaiaceae, segregated from the Galaxauraceae and including the generaScinaia,Gloiophloea,Nothogenia, and probablyWhidbeyella. The four genera of the Scinaiaceae differ from the newly circumscribed Galaxauraceae in being uncalcified, and having heteromorphic life histories in which the tetrasporophyte is much reduced and filamentous or crustose. This type of life history is found in onlyTricleocarpaof the Galaxauraceae. The results also showGalaxaurato be para/polyphyletic ifActinotrichiaandTricleocarpaare recognized. To remedy this, theGalaxaura marginataspecies complex,Galaxaura diesingiana, andGalaxaura obtusataare removed from the genus and placed in the resurrectedDichotomariaLamarck.Galaxaura marginata, presently thought to be wide-ranging and morphologically variable, is shown to comprise several species. As a consequence,Galaxaura teneraKjellman andBrachycladia australisSonder are removed from the synonymy ofG. marginataand restored as independent species inDichotomariafor South African and Australian isolates, respectively. The Liagoraceae is shown to encompass genera previously placed in the segregate families Nemaliaceae and Dermonemataceae, and the value of the reproductive characters used to define those taxa is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Peer reviewedfinal article publishedDichotomariaScinaiaceae fam. novphylogenyNemalialesLiagoraceaeGalaxaura marginataGalaxauracea
Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov
No full textA novel Gram-stain-negative, chemolithoautotrophic sulfur oxidizer, strain JG42(T), was isolated from a hot spring microbial mat. As an electron donor for autotrophic growth, strain JG42(T) utilized sulfide, thiosulfate, tetrathionate and elemental sulfur. Cells of strain JG42(T) were oxidase-positive and catalase-negative. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 65 mol%. The predominant cellular fatty acid was C-16:0. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that strain JG42(T) belonged to the order Chromatiales, but sequence similarities to the known species were less than 94 %. On the basis of its properties, strain JG42(T) (= DSM 104776(T) = NBRC 112696(T)) is proposed as the type strain of a novel species of a new genus, Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., which belongs to the family Thioalkalispiraceae. A new family, Thioprofundaceae fam. nov., is also proposed to accommodate the genus Thioprofundum, transferred from the family Thioalkalispiraceae
Natronogracilivirga saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cyclonatronum proteinivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic organotrophic bacteroidetes from hypersaline soda lakes forming a new family Cyclonatronaceae fam. nov. in the order Balneolales
No full textTwo heterotrophic bacteroidetes strains were isolated as satellites from autotrophic enrichments inoculated with samples from hypersaline soda lakes in southwestern Siberia. Strain Z-1702 T is an obligate anaerobic fermentative saccharolytic bacterium from an iron-reducing enrichment culture, while Ca. Cyclonatronum proteinivorum Omega T is an obligate aerobic proteolytic microorganism from a cyanobacterial enrichment. Cells of isolated bacteria are characterized by highly variable morphology. Both strains are chloride-independent moderate salt-tolerant obligate alkaliphiles and mesophiles. Strain Z-1702 T ferments glucose, maltose, fructose, mannose, sorbose, galactose, cellobiose, N-acetyl-glucosamine and alpha-glucans, including starch, glycogen, dextrin, and pullulan. Strain Omega T is strictly proteolytic utilizing a range of proteins and peptones. The main polar lipid fatty acid in both strains is iso-C 15:0, while other major components are various C 16 and C 17 isomers. According to pairwise sequence alignments using BLAST Gracilimonas was the nearest cultured relative to both strains (<90% of 16S rRNA gene sequence identity). Phylogenetic analysis placed strain Z-1702 T and strain Omega T as two different genera in a deep-branching clade of the new family level within the order Balneolales with genus. Based on physiological characteristics and phylogenetic position of strain Z-1702 T it was proposed to represent a novel genus and species Natronogracilivirga saccharolityca gen. nov., sp. nov. (= DSMZ 109061 T =JCM 32930 T =VKM B 3262 T). Furthermore, phylogenetic and phenotypic parameters of N. saccharolityca and C. proteinivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., strain Omega T (=JCM 31662 T, =UNIQEM U979 T), make it possible to include them into a new family with a proposed designation Cyclonatronaceae fam. nov. Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.BT/Environmental Biotechnolog
The Relation between Treated Maternal Urinary Tract Infection and Adverse Maternal, Prenatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women of Ardabil, Iran
No full textBackground and Objective: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections during pregnancy and has also been implicated as a risk factor for adverse maternal and prenatal outcomes. The aim of our study was to determine the relation between maternal urinary tract infection and adverse maternal, prenatal outcomes in pregnant women of Ardabil, Iran.
Material and Methods: This retrospective-case-control study was conducted on prenatal file records of pregnant women in Ardabil (2011). The pregnant women who had a positive urine culture in their prenatal files (N= 211) were considered as a case group and 232 ones without urinary tract infection as a control. Using a research- made questionnaire, the data related to present pregnancy and prenatal information was collected and analyzed by KrusKal Wallis, Chi- Square and Fisher statistical tests.
Results: Maternal age of under 25 (%61.6 vs. 56.5), body mass index of more than 30 (%18.3 vs. 15.6), primigravida (%55 vs. 48.8), hypertension (%2.4 vs. 1.3), hyperemesis Gravidarum (%14.8 vs. 12.6), frequency and dysuria (%1.9 vs. 0.9), low birth weight (%95.4 vs. 93.2), congenital malformation (%3.5 vs. 1.8), artificial milk feeding (%6.5 vs. 2.7), neonatal death (%0.9 vs. 0.0) are higher in urinary infection group, however the differences are not statistically significant. Other maternal and prenatal adverse outcomes such as diabetes, pre-eclampsia , hemoglobin level, prematurity, abortion and stillbirth have not significant relation with urinary infection.
Conclusion: Because of low level of adverse maternal or prenatal outcomes reported in our study, we conclude that screening and treatment of urinary tract infection in Ardabil health service is appropriate; therefore, no change is needed for present screening or treatment processes
Acute extensive bullous eruption
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Ethical approaches to family planning in Africa
No full textAfrica has historically provided the geographical flashpoint of ethical issues relating to family planning programs. Until recently in Sub-Saharan Africa, advocacy of family planning by non-Africans was unacceptable and by Africans politically inadvisable. This has changed in the 1980s. The health rationale for family planning is backed by strong evidence, especially in Africa, where infant and maternal mortality and morbidity rates are high. Population growth in many African countries impedes development, which cannot keep up with needs. Earlier attempts to offer family planning aid were often politically inept and endangered the needed partnership between donor and developing countries. Theoretical arguments and abstract demographic projections are less persuasive than carefully designed programs geared to the health and well-being of communitities that help plan them. Increased cooperation between donor and developing countries has helped resolve some of the ethical difficulties that beset family planning programs. This report summarizes many of the practical, ethical and cultural considerations in making family planning aid acceptable.Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Adolescent Health,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Gender and Health,Early Child and Children's Health
Syrian women's perceptions and experiences of ultrasound screening in pregnancy: Implications for antenatal policy
No full textUltrasound scanning is firmly embedded in antenatal maternity care around the world. This paper reports on a qualitative study carried out in 2003 of 30 Syrian women's perceptions and experiences of routine ultrasound in pregnancy. It was part of a larger study of the experiences of pregnancy and childbirth of 500 women from Damascus and its suburbs who had recently given birth to healthy newborns. The women had had multiple scans during pregnancy and accepted its use uncritically nearly all the time. The scans gave them reassurance that the baby was healthy, the pregnancy was progressing well and allowed them to learn the sex of the baby. The women also reacted positively to the antenatal educational messages that were conveyed using scans. However, we found the excessive use of this technology worrying. We believe private doctors, who attend 80percent of pregnant women, use ultrasound primarily to attract women to their clinics and increase their income. We recommend that maternity care in Syria should be better regulated; that women and their doctors should be made aware of the essential components of antenatal care; that national guidelines for antenatal care should be developed and that Syrian women should be empowered to ask questions about pregnancy and childbirth and the care they receive. © 2005 Reproductive Health Matters. All rights reserved.Bashour H, 2005, BIRTH-ISS PERINAT C, V32, P20, DOI 10.1111-j.0730-7659.2005.00333.x; BASHOUR H, PATTERNS DETERMINANT; BRICKER L, 2003, COCHRANE LIB; Clement S., 1998, PSYCHOL PERSPECTIVES, P7; Efrat Z, 1999, ULTRASOUND OBST GYN, V13, P305, DOI 10.1046-j.1469-0705.1999.13050305.x; *EHO, 2002, WHO ANT CAR RAND TRI; Enkin MW, 2000, GUIDE EFFECTIVE CARE; Garcia J, 2002, BIRTH-ISS PERINAT C, V29, P225, DOI 10.1046-j.1523-536X.2002.00198.x; HAFEZ R, CHILDBIRTH ITS DISCO; HYDE B, 1986, SOC SCI MED, V22, P587, DOI 10.1016-0277-9536(86)90026-2; KAMEL HS, 1999, J OBSTETRIC GYNAECOL, V25, P433; Lee W, 2004, OBSTET GYNECOL, V103, P333, DOI 10.1097-01.AOG.0000109522.51314.5c; Leithner K, 2004, ULTRASOUND OBST GYN, V23, P240, DOI 10.1002-uog.978; NEILSON JP, 2003, COCHRAN LIB; Nzeh DA, 1996, E AFR MED J, V73, P225; *ROY COLL OBST GYN, 2002, ULTR IM MAN GYN COND; *SYR CENTR BUR STA, 2002, PAN AR PROJ FAM SURV; *SYR MIN HLTH, 2000, TRAIN GUID REPR HLTH; *SYR MIN HLTH, 2003, STAT REP REPR HLTH S; *SYR SOC OBST, 2004, STUD UND REPR HLTH S; Tautz S, 2000, SOC SCI MED, V50, P689, DOI 10.1016-S0277-9536(99)00321-4; THORPE K, 1993, SOC SCI MED, V36, P311, DOI 10.1016-0277-9536(93)90015-V; *UNICEF, 2004, STAT WORLDS CHILDR N; VILLAR J, 1999, WHO REPROD HLTH LIB26232
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