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Efectos de ecdisona y de la aclimatación a baja temperatura, sobre el crecimiento y la tasa metabólica de juveniles de la langosta de agua dulce Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae)
Get PDFGrowth, metabolic rate, and energy reserves of Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) juveniles were evaluated in crayfish acclimated for 16 weeks to either 25 ºC (temperature near optimum) or 20 ºC (marginal for the species). Additionally, the modulating effect of ecdsyone on acclimation was studied. After 12 weeks of exposure, weight gain of both experimental groups acclimated to 25 ºC (control: C25, and ecdysone treated: E25) was significantly higher than that of those groups acclimated to 20 ºC (C20 and E20). A total compensation in metabolic rate was seen after acclimation from 25 ºC to 20 ºC; for both the control group and the group treated with ecdysone. A Q10 value significantly higher was only observed in the group acclimated to 20 ºC and treated with ecdysone. A reduction of glycogen reserves in both hepatopancreas and muscle, as well as a lower protein content in muscle, was seen in both groups acclimated to 20 ºC. Correspondingly, glycemia was always higher in these groups. Increased lipid levels were seen in the hepatopancreas of animals acclimated to 20 ºC, while a higher lipid level was also observed in muscle at 20 ºC, but only in ecdysone-treated crayfish.RESUMEN. Efectos de ecdisona y de la aclimatación a baja temperatura, sobre el crecimiento y la tasa metabólica de juveniles de la langosta de agua dulce Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae). Se evaluaron las reservas energéticas, el crecimiento y la tasa metabólica de langostas juveniles de agua dulce Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868), aclimatadas durante 16 semanas tanto a 25°C (temperatura cercana al óptimo) como a 20°C (temperatura marginal para la especie). Adicionalmente, se evaluó el efecto modulador de la ecdisona sobre la aclimatación. Luego de 12 semanas de exposición, la ganancia en peso de ambos grupos experimentales aclimatados a 25°C (control: C25, y tratados con ecdisona: E25) fue significativamente mayor que la de los grupos aclimatados a 20°C (C20 and E20). Se verificó una compensación total en la tasa metabólica, luego de la aclimatación desde 25 a 20°C, tanto para el grupo control como para el tratado con ecdisona. Solamente se observó un valor de Q10 significativamente mayor en el grupo aclimatado a 20°C y tratado con ecdisona. En ambos grupos aclimatados a 20°C, se determinó un reducción en la reservas de glucógeno, tanto en hepatopancreas como en músculo, así como un
menor contenido de proteína en músculo. Correspondiente, la glucemia resultó siempre más elevada en esos grupos, que también mostraron un mayor nivel de lípidos en el hepatopancreas, siendo mayor el nivel de lípidos en músculo sólo para los juveniles aclimatados a 20°C y tratados con ecdisona.Fil: Chaulet, Anouk. Consejo Nacional de Invest.cientif.y Tecnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada; Argentina;Fil: Vatnick, Itzick. Widener University Department of Biology; Estados Unidos de América;Fil: Rodriguez, Enrique Marcelo. Presidencia/directorio - Conicet. Gerencia de Des.cient.y Tec.. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Cdad. Universitaria. Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada; Argentina
Survival, growth, and physiological responses of advanced juvenile freshwater crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus), reared at low temperature and high salinities
Get PDFThe effects of stress caused by low temperature, high salinities, and a combination of both low temperatures and high salinities were evaluated in advanced (~. 5. g) juvenile freshwater crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Ten animals were weighed and assigned to each of the following combination of two temperature and three salinity treatments: 27 °C (optimum for this species) or 20 °C and 0, 5, and 10. g/L salt concentrations. After 30. days in each treatment, oxygen consumption and weight were recorded, together with hemolymph levels of glucose, sodium, potassium, and free amino acids (FAA). Glycogen level was determined in hepatopancreas and abdominal muscle, while FAA levels were measured in abdominal muscle and hemolymph. A significant decrease of weight gain was seen at the combination of 20 °C and 10. g/L salinity. A marked hyperglycemia was seen at the lower temperature, at any salinity tested. At the same temperature, there was a concomitant decrease of glycogen, in both hepatopancreas and muscle. Both sodium and potassium hemolymphatic levels significantly increased with increasing salinity, but only at 20 °C. No changes were seen in hemolymphatic FAA levels, but they increased in abdominal muscle at higher salinities, in correspondence with the sodium hemolymphatic increase, in order to regulate cellular osmolarity. Although advanced juveniles of C. quadricarinatus did not exhibit reduced survival or growth at 20 °C or 10. g/L salinity, the combination of relatively low temperature and high salinity significantly reduces growth, suggesting that the combination of these two factors is a stressful condition for these crayfish juveniles.Fil: Prymaczok, Natalia Cecilia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; ArgentinaFil: Chaulet, Anouk. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; ArgentinaFil: Medesani, Daniel Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; ArgentinaFil: Rodriguez, Enrique Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; Argentin
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
In vitro effects of both dopaminergic and enkephalinergic antagonists on the ovarian growth of Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae), at different periods of the reproductive cycle
Get PDFThe in vitro effect of both spiperone (dopaminergic antagonist) and naloxone (enkephalinergic antagonist), was assayed on small pieces of ovary dissected from C. quadricarinatus females, with the eventual addition of some neuroendocrine organs, such as thoracic ganglion or eyestalk tissue. The incorporation of tritiated leucine by the ovary was measured in order to estimate the ovarian growth. During the post-reproductive period, both mentioned antagonists were able to significantly stimulate the ovary in the presence of thoracic ganglion, but did not produce any significant effect in the preparation containing ovary and eyestalk tissue, or only ovary. No significant effects of the assayed antagonists were noted during the pre-reproductive period. These results were in accordance with previous models describing the neuroendocrine control of crustacean reproduction, and represent new findings about the hormonal context in different periods of the reproductive cycle of crayfish. Besides, by means of the experimental combination of the tested antagonists with dopamine or met-enkephalin, a new model dealing with the interaction of these two neurotransmitters on the hormonal secretion of thoracic ganglion has been proposed.Fil: Cahansky, Alejandra Valeria. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Medesani, Daniel Alberto. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Chaulet, Anouk. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Rodriguez, Enrique Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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