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Performance-exposición N. Forcada-Octubre 2015
No full textPerformance-exposición N. Forcada-Octubre 201
Cross-Amplification and Validation of SNPs Conserved over 44 Million Years between Seals and Dogs
No full textHoffman J, Thorne MAS, McEwing R, Forcada J, Ogden R. Cross-Amplification and Validation of SNPs Conserved over 44 Million Years between Seals and Dogs. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(7): e68365.High-density SNP arrays developed for humans and their companion species provide a rapid and convenient tool for generating SNP data in closely-related non-model organisms, but have not yet been widely applied to phylogenetically divergent taxa. Consequently, we used the CanineHD BeadChip to genotype 24 Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) individuals. Despite seals and dogs having diverged around 44 million years ago, 33,324 out of 173,662 loci (19.2%) could be genotyped, of which 173 were polymorphic and clearly interpretable. Two SNPs were validated using KASP genotyping assays, with the resulting genotypes being 100% concordant with those obtained from the high-density array. Two loci were also confirmed through in silico visualisation after mapping them to the fur seal transcriptome. Polymorphic SNPs were distributed broadly throughout the dog genome and did not differ significantly in proximity to genes from either monomorphic SNPs or those that failed to cross-amplify in seals. However, the nearest genes to polymorphic SNPs were significantly enriched for functional annotations relating to energy metabolism, suggesting a possible bias towards conserved regions of the genome
Biografía y escritos de San Vicente Ferrer. Dirección e introducción de los Padres Fr. José M. de Garganta, O. P., y Fr. Vicente Forcada
No full textRicard Robert. Biografía y escritos de San Vicente Ferrer. Dirección e introducción de los Padres Fr. José M. de Garganta, O. P., y Fr. Vicente Forcada. In: Bulletin Hispanique, tome 59, n°3, 1957. pp. 335-336
Muda Forcada em Codornas de Postura Comercial (Coturnix Coturnix ) Atraves ...
No full textPara prolongar a vida produtiva das codornas poedeiras utilizamos o metodo alternativo do oxido de zinco e verificamos seu efeito sobre os parametroa produtivos e sanitarios em codornas de postura comercial Foram realizadas tres experimentos E1 Efeito de metodo de muda forcada sobre a viabilidade e a regressao do aparelho reprodutor RPA em codornas E2 Analise de variaveis reprodutivas das codornas submetidas a muda forcada e E3 ocorrencia de Salmonella spp em codornas induzidas a muda pelo metodo do oxido de zinco os metodos utilizados foram metodo do oxido de zinco MZ e o metodo da muda por jejum MJ Dentro de cada metodo as codornas foram subdivididas em diferentes niveis de perda de peso corporeo PPC Grupo C aves nao tratadas n 40 Grupo J25 MJ com PPC de 25 n 40 Grupo J35 MJ com PPC de 35 n 40 Grupo Z25 MJ com PPC de 25 n 40 Grupo Z35 MJ com PPC de 35 n 40 no E1 utilizou se o MJ e MZ Para cada avaliacao da RPA 30 aves foram subdivididas em cinco grupos de sies animaism para os seguintes tratamentos C Z25 Z35 J25 J35 No aspecto viabilidade foram utilizados os mesmos tratamentos com excecao do J25 Nesse caso 40 aves para cada grupo constituiu cada trataamento Do mesmo modo foram divididos os grupos do E2 onde foi avaliado percentual produtivo peso do ovo gema e casca percentual de casca e gema para o E3 as coletas de amostras foram realizadas em codornas submetidas a muda Grupo induzido e codornas nao tratadas Gupo Controle Para cada grupo foram coletadas 12 swabs cloacais e 12 amostras de fezes em dois momentos Pos muda no fim do tratamento e Periodo produtivo 30 dias de producao os resultados demonstraram que as aves submetidas a muda forcada pelo metodo do oxido de zinco Z25 apresentaram numericamente as mais baixas taxas de mortalidade 2 5 e RPa 75 88 O grupo Z35 apesar de apresentar alta RPA resultou significativamente na menor taxa de viabilidade em relacao aos outros tratamentos De acordo com o percentual produtivo verificou se que entre a segunda e a quarta semana de producao o grupo Z25 obteve um desempenho significativamente superior a todos os outros excetuando os casos ocorridos nas semanas tres e quatro relacionados respectivamente aos grupos J35 e Z35 Co relacao as caracteristicas fisicas dos ovos e conversao alimentar nao houve diferencas significativas entre os tratamentos A partir das analises microiologicas observou se a presenca de Salmonella enterica em duas amostras fecais sendo uma pos muda e a outra no periodo produtivo Podemos concluir que codornas de postura comercial submetidas a muda com PPC de 25 atraves do oxido de zinco apresenta a menor taxa de mortalidade como tambem uma melhora significativa na producao de ovos nas primeiras semanas de producao A presenca de Salmonella enterica em fezes pode ser um indicativo da inducao de Enterobacteriaceas em codonas submetidas a mudanca forcad
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe 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
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
The effect of melatonin implants on the response to the male effect and on the subsequent cyclicity of Rasa Aragonesa ewes implanted in April. Anim Reprod Sci,
No full textAbstract Rasa Aragonesa ewes were used to evaluate whether treatment with melatonin implants in spring could modify: (i) the response to the male effect in terms of oestrous behaviour and ovulation rate; and (ii) the maintenance of sexual activity and ovulation rate at medium term, i.e. over the next 306 days. On 12 April, 42 ewes were divided into two groups, with (M; n = 21) or without (C; n = 21) a subcutaneous implant containing 18 mg melatonin. On 17 May (day 0), three aproned rams were introduced to each group to induce a ram effect. Ewes were observed for oestrus daily. The rams were removed 40 days later after which one aproned ram was introduced daily. Oestrous detection continued until 28 February, 306 days after the first male-female contact. The ovulation rate was determined by endoscopy in the first three cycles after ram introduction and in September-October and January. Progesterone was assayed from blood samples taken on 6 May, 10 and from day 0 to day 22 after ram introduction. Luteal activity before ram introduction was seen in 33% (M) and 29 (C)% of the ewes, respectively. Significantly more M ewes showed oestrous behaviour during the first 40 days after ram introduction (M: 100%; C: 62%; P < 0.01). Similar differences were observed for ewes anovulatory at ram introduction (M: 100%, C: 47%; P < 0.01). These differences were maintained over the three oestrous cycles in both groups. Treatment with melatonin implants was without detrimental effect on cyclic functions in the following breeding season, after seasonal anoestrus. Melatonin treatment significantly increased (P < 0.05) the mean ovulation rate of the first (1.62 ± 0.11 versus 1.31 ± 0.13), second (1.78 ± 0.15 versus 1.36 ± 0.15) and third cycles (M: 1.73 ± 0.12 versus C: 1.27 ± 0.14). There was a significant interaction between the effects of cyclicity at day 0 and melatonin treatment on the ovulation rate in the first cycle (P < 0.05). The mean ovulation rates of both groups were similar at the beginning (September) and middle (January) of the subsequent breeding season. Overall, the results confirmed that melatonin implants, combined with the ram effect, * Corresponding author. Tel.: +34-976-761600; fax: +34-976-761612. E-mail address: [email protected] (F. Forcada). 0378-4320/02/$ -see front matter © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII: S 0 3 7 8 -4 3 2 0 ( 0 2 ) 0 0 1 1 7 -3 166 O. Zúñiga et al. / Animal Reproduction Science 72 (2002) [165][166][167][168][169][170][171][172][173][174] improved the reproductive parameters of reduced-seasonality ewes during spring mating, without impairing sexual activity or ovulation rate during the subsequent breeding season
OpenMaTrEx: a free/open-source marker-driven example-based machine translation system
No full textWe describe OpenMaTrEx, a free/open-source example based
machine translation (EBMT) system based on the marker hypothesis, comprising a marker-driven chunker, a collection of chunk aligners, and two engines: one based on a simple proof-of-concept monotone EBMT recombinator and a Moses-based statistical decoder. OpenMaTrEx is a free/open-source release of the basic components of MaTrEx, the Dublin City University machine translation system
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