552 research outputs found
TaqMan qPCR for Quantification of Clonostachys rosea Used as a Biological Control Agent Against Fusarium graminearum
No full textClonostachys rosea is a biological control agent against Fusarium graminearum in small grain cereals and maize. Infections with F. graminearum do not only reduce the yield but, due to the production of mycotoxins, also affect the entire value chain of food and feed. In addition, production of other secondary metabolites such as hydrophobins, also known as gushing inducers, may cause quality challenges for the malting and brewing industry. Sustainable disease control strategies using C. rosea are treatment of infected residues of the previous crop, direct treatment of the actual cereal crop or post-harvest treatment during malting processes. Follow-up of growth and survival of biocontrol organisms during these different stages is of crucial importance. In the current study, we developed a quantitative real-time PCR detection method that amends the currently available culture-dependent techniques by using TaqMan chemistry with a highly specific primer and probe set, targeting the actin gene. We established a sensitive assay that detects the biological control agent down to 100 genome copies per reaction, with PCR efficiencies between 90 and 100%. The specificity of the assay was confirmed against a panel of 30 fungal and 3 bacterial species including 12 members of the Fusarium head blight complex and DNA of barley, maize and wheat. The DNA of C. rosea was detected in Fusarium-infected maize crop residues that were either treated in the laboratory or in the field with C. rosea and followed its DNA throughout the barley malting process to estimate its growth during grain germination. We used a standardized DNA extraction protocol and showed that C. rosea can be quantified in different sample matrices. This method will enable the monitoring of C. rosea during experiments studying the biological control of F. graminearum on cereal crop residues and on cereal grains and will thus contribute to the development of a new disease control strategy
Elina Brotherus
No full textThis bachelor thesis is dedicated to the production of Finish photographer called Elina Brotherus. The life of the author is summarized in the introduction because of its impact on the work. The major part of the thesis is devoted to her photos, another part to her videos. The creation is captured chronologically from its beginnings when the author was already studying at the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki, Finland until her contemporary works. A great attention is paid to her most famous collections such as Das Mädchen sprach von Liebe, Suites françaises 1 and 2 or The New Painting. One chapter talks about the inclusion of Elina Brotherus into Helsinki School. The result is the creation of a biography of this well-known photographer that has not been written yet
Author(s): Elina Lahelma Source
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Tackling Gender Inequality in STEM: Breaking Barriers and Building Futures
No full textThis symposium explores critical dimensions of gender inequality, diversity initiatives, and allyship in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) workplaces. Drawing on empirical studies from the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom, the presenters address key challenges in fostering inclusion in STEM fields.
A Contextualized Intersectional Approach to Inequality in STEM Work- A Review and Research Agenda
Author: Jessica Fiorelli; Hasselt University
Breaking Gender Barriers in STEM: A Comprehensive Approach to Combating Masculine Defaults
Author: Dejan Matlak; -
Author: Lena Knappert; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Author: Yuval Engel; University of Amsterdam
Author: Danny Sanders; The Inclusion Studio
Allyship as World-Building: A Study of Women with Mental Health Issues in the UK STEM
Author: Elina Meliou; University of Southampton
Author: Weerahannadige Dulini Fernando; University of Warwick
Author: Krystal Wilkinson; Manchester Metropolitan University
Author: Gustavo Sanchez Munoz; -
The Lost Futures of Gender Diversity in STEM: The Politics of Time in Danish Diversity Initiatives
Author: Justine Grønbæk Pors;
The transcendence of the human capital towards spirituality
Full text linkPublicat in: International Scientific Conference “Classical and Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Economic Thought: Considerations regarding the quality of life in the context of a changing Europe”, 2nd Edition (May 27, 2016) / Editorial Board: Elina BENEA-POPUȘOI [et al.]; Organisational Committee: Elina BENEA-POPUȘOI [et al.]. – Chisinau: ASEM 2016. – 176 p. ISBN 978-9975-75-844-4; ISBN 978-9975-75-845-1 (PDF) (pag. 105-112)This article examines the conditions under which human resources can be transformed into human capital. The author describes the fundamental differences between these two notions in the light of the individual’s personality. Human capital is a core input, from which other forms of capital can be derived. The author attempts to show that human capital is the main asset of a nation, building her argument on the example of Great Britain – a developed country that has been successful in attracting and valorising this form of capital from abroad. In the context of the emergence of the global labour and talent markets, the countries in development such as the Republic of Moldova, face an increase in both the risks and opportunities related to human capital. Managing these risks and opportunities represents a challenge to which the country must respond by increasing investments in the valorisation of its human capital, inclusively through an improved design of the education policy and planning of the future workforce. At the same time, the author suggests that spirituality is a fundamental dimension of the factors that generate human capital, driving their development in a way that responds to country’s deepest and most actual needs
A study on fire evacuation awareness at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) / Norshafiqah Elina Mohd Mustafa
Full text linkThis thesis is about fire evacuation awareness at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). In this study, there are three campus of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) which from branch Shah Alam, Selangor, Puncak Alam, Selangor and Seri Iskandar, Perak. Respondents from the 3 branch of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) are the key to succeed this study where the questionnaire are distributed to the staff and students who are occupied in that building, and there has an interview session between the author and the person who is in charge in this studies. The issues that are arise in the Campus of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) branch Shah Alam, Selangor is there are no assembly point because this campus are crowded with buildings. Because of the issues, it brings to the making of this study. The author decided to study about the fire evacuation on the campus with different situation, which are the old campus are longer, new campus, and small capacity campus. This study was conducted to study about fire evacuation system in all the different campuses. Not all the campuses are using the same system. They used conventional system, full addressable system and semi addressable system. By studying the system, the author know what are the problems on the buildings that the fire drill are not conducted for their building occupants. Fire drill is important to increase the level of awareness of building occupants. The study also highlight suggestions from the Facility Department to improve their current system, as well as suggestions from the respondents to improve their self-awareness
Janus Bifrons, Janus Cerus: strategie traduttive e autotraduttive in Nabokov
No full textJanus Bifrons, Janus Cerus: Nabokov’s translation and Self-translation
Strategies
The first part of the paper delves into the question of the writer’s approaches to literary
translation. A distinction between his translations into Russian (this is the case of Alice in
Wonderland,1923, Anja v Strane Čudes) and those into English (Evgenij Onegin, 1964,Eu-gene Onegin) is in order. It should be underlined, however, that in this reference frame the
translation is conducted on works belonging to otherauthors. Nonetheless, these examples
make it possible to discuss Nabokov’s distinct, if not contradictory, theoretical position con-cerning the practice of translation. In fact, his opinion dramatically changes depending on
the direction of translation, from Russian into English or the other way round.
The second focus is on the problem of translating one’s own text. In Nabokov’s literary
career this activity was undertaken from the 1930s onwards. It is possible here to mention a
novel such as Otčajanie(Despair, 1936), which the author self-translated twice into English
(1937, 1965). Finally, the paper considers Nabokov’s collaboration with his son Dmitri, because of its theoretical importance. Examples of this cooperation can be found, for instance,
in the translation of Priglašenie na kazn’ (1938, Invitation to a Beheading, 1959), and Cose
Trasparenti(1975, Transparent Things, 1972). The legitimacy of the translation and its value
are called into question, while the role of the author in this context is also discussed
‘What Has Not Been Assumed Has Not Been Redeemed: The Forgotten Orthodox Theological Condonement of Women’s Ordination in the 1996 Orthodox and Old Catholic Consultation on Gender and the Apostolic Ministry
Full text linkThis chapter examines the Orthodox theological condonement of the ordination of women in the 1996 consultation between Orthodox and Old Catholic theologians on gender and the apostolic ministry. This formal consultation came to the conclusion that there are no theological objections to the ordination of women. The author proposes that the issue of women’s ordination touched on a fundamental theological question: the manner in which tradition, including Scripture, is to be received. This chapter sheds light on a highly interesting yet little-known episode in Orthodox ecumenical relations, showing that there are recent examples of negotiations with tradition even on issues considered “closed cases” such as women’s ordination
Self-improving phenomena in the calculus of variations on metric spaces
Full text linkThis dissertation studies the integrability properties of functions related to the calculus of variations on metric measure spaces that support a weak Poincaré inequality and a doubling measure. The work consists of three articles in which we study the higher integrability of functions satisfying a reverse Hölder inequality, quasiminimizers of the Dirichlet integral and superharmonic functions
Autotraduzione: riflessioni sull'uso del termine
No full textThe paper focuses on the term "self-translation". Starting from the assumption that in the case of self-translation the author and the translator are one and the same person, and the object of this person’s activity is at the same time the object of both writing and translating, as well as from the fact that in this person two languages coexist, the paper reflects upon the possible extensions of the conceptual field of the term
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