Animals must move to find food and mates, and to avoid predators; movement thus influences survival and reproduction, and ultimately determines fitness. Precise description of movement and understanding of spatial and temporal patterns as well as relationships with intrinsic and extrinsic factors is important both for theoretical and applied reasons. We applied hidden semi-Markov models (HSMM) ...

Ayça Dilruba Aslanger1, Aynur Akbulut2, Gül Tokgöz3, Sakine Türkmen4, Kanay Yararbaş5 1 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Medical Genetics Department, Kocaeli, Turkey 2 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Kocaeli, Turkey 3 Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Hematology, Kocaeli, Turkey 4 Hemoglobinopathy Screening Cen...

BACKGROUND Clustering time-series data into discrete groups can improve prediction and provide insight into the nature of underlying, unobservable states of the system. However, temporal variation in probabilities of group occupancy, or the rates at which individuals move between groups, can obscure such signals. We use finite mixture and hidden Markov models (HMMs), two standard clustering tec...

A new tobamovirus species has been recently isolated from hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) in Florida (1). This Florida hibiscus virus has been given the name Hibiscus latent Fort Pierce virus (HLFPV) to reflect the site (Fort Pierce, FL) and host (hibiscus) from which it was originally isolated. A limited survey has revealed that this virus is widespread in hibiscus and related species in the...

Oakleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr.) is an understory shrub native to the southeastern United States. Hydrangeas are popular ornamental landscape plants; however, little known about diversity in horticulturally important traits for oakleaf hydrangea. Information regarding variation could guide future breeding efforts species. Seed was collected from 55 populations throughout range ...

In the present study 14 bacterial strains were isolated from root nodule of Crotolaria junceae L. from 4 different sites of Assam. The isolates were investigated for their morphological characteristics. Three different confirmatory tests were performed with the isolates. The isolates were also investigated for their biochemical characteristics and compared with biochemical characteristics of re...

The photosynthetic responses to moderately high temperatures (38 degrees C, imposed at 21% or 2% O(2) in air and 1500 mumol m(-2) s(-1)) were compared in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars grown in northern regions of Ukraine and expected to be relatively sensitive to high temperatures ('North' cultivars) and in cultivars grown in southern regions and expected to be relatively heat-tolerant...