When nematodes invade and subsequently migrate within plant roots, they generate cell wall fragments (in the form of oligogalacturonides; OGs) that can act as damage-associated molecular patterns and activate host defence responses. However, the molecular mechanisms mediating damage responses in plant-nematode interactions remain unexplored. Here, we characterized the role of a group of cell wa...

Building occupancy grids (OGs) in order to model the surrounding environment of a vehicle implies to fusion occupancy information provided by the different embedded sensors in the same grid. The principal difficulty comes from the fact that each can have a different resolution, but also that the resolution of some sensors varies with the location in the field of view. In this article we present...

Cucurbitaceae is one of the most important plant families distributed worldwide. Transcription factors (TFs) regulate growth at transcription level. Here, we performed a systematic analysis 42 641 TFs from 63 in 14 and 10 non-cucurbit species. Whole-genome duplication (WGD) was dominant event type almost all plants. The TF were divided into 1 210 orthogroups (OGs), which, 112 unique to Cucurbit...

Not only can online topic modeling algorithms extract topics from big data streams with constant memory requirements, but also can detect topic shifts as the data stream flows. Fast convergence speed is a desired property for batch learning topic models such as latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), which can further facilitate developing fast online topic modeling algorithms for big data streams. ...

Wireless Optical Communication Links (OCL), or Free Space Optics (FSO) links involving optical ground stations (OGS) are highly influenced by the earth atmosphere due to the interaction of the optical wave with particles of different size and shape. Fog, clouds, rain and snow cause significant signal attenuation thus limiting the performance of OCL. In this paper, we consider the behavior of OC...

Inter-site technological variation in the archaeological record is one of the richest potential sources of information about Plio-Pleistocene hominid behavior and evolution. However, appropriate methods for describing and comparing Oldowan assemblages have yet to be agreed upon, and interpretation of the early record remains highly controversial. Particularly salient is disagreement over whethe...

Having been priced for centuries as a source of valuable raw materials, flax (Linum usitatissimum) thanks to its multipurpose applications, nowadays, is perceived as a non-waste plant. Residues after pressing the oil (the seedcake) and extracting the fiber (the shives) are both unappreciated materials containing important compounds which have antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal and anticance...

Sugars are ubiquitous and critical components for general metabolism. These primary products from photosynthesis affect most, if not all, processes in plant cells by providing skeletons for organic compounds and storing energy for chemical reactions. Sugars also serve as critical signaling molecules in relation to both cellular metabolic status and biotic and abiotic stress response (Rolland et...

Due to the increasing share of fluctuating renewable energy, a seasonal energy storage with high capacity is needed, which stores summer surplus electricity satisfy winter heating demand. It assumed that control integration novel thermochemical concept into building system can meet this requirement and save operating costs. For purpose, model-predictive prediction horizon beyond public weather ...

Invited Review: Reproducible and target-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification relies on several interrelated factors of which primer design is central. Here, we describe new free bioinformatics software, the FastPCR which was developed, and continues to be updated, based on detailed experimental studies of PCR efficiency for the optimal design of primers and probe sequences and...