Version of January 2013 Abstract This paper examines the outperformance of naive diversification relative to optimal diversification. From out-of-sample analysis using portfolios consisting of individual stocks as well as diversified equity portfolios, we find that optimal diversification fails to consistently outperform naive diversification. Our results show that naive diversification increas...

Many African countries, including Mali, depend on the production of a single or limited range crops for national food security. In this heavy reliance basic commodities staple crops, even just one, exacerbates multiple risks to agricultural production, rural livelihoods, and nutrition. With in mind, smart campaign was initiated strengthen resilience nutritional situation households peasant comm...

A method of food selection known as "food diversification" does not rely solely on one type but rather a variety ingredients, starting with production, processing, distribution, and household consumption. West Sumbawa Regency is potential area in the development alternative local crops to replace rice, such yam, corn other tubers. This study aims 1) To determine factors that influence diversifi...

Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance determinants, natural molecules closely related to bacterial physiology and consistent with an ancient origin, are not only present in antibiotic-producing bacteria. Throughput sequencing technologies have revealed an unexpected reservoir of antibiotic resistance in the environment. These data suggest that co-evolution between antibiotic and antibiotic resi...

Parasitoid wasps are taxonomically and biologically extremely diverse. A conceptual framework has recently been developed for understanding life-history evolution and diversification in these animals, and it has confirmed that each of two linked life-history traits - the mode of larval development and the temporal pattern of egg maturation - acts as an organiser of life-history. The framework h...

The incorporation of non-canonical amino acids (ncAA) is an elegant way for the chemical diversification of recombinantly produced antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Residue- and site-specific installation methods in several bacterial production hosts hold great promise for the generation of new-to-nature AMPs, and can contribute to tackle the ongoing emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogens...

In most rainfed production areas in Iran, where wheat fallow is common, crop yield and resource sustainability could be improved by changing to more diverse crop rotation. It seems necessary to identify crop cultivars suitable for such diversification. This study was aimed to determine responses of two common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars with different growth habits (Sayyad as an inde...

Quantitative analyses of sexual expression show extensive interspecific variation in the strength of andromonoecy (proportions of hermaphroditic and staminate flowers) among Solanum species in the monophyletic section Lasiocarpa. The roles of phenotypic plasticity and inter- and intra-inflorescence architecture in the diversification of andromonoecy within this small clade were analyzed. Four s...

The lack of adenosine deaminase (ADA) leads to the accumulation of toxic metabolites, resulting in SCID. If the disease is left untreated, it is likely to have a fatal outcome in early infancy. Because hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and enzyme replacement therapy with pegylated bovine ADA (PEG-ADA) are both provided in our hospital, we undertook a retrospective longitudinal comp...