One of the main objectives of the ABC4Trust project was to define a common, unified architecture for Privacy-ABC systems to allow comparing their respective features and combining them into common platforms. The chapter presents an overview of features and concepts of Privacy-ABCs and introduces the architecture proposed by ABC4Trust, describing the layers and components as well as the highleve...

Sox proteins are DNA-binding proteins belonging to the HMG box superfamily and they play key roles in animal embryonic development. Zebrafish Sox21a is part of group B Sox proteins and its chicken and mouse orthologs have been described as transcriptional repressor and activator, respectively, in two different target gene contexts. Zebrafish sox21a is present as a maternal transcript in the ooc...

A highly sensitive spectrofluorimetric method was developed for the first time, for the analysis of ten fluoroquinolones (FQs) antibacterials, namely amifloxacin (AMI), ciprofloxacin (CIP), difloxacin (DIF), enoxacin (ENO), enrofloxacin (ENR), lomefloxacin (LOM), levofloxacin (LEV), norfloxacin (NOR), ofloxacin (OFL) and pefloxacin (PEF) in their pharmaceutical dosage forms or in biological flu...

We have shown previously that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signalling in posterior regions of the Xenopus embryo is required for the development of the trunk and tail via a molecular pathway that includes the caudal-related gene Xcad3 and the posterior Hox genes [1]. These results have been contested by the work of Kroll and Amaya [2], which shows that Xenopus embryos transgenic for a dominan...

It has becom e increasingly apparen t that B lymphomas provide clonal models for antigen-specific lymphocytes and for the analysis o f both positive and negative signalling in B cells. In addit ion, ant i Ig reagents have been used to mimic an t igen / to le rogen in their interact ion with B cell receptors at a polyclonal level (1-3). We have been studying the effects o f ant i-Ig on a g roup ...

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a destructive citrus disease. The leading cause of HLB is Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Fatty acid biosynthesis is essential for bacterial viability and has been validated as a target for the discovery of novel antibacterial agents. Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (also called ENR or FabI and a product of the fabI gene) is an enzyme required in a critical step o...

Adenylate cyclase has been found to be associated with par t i cu la te fractions from various m a m m a lian cells and unicellar organisms (for review see reference 16). Mostly, the enzyme has been associated with the plasma membrane , a l though in brain it was conta ined in the synaptic membranes (3), in the rabbi t psoas muscle in the microsomal fraction (15), and in the lymphocyte on the p...

The excessive use of cultivated land for non-grain production activities is considered a threat to grain security. This study presents an analysis framework on unraveling the causal mechanisms land. We apply in Liyang, which located Yangtze River Delta and also important “national base” county China. first determine four categories as immediately recoverable (IMR), simple-engineering (SER), eng...

The lower reaches of the Yellow River is known for rapid development industry and agriculture, which has also led to some pollution. However, information about level toxic contaminants in surface waters lacking this area. Therefore, five sampling points were set investigate distribution various pollutants analyze potential risks. presence heavy metals (Heavy tested study were: Mercury (Hg), Ars...

A natural experiment conducted on the shrinking Salton Sea, a saline lake in California, showed that each one foot drop elevation resulted 2.6% average increase PM2.5 concentrations. The has caused asthma rate continues to among children, with five children being sent emergency department, which is related asthma. In this paper, several data-driven machine learning (ML) models are developed for...