The formation of the Aspergillus nidulans fruiting body is affected by a number of genetic and environmental factors. Here, the nsdC (never in sexual development) gene-encoding a putative transcription factor carrying a novel type of zinc-finger DNA-binding domain consisting of two C(2)H(2)'s and a C(2)HC motif that are highly conserved in most fungi but not in plants or animals-was investigate...

Attentional difficulties are a core axis in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, establishing consistent and detailed pattern of these neurocognitive alterations has not been an easy endeavour. Based on dimensional approach to ADHD, the present study aims at comprehensively characterizing three key attentional domains: networks (alerting, orienting, executive attention), tw...

The human cytomegalovirus UL80 protease was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by metal-chelate chromatography using a histidine tag engineered at the amino terminus. Cleavage of the 30-kDa protease at an internal site, VEA/A144, resulted in the recovery of 16- plus 14-kDa two-chain protease. The amino-terminal 16-kDa chain and the carboxyl-terminal 14-kDa chain remained associated as a...

Measuring the quality of life in municipalities entails two empirical challenges. First, collecting a set of relevant indicators that can be compared across the municipalities. Second, using an appropriate aggregating tool in order to construct a synthetic index. This paper measures the quality of life for the largest 643 Spanish municipalities using Value Efficiency Analysis (VEA). The indicat...

Filamentous fungi produce diverse secondary metabolites (SMs) essential to their ecology and adaptation. Although each SM is typically produced by only a handful of species, global SM production is governed by widely conserved transcriptional regulators in conjunction with other cellular processes, such as development. We examined the interplay between the taxonomic narrowness of SM distributio...

The density functional theory DFT provides a powerful and reliable approach to the electronic structures of manyelectron systems.1,2 The DFT has been extended so that various physical quantities can be chosen as basic variables.3–5 For instance, the spin-density functional theory,6,7 the current-density functional theory CDFT ,8–11 and LDA+U method12–15 are regarded as examples of such extensio...

Epiphytes are still an understudied plant group in Amazonia. The aim of this study was to identify distributional patterns and conservation priorities for vascular epiphyte assemblages (VEA) across We compiled the largest Amazonian plot database date, through a multinational collaborative effort 22 researchers 32 field sites located four countries – Epiphyte Network (AEN). addressed following c...

The term compound allergy is used to describe a condition in patients who are patch test-positive to formulated products, but are patch test-negative to all the ingredients when these are tested individually. We report 8 cases of contact dermatitis to VEA® lipogel (Ulka, Rovigo, Italy), a cosmetic that has previously been reported as the cause of compound allergy (1). All cases were observed at...

Soil loss is not limited to change from forest or woodland to other land uses/covers. It may occur when there is agricultural land-use/cover modification or conversion. Soil loss may influence loss of carbon from the soil, hence implication on greenhouse gas emission. Changing land use could be considered actually or potentially successful in adapting to climate change, or may be considered mal...