Recent reports have indicated that some North African golden jackals possess gray wolflike mitochondrial DNA sequences [1,2]. The authors have suggested that those individuals may represent a previously undescribed gray wolf lineage present in North Africa, thus supporting previous claims based on the usual morphology and size of some canid specimens from this region [3]. Conceivably, the recen...

Prefetching transfers a data item in advance from its storage location to its usage location so that communication is hidden and does not delay computation. We present a novel prefetching technique for object-based Distributed Shared Memory (DSM) systems and discuss its implementation. In contrast to page-based DSMs, an object-based DSM distributes data on the level of objects, rendering curren...

The Golden Jackal Optimization algorithm (GJO) is used in this study to address the problem of optimal placement and sizing single multiple distributed generators (DGs) on IEEE123 test system. proposed approach attempts minimize total power loss system while respecting voltage limits. GJO a new meta-heuristic inspired by behavior golden jackal wild. find ideal location DGs, results are compared...

background : the aim of the present study was genotyping of echinococcus granulosus isolates from dogs and jackals in mazandaran province, northern iran, and using partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene ( cox1 ). methods: e. granulosus isolates (n = 15) were collected from 42 stray dogs and 16 jackals found in south of the caspian sea in northern iran. after m...

The golden jackal (Canis aureus) is one of the most common and widely distributed carnivores in India but phylogeographic studies on the species have been limited across its range. Recent studies have observed absence of mitochondrial (mt) DNA diversity in European populations while some North African populations of golden jackal were found to carry gray wolf (Canis lupus lupaster) mtDNA lineag...

Rabies is a zoonotic disease (a disease transmitted to humans from animals) that is caused by a virus. The disease affects domestic and wild animals, and is spread to people through close contact with infectious material, usually saliva, via bites or scratches. Rabies is present on all continents with the exception of Antarctica, but more than 95% of human deaths occur in Asia and Africa. Once ...

in this study prevalence of parasites in 118 samples (62 foxes and 56 jackals) was investigated in ilam province of iran, in 2010-2013, situated in the western part of the national capital of iran. the nematodes which were cleared in lactophenol, cestodes and acanthocephalans were stained using acetocarmine and haematoxylen, respectively for identification of the parasite species. cryptosporidi...

Parvoviruses exploit transferrin receptor type-1 (TfR) for cellular entry in carnivores, and specific interactions are key to control of host range. We show that several key mutations acquired by TfR during the evolution of Caniforms (dogs and related species) modified the interactions with parvovirus capsids by reducing the level of binding. These data, along with signatures of positive select...