In the basin of General Carrera lake, a space for care and propagation native species is transformed into socioecological infrastructure, connecting communities, species, local knowledge with disciplines such as planning, architecture, ecology, landscaping.

Gap junctions formed by connexons and thin junctions formed by lens-specific aquaporin 0 (AQP0) mediate the tight packing of fibre cells necessary for lens transparency. Gap junctions conduct water, ions and metabolites between cells, whereas junctional AQP0 seems to be involved in cell adhesion. High-resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed the supramolecular organization of these prote...

Membrane protein biogenesis in bacteria occurs via dedicated molecular systems SecYEG and YidC that function independently and in cooperation. YidC belongs to the universally conserved Oxa1/Alb3/YidC family of membrane insertases and is believed to associate with translating ribosomes at the membrane surface. Here, we have examined the architecture of the YidC:ribosome complex formed upon YidC-...

New communication technologies are being developed and new requirements from users are growing, Since advances in fiber optics provide high link capacity at low cost. Traditional solutions are based on processing resources of hosts and network nodes in order to optimize link utilization. A simpler and lightweight solution could be reached by a new approach in designing the network protocols; ou...

The ubiquity and importance of photosynthetic organisms in nature has made the molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis a widely studied subject at both structural and functional levels. A current challenge is to understand the supramolecular assembly of the proteins involved in photosynthesis in native membranes. We have used atomic force microscopy to study the architecture of the photosyntheti...

We use a special Canadian dataset containing both literacy test scores and standard labour market variables to examine the impact of literacy on immigrant earnings. Having a literacy measure allows us to examine issues related to discrimination and the sources of lower returns to foreign acquired education and experience among immigrants. We find that the native-born literacy distribution (asse...

This study introduces the concept of ‘digital diversity’ to refer to the increasing workforce heterogeneity that stems from the recent rise of digital natives in the workforce. While digital diversity is expected to promise innovation and efficiency, it may also give rise to organizational challenges. The nature of the promise and challenge of digital diversity as well as how it is perceived ac...