but in this case it likely posed an extra stress on the plants from the resulting depletion of soil moisture.
The genes made a laboratory strain of Escherichia coli bacteria resistant to one of four types of antibiotics--beta-lactams (like penicillin) aminoglycosides (like kanamycin) tetracycline or chloramphenicol.
and Type 2 Diabetes while six in 10 associate it with benefits linked to age-related memory loss cancer and Alzheimer's disease (MSI 2012a).
Millennials are also the most likely to believe that functional foods/beverages can be used in place of some medicines (NMI 2012) to relieve tiredness/lack of energy retain mental sharpness with aging stress and eye health.
The shame and stress of no longer being able to provide for their families has resulted in hundreds of thousands of male farmers
#Pathogenic E coli binds to fresh vegetablesfood-poisoning outbreaks linked to disease-causing strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli are associated normally with tainted meat products.
Climate change is expected also to intensify several stresses that forests already face such as damaging insect pests and diseases drought and wildfire.
Higher levels of green space were associated with lower symptoms of anxiety depression and stress. The study published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research
About 2500 Wisconsin residents from 229 neighborhoods answered an assessment that asked them to rate their symptoms of depression anxiety and stress.
They found that across all strata of society people who lived in a neighborhood with less than 10 percent tree canopy were much more likely to report symptoms of depression stress and anxiety.
The greening of neighborhoods could be a simple solution to reducing stress says Malecki. If you want to feel better go outside.
In addition to the stresses of a warming climate they may face competition and displacement from more cosmopolitan birds like blue jays which tend to come along with residential development.
Put under stress through physical exertion--such as long-distance walking or running--they gain in strength as the fibres are added
or redistributed according to where strains are highest. The ability of bone to adapt to loading is shown by analysis of the skeletons of modern athletes
whose bones show remarkably rapid adaptation to both the intensity and direction of strains. Because the structure of human bones can inform us about the lifestyles of the individuals they belong to they can provide valuable clues for biological anthropologists looking at past cultures.
A new study by Florida State university Associate professor Arturo Figueroa published in the American Journal of Hypertension found that watermelon could significantly reduce blood pressure in overweight individuals both at rest and while under stress.
More people die of heart attacks in cold weather because the stress of the cold temperatures causes blood pressure to increase
and cardiac stress while both at rest and while they were exposed to the cold water. That means less overload to the heart so the heart is going to work easily during a stressful situation such as cold exposure Figueroa said.
or increase mortality due to waterlogging stress. We will evaluate these responses for the first time at a regional scale using remotely sensed indicators of vegetation condition
In an era of climate change pollution and the global spread of pathogens these new grains must also be able to handle stress.
of stress: biotic generally caused by infectious organisms like bacteria; and abiotic caused by environmental agents like nutrient deficiency flood and salinity.
Traditionally scientists have believed that different sets of genes regulated plants'responses to biotic and abiotic stress.
However Wusirika and Shaik discovered that 1377 of the approximately 3800 genes involved in rice's stress response played a role in both types stress.
About 70 percent of those master genes are co-expressive--they turn on under both kinds of stress.
Typically the others turn on for biotic stress and turn off for abiotic stress. The scientists looked at the genes'response to five abiotic stresses--drought heavy metal contamination salt cold and nutrient deprivation--and five biotic stresses--bacteria fungus insect predation weed
competition and nematodes. A total of 196 genes showed a wide range of expressions to these stresses.
The top genes are likely candidates for developing a rice variety with broad stress-range tolerance Wusirika said.
Next they would like to test their findings. We want to do experimental analysis to see if five or 10 of the genes work as predicted he said.
Their study is described in the paper Machine learning Approaches Distinguish Multiple Stress Conditions using Stress-Resposive Genes
and Identify Candidate Genes for Broad Resistance in Rice published in the January edition of Plant Physiology.
Professor Hidetoshi Saze of the OIST Plant Epigenetics Unit is leading a new research project to develop a new strain of rice that produces digestion-resistant starch to prevent these diseases.
This new strain of rice is expected to serve as an alternative preventative measure. In addition to its anti-obesity effect gathering evidence suggests that the rice with digestion-resistant starch may also provide other benefits such as lower blood sugar levels reduced neutral fat and harmful cholesterol levels and prevention
Despite its great promise when researchers planted the original strain of resistant-starch rice in Okinawa the yield per hectare was about half that achieved in mainland Japan.
Saze and his team then started hybridizing the resistant-starch rice with local strains to genetically design a new strain of rice suited to Okinawa's climate.
Saze is analyzing genomes of these rice strains. He is also using plant incubators in his unit to shorten the vegetation period of the new rice.
when two different strains of Listeria monocytogenes were found in the traditional Austrian curd cheese known as Quargel. 34 people were infected
and were able to show that the strains displayed distinct properties and entered the food chain independently.
two distinct bacterial strains which had evolved not recently from a common ancestor and therefore entered the food chain independently.
and analysed the genomes of both strains and assessed their virulence the ability to infect cells.
The first contamination event from June 2009 to January 2010 was attributed to one L. monocytogenes strain very effective at infecting epithelial cells of the intestine and liver cells.
and carbamates was generated in otherwise susceptible fly strains..These genes are familiar candidates to LSTM researchers who have documented previously their links with pyrethroid and DDT resistance.
and had a major impact on local water stress. This is shown in a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
thus increasing local water stress. Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of our global freshwater consumption and therefore has a huge potential to affect local water scarcity lead author Anne Biewald says.
Cows for example would be threatened by heat stress and the dryness would be a problem for the forests.
and 20 on grass with muscle strains being the most common injury (13 on artificial turf 14 on grass).
and has been used safely in children with autism said Hongjie Yuan MD Phd scientist in the Department of Pharmacology at the Emory University School of medicine.
#Healthy midlife diet may prevent dementia laterhealthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years according a doctoral thesis published at the University of Eastern Finland.
The results showed that those who ate the healthiest diet at the average age of 50 had an almost 90 per cent lower risk of dementia in a 14-year follow-up study than those
The study was the first in the world to investigate the relationship between a healthy diet as early as in midlife and the risk of developing dementia later on.
and dementia using a healthy diet index based on the consumption of a variety of foods.
Previous studies on diet and dementia have focused mainly on the impact of single dietary components.
and increased risk of dementiathe impact of dietary fats on cognitive performance and the risk of dementia was studied separately as well.
It was shown also that a higher saturated fat intake was associated with an increased risk of dementia among those carrying a genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease the epsilon 4 variant of the apolipoprotein E (Apoe) gene.
In addition those consuming 3 to 5 cups of coffee daily had a smaller risk of dementia than those consuming less or more.
Our results will enable the management of captive and semi-captive elephants to be tailored to maximise fertility reducing strain on the wild population.
#Birds of all feathers and global flu diversitya group of international scientists have completed the first global inventory of flu strains in birds by reviewing more than 50 published studies
and performed as part of the USAID PREDICT project identified over 116 avian flu strains in wild birds.
This surprised virologists as the strain had caused never before disease in humans. To date there have been more than 300 clinical cases of H7n9 with a 33 percent mortality rate.
This year another strain known to infect birds H10n8 has caused human cases for the first time. As was the case in the H7n9 outbreak most direct bird-to-human spillover events
Completing the first global inventory of flu strains in birds is a key step in building that understanding.
Mallards carry the highest number of strains at 89 and ruddy turnstones were second with 45.
The more a strain was shared across wild bird types the more likely it was to be found in domestic birds a risk factor for spillover events.
They also noted that some strains could be specific to certain bird types. For example gulls and shorebirds (Charadriiformes) carried ten strains that have not been identified in any other bird order.
According to Dr. Olson This inventory isn't about blaming wild birds but it allows us to map
and the emergence of rare viral strains that can infect people. Given that flu viruses can jump from domestic poultry to people ongoing efforts at improving biosecurity at poultry farms
when subjected to a mechanical stress. The findings which have just been published in Nature go well beyond the scope of the geosciences:
When mechanical stress is applied the disclinations enable the grain boundaries to move thus allowing olivine to deform in any direction.
Adding the metal-resistant bacteria enables the plants to cope with stress better resulting in reduced levels of phenolics.
and other types of stress derived of climate change? A research group of the Universidad Politã cnica de Madrid (UPM) led by Luis GÃ mez a professor of the Forestry School
and other ways of abiotic stress that have applied an interest for forestry. This work is a continuation of a project started by of a research team of the UPM a decade ago.
This study focuses on mechanisms that plant cells use to protect themselves from stress factors.
They are so fundamental that the obtained poplars in this work can resist other stress factors.
Using computer model calculations scientists were able to demonstrate how those plants subjected to stress from parasite infestation reacted very differently from those without stress.
and several other biotic and abiotic stresses she said. This research will use high-throughput site-associated DNA sequencing to map the genes controlling drought
and heat tolerant genes but also develop a platform for mapping genes controlling several other biotic and abiotic stress tolerances such as aphid resistance and low phosphorus tolerance both
and cloned will significantly advance understanding of the molecular basis underlying plant tolerances to these stresses Zhang said.
or stresses from channels melted into the underside of the ice--they were unexpected certainly from our planning survey said Dr Nicholls.
and pyrethroids and mosquitoes from a laboratory fully susceptible strain and did a genome wide comparison study.
and allowed them to see the underlying method to the madness. It turned out that each type of cone has an area around it called an exclusion region that other cones cannot enter.
and honeybees and bumblebees at the same sites share genetic strains of DWV. We have known for a long time that parasites are behind declines in honeybees said Professor Brown.
'Currently East Malling Research is exploiting ways with commercial companies to formulate the two strains of biocontrol agents and conduct pilot commercial trialling of formulated products.
and stress pressures in the WA wheatbelt. They compared cultivars with disease-sensitivity genes to cultivars that lacked these particular genes
Avian Pathogenic E coli (APEC) belong to a broad group of extraintestinal pathogenic E coli (Expec) strains. Colibacillosis caused by APEC in birds leads to serious illness often attacking the avian respiratory system producing systemic
APEC may also provide a reservoir for virulence genes that may be acquired by human strains. Many types of bacteria produce extracellular surface fibers like ECP enabling them to adhere to one another as well as to various surfaces.
With the aid of PCR methods the group tested 167 APEC strains derived from chickens
The authors stress that the results confirm that APEC and human pathogenic E coli strains share virulence traits.
Finally the study attempted to evaluate APEC virulence in baby chicks using strains with deleted ECP genes.
In fact the potential for colonization among the ECP deletion strains was reduced particularly in the bloodstream.
and redefines financial stress according to returns over feed costs instead of just the price of milk.
Our study was conducted to characterize changes in plant relations of citrus plants with soil moisture carefully maintained at high levels to minimize drought stress.
During the experiments trees were watered twice daily--three times on the days data were collected--to minimize drought stress.
#Bacterial toxin potential trigger for multiple sclerosisresearchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have added to the growing body of evidence that multiple sclerosis may be triggered by a toxin produced by common foodborne bacteria.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system characterized by blood brain (BBB) permeability and demyelination a process in
According to the National Multiple sclerosis Society the condition affects approximately 400000 Americans and is with the exception of trauma the most frequent cause of neurological disability beginning in early to middle adulthood.
Epsilon toxin may be responsible for triggering MS. Epsilon toxin is produced by certain strains of Clostridium perfringens a spore-forming bacterium that is one of the most common causes of foodborne illness in the United states. The U s. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention estimates that non-epsilon toxin producing C. perfringens strains cause nearly a million cases of foodborne illness each year.
and her colleagues discovered C. perfringens type B (a strain that is not known to infect humans
Our anticipation of possible improvement of resistance to abiotic stresses via phytochrome RNA interference further adds to its commercial potential. â#Story Source:
In lab tests bacterial strains of the genera Bacillus Lactococcus Pantoea and Burkholderia effectively inhibited the growth of Pseudomonas bacteria isolated from infected acacia leaves.
and fall and Reinhardt said this issue perhaps due to cold stress must be looked at more closely as well.
Do we have heat stress mitigation plans in place at the feeding facilities? Are we pushing that boundary of having too heavy weight carcasses?
Are we using low-stress cattle handling techniques? How far away from the load out facility are the fat cattle being moved?
and were going through stress. Thomson said many in the swine industry started calling these pigs NANI pigs meaning non-ambulatory non-injured.
while the others did not experience any stress. They were able to recreate the same syndrome that we're now seeing in some cattle Thomson said.
Generally physical stress whether they were on a beta-agonist or not showed clinical signs of fatigue in these market hogs.
when we have heat stress. Moving forward Thomson said the industry needs to better-understand the clinical and physiological responses of beta-agonists in cattle
researchers sayscientists led by experts at Durham University have discovered a natural mechanism in plants that could stimulate their growth even under stress and potentially lead to better crop yields.
and the University of Warwick have discovered that plants have the natural ability to regulate their growth independently of Gibberellin particularly during times of environmental stress.
when plants are experiencing stress. The interaction between the proteins can be modified in a number of ways including by conventional plant breeding methods and by biotechnology techniques.
This mechanism works independently of the Gibberellin hormone meaning we can use this new understanding for a novel approach to encourage the plant to grow even when under stress.
They found a strong distinction between genes in these beneficial strains and in pathogenic strains.
The harmful Burkholderia species are more resistant to antibiotics than the symbiotic and agricultural strains.
All this chewing put considerable strain on the jaws and teeth which explains why Nutcracker Man had such a distinctive cranial anatomy.
and heat stress. By altering the landscape with roads facility construction billboards and transmission lines and in some cases providing sources of water
researchers discovered that an alarming percentage of the meat was contaminated with multi-drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus,
Schizophrenia, depression and other mental illnesses continue to be understood poorly by the public; at the worst, those who suffer from them are stigmatized in their communities.
if they knew dementia ran in his family
'The Ruins of Detroit'were once Motor city's cathedralsdetroit once served as a paragon of American ingenuity.
Asia and South america, found that even these final refuges of threatened species are vulnerable to human encroachment and environmental stresses.
it will be a stronger more evolved strain posing a significant threat to honey bees and our pollination services,
I think, stems from our simultaneous obsession with pork and animal-centric cooking in general. Ramen perfectly encapsulates our hedonistic pleasure in eating--it's comforting
pesticides, stress, Â diesel exhaust, disease and habitat loss. While the impact of CCD might be overblown,
and the financial stress on the household goes up, the violence decreases. So were making a leap of faith there.
But bringing dung into their city house had Shekhawats conservative mother in hysterics. They, afterall, are the descendants of Rajput kings.
A subsequent major development was the development of disease-resistant strains of wheat that could handle artificial fertilizer and produce higher yields.
As the team sequences additional strains and close relatives of the pathogen they'll be able to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the blight's adaptation.
Even if British utilities were to hit a 2020 goal of generating more electricity from renewable sources, consumers compulsion to view screens, click mice,
Our obsession with devices that for the most part didn t even exist 20 or 30 years ago is driving up electricity consumption and CO2 emissions through sheer volume,
But there are other reasons too, like lower costs and less stress. Bus and train ridership increased by 2. 3 percent in 2011 over 2010
after it became clear that their father couldn't handle the stress of single fatherhood.
There was no religious compulsion. Since Mcdonald s fare is regarded widely as unhealthy, critics see it as a misfit in the healthier vegetarian food club as well as a poor challenge to tradition Indian fast-food.
what he calls a personal obsession with how recursion works in both nature and programming.
There's a method to the madness, a growing public backlash against Mcdonald's, driven in part by health advocates,
The anticipated expansion and sustainability implications have caused some anxiety around the city's future, prompting the government to respond with its food policy framework.
in the lab. They did this by engineering a strain of  E coli bacteria to produce the sugar for them, quickly and cheaply.
They also reduce stress, which has its own health benefits. Large, established trees can even fight crime.
while Israel has isolated a strain that resists Tamiflu, the most common antiviral. By attacking this adaptability, pandemic skeptic Peter Palese of the Mt.
The Chinese government reported increasing numbers of humans falling dangerously ill due to a powerful new flu strain, H7n9,
The World health organization quickly launched a full effort toward creating a vaccine for this new strain.
So if a strain is not yet moving easily between humans how do you assign risk to it?
Was there any overt indication that this strain of flu was more of a risk?
what stops a lot of the severe disease of the normal human flu strains is immunity. Essentially anyone over the age of 10 years has had probably the flu a couple of times,
If we find viruses like the H7 that we perceive as high-risk then we start making viable vaccine strains.
and issued a reminder that caffeine can trigger side effects like jitteriness and anxiety. He noted:
paranoid or whatever it is weed real does to you. Â But some customers will have achieved already that mental state
Thomas finds the food fear in Japan baffling a sign of modern and misbegotten hysteria. â Å The most important thing to do immediately after the accident was to restrict the consumption of locally produced milk and green leafy vegetables
Among its psychoactive properties, theanine is reported to reduce mental stress and improved cognition and mood via its binding to the GABA brain receptors in the parasympathetic nervous system.
Sharing Sweets, Mango Mania, Healthy Snackingchicago, May 8, 2012/PRNEWSWIRE/--Fun fruits and shared sweets, foreign flavors and healthy snacks are emerging as the 2012 trends to meet the ever-evolving appetites
Mango Mania A new generation of tropical fruit flavors is appearing on store shelves with mango leading the way.
Computer vision software can analyze facial expressions for signs of severe pain, the onset of delirium or other hints of distress,
These welfare problems are not just the multiple stresses that animals are exposed to during the export process
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