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About: Bielefeld University is a education organization based out in Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Quantum chromodynamics. The organization has 10123 authors who have published 26576 publications receiving 728250 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Bielefeld & UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results of a simulation of two flavor QCD on a 16{sup 3}x4 lattice using p4-improved staggered fermions with bare quark mass m/T=0.4.
Abstract: We present results of a simulation of two flavor QCD on a 16{sup 3}x4 lattice using p4-improved staggered fermions with bare quark mass m/T=0.4. Derivatives of the thermodynamic grand canonical partition function Z(V,T,{mu}{sub u},{mu}{sub d}) with respect to chemical potentials {mu}{sub u,d} for different quark flavors are calculated up to sixth order, enabling estimates of the pressure and the quark number density as well as the chiral condensate and various susceptibilities as functions of {mu}{sub q}=({mu}{sub u}+{mu}{sub d})/2 via Taylor series expansion. Furthermore, we analyze baryon as well as isospin fluctuations and discuss the relation between the radius of convergence of the Taylor series and the chiral critical point in the QCD phase diagram. We argue that bulk thermodynamic observables do not, at present, provide direct evidence for the existence of a chiral critical point in the QCD phase diagram. Results are compared to high temperature perturbation theory as well as a hadron resonance gas model.
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TL;DR: EDGAR provides novel analysis features and significantly simplifies the comparative analysis of related genomes and supports a quick survey of evolutionary relationships and simplifying the process of obtaining new biological insights into the differential gene content of kindred genomes.
Abstract: The introduction of next generation sequencing approaches has caused a rapid increase in the number of completely sequenced genomes. As one result of this development, it is now feasible to analyze large groups of related genomes in a comparative approach. A main task in comparative genomics is the identification of orthologous genes in different genomes and the classification of genes as core genes or singletons. To support these studies EDGAR – "Efficient Database framework for comparative Genome Analyses using BLAST score Ratios" – was developed. EDGAR is designed to automatically perform genome comparisons in a high throughput approach. Comparative analyses for 582 genomes across 75 genus groups taken from the NCBI genomes database were conducted with the software and the results were integrated into an underlying database. To demonstrate a specific application case, we analyzed ten genomes of the bacterial genus Xanthomonas, for which phylogenetic studies were awkward due to divergent taxonomic systems. The resultant phylogeny EDGAR provided was consistent with outcomes from traditional approaches performed recently and moreover, it was possible to root each strain with unprecedented accuracy. EDGAR provides novel analysis features and significantly simplifies the comparative analysis of related genomes. The software supports a quick survey of evolutionary relationships and simplifies the process of obtaining new biological insights into the differential gene content of kindred genomes. Visualization features, like synteny plots or Venn diagrams, are offered to the scientific community through a web-based and therefore platform independent user interface http://edgar.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de
, where the precomputed data sets can be browsed.
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University of Vienna1, University College London2, Zoological Society of London3, Stellenbosch University4, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources5, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)6, Free University of Berlin7, Leibniz Association8, University of Auckland9, Charles University in Prague10, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic11, University of Konstanz12, Taizhou University13, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology14, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens15, University of Fribourg16, University of Oldenburg17, Scion18, University of Sassari19, University of Porto20, Universidade Nova de Lisboa21, Charles Darwin Foundation22, Durham University23, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology24, University of Concepción25, University of Hong Kong26, CABI27, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ28, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg29, United States Forest Service30, Bielefeld University31, University of Bern32, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland33, Environment Agency34, Smithsonian Institution35, Institut national de la recherche agronomique36, University of Silesia in Katowice37, Landcare Research38, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization39
TL;DR: Using a global database of the first regional records of alien species covering the years 1500–2005, a surprisingly high proportion of species in recent records that have never been recorded as alien before are detected.
Abstract: Our ability to predict the identity of future invasive alien species is largely based upon knowledge of prior invasion history Emerging alien species—those never encountered as aliens before—therefore pose a significant challenge to biosecurity interventions worldwide Understanding their temporal trends, origins, and the drivers of their spread is pivotal to improving prevention and risk assessment tools Here, we use a database of 45,984 first records of 16,019 established alien species to investigate the temporal dynamics of occurrences of emerging alien species worldwide Even after many centuries of invasions the rate of emergence of new alien species is still high: One-quarter of first records during 2000–2005 were of species that had not been previously recorded anywhere as alien, though with large variation across taxa Model results show that the high proportion of emerging alien species cannot be solely explained by increases in well-known drivers such as the amount of imported commodities from historically important source regions Instead, these dynamics reflect the incorporation of new regions into the pool of potential alien species, likely as a consequence of expanding trade networks and environmental change This process compensates for the depletion of the historically important source species pool through successive invasions We estimate that 1–16% of all species on Earth, depending on the taxonomic group, qualify as potential alien species These results suggest that there remains a high proportion of emerging alien species we have yet to encounter, with future impacts that are difficult to predict
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TL;DR: The interlink of the physiological understanding of tolerance processes from molecular processes as well as the agronomical techniques for stabilizing growth and yield and their interlinks might help improving the authors' crops for future demand and will provide improvement for cultivating crops in saline environment.
Abstract: Thirty crop species provide 90% of our food, most of which display severe yield losses under moderate salinity. Securing and augmenting agricultural yield in times of global warming and population increase is urgent and should, aside from ameliorating saline soils, include attempts to increase crop plant salt tolerance. This short review provides an overview of the processes that limit growth and yield in saline conditions. Yield is reduced if soil salinity surpasses crop-specific thresholds, with cotton, barley and sugar beet being highly tolerant, while sweet potato, wheat and maize display high sensitivity. Apart from Na+ , also Cl- , Mg2+ , SO4 2- or HCO3 - contribute to salt toxicity. The inhibition of biochemical or physiological processes cause imbalance in metabolism and cell signalling and enhance the production of reactive oxygen species interfering with cell redox and energy state. Plant development and root patterning is disturbed, and this response depends on redox and reactive oxygen species signalling, calcium and plant hormones. The interlink of the physiological understanding of tolerance processes from molecular processes as well as the agronomical techniques for stabilizing growth and yield and their interlinks might help improving our crops for future demand and will provide improvement for cultivating crops in saline environment.
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TL;DR: The results show both similarities, as well as distinct features, in Cd toxicity expression in genotypes of one species, suggesting that independent and multi-factorial reactions modulate Cd sensitivity on the low-tolerance level of plants.
Abstract: This work evaluates the (cor-)relations between selected biochemical responses to toxic Cd and the degree of Cd sensitivity in a set of pea genotypes. Ten genotypes were analysed that differ in their growth response to Cd when expressed as root or shoot tolerance indices (TIs). Concentrations of non-protein thiols (NPTs) and malondialdehyde (MDA), activity of chitinase, peroxidase (POX), and catalase significantly increased in all pea genotypes treated with Cd. Cd-sensitivity of genotypes was correlated with relative increases in MDA concentration as well as activities of chitinase and POX, suggesting similar Cd stress effects. Activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) decreased, but concentrations of glutathione (GSH) increased in the less Cd-sensitive genotypes. Differences in root and leaf contents of Cd revealed no correlation with TI, metabolic parameters, and enzyme activities in Cd-treated plants, respectively, except that shoot Cd concentration positively correlated with shoot chitinase activity. Toxic Cd levels inhibited uptake of nutrient elements such as P, K, S, Ca, Zn, Mn, and B by plants in an organ- and genotype-specific manner. Cd-sensitivity was significantly correlated with decreased root Zn concentrations. The results show both similarities, as well as distinct features, in Cd toxicity expression in genotypes of one species, suggesting that independent and multi-factorial reactions modulate Cd sensitivity on the low-tolerance level of plants. The study illustrates the biochemical basis of earlier detected genotypic variation in Cd response.
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Stefan Grimme | 113 | 680 | 105087 |
Alfred Pühler | 102 | 658 | 45871 |
James Barber | 102 | 642 | 42397 |
Swagata Mukherjee | 101 | 1048 | 46234 |
Hans-Joachim Werner | 98 | 317 | 48508 |
Krzysztof Redlich | 98 | 609 | 32693 |
Graham C. Walker | 93 | 381 | 36875 |
Christian Meyer | 93 | 1081 | 38149 |
Muhammad Farooq | 92 | 1341 | 37533 |
Jean Willy Andre Cleymans | 90 | 542 | 27685 |
Bernhard T. Baune | 90 | 608 | 50706 |
Martin Wikelski | 89 | 420 | 25821 |
Niklas Luhmann | 85 | 421 | 42743 |
Achim Müller | 85 | 926 | 35874 |
Oliver T. Wolf | 83 | 337 | 24211 |