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University of Crete
Education•Rethymno, Greece•
About: University of Crete is a education organization based out in Rethymno, Greece. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Galaxy. The organization has 8681 authors who have published 21684 publications receiving 709078 citations. The organization is also known as: Panepistimio Kritis.
Topics: Population, Galaxy, Cancer, Context (language use), Laser
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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the near-extremal solutions of EMD theories, studied in ArXiv:1005.4690, provide IR quantum critical geometries, by embedding classes of them in higher-dimensional AdS and Lifshitz solutions.
Abstract: We show that the near-extremal solutions of Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton theories, studied in ArXiv:1005.4690, provide IR quantum critical geometries, by embedding classes of them in higher-dimensional AdS and Lifshitz solutions. This explains the scaling of their thermodynamic functions and their IR transport coefficients, the nature of their spectra, the Gubser bound, and regulates their singularities. We propose that these are the most general quantum critical IR asymptotics at finite density of EMD theories.
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Spanish National Research Council1, University of Seville2, Ankara University3, Akdeniz University4, National Clonal Germplasm Repository5, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad6, Hebrew University of Jerusalem7, University of Pennsylvania8, Institut national de la recherche agronomique9, University of Zagreb10, University of Crete11, Academy of Sciences of Albania12, Agharkar Research Institute13, Arts et Métiers ParisTech14, Kuban State Agrarian University15
TL;DR: The results suggest the existence of at least two important origins for the cultivated germplasm, one in the Near East and another in the western Mediterranean region, the latter of which gave rise to many of the current Western European cultivars.
Abstract: The domestication of the Eurasian grape (Vitis vinifera ssp. sativa) from its wild ancestor (Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris) has long been claimed to have occurred in Transcaucasia where its greatest genetic diversity is found and where very early archaeological evidence, including grape pips and artefacts of a 'wine culture', have been excavated. Whether from Transcaucasia or the nearby Taurus or Zagros Mountains, it is hypothesized that this wine culture spread southwards and eventually westwards around the Mediterranean basin, together with the transplantation of cultivated grape cuttings. However, the existence of morphological differentiation between cultivars from eastern and western ends of the modern distribution of the Eurasian grape suggests the existence of different genetic contribution from local sylvestris populations or multilocal selection and domestication of sylvestris genotypes. To tackle this issue, we analysed chlorotype variation and distribution in 1201 samples of sylvestris and sativa genotypes from the whole area of the species' distribution and studied their genetic relationships. The results suggest the existence of at least two important origins for the cultivated germplasm, one in the Near East and another in the western Mediterranean region, the latter of which gave rise to many of the current Western European cultivars. Indeed, over 70% of the Iberian Peninsula cultivars display chlorotypes that are only compatible with their having derived from western sylvestris populations.
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TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical framework is proposed to analyze the conditions under which a farmer facing production uncertainty and incomplete information will adopt a more efficient irrigation technology, and a reduced form of this model is empirically estimated using a sample of 265 farms located in Crete, Greece.
Abstract: We propose a theoretical framework to analyze the conditions under which a farmer facing production uncertainty (due to a possible water shortage) and incomplete information will adopt a more efficient irrigation technology. A reduced form of this model is empirically estimated using a sample of 265 farms located in Crete, Greece. The empirical results suggest that farmers choose to adopt the new technology in order to hedge against production risk. In addition, we show that the farmer's human capital also plays a significant role in the decision to adopt modern, more efficient irrigation equipment.
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TL;DR: The diversity and biosynthetic origins of phenylpropanoids and particularly of the flavonoid and stilbenoid natural products are discussed, referring on their effects on human health and physiology and their roles as plant defense and antimicrobial compounds.
Abstract: Plant natural products derived from phenylalanine and the phenylpropanoid pathway are impressive in their chemical diversity and are the result of plant evolution, which has selected for the acquisition of large repertoires of pigments, structural and defensive compounds, all derived from a phenylpropanoid backbone via the plant-specific phenylpropanoid pathway. These compounds are important in plant growth, development and responses to environmental stresses and thus can have large impacts on agricultural productivity. While plant-based medicines containing phenylpropanoid-derived active components have long been used by humans, the benefits of specific flavonoids and other phenylpropanoid-derived compounds to human health and their potential for long-term health benefits have been only recognized more recently. In this part of the review, we discuss the diversity and biosynthetic origins of phenylpropanoids and particularly of the flavonoid and stilbenoid natural products. We then review data pertaining to the modes of action and biological properties of these compounds, referring on their effects on human health and physiology and their roles as plant defense and antimicrobial compounds. This review continues in Part II discussing the use of biotechnological tools targeting the rational reconstruction of multienzyme pathways in order to modify the production of such compounds in plants and model microbial systems for the benefit of agriculture and forestry.
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TL;DR: This review overviews the design of sensitive and selective nanoprobes, ranging from the type of target molecules to the optical transduction scheme, and discusses towards the most promising directions for future research.
Abstract: Quantum dots are nanometre-scale semiconductor crystals with unique optical properties that are advantageous for the development of novel chemical sensors and biosensors. The surface chemistry of luminescent quantum dots has encouraged the development of multiple probes based on linked recognition molecules such as peptides, nucleic acids or small-molecule ligands. This review overviews the design of sensitive and selective nanoprobes, ranging from the type of target molecules to the optical transduction scheme. Representative examples of quantum dot-based optical sensors from this fast-moving field have been selected and are discussed towards the most promising directions for future research.
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Mercouri G. Kanatzidis | 152 | 1854 | 113022 |
T. J. Pearson | 150 | 895 | 126533 |
Stylianos E. Antonarakis | 138 | 746 | 93605 |
William Wijns | 127 | 752 | 95517 |
Andrea Comastri | 111 | 706 | 49119 |
Costas M. Soukoulis | 108 | 644 | 50208 |
Elias Anaissie | 107 | 372 | 42808 |
Jian Zhang | 107 | 3064 | 69715 |
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis | 101 | 294 | 82496 |
Andreas Engel | 99 | 448 | 33494 |
Nikos C. Kyrpides | 96 | 711 | 62360 |
David J. Kerr | 95 | 544 | 39408 |
Manolis Kogevinas | 95 | 623 | 28521 |
Thomas Walz | 92 | 255 | 29981 |
Jean-Paul Latgé | 91 | 343 | 29152 |