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University of Konstanz
Education•Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany•
About: University of Konstanz is a education organization based out in Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Visualization. The organization has 12115 authors who have published 27401 publications receiving 951162 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Constance & Universität Konstanz.
Topics: Population, Visualization, Membrane, Visual analytics, Silicon
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TL;DR: The exponential decay is proved for exponential kernels, while polynomial kernels are shown to lead to a polyn coefficients decay, and the optimality of the results is investigated.
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TL;DR: It is shown that the low C transfer efficiency of coccal and filamentous cyanobacteria to the keystone herbivore Daphnia is caused by the low sterol content in cyanob bacteria, which constrains cholesterol synthesis and thereby growth and reproduction of the herbivor.
Abstract: A key process in freshwater plankton food webs is the regulation of the efficiency of energy and material transfer. Cyanobacterial carbon (C) in particular is transferred very inefficiently to herbivorous zooplankton, which leads to a decoupling of primary and secondary production and the accumulation of cyanobacterial biomass, which is associated with reduced recreational quality of water bodies and hazards to human health. A recent correlative field study suggested that the low transfer efficiency of cyanobacterial C is the result of the absence of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the diet of the zooplankton. By supplementation of single-lipid compounds in controlled growth experiments, we show here that the low C transfer efficiency of coccal and filamentous cyanobacteria to the keystone herbivore Daphnia is caused by the low sterol content in cyanobacteria, which constrains cholesterol synthesis and thereby growth and reproduction of the herbivore. Estimations of sterol requirement in Daphnia suggest that, when cyanobacteria comprise more than 80% of the grazed phytoplankton, growth of the herbivore may be limited by sterols and Daphnia may subsequently fail to control phytoplankton biomass. Dietary sterols therefore may play a key role in freshwater food webs and in the control of water quality in lakes dominated by cyanobacteria.
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TL;DR: This review summarizes the advantages of chronic low‐frequency stimulation for studying activity‐induced changes in phenotype, and its potential for investigating regulatory mechanisms of gene expression and the potential clinical relevance or utility of the technique is considered.
Abstract: The model of chronic low-frequency stimulation for the study of muscle plasticity was developed over 30 years ago. This protocol leads to a transformation of fast, fatigable muscles toward slower, fatigue-resistant ones. It involves qualitative and quantitative changes of all elements of the muscle fiber studied so far. The multitude of stimulation-induced changes makes it possible to establish the full adaptive potential of skeletal muscle. Both functional and structural alterations are caused by orchestrated exchanges of fast protein isoforms with their slow counterparts, as well as by altered levels of expression. This remodeling of the muscle fiber encompasses the major, myofibrillar proteins, membrane-bound and soluble proteins involved in Ca2+ dynamics, and mitochondrial and cytosolic enzymes of energy metabolism. Most transitions occur in a coordinated, time-dependent manner and result from altered gene expression, including transcriptional and posttranscriptional processes. This review summarizes the advantages of chronic low-frequency stimulation for studying activity-induced changes in phenotype, and its potential for investigating regulatory mechanisms of gene expression. The potential clinical relevance or utility of the technique is also considered.
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TL;DR: Diatoms can be considered as one of the most successful taxonomic groups with respect to evolution and ecology, however, the genetic andphysiological basis why diatoms became soecologically successful is still a matter of debate.
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TL;DR: The arguments presented here support the view that in neuronal death, individual, intricately interconnected pathways self-amplify or delete each other in an inflationary process, which results in the many shapes of cell death.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Robert E. W. Hancock | 152 | 775 | 88481 |
Lloyd J. Old | 152 | 775 | 101377 |
Andrew White | 149 | 1494 | 113874 |
Stefanie Dimmeler | 147 | 574 | 81658 |
Rudolf Amann | 143 | 459 | 85525 |
Niels Birbaumer | 142 | 835 | 77853 |
Thomas P. Russell | 141 | 1012 | 80055 |
Emmanuelle Perez | 138 | 1550 | 99016 |
Shlomo Havlin | 131 | 1013 | 83347 |
Bruno S. Frey | 119 | 900 | 65368 |
Roald Hoffmann | 116 | 870 | 59470 |
Michael G. Fehlings | 116 | 1189 | 57003 |
Yves Van de Peer | 115 | 494 | 61479 |
Axel Meyer | 112 | 511 | 51195 |
Manuela Campanelli | 111 | 675 | 48563 |