Search

The evaluation of climate plasticity and content of free amino acids, sugars and fatty acids in Bulgarian soybean cultivars were used as an innovative approach. The field performance, expression and metabolomic profiles of leaves, green seeds and mature seeds of plants grown from low temperature pre-treated and not-treated seeds were assessed by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The data from the morphological indicators, expression profiles and content of metabolites confirmed that the plants grown from low temperature pre-treated seeds had better performance. The expression profiles correlated with the content of amino acids and sugars. Inclusion of extruded full-fat soybean from cvs. Srebrina and Richy in the compound feed for pigs and soybean cake obtained after cold pressed soybeans of cv. Srebrina in compound feed for laying hens were investigated. The results confirmed that extruded full-fat soybean cv. Srebrina could be successfully included in the protein component of feed for growing pigs at a rate of 50% of soybean meal in protein equivalent. Extruded full-fat soybean cv. Richy in the amount of 30% of the protein component of the ration, in protein equivalent of the compound feed for the period of fattening of pigs could be included. The results confirmed that feed for laying hens, in which 50% of imported soybean meal is replaced by soybean cake produced from locally grown soybean, could increase the content of free amino and fatty acids of the final product and benefit the quality of eggs., https://doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2021.1954092

Phytol (PYT) is a diterpene member of the long-chain unsaturated acyclic alcohols. PYT and some of its derivatives, including phytanic acid (PA), exert a wide range of biological effects. PYT is a valuable essential oil (EO) used as a fragrance and a potential candidate for a broad range of applications in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry. There is ample evidence that PA may play a crucial role in the development of pathophysiological states. Focusing on PYT and some of its most relevant derivatives, here we present a systematic review of reported biological activities, along with their underlying mechanism of action. Recent investigations with PYT demonstrated anxiolytic, metabolism-modulating, cytotoxic, antioxidant, autophagy- and apoptosis-inducing, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, immune-modulating, and antimicrobial effects. PPARs- and NF-κB-mediated activities are also discussed as mechanisms responsible for some of the bioactivities of PYT. The overall goal of this review is to discuss recent findings pertaining to PYT biological activities and its possible applications.

The present study gives new data on a poorly studied group of brackish harpacticoids from the North-West coast of the Black Sea, Ukraine. Seven harpacticoids species (Crustacea, Copepoda) collected in July 1988 from the Budakskyi (Shabolatskyi) Lagoon are reported.

The present study reports a new locality of Nitokra spinipes spinipes Boeck, 1865. During 1988-1989 a large number of Nitokra spinipes spinipes were found in the biofilter at the aquaculture station in Pomorie Town, on the Pomorie Lake coast. This is the first record of the Nitokra spinipes spinipes found trapped in the technical equipment for water purification used in aquaculture.

Antarctic marine organisms are characterised by a significant level of endemism. This is due to geological, climatological and oceanographic reasons, such as the break-up of Antarctida from Gondwana during the Cretaceous; the formation of a circumpolar current; the extremely low water temperatures (close to freezing); the short summer seasons. The South Shetland Islands (West Antarctic Peninsula) are one of 29 known biogeographic areas in the Southern Hemisphere (Griffiths et al. 2009). King George Island is the largest island from the South Shetlands and eight countries have their polar bases there. Marine bottom macroinvertebrates from the surrounding seawaters are very well studied (Siciński et al. 2011). Less research was carried out in the region of the nearby Livingston Island. There are located two polar bases: "St. Kliment Ohridski" (Bulgaria) and "Juan Carlos I" (Spain). We can assume that in the seawaters of the South Bay we can also expect a rich bottom macroinvertebrate fauna because of the similar conditions and the close distance between the two islands. The aim of this study is to present the first Bulgarian results on the taxonomic composition of marine macroinvertebrates from the South Bay, Livingston Island. The samples were collected during the XXVIIth Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition (2018–2019 austral summer). Various sites in four areas were sampled: the coastal zone in front of the Bulgarian Polar Base (Costa Bulgara); a small bay south of Cape Hesperides (Reservnoto port); Johnsons Dock Bay near the Spanish research station and Walker Bay near Hannah Point. Samples were collected mainly through bottom trawling at depths of 2 to 20 meters on different types of bottom substrates using Zodiac boats. A total of 11 macrozoobenthos samples were collected. Our preliminary results show that the main macrozoobenthic species are well known in the seawaters of the South Shetlands and usually they have a circumpolar distribution. At the site with soft muddy bottoms (Johnsons Dock Bay), the corrugated ribbon worm Parborlasia corrugatus (McIntosh, 1876) (order Heteronemertea, class Pilidiophora, phylum Nemertea) as well as ascidians (order Phlebobranchia, class Ascidiacea, phylum Chordata) had the highest biomass. The most abundant in the Johnsons Dock Bay were the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) (order Nuculanida, class Bivalvia, phylum Mollusca); the scale worm Barrukia cristata (Willey, 1902) and the catworm Aglaophamus trissophyllus (Grube, 1877) (both of order Phyllodocida, class Polychaeta, phyllum Annelida). The seroid isopod Spinoserolis beddardi (Calman, 1920) (order Isopoda, class Malacostraca, phyllum Arthropoda) dominated in the muddy / sandy bottom of Hannah Point. The habitats of the rocky bottom (Costa Bulgara) were inhabited mainly by crustaceans (order Aphipoda, class Malacostraca, phyllum Arthropoda) and gastropods (phylum Mollusca). In the tidal zone of this habitat (0–2m), the predominant species was the Antarctic limplet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908) (order Patellogastropoda, class Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca).

Thirty one Crustacean species from 21 localities are reported from groundwaters of Vratchanska Planina Mountain. The list of species is completed on the basis of available bibliographic sources and original data of authors. Faunal samples are collected at the natural access to underground ecosystem, caves and springs. Eight species are stygobionts: three cyclopoids, one harpacticoid, three isopods and one amphipod, or 6.6 % of all the Bulgarian stygobiont Crustacean fauna. Elaphoidella balkanica Apostolov and Protelsonia lakatnicensis (Buresch & Gueorguiev) are local endemic species of the Vratchanska planina Mountains.

Marine caves possess unique biocoenotic and ecological characteristics. Sessile benthic species such as sponges associated with cave habitats typically show a marked zonation from the cave entrance towards the end of the cave. We describe three semi-submerged karstic caves of 50 to 83 m length and 936 to 2,291 m3volume from the poorly explored cavernicolous fauna of North-East Bulgaria. We surveyed sponge diversity and spatial variability. Eight demosponge species were identified based on morphological and molecular data, of which six are known from the adjacent open sea waters of the Black Sea. Two species,Protosuberites denhartogivan Soest & de Kluijver, 2003 andHalichondria bowerbankiBurton, 1930, are reported from the Black Sea for the first time. The spatial sponge distribution inside the caves is in general similar, but shows some differences in species composition and distribution depending on cave relief and hydrodynamics. The species composition of sponges of Bulgarian caves is found to be different from Crimean caves. An updated checklist of the Black Sea sponges is provided.

The author reports 19 harpacticoid species (Crustacea, Copepoda) sampled from the marine coastal and brackish waters on the Icelandic shore of the Atlantic Ocean in June and July 2004.

All available data on the distribution of freshwater harpacticoids (Copepoda) in Grande de Tierra del Fuego Island are summarized. Attheyella (Delachauxiella) nuda Lëffler, 1961 inhabiting wet mosses in the valley of Martial Glacier near Ushuaia is newly established. The site marks the southernmost distribution of the species in Argentina.

The Danube White is a genuine, contemporary breed of pigs in Bulgaria. It came into being in the basin of the Danube but research related to its appearance and improvement was conducted at the Agricultural Institute in Shumen. The breed was obtained as a result of many crossing variants of the Bulgarian White, Large White, Landrace, Hampshire and Pietrain pigs, as well as one synthetic line. The obtained population of animals was exposed to high selection and careful assortment of the parental couple. A scientific experiment comprising 21 pigs, divided into two groups, was carried out. The groups had the following origin: I group – pure-bred pigs from the Danube White breed (DW), II group – crosses [♀ DW × ♂(LW × L)] of the Danube White sows mated by boars crosses of the breeds Large White (LW) × Landrace (L) of English origin. The slaughter characteristics of carcass established higher meat content in the crosses’ carcass compared to the pure-bred pigs. The measurements of the right half found that this superiority was connected with a higher percentage of meat 4.36% (P ≤ 0.05) and less backfat 799 g (P ≤ 0.01). The same trend was established with regard to the separate parts of the half carcass, where the meat content of the chest part is higher by 84 g and the backfat is less by 462 g (P ≤ 0.01). The measurements in the waist part show a significantly lower fat content in the crosses 363 g (P ≤ 0.01). The meat quality of the animals of both origins has a high content of intramuscular fat and optimal processing opportunity.

We studied the qualitative composition of zooplankton of the Kerid Crater Lake. We found 10 taxa from which five rotifers and two lower crustaceans. Three of the recorded species are new to the freshwater fauna of Iceland: the rotifer species Keratella cf. americana Carlin, 1943 and Colurella sulcata (Stenroos, 1898), and the crustacean harpacticoid Bryocamptus (Bryocamptus) minutus (Claus, 1863).

Background This article is concerned with professional learning within multi-agency settings. Since the publication of the government document Every child matters in 2003, professionals involved in working with children and young people have been moving into newly organized services that are required to deliver improved services for vulnerable children and their families. Although new ways of professional working are described in the plethora of government guidance that has followed Every child matters, there has been little examination of how this is being achieved in different teams around the country. Purpose This paper describes a current national research project, 'Learning in and for Inter-agency Working', which is investigating new ways of learning that develop, while teams of professionals work together around children and young people who are at risk of social exclusion. Programme description The research project is theoretically based and draws upon sociocultural and activity theory research to understand the practices that develop within the different agencies involved. The paper describes the derivation of the theory and the particular aspects of activity theory that are central to the project. In particular, the use of developmental work research (DWR), as the method of intervention with a number of local education authorities, is described and explained. Sample Some of the early work undertaken within phases 3 and 4 of a five-stage project which began in 2004 and ends in 2007 is described. Five different inter-agency teams of professionals working as part of Children's Services, from different geographical locations in England are the participants in the study. Design and methods The research uses activity theory to structure a series of DWR workshops with members of the multi-agency teams. Ethnographic data, including observations and interviews, are collected and form the subject-matter of the workshops. Results The data gathered are used to facilitate workshops where participants discuss their developing working practices and plan changes. The reporting phase of the project, where the findings across all sites will be analysed and summarized is not until mid-2007. However, early themes emerging from the research are included in the paper. These themes include: issues around co-location and co-working, evolving of professional identities, discussion of divisions of labour and professional expertise. These are described and illustrated using data from the research project. Conclusions As this is still 'work in progress' no firm conclusions can be drawn. However, it has become clear that new ways of thinking about professional working with children and families is necessary as old ways of working do not necessarily provide better outcomes for children.

[This paper is the first of a series dealing with the systematics of harpacticoid copepods collected in Iceland during several investigations of two small brackish water rock pools. Two new species of harpacticoid copepods, belonging to the genera Halectinosoma Lang, 1944 and Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899, i.e., Halectinosoma islandicum sp. n. and Leptocaris islandica sp. n., are described and figured. The status of the genus Leptocaris is discussed. Le present article est le premier d'une serie de publications concernant la systematique des Harpacticoides provenant d'Islande pendant diverses prospections de deux petits etangs saumâtres rocheux. Deux especes nouvelles de copepodes Harpacticoides appartenant aux genres Halectinosoma Lang, 1944 et Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899 sont decrites et figures: Halectinosoma islandicum sp. n. et Leptocaris islandica sp. n. Le statut du genre Leptocaris est discute., This paper is the first of a series dealing with the systematics of harpacticoid copepods collected in Iceland during several investigations of two small brackish water rock pools. Two new species of harpacticoid copepods, belonging to the genera Halectinosoma Lang, 1944 and Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899, i.e., Halectinosoma islandicum sp. n. and Leptocaris islandica sp. n., are described and figured. The status of the genus Leptocaris is discussed. Le present article est le premier d'une serie de publications concernant la systematique des Harpacticoides provenant d'Islande pendant diverses prospections de deux petits etangs saumâtres rocheux. Deux especes nouvelles de copepodes Harpacticoides appartenant aux genres Halectinosoma Lang, 1944 et Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899 sont decrites et figures: Halectinosoma islandicum sp. n. et Leptocaris islandica sp. n. Le statut du genre Leptocaris est discute.]

T-cell development is accompanied by epigenetic changes that ensure the silencing of stem cell-related genes and the activation of lymphocyte-specific programmes. How transcription factors influence these changes remains unclear. We show that the Ikaros transcription factor forms a complex with Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) in CD4−CD8− thymocytes and allows its binding to more than 500 developmentally regulated loci, including those normally activated in haematopoietic stem cells and others induced by the Notch pathway. Loss of Ikaros in CD4−CD8− cells leads to reduced histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation and ectopic gene expression. Furthermore, Ikaros binding triggers PRC2 recruitment and Ikaros interacts with PRC2 independently of the nucleosome remodelling and deacetylation complex. Our results identify Ikaros as a fundamental regulator of PRC2 function in developing T cells., Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell-specific genes are epigenetically silenced during T cell differentiation. Here the authors show that Ikaros represses over 500 loci in developing T cells in cooperation with PRC2 and independently of its well established partner NuRD.

What might family support services look like in the reconfigured children and family services after the Children Act? This is the question this article attempts to explore by drawing on evidence from the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund in England. The article describes common features in two case-study sites that might indicate the direction in which some school-based family support work is going. In particular, the article explores the concepts of “supportive signposting” and “professional friends”. By examining the characteristics of real family support services, the article attempts to gain insight into the way “need”, “prevention” and “support” are defined in the constrained context of practice. By looking at the way local initiatives attempt to give meaning to these concepts in practice may also provide insights into the emergent integrated approach to children's services.

Description of a new stygobiont harpacticoid, Parastenocaris aberrans sp. n. from France (Atlantic part of the Pyrenees region). The new species belongs to the fontinalis group and is morphologically similar to Parastenocaris fontinalis and P. meridionalis . The new species differs from these two taxa by the structure of the endopod of P2-P4 and P5. Description d'un nouvel harpacticoide stygobie, Parastenocaris aberrans sp. n., des eaux souterraines de France (Pyrenees Atlantiques). La nouvelle espece appartient au group fontinalis et, par sa morphologie, est tres proche des especes Parastenocaris fontinalis et P. meridionalis . La nouvelle espece s'en distingue par la structure des endopodites de P2-P4 et de P5.

[Two new stygobiont species of Harpacticoida, Ceuthonectes bulbiseta sp. n. and Ceuthonectes boui sp. n. have been discovered in underground waters of France and are described here. Deux nouvelles especes d'Harpacticoides stygobies, Ceuthonectes bulbiseta sp. n. et Ceuthonectes boui sp. n. ont ete reconnues des eaux southerraines de la France et sont decrites ici., Two new stygobiont species of Harpacticoida, Ceuthonectes bulbiseta sp. n. and Ceuthonectes boui sp. n. have been discovered in underground waters of France and are described here. Deux nouvelles especes d'Harpacticoides stygobies, Ceuthonectes bulbiseta sp. n. et Ceuthonectes boui sp. n. ont ete reconnues des eaux southerraines de la France et sont decrites ici.]

We show that the moduli space of polarized irreducible symplectic manifolds of $K3^{[n]}$-type, of fixed polarization type, is not always connected. This can be derived as a consequence of Eyal Markman's characterization of polarized parallel-transport operators of $K3^{[n]}$-type., 17 pages, minor changes following referee's comments

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the problem of achieving “organizational justice” for children within integrated children's services. Justice is understood, following Byers and Rhodes discussion of Levinas as respecting the “unique and indivisible” character of a given child.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical material reported here is drawn from a large study of interagency working in children's services in the UK. Data are taken from Developmental Work Research sessions. Methodological details are outlined in Daniels et al. and Leadbetter et al.FindingsThe key finding discussed here is that in order to balance the outcome measures used in children's services, participants use a further abstraction “the outcome of improved outcomes”. The logical and practical consequences of this abstraction are analysed.Originality/valueThe paper offers an empirically grounded contribution to conceptual debates about otherness and ethics in organization. In particular, it argues that a concern for the other need not preclude a high level of concrete categorization and minute target setting. The philosophical debate is seen to be “resolved” in practice.

This chapter explores the nexus between professional learning, organizational leadership and service integration in the context of current shifts in English local authorities towards ‘joined up’ working. Its focus is the professional learning of organisations and individuals engaged in emergent forms of multiagency practice, wherein providers operate across traditional service and team boundaries to support children and families ‘at risk’ of social exclusion. It draws on evidence from the Learning in and for Interagency Working Project (LIW), a four-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) study of interprofessional learning in multiagency settings. One of the LIW Project’s concerns is with what might be termed ‘learning leadership’: defined here as the creation of environments that foster the kinds of professional learning necessary to develop on-going, integrated partnerships between service professionals. This learning in and for multiagency working demands a capacity to recognise and access expertise distributed across local systems and to negotiate the boundaries of responsible professional action with other professionals and with service users.

This study addresses the challenges faced by organisations and individual professionals, as new practices are developed and learned in multi-agency work settings. The practices examined in the paper involve working responsively across professional boundaries with at-risk young people. The paper draws on evidence from the Learning in and for Interagency Working Project, a four year ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme study of inter-professional learning which has examined the challenges involved in what Victor and Boynton (1998) term co-configuration work. In the context of professional collaboration for social inclusion, co-configuration involves on-going partnerships between professionals and service users to support young people's pathways out of social exclusion. This work demands a capacity to recognise and access expertise distributed across local systems and to negotiate the boundaries of responsible professional action with other professionals and with clients. The paper outlines the activity theory derived theoretical platform adopted by the project and describes the intervention methodology that is being developed, as we study the learning challenges identified by children's services practitioners in UK local authorities.

A new harpacticoid copepod from phreatic groundwater of south Italy (Basilicata), viz. Schizopera lindae n. sp., is described. According to a recent review of the genus Schizopera by Apostolov (1982), the new species belongs to Schizopera s. str., being close to S. paradoxa (Daday) and to S. longicauda (Sars). From the above species, as well as from the others, S. lindae n. sp. is easily distinguishable by the armature of legs 1 to 4, and by the construction and armature of leg 5.

Elaphoidella aprutina n.sp., Elaphoidella italica n.sp., Elaphoidella paraelaphoides n.sp., Elaphoidella rossellae n.sp. and Elaphoidella subplutonis n.sp. are described from phreatic groundwaters of central Italy. New localities are reported for the species Elaphoidella elaphoides (Chappuis) and Elaphoidella phreatica (Chappuis) from central and southern Italy. The distribution of the genus Elaphoidella in Italy is briefly discussed.