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Woodburn, Mary Alice. "Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of Bacillus sphaericus." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102009-040429/.
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Roberts, David Mark. "Genome analysis of plant and insect pathogenic species of Verticillium using molecular DNA methodologies." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313053.
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Chani, Eduard. "Molecular marker analysis of a segregating monoploid potato family." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29792.
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Anther culture experiments were conducted to construct a monoploid family. The donor plants used were hybrids between high leptine producing selections of Solanum chacoense Bitt. and anther culture responsive selections of Solanum phureja Juz. et Buk. Several steps of the anther culture process were studied. The results indicated that genotype remains the main factor affecting anther culture response. Growing anther-donor plants in higher greenhouse temperatures (30 degrees C day/20 degrees C night) increased the number of embryos per anther by 40 percent. A heat shock given to anthers in culture for 12h at 35 degrees C was also found to be beneficial resulting in an increase of the anther culture response by 40 percent. However the effect of the high temperature shock resulted in lower regeneration rates. In all experiments a highly significant "date" effect was observed with one or two days differing from the others by showing higher response rates in all hybrids tested. The majority of the regenerated plants was diploid, probably resulting from unreduced gametes. Simple sequence repeat analysis with eight polymorphic primer pairs was used successfully to identify the homozygous diploid plants that were added to the monoploids. In total 34 monoploid plants and 14 homozugous diploids were obtained. The degree of heterozygosity revealed by SSR analysis indicated that the diploid plants originated from unreduced gametes formed by first division restitution (FDR) mechanism. The SSR marker data were used to map the genes with respect to the centromeres by half tetrad analysis. SSR-containing sequences from the public databases, as well as sequences obtained from a genomic library enriched for SSRs, were used to generate 48 primer pairs. Only 12 of them were found to be polymorphic in the monoploid family. Ten primer pairs did not amplify any specific fragment. The monoploid population showed distorted segregation at four of the polymorphic loci, showing overrepresentation of the chacoense alleles in three of them. One of the loci showing distorted segregation (STSTP, amplified by primer pair RV 11+12) is most probably linked to lethal alleles, whereas another one (ST13ST, amplified by primer pair RV 21+22) could be linked to genes affecting anther-culture response. The location of the SSR loci on the potato chromosomes is not known except for one (waxy, primer pair 3+4), but statistical analysis on the segregation data obtained from 70 heterozygous anther-derived diploids showed no linkage between them. The SSR primer pairs developed in this study might be useful in studying genetic relationships among cultivars and accessions in breeding programs. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was used in association with bulked segregant analysis to detect linkage with genes controlling leptine biosynthesis. With all the limitations imposed by the population size and contamination from foreign pollen, a band amplified by primer OPA-16 could differentiate the bulks contrasting for leptine content. It is possible that this band is linked to genes suppressing leptine biosynthesis, since it appears only in the plants that do not synthesize leptines. Further investigation with larger populations is needed to confirm this possibility.Ph. D.
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Weir, Brian James. "Development and application of RAPD analysis for intra- and interspecific characterization within the genus Amelanchier." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/nq23957.pdf.
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Wamser, Gerson Henrique. "Divergência em genótipos de cebola." Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, 2011. http://tede.udesc.br/handle/handle/1125.
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Previous issue date: 2011-05-20Considering that genetic variability is essential for any breeding program, one of the first steps to be taken by the breeder is to determine the genetic variability available. Is this study sought to determine teh divergence between the genotypes studied using predictive techniques, ie, those based on the morphological, physiological or molecular, quantified in a measure of similarity or dissimilarity, wich can express the degree of genetic diversity among the possible parentes. We studied fifteen genotypes used in the state of Santa Catarina: Super superprecoce, Bela Vista, Baia Indaial, Crioula Roxa and Crioula Branca (Populations); Empasc 352 Bola Precoce, Empasc 355 Juporanga, Epagri 362 Crioula Alto Vale and Epagri 363 Superprecoce (comercial populations Epagri) bela Catarina, Bella Vista and Bella Dura (Hybrid s comercial Sakata) Boreal and Gauchinha (Hortec Populations company s business); Catarina (population Agritu comercial company). The first part of the work was divided into two experiments were conducted in experimental stations of Epagri Ituporanga and Lages. The design was a randomized block designs with three replications at each location. Weevaluated the following characteristics: i) length of pseudostem in cm, ii) number of leaves per pseudostem iii) stem diameter in mm; iv) bulb diameter in cm, v) height of the bulb in cm; vi) weight bulb in grams; vii) ratio of height: diameter of the bulb (value obtained by the ratio between height and diameter of the bulb), viii) total production of bulbs in kg há-1, ix) bulkb shape, x) flowering percentage and xi) percentage of rotten bulbs. We performed multivariate analysis of variance and produced a matrix of dissimilarity based on Mahalanobis distance. The variables that contributed most to the divergence were the production of bulbs and total length of the pseudostem to the environment Ituporanga and percentage of flowering and bulb weight of the environment Lages. The second experimente was conducted at the Institute Molecular genetics and Breeding of UDESC IMEGEM. Genotype were planted in the greenhouse, thus, the extraction of DNA from plants are Young. We used eleven primers of 10 bases, which produce thirty and five bands, wirh twenty-eight polymorphic. We used the Jaccard index as a measure of similarity and UPGMA clustering method for the preparation of a dendrogram of genetic similarity. The results showed that there is divergence between the genotypes studied, Crioula Roxa and Bola Precoce the most divergente, with 0.27 similarity and were less divergente Bella Vista and Bella Dura wirh 0.89 similarity
Considerando que a variabilidade genética é essencial para qualquer programa de melhoramento, um dos primeiros passos a ser dado pelo melhorista, é determinar a variabilidade disponível. Neste trabalho procurou-se determinar a divergência existente entre os genótipos estudados através de técnicas preditivas, ou seja, que têm por base as diferenças morfológicas, fisiológicas ou moleculares, quantificadas em uma medida de dissimilaridade ou similaridade, que possa expressar o grau de diversidade genética entre os possíveis genitores. Foram estudados quinze genótipos utilizados no estado de Santa Catarina: Super Superprecoce, Bela Vista, Baia Indaial, Crioula Roxa e Crioula Branca (Populações); Empasc 352 - Bola Precoce, Empasc 355 - Juporanga Epagri 362 Crioula Alto Vale e Epagri 363 - Superprecoce (Populações comerciais da Epagri); Bella Catarina, Bella Vista e Bella Dura (Híbridos comerciais da empresa Sakata); Boreal e Gauchinha (Populações comerciais da empresa Hortec); Catarina (população comercial da empresa Agritu). A primeira parte do trabalho foi dividida em dois experimentos, sendo realizados nas estações experimentais da Epagri de Ituporanga e de Lages. O delineamento utilizado foi de blocos casualizados com três repetições em cada local. Foram avaliadas as seguintes características: i) comprimento do pseudocaule em cm; ii) número de folhas por pseudocaule; iii) diâmetro do pseudocaule em mm; iv) diâmetro do bulbo em cm; v) altura do bulbo em cm; vi) peso do bulbo em gramas; vii) relação altura: diâmetro do bulbo (valor obtido pela razão entre a altura do bulbo e o diâmetro); viii) produção total de bulbos em kg ha-1; ix) forma do bulbo; x) porcentagem de florescimento e xi) porcentagem de bulbos podres. Foi realizada a análise da variância multivariada e elaborada uma matriz de dissimilaridade, com base na distância de Mahalanobis. As variáveis que mais contribuíram para a divergência foram a produção total de bulbos e comprimento do pseudocaule para o ambiente Ituporanga e percentagem de florescimento e peso do bulbo para o ambiente Lages. O segundo experimento foi realizado no Instituto de Melhoramento e Genética Molecular da UDESC IMEGEM. Os genótipos foram semeados em casa de vegetação, sendo realizada a extração de DNA das plantas ainda jovens. Foram utilizados onze oligonucleotídeos iniciadores de 10 bases, que produziram trinta e cinco bandas, sendo vinte e oito polimórficas. Foi utilizado o coeficiente de Jaccard como medida de similaridade e o método de agrupamento UPGMA para a elaboração de um dendrograma de similaridade genética. Os resultados demonstraram que existe divergência entre os genótipos estudados, sendo Crioula Roxa e Bola Precoce os mais divergentes, com 0,27 de similaridade e os menos divergentes foram Bella Vista e Bella Dura, com 0,89 de similaridade
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Rinaldi, Catherine. "Authentication of the Panax genus plants used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis." University of Western Australia. Centre for Forensic Science, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0054.
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[Truncated abstract] Traditional medicines are used by millions of people throughout the world as their primary source of medical care. A range of materials are in used traditional medicines including plant and animal parts. Even though the traditional medicine trade is estimated to be worth sixty billion dollars annually the trade remains largely unregulated. Unscrupulous practices by vendors to increase their profit margins such as substituting and adulterating expensive material with cheaper varieties go unchecked. This can be dangerous to consumers because some substitutions involve poisonous material. Also, animal parts from endangered species can find their way into traditional medicines, therefore there needs to be a way to identify them in traditional medicines to prosecute poachers. The traditional techniques used for the identification of material used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) include, morphological, histological, chemical and immunological analysis. However, these techniques have their limitations. This makes applying multiple techniques essential to provide thorough authentication of the material. DNA profiling provides a technique well suited to analysing material used in TCM. DNA profiling is advantageous over other techniques used to authenticate material used in TCM because it requires only a small sample amount, can determine the cultivator, be used on all forms of TCM and potentially distinguish the components of mixtures. ... Therefore, profiles of different species/individual are different and species? can be distinguished. Commercially sold traditional medicines are processed which is likely to degrade the DNA of the sample making extraction and amplification difficult. Here an organic Phenol:Chloroform extraction technique extracted DNA from commercial dried root samples. The extracted DNA was amplifiable using RAPD primers. The RAPD primers used here produced enough polymorphic bands to distinguish different plant species. They were used to distinguish commercial samples that were sold as three different species within the Panax genus, Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolium and Panax notoginseng and genetically unrelated plant material; Potato and Eleutherococcus senticosus. Liquid samples and mixtures were also profiled with the RAPD primers to determine whether the RAPD primers provide enough distinguishing ability to analyse these forms of TCM. DNA was extracted from the liquid samples, one a ginseng drink and the other an ginseng extractum. However, there was no reliability in the production of PCR products. The analysis of the mixture samples found that not enough polymorphic bands were produced by the RAPD primers used here to identify Panax species within mixtures of two Panax species. While when P. ginseng was mixed with a genetically unrelated sample there was enough polymorphism to differentiate the two samples in the mixture. The results of this research show that RAPD analysis provides a simple and inexpensive technique to begin analysis of materials used in TCM. Using RAPD analysis it is possible to distinguish Panax plant species from each other. However, the RAPD primers used here did not provide enough reproducibility or polymorphism to analyse liquid and mixtures of Panax species plants.
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Paterson, Ian. "Molecular genetic (RAPD) analysis of Leach's storm petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) from three breeding islands in Atlantic Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/mq22034.pdf.
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Ahmed, Sabina. "Availability of Nitrogen in Rice-Azolla Dual System and Phylogeny Analysis of Genus Azolla Using RAPD Markers." Kyoto University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/124004.
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Kyoto University (京都大学)0048
新制・課程博士
博士(農学)
甲第14692号
農博第1774号
新制||農||971(附属図書館)
学位論文||H21||N4465(農学部図書室)
UT51-2009-D404
京都大学大学院農学研究科農学専攻
(主査)教授 谷坂 隆俊, 教授 稲村 達也, 教授 冨永 達
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Alamri, Sarah. "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX) ACCESSIONS USING INTER SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT (ISSR) AND RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) MARKERS." Thesis, Laurentian University of Sudbury, 2014. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/2201.
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Soybean (Glycine max) is an important crop in the world in terms of total production and usage. It is also among the least diverse species. The main objectives of the present study were 1) to determine differences between ISSR and RAPD marker systems in detecting genetic variation in soybeans and 2) to identify and characterize accession- diagnostic molecular markers in G. max accessions. Genomic DNAs from 108 G. max accessions from 11 different gene pools were analyzed using several ISSR and RAPD primers. The levels of polymorphic loci detected with the two marker systems were in general moderate and similar.. Overall, 82% of genetic distance values were above 0.40 based on ISSR analysis. However, RAPD data revealed that the accessions from different countries are closely related with 64% genetic distance values below 0.40. The dendrograms constructed with ISSR data revealed that the South Korean accessions formed an out-group while the RAPD analysis showed that accessions from Sweden were separate from the other 10 gene pools. One variety-diagnostic marker generated with ISSR 5 primer was identified in the accession Kao Chien Tao from China. This marker was cloned, and sequenced. Although RAPD and ISSR marker systems detected similar levels of genetic variability, they target different regions of the soybean genome, resulting in different clustering of the 11 gene pools indicating different genetic relatedness among them. This finding demonstrates the usefulness of both marker systems in assessing diversity and relatedness among Glycine max gene pools.
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陳堅峰 and Kin-fung Chan. "Phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity detected by rapd and isozyme analysis of crop and weedy species of amaranthus." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29803846.
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Chan, Kin-fung. "Phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity detected by rapd and isozyme analysis of crop and weedy species of amaranthus /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17665450.
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Råsbäck, Therese. "Laboratory diagnostics of Brachyspira species /." Uppsala : Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/200769.pdf.
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Baeza, Lilian Cristiane. "Análise de genes diferencialmente expressos por Trichophyton rubrum na presença de queratina e tipagem molecular /." Araraquara : [s.n.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/100120.
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Orientador: Maria José Soares Mendes GianniniBanca: Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite
Banca: Celia Maria de Almeida Soares
Banca: Paulo Inácio da Costa
Banca: Mário Hiroyuki Hirata
Resumo: As dermatofitoses são processos infecciosos de pele, pêlo e unhas muito comuns no mundo inteiro. Trichophyton rubrum é o dermatófito mais freqüentemente isolado em lesões superficiais de pele e unha. Estudos envolvendo este patógeno são cada vez mais importantes devido ao aparecimento de linhagens resistentes aos medicamentos antifúngicos disponíveis no mercado e ao comportamento invasivo deste agente em pacientes com o sistema imune comprometido. Estes fatos e poucos estudos levam à necessidade de se ampliar o conhecimento sobre a biologia deste agente. Visando colaborar nesse sentido, o presente trabalho teve dois objetivos centrais: 1) Realizar a tipagem molecular de isolados clínicos de T. rubrum com e sem relação epidemiológica por RAPD (Amplificação Randômica de DNA Polimórfico) com duas seqüências randômicas diferentes (denominadas de 1 e 6), bem como a análise dos elementos repetitivos (TRS-1 e TRS-2) do espaço não transcrito (NTS) do DNA ribossomal (DNAr) e 2) Identificar transcritos envolvidos na interação deste patógeno com fonte humana de queratina, através do RDA (Análise de Diferença Representacional). A aplicação do RDA permitiu pela primeira vez a identificação de alguns transcritos expressos, provavelmente relacionados à patogênese deste microrganismo.
Abstract: Dermatophytosis is common infection process which occurs in skin, hair and nails and Trichophyton rubrum is the most frequently isolated dermatophyte. Studies on this pathogen are becoming increasingly important because of frequent reports on resistant strains to antifungal drugs commercially available and the invasive behavior of these agents in immunocompromised patients. These facts, associated with few studies with this agent, indicate the need to expand the information about the fungal biology. As a contribution to this goal, the present study had two central objectives: 1) To compare different methodologies for molecular typing of clinical isolates of T. rubrum epidemiologically related and unrelated for RAPD (Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA) with two different random primers (denominated of 1 and 6); as well as the analysis of the repetitive elements (TRS-1 and TRS-2) of the space non-transcribed (NTS) of the ribosomal DNA (DNAr) and 2) To identify transcripts involved in the interaction of this pathogen with human keratin by RDA (Representational Difference Analysis). The application of the RDA allowed for the first time the identification of expressed transcripts during the microorganism proliferation that could be related to the T. rubrum virulence.
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Baeza, Lilian Cristiane [UNESP]. "Análise de genes diferencialmente expressos por Trichophyton rubrum na presença de queratina e tipagem molecular." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/100120.
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As dermatofitoses são processos infecciosos de pele, pêlo e unhas muito comuns no mundo inteiro. Trichophyton rubrum é o dermatófito mais freqüentemente isolado em lesões superficiais de pele e unha. Estudos envolvendo este patógeno são cada vez mais importantes devido ao aparecimento de linhagens resistentes aos medicamentos antifúngicos disponíveis no mercado e ao comportamento invasivo deste agente em pacientes com o sistema imune comprometido. Estes fatos e poucos estudos levam à necessidade de se ampliar o conhecimento sobre a biologia deste agente. Visando colaborar nesse sentido, o presente trabalho teve dois objetivos centrais: 1) Realizar a tipagem molecular de isolados clínicos de T. rubrum com e sem relação epidemiológica por RAPD (Amplificação Randômica de DNA Polimórfico) com duas seqüências randômicas diferentes (denominadas de 1 e 6), bem como a análise dos elementos repetitivos (TRS-1 e TRS-2) do espaço não transcrito (NTS) do DNA ribossomal (DNAr) e 2) Identificar transcritos envolvidos na interação deste patógeno com fonte humana de queratina, através do RDA (Análise de Diferença Representacional). A aplicação do RDA permitiu pela primeira vez a identificação de alguns transcritos expressos, provavelmente relacionados à patogênese deste microrganismo.
Dermatophytosis is common infection process which occurs in skin, hair and nails and Trichophyton rubrum is the most frequently isolated dermatophyte. Studies on this pathogen are becoming increasingly important because of frequent reports on resistant strains to antifungal drugs commercially available and the invasive behavior of these agents in immunocompromised patients. These facts, associated with few studies with this agent, indicate the need to expand the information about the fungal biology. As a contribution to this goal, the present study had two central objectives: 1) To compare different methodologies for molecular typing of clinical isolates of T. rubrum epidemiologically related and unrelated for RAPD (Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA) with two different random primers (denominated of 1 and 6); as well as the analysis of the repetitive elements (TRS-1 and TRS-2) of the space non-transcribed (NTS) of the ribosomal DNA (DNAr) and 2) To identify transcripts involved in the interaction of this pathogen with human keratin by RDA (Representational Difference Analysis). The application of the RDA allowed for the first time the identification of expressed transcripts during the microorganism proliferation that could be related to the T. rubrum virulence.
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Milton, Joseph J. "Phylogenetic analyses and taxonomic studies of Senecioninae : southern African Senecio section Senecio." Thesis, St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/701.
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Gedgaudaitė, Aušra. "Paukščių muziejinės medžiagos panaudojimas genetiniams tyrimams." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080628_090602-96528.
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Šio darbo tikslas buvo įvertinti T. Ivanausko zoologijos muziejuje surinktą vištinių paukščių medžiagą ir išanalizuoti jos tinkamumą genetiniams tyrimams atlikti. Pagrindiniai darbo uždaviniai buvo nustatyti T. Ivanausko muziejaus vištinių paukščių eksponatų rūšinę sudėtį ir pagrindines radimvietes, išskirti DNR iš muziejinės ir šviežios medžiagos ir atlikti mikrosatelitinę ir AAPD analizę. Panaudojant Laird ir kt. 1991 metodiką su kai kuriomis modifikacijomis iš šviežios medžiagos, muziejinių plunksnų ir odos buvo išskirta DNR. Iš muziejinių plunksnų ir odos išsiskyrusi DNR yra fragmentuota, todėl netinkama AAPD analizei. Gali būti, jog neigiamą poveikį eksponatų DNR turi arsenas, kuris naudojamas kaip konservanatas paruošiant odas, ar netinkamos eksponatų laikymo salygos. Iš šaldytų, šviežiai išpeštų plunksnų ir spirite fiksuotų audinių išsiskyrusi DNR yra nefragmentuota ir yra tinkama AAPD analizei atlikti. Naudojant 3 pradmenis: ROTH 180-04, OPA04 ir OPA11, AAPD metodu buvo išanalizuotos 3 naminių vištų imtys (iš Suvalkų krašto ūkio ir Žemaitijos ūkio paimtos hibridinių vištų imtys ir LVA rodailendų veislės vištų imtis). Visos hibridinės vištos buvo fenetiškai panašios į rodailendų veislės vištas. Pagal visus tris pradmenis bendras lokusų skaičius buvo 42, iš kurių 32 buvo polimorfiniai Suvalkų krašto ūkio vištose, 14 polimorfinių Žemaitijos ūkio vištose. Visi LVA vištų lokusai buvo monomorfiniai. Iš filogenetinio medžio nustatyta, kad LVA vištos genetiškai buvo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]The aim of this study was to collect information about T.Ivanauskas zoo museum Galliformes and to evaluate the application of Galliformes museum piece for genetic analysis. The main tasks were to estimate the composition of species and the main finding places of Galliformes, to isolate DNA from museum feathers or skins and newly plucked feathers and to perform microsatellite or RAPD analysis. DNA from museum feathers and skins was fragmented and unsuitable for RAPD analysis. Museum specimens were salted with arsenic and it is known that arsenic inhibits DNA reparation. So, it might lead that arsenic or nonsuitable storage conditions might compromiseability to amplify DNA with PCR, further studies are needed to confirm this. DNA from newly plucked feathers and ethanol fixed tissues was suitable for RAPD analysis. Using RAPD method with 3 primers: ROTH 180-04, OPA04 ir OPA11 we evaluated 3 groups of chicken: 2 crossbred groups from Suvalkai farm and Zemaitija farm and group from LVA pedigree chickens. It was etimated 42 loci, 32 of them were polymorphic in the chicken group from Suvalkai farm, 14 polymorphic in the chickens from Zemaitija farm. All loci of LVA chickens were monomorphic and these chickens were genetically identic. The group of chickens from Zemaitija farm were more similar to LVA chickens than the group of chickens from Suvalkai farm. Using RAPD method ROTH 180-04, OPA04 ir OPA11 primers availability for other Galliformes (Tetrao tetrix and Tetrao urogallus)... [to full text]
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Brückner, Carsten Albrecht. "Rapid chromatographic analysis using novel detection systems and chemometric techniques /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11573.
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Granger, Kara, and s3041360@student rmit edu au. "Multi-comparisons of rape and rape myth endorsement through analysis of existing modified rape myth items." RMIT University. Health Sciences, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080829.093911.
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Traditionally, rape has been viewed as a crime perpetrated by men against women. However, it is now recognised that males can also be victims of rape. The current research had several interrelated aims to; (i) provide a profile of both male and female rape victims, (ii) compare the characteristics of rape perpetrated against male and female victims, (iii) estimate the incidence of male and female rape within the general community, (iv) describe the reporting practices of rape victims, and (v) determine the relationship between rape and depression, suicide ideation, and suicide attempts. The community's level of rape myth endorsement was also explored. Rape myths were defined as attitudes and beliefs about rape, rape victims, and rapists that are generally false but are widely and persistently held, and serve to deny and justify sexual aggression against women and men. The present study compared rape myth endorsement levels concerning both male and female victims. However, it was first necessary to construct a rape myth questionnaire, the Rape Attitudinal Scale (RAQ), which minimised the methodological limitations of pre-existing scales. The current research utilised online methodology and, in total, 560 individuals participated in the research. It was found that almost two out of every five participants had been a victim of rape during their lifetime, with males accounting for 8.60% of the raped sample. Rape victims emanated from a variety of demographic backgrounds and the gender differences between the characteristics of the rape were discussed. Approximately one in seven rape victims stated that they had reported the rape to police, with half of those rape victims regretting informing the police of their experience. Almost twice as many female rape victims than male rape victims failed to report their rape to anyone. It was also found that victims of rape are more likely to report rape to authorities when the rape fits the
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Yu, C. W. "Solution thermochemistry for rapid analysis." Thesis, University of Salford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381712.
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Haw, Robin Andrew. "Functional analysis of yeast RAP1." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285773.
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Hadipranoto, Ngatidjo. "Rapid enthalpimetric assay of some foodstuffs." Thesis, University of Salford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252931.
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Wright, Alan. "Analysis of glucosinolates in oilseed rape." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297014.
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Four methods of analysis for the determination of total and individual glucosinolates in Brassica napus cultivars (ie Gas Chromatography (GC), High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLQ, Glucose Release, and X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF)) were developed, refined, validated and applied. These were used to investigate both high and low glucosinolate cultivars of rapeseed (oilseed rape, Brassica napus), and reproducibility (between replicates) and repeatability (between analysis days) of these methods was assessed. From these studies, an indirect method of glucosinolate determination, involving X-Ray Fluorescence analysis, proved to give the least variable results. Furthermore, this was markedly more rapid than the other methods of analysis. Of the methods assessed for the determination of individual glucosinolates, High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) gave less variable results than Gas Chromatography (the European Community (EC) recommended method for glucosinolate determination in oilseed rape at the time of study). Thus, BPLC and XRF analysis were selected as methods for subsequent glucosinolate analysis in the remainder of the study. Effects of geographicallo cation in relation to atmospherics ulphur depositiona nd plant sulphur uptake in Brassica napus cv Ariana grown throughout the UK were determinedin two consecutivey ears. An initial study comparedg lucosinolatele vels in rapeseed samples from 211 sites. A second more detailed study involved determinationo f foliar sulphurl evels (by XRF analysis)a t three stagesd uring plant developmenftr om selecteds itest hroughoutt he UK, and comparisono f thesew ith glucosinolate levels in the harvested seed from these sites. The results of these investigations proved comparable between years, with final glucosinolate levels generally corresponding to atmospheric sulphur deposition levels. Furthermore, high glucosinolatele vels in harvesteds eedg enerallyc orrespondewd ith high sulphur levelsi n foliage ast he plantse ntereds eed-podd evelopment.A series of controlled environment and glasshouse experiments were developed to investigate the effects of sulphur nutrition on glucosinolate development in rape plants during growth. These highlighted that glucosinolate levels in plant material could be manipulated with variation in supplied nutrients. Furthermore, plants initially propagated with sulphur-complete nutrient in hydroponic media, then transferred to sulphur-free nutrient mid-development, were found to give good seed yields with substantially lower glucosinolate levels. In conclusion, attention must be given to choosing the appropriate method for analysis of glucosinolates. Secondly, sulphur availability and sulphur status are critical factors in the determination of glucosinolatelevels, and the relationship between these factors merits further study
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De, Wet Jackie De Wet Johan Andrew. "An exploratory analysis of serial rape." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05312009-013437.
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Suris, Pietri Jorge Alberto. "Rapid Radio: Analysis-Based Receiver Deployment." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28729.
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A large body of work has been produced in the area of productivity enhancers for the design of both Software-Defined Radio and Field Programmable Gate Arrays systems. These tool are created with the goal of aiding the user in the process of instantiating a design. They do not address, however, a specific use-case in which the user does not know or care about what the design of his system is. In this work, analysis-based design is presented and applied to FPGA-based SDRs. The RapidRadio framework abstracts away much of the knowledge required for analyzing an unknown signal and building an FPGA-based receiver. Resource utilization is traded-off for reduced implementation time and increased exibility. Automatic modulation classification is done with blind parameter estimation. Unlike other contemporary work, no a priori knowledge about the signal being classified is assumed. This leads to the development of a system that does not depend on perfect synchronization to classify the signal. A new quasi-generic synchronization architecture that allows the synchronization of multiple modulations schemes is presented. The result of the modulation classification is used to automatically create an FPGA-based radio receiver.Ph. D.
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Legodi, Mankone Priscilla. "Genetic characterisation of colophospermum mopane (sensu lato) using RAPD analyses." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/826.
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Thesis (M.Sc. (Molecular and Life Sciences)) --University of Limpopo, 2007Colophospermum mopane (sensu lato) is currently recognised on morphological and physiological characteristics. To add to the suite of taxonomic characters, the genetic variability of C. mopane (sensu lato) was investigated using the RAPD technique. DNA was extracted from young seedlings and mature leaves using the CTAB method. Initially, the DNA extraction was problematic due to the presence of polysaccharides, making PCR nearly impossible. An additional phenol precipitation step was introduced to purify the DNA used to perform RAPD analyses. Twenty random primers were tested for their suitability and reproducibility to reveal polymorphism in C. mopane (sensu lato). Nine of the primers tested amplified the genomic DNA. Subsequently, three primers (OPA 03, OPA 08 and OPA 09) were selected based on their reproducibility and demonstration of polymorphism. OPA 03 amplified most of the samples tested whereas OPA 08 and OPA 09 amplified 50% of the samples. RAPD bands ranged from 180 bp to 2000 bp. RAPD profiles of C. mopane (sensu lato) with three random primers showed few polymorphisms. Individual trees of different ecotypes show similar RAPD banding pattern, instances were found where trees of the same ecotype showed different bands. The total character difference based on presence and absence of bands revealed both variability and similarity of C. mopane (sensu lato). Phylogenetic trees from individual primers and combined primers were constructed using Neighbour Joining and Parsimony analysis. The phylogenetic tree from the combined primers of bootstrap parsimony generated three clades with low and high parsimony bootstrap values. The first clade receives weak support (61%) while the second and third clades receive support of 90% and 70%, respectively. The other remaining entities collapsed resulting in basal polytomy. The third clade shows some members of Alba (Alba 11 Phala, Alba 1 Phala and Alba 7 Musina) grouped together. The overall results of C. mopane (sensu lato) show high (84.1%) genetic similarity. No ecotypic marker was obtained. Most of the ecotypes have not diverged genetically far from one another or from the parental material (Mopane – sensu stricto). The genetic results partially support the perceived morphological differences. In this study the RAPD technique has established its value as an additional tool to express the genetic variability in C. mopane (sensu lato).
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Territo, Melissa. "Silencing and assaulting the feminine : an analysis of institutions that perpetuate a rape-supportive culture /." View online, 2009. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131591858.pdf.
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Varghese, Julian. "Hierarchical strategy for rapid finite element analysis." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/232.
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A new methodology is introduced where the natural hierarchical character of model descriptions and simulation results are exploited to expedite analysis of problems. The philosophy and the different concepts involved are illustrated by implementing the strategy to solve some practical problems. The end result was a mix of mechanics, well-designed data structures and software interfaces that forms a rapid analysis environment. This can be very advantageous for cases where a sequence of analyses is required because of safety concerns or cost. When designing a structure, it is common to make frequent modifications to the model during the process. In such cases, the ability to use data from different models within the same analysis environment becomes a major advantage. The proposed system's forte is its hierarchical framework that allows models to communicate with each other and share information with one another. This makes it ideal for global local analyses where solutions from a global model are used to derive the boundary conditions for the local model. The system was also used to conduct a micro mechanical analysis on unidirectional composites that have a non-uniform spatial distribution of the fibers. The hierarchical strategy is not tied to any specific methodology and can be adapted to solve problem using different technologies. This allows the strategy to be used across multiple length scales and governing equations.
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Bergdahl, Becky. "Yo ban? Rape rap and limits of free speech in India : An argument analysis of the debate about banning the artist Honey Singh." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-200874.
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This thesis consists of an argument analysis of three columns published in the Indian newspaper The Indian Express in the aftermath of the gangrape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in December 2012, and the following debate about glorification of rape in Indian popular culture. One of the columnists is arguing in favour of including gender as a category in the Indian law on hate speech, thereby banning an artist called Honey Singh and his lyrics about rape. The two other columnists are arguing against new restrictions on free speech in India. The analysis of the columns shows that there are several relevant arguments for and against including gender in the Indian hate speech legislation. The argumentation against a new law is similar to argumentation found in Western liberal theory, and the argumentation in favour of a new law is similar to argumentation found in Western radical feminist and critical race theory. However, both strands of philosophy are contested by postcolonial theorists, arguing that no Western theory is applicable in a non-Western context, such as India. Indian postcolonial feminists argue in favour of a third approach to sexist speech in India; a counter-speech approach. Counter-speech theorists agree with liberals about the importance of freedom of speech, and with feminists about the harm in hate speech. According to counter-speech theory, hate speech shall thus not be outlawed, but the state shall try to counter the harmful effects of hate speech, for example by strengthening groups targeted by hate speech so that they can speak back to hatemongers. The conclusion of this thesis is that a counter-speech approach is the most sustainable regarding freedom of speech and gender in India. Such an approach does not only appeal to Indian postcolonial theorists, it is also a middle way in-between a liberal and a radical feminist approach. In the conclusion, the relevance of hate speech legislation as a whole is also questioned. Laws such as in India, that protect only racial and religious groups from being targeted by hate speech while categories such as gender, sexual orientation and disability are not included, can be deemed discriminatory. An abolishment of hate speech prohibitions and an adoption of a counter-speech approach to all forms of hate speech is discussed.
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Small, Tara. "A Content Analysis of “#MaleRape” on Twitter." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39401.
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Rape has historically been constructed as a women’s issue and, as such, research has focused on female survivors of sexual assault. Current research on the topic indicates that the construction of female rape is structured by stereotypical gender roles and patriarchal/misogynistic structures. However, there is very little research on male rape. This exploratory thesis seeks to fill this gap by exploring how the meaning of male rape is constructed on Twitter posts that contain the hashtag “MaleRape”. Two thousand ninety-two tweets were collected. The final sample was comprised of 840 tweets and qualitative content analysis was the method used to code and
organize the data. Preliminary analysis suggested that the constructions varied significantly by region; accordingly, the data were sorted into the following four regions: North America; Europe; Africa; and Asia. The analysis, rooted in critical feminism, explores how male rape is constructed in each region. The findings indicate that there is some consistency across regions, especially with respect to the ways in which patriarchal assumptions led to the denial of male rape and the silencing of survivors. However, there were interesting differences in the various regions. This thesis addresses the influence of heteronormative constructions and calls for more
consideration of cultural differences when studying sexual violence.
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Quilter, Julia 1970. "Re-inventing rape : an analysis of legal, medical, feminist and governmental discourses." Monash University, Dept. of Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies, 1999. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8572.
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Vanden, Berge Daniel. "Rapid Drawdown Analysis using the Finite Element Method." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56955.
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Rapid drawdown (RDD) occurs when the water level adjacent to a slope or embankment is lowered quickly after a long period of being elevated either at the normal operating level for a dam or in the case of levees, during a prolonged flood. The current state of practice for RDD analysis is a multi-stage undrained strength method based on limit equilibrium.
The primary objective of this research was to develop a new method for rapid drawdown based on the finite element method. The new method estimates undrained strengths based on effective consolidation stresses from finite element analysis and the results of isotropically consolidated undrained triaxial compression (ICU-TC) tests. The field strengths appropriate for use with this rapid drawdown method were found to be on average 70% of the strength measured in ICU-TC tests based on back analysis of rapid drawdown failures. For rapid drawdown, anisotropic consolidation, plane strain deformation, and principal stress rotation were shown to produce field undrained strengths in the range of 60 to 80% of the strengths measured in isotropically consolidated undrained (ICU) triaxial compression. The current limit equilibrium method for rapid drawdown was shown to produce a similar reduction in ICU-TC strength.
This study also investigated other issues related to RDD. Effective stress analysis of RDD, especially using uncoupled transient seepage analysis, was shown to be inappropriate because important aspects of soil behavior are ignored. Consolidated-undrained strength tests on compacted clay specimens highlighted the importance of relative compaction on undrained strength. Anisotropic consolidation was shown to produce lower undrained strengths in triaxial compression than isotropic consolidation, especially at higher consolidation stresses. The behavior of compacted specimens under principal stress rotation was investigated using triaxial and direct simple shear tests. Finally probabilistic methods were applied to RDD to assess the probability that the factor of safety is less than one, assuming RDD occurs.Ph. D.
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Aliakbari, Mina. "Additive Manufacturing: State-of-the-Art, Capabilities, and Sample Applications with Cost Analysis." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-103598.
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Additive Manufacturing – AM – which is a part of a generic term, Rapid Prototyping, comprises a family of different techniques to build 3D physical objects sequentially stacking a series of layers over each other. These techniques have been evolving over three decades with more materials available, improving the techniques as well as generating new ones. However they are all based on the same explained idea. In this research the main AM methods followed with the opportunities of application and cost drivers is sought. For this purpose, after reviewing different processes and techniques, the application of them in diverse industry sectors is described. The influence of AM in production systems, so called Rapid Manufacturing (RM) is also discussed in terms of lean and agile concepts. Time and cost are the most important factors for the production systems to be responsive and productive respectively. Thus, case based application of RM is evaluated to clarify how AM acts in different production systems regarding these factors. To decide which method is the best, strongly depends on the case. But what has been derived from the analysis, is that however in comparison with traditional methods, AM applies more economically in one-off jobbing, yet the economy of scale exists to some extent. In fact it depends on the machine capacity utilization as well as batch size which indicates the machine volume usage. Despite all the improvements in the last three decades, the application of AM is still not widespread. Since the demand, use, applications and materials as well as its techniques are still in a growing phase, a brighter future is seen for the upcoming customer oriented market.Additive Manufacturing – AM – som är del av en generell term, Rapid Prototyping, består av en familj olika tekniker för att bygga 3D fysiska objekt genom att sekventiellt lägga lager ovanpå varandra. Dessa tekniker har utvecklats över de senaste tre decennierna, där nya material blivit tillgängliga, teknikerna har förbättrats och nya har skapats, men i slutändan bygger de alla på en och samma idé. Det projekt undersöks de huvudsakliga AM -metoderna, deras applikationer och kostnadsdrivare. Här görs först en litteraturstudie av olika tekniker och processer varefter deras användning inom olika industrier undersöks. Den influens AM har i produktionssystem, s.k. Rapid Manufacturing (RM), diskuteras också i förhållande till lean och agila koncept. Eftersom tid och kostnad är de viktigaste faktorerna för tillgänglighet respektive produktivitet utvärderas case-baserad användning av RM utifrån dessa faktorer för att förklara hur AM fungerar i produktionssystem. Att besluta vilken metod som är bäst, är starkt case-baserad. Men det som framkommit från analysen är att i jämförelse med traditionella metoder, är AM mer ekonomiskt vid enstyckstillverkning, men stordriftsfördelar finns i någon utsträckning. Faktiskt det beror på maskinens kapacitetsanvändning och satsstorlek som indikerar maskinens volymanvändning. Trots alla förbättringar under de senaste tre decennierna är användandet av AM ännu inte utbrett. Eftersom efterfrågan, användning, tillämpning och material så väl som dess tekniker fortfarande befinner sig i en tillväxtfas spås en ljusare framtid för en växande kundorienterad marknad.
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O'Neil, Joshua Robert. "Analysis of periodically-forced turbulence in the rapid distortion limit." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3141.
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Rapid Distortion Theory is used to perform calculations of unsteadily-forced initially
isotropic turbulence so that the physics of such flows can be better understood. The
results of these calculations show that there are three distinct regimes of physical behavior
for the kind of turbulence that we are considering: (1) turbulence that is forced
at a relatively low frequency in which the kinetic energy settles down to a constant
value at later times, (2) turbulence that is forced at a slightly higher frequency in
which the kinetic energy value oscillates for a time, but then increases dramatically,
and (3) turbulence that is forced at a relatively high frequency in which the kinetic
energy evolution exhibits a periodic behavior. To better understand the role of the
rapid pressure-strain correlation, these results are also compared to Inertial Model
results for the same set of forcing frequencies. The results of this comparison show
that the rapid pressure plays a key role in determining the stability characteristics of
unsteadily-forced turbulence. The evolution equation for kinetic energy is then used
to propose a model that describes the behavior approximately in terms of a time lag
between applied mean strain and the Reynolds stress. This model suggests that the
different responses under the different frequencies of forcing correspond to different
stress-strain time lags. Overall, then the results indicate that rapid pressure serves to
create a time lag between applied stress and strain, and it is the extent of this time
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Chan, Na-Han. "Rapid current analysis for CMOS digital circuits." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26380.
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A versatile and efficient computer-aided analysis tool, CUREST, has been developed for the analysis of supply currents in CMOS digital circuits. It is based on Nabavi-Lishi's semi-analytical model for computing the current and delay in a CMOS logic gate which, when compared to HSPICE running the level-3 MOSFET model, is more than three orders of magnitude faster, and accurate to within 10%. CUREST is built on top of the timing analyser TAMIA and, in particular, uses its circuit parser and its data structure to store the circuit topology and primary input pattern.Extension tests on benchmark circuits containing up to 555 gates, which were analysed with CUREST using thousands of primary input patterns, demonstrate that the current analysis time is in the range of 1ms per gate per input pattern, using a SUN4/490 workstation with 32 Mb of main memory, running the SUN OS 4.103 operating system. The peak value of the total supply current, the current rise-time, and the time at which the peak occurs are usually computed to within 10% of HSPICE. However, appreciable errors often occur in the average current. This is because at the moment we do not have a good model for dealing with incomplete transitions associated with glitches in a CMOS gate.
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Klock, Julia Cathy. "Rapid whole-body hypothermia : analysis and modeling /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2007. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3276989.
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Carruthers, Ian Michael. "Rapid analysis of pharmacology for infectious diseases." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2013. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/d783d1bd-d390-40d3-80dd-ea6107af8bd7.
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Infectious diseases represent a multitude of threats to populations in both the developed and developing world, from the emergence of drug resistant bacteria and new pathogens to the ancient killers of the neglected topical diseases. Yet a common problem unites all infectious diseases, that is the challenge of how do we cost effectively identify new drugs? The arrival of high-throughput low cost sequencing starkly illustrates the nature of the challenge: the genome sequence of any pathogen can now be determined in a few days yet the availability of complete pathogen genomes has not led to the anticipated wave of new therapies. One reason for this failure might be that previous efforts at selecting the best targets from the genome have not taken into account information on the properties of associated small molecule ligands. To improve the exploitation of genomic information in the discovery of drug targets for new anti-infective agents a modular informatics framework is described that enables the large-scale comparative analysis of pathogen and host genomes. Specifically, new methods to predict essential genes, identify druggable domains and predict selectivity are presented, that have advantages over current approaches. The proposed method to predict essentiality is benchmarked against whole genome essentiality datasets and applied in practice to the analysis of a diverse range species including the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and eukaryotic parasites Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania braziliensis, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania major and Schistosoma mansoni. In order to identify druggable and selective targets a domain-based approach to mining genomes for druggable targets is developed. A domain family based approach enables the determination of "binding site signatures" in the primary amino acid sequences which enables the identification and comparison of specific binding modes for both active/orthosteric site and allosteric site ligands. Information in the binding site signatures is used to train and validate a Bayesian model to predict a compounds selectivity between members of a domain family, whether from within a single genome or from multiple species.
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Perumal, Sameshan. "Simulating raid storage systems for performance analysis." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6435.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-131).Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) provides an inexpensive, fault-tolerant storage solution using commodity hard-drives. RAID storage systems have recently surged in popularity amongst enterprise clients, as they provide economical, scalable, high-performance solutions for their storage requirements. The performance of RAID systems is negatively affected by the overhead required to manage and access multiple drives, and multiple disk failures can result in data loss. As RAID has developed, various improvements have been devised by both academia and business to address these shortcomings. These improvements have suggested improved architectures to increase performance and new coding techniques to protect against data loss in the case of drive failure. Evaluating the effect on performance of these improvements is greatly simplified by the use of discrete-event, software simulations. The RAID Operations Simulator for Testing Implementations (RÖSTI) was developed to support such simulation experiments.
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Daniel, Synodi-Hermione. "Rethinking gender, rape and the rape trial : the sociological analysis of rape in 21st century England and Wales." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433510.
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Hare, Lesley Gail. "Rapid methods for the determination of food folates." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245806.
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Chen, Tian Lan. "Thermal digital microfluidic devices for rapid DNA analysis." Thesis, University of Macau, 2017. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3691869.
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Velez, de Urrutia Zulma. "Rape and after rape experience : an analysis of the role of social support system upon the recovery process of Puerto Rican women: 1983-84 /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487262513409895.
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Yung, Hoi-chu, and 翁海珠. "Rapid and direct DNA extraction from saliva for personalized medicine." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45986599.
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Ujevic, Danica. "(Re)Presentations of Sexual Violence Against Women: An Analysis of Media Reports of Rape." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32069.
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There is a problem with attitudes that blame the victim of sexual assault: these attitudes are widespread and show popular adhesion to assumptions about rape that have been criticized and combatted by feminists. These assumptions are known as “rape myths.” It is important to look at the role newspapers play in contemporary discourse around rape and the extent to which they reproduce rape myths or, alternatively, incorporate a feminist critique. This research examines how sexual assault is constructed in three English-language newspapers, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and The National Post in the year 2012. Using qualitative content analysis, themes of rape myths and the presence of feminist discourse are categorized. The power of language when describing rape in the media is recognized and a description of rape-supportive culture, within a feminist theoretical framework, is provided. The ultimate aim of this research is to identify and challenge myths and stereotypes surrounding rape as well as identify possible feminist discourse on rape in print news media in Canada.
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Zavortink, Matthew. "Analysis of Rhythm in Rap Music." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20418.
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Although the analysis of popular music has become widely accepted by theorists, rap and related genres are still relatively unexplored. The small body of existing literature suggests several promising analytic methods, such as the discernment and comparison of rhythmic layers within a song. This thesis reviews the current state of rap research and synthesizes a comprehensive theoretical model out of previously published sources and the author’s original ideas. This model is then used to investigate several case studies of varying complexity, revealing a number of previously undocumented musical devices and promising avenues for further research.
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Ng, Sing Kwei. "Application of microwave sensors for rapid food analysis." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.479020.
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Bussen, Patrick. "Analysis of a rapid soil erosion assessment tool." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2351.
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Henry, Mark B. "Rapid analysis of chloride content of contaminated concrete." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020058/.
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Bekemeyer, P. "Rapid computational aerodynamics for aircraft gust response analysis." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2018. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3027827/.
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Computational engineering methods play a more and more important role in building aircraft that move people and goods. Particular in high-speed civil air transport increased usage of higher fidelity simulation tools are expected to enable greener designs with a reduced environmental footprint. The challenge of including computational fluid dynamics in aircraft loads and aeroelasticity is addressed herein. During the aircraft design and certification process a tremendous number of dynamic responses to atmospheric turbulence need to be analysed. Current industrial loads computations are based on corrected linear potential flow methods which offer fast predictions but suffer several drawbacks once aerodynamic non-linearities occur. Instead, aerodynamic loads offered by computational fluid dynamics are highly accurate also at these non-linear conditions. However, computational cost necessary for performing time-marching simulations makes these methods prohibitive for unsteady loads in an industrial context. This work addresses how to efficiently introduce computational fluid dynamics based aerodynamics during gust loads analysis. It is shown that using frequency domain methods in conjunction with reduced order modelling techniques based on modal decomposition and projection offer accurate models which can be analysed at low cost. The three requirements of such an industrial gust loads process are, first, the need for high accuracy, secondly, a significant reduction of runtime compared to unsteady full order time-marching simulations, and thirdly, the ability to automatise the generation and solution process of the reduced model as well as the design and certification process. Therefore, the linearised frequency domain method is extended towards gust responses by altering the right-hand side forcing term. An aerodynamic reduced order model is constructed by computing a modal basis using proper orthogonal decomposition and projecting the linearised equations afterwards. Finally, a coupled aeroelastic model is obtained by combining the aerodynamics model with eigenmodes of the coupled Jacobian matrix for the structural vibration and projecting the coupled linearised equations. The final small sized aeroelastic model enables the inclusion of highly accurate loads during time-critical gust loads analysis and provides the opportunity to introduce these loads in a wider multidisciplinary context. Thus it is a substantial step towards establishing computational fluid dynamics for unsteady aeroelastic analysis.
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Anderson, David Robert. "Laser-induced emission spectrometry for rapid elemental analysis." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 1994. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19273/.
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This thesis reports investigations into laser-induced emission spectrometry for rapid elemental analysis. An integrated laser and spectrometer system is configured, comprising a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and an optical multichannel analyser, which enables the discreet monitoring of the laser-induced plasma produced by each laser shot. Novel applications are devised including the survey analysis of polymeric materials and the depth profiling of coated steels. A survey analysis of polymeric materials for twelve elements (Al, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Pb, P, Sb, Sn, Ti and Zn) is reported. Results showed that element emission responses are dependent upon operating conditions, selective volatilisation of antimony can occur, and ablation characteristics, such as the rate of material removal and plasma lifetime, are very different compared to metals. With optimised operating conditions of low laser energy and sample positioned at the laser focal point, the limit of detection for antimony is 0.09 % mass/mass with precision of 1.8 (% relative standard deviation) using a carbon signal from the polymer as internal standard. Rapid discrimination between samples of poly (vinyl chloride) is demonstrated with a measurement time of 1 s. Data for the depth profiling of a range of coated steels using laser-induced plasma emission spectrometry are reported in detail for the first time. Coatings of zinc/nickel, tin, titanium nitride and chromium are examined. Depth profile signatures and crater shape are greatly influenced by operating conditions. Improved depth resolution and signatures are obtained using high laser energy and defocused laser radiation. Correlations are established between coating thickness and output parameters of the technique. Linear calibrations against coating thickness are achieved with good precision for replicate measurements (4 % relative standard deviation). Results showed that the technique can differentiate between tin coated samples with a difference in coating thickness of 0.02 pm, and can detect an ultra-thin chromium coating of 0.020 pm thickness. This performance and measurement times of 50 s indicate the rapid depth profile capability of the technique. The novel application of an artificial intelligence technique (artificial neural networks) to laser-induced plasma emission spectra is reported for the first time. Studies showed that artificial neural networks can rapidly discriminate between the emission spectra of different materials with a success rate of 100 %, to provide a new means of rapid data processing.
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Fiebelkorn, Wrucke Danielle. "Genetic Analysis of Frost Tolerance in Rapeseed/Canola (Brassica Napus L.)." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28362.
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Frost can be detrimental to canola (Brassica napus L.) production. Depending on the severity, the entire field can be killed. Having frost tolerance in canola would benefit growers by allowing them to plant early, utilize early season moisture, and avoid high heat during flowering. However, frost tolerance in canola has not been well studied. A protocol was developed that determined 14 day old seedlings should be acclimated at 4?C for 7 days before being exposed to overnight frost (-4?C) in a small freezing chamber. However, when a larger chamber was used for freezing, the protocol was optimized to -8?C instead. A greenhouse study was conducted on a diverse collection of 231 genotypes and genome-wide association scan (GWAS) was conducted to identify potential genes that were related to frost tolerance or abiotic stress tolerance. Thirty-eight significant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were selected based on 10,000 bootstraps and 0.1 percent tail of the empirical distribution. The markers were located on chromosomes A01, A02, A03, A04, A07, A08, A09, A10, C03, C05, C06, C07, and C09. Stepwise regression highlighted a QTL located on chromosomes A02. Another GWAS was done on 147 canola germplasm lines phenotyped under natural conditions. Thirty-eight significant SNPs identified from this study were located on chromosomes A05, A07, A09, C01, C02, C03, C04, C05, C06, C07, and C09. Stepwise regression identified a QTL located on chromosome C04. A protocol was developed to measure the freezing induced electrolyte leakage from leaves of rapeseed/canola. A total of 157 germplasm lines were evaluated for freezing induced (-12?C for 2 h) electrolyte leakage. Thirty-six significant SNPs located on chromosomes A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08, A09, A10, C01, C02, C04, C05, C06, C07, and C09 were identified. Stepwise regression identified 10 QTL located on chromosomes A01, A02, A04, A06, A07, C02, C05, C07, C09, and one that could not be assigned. All GWAS studies identified potential genes of interest that were related to frost tolerance, abiotic stress, and transcription factors.Northern Canola Growers Association