The rutting behaviour of fallow deer (Dama dama) at Doñana National Park (SW Spain) was studied in order to test the ecological and behavioural factors affecting variation in fallow deer mating strategies. Rutting area attendance was an important determinant of male reproductive success. An increase in population density during the study period did not seem to affect the variables related to th...

La gazelle dama Nanger (Pallas, 1766) dans l'art rupestre du Sahara. Vingt-cinq images rupestres préhistoriques originales provenant Sahara en Libye, au Niger, Mauritanie et Algérie sont présentées, illustrant de manière évidente ou probable des gazelles (Mammalia, Bovidae: 1766)). Une étude la littérature sur les nordafricain sert à interpréter ces nouveaux exemples. Des procédés stylistiques ...

Bacteria produce a variety of enzymes capable of methylating DNA. In many species, the majority of adenine methylation is accomplished by the DNA adenine methylase Dam. In Escherichia coli the Dam methylase plays roles in the initiation of replication, mismatch repair, and gene regulation. In a number of other bacterial species, mutation or overexpression of Dam leads to attenuation of virulenc...

Resenha da obra Essa dama bate bué!, de Yara Nakahanda Monteiro.

Deer are acknowledged as hosts of Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), and determining the prevalence of infection in deer species is one of the key steps in understanding the epidemiological role played by cervids in the transmission and maintenance of bTB in the United Kingdom. This study evaluated a rapid lateral-flow test for the detection of bTB in samples...

In 2009, Mycobacterium bovis infection was detected in a herd of 60 elk (Cervus elaphus) and 50 fallow deer (Dama dama) in Nebraska, USA. Upon depopulation of the herd, the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) was estimated at ∼71-75%, based upon histopathology and culture results. Particularly with elk, gross lesions were often severe and extensive. One year ago, the majority of the elk had ...

Despite their importance to conservation, reintroductions are still a risky endeavor and tend to fail, highlighting the need for more efficient post-release monitoring techniques. Reintroduced animals are released into unfamiliar novel environments and must explore their surroundings to gain knowledge in order to survive. According to theory, knowledge gain should be followed by subsequent chan...

This paper studies the unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem with three minimization objectives – makespan, maximum earliness, and maximum tardiness (METUPMSP). The last two objectives combined are related to just-intime (JIT) performance of a solution. Three hybrid algorithms are presented to solve the MET-UPMSP: reactive GRASP with path relinking, dual-archived memetic algorithm (DAMA...