Speckled shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros), is a commercially important prawn in the embayments and estuaries of the Mediterranean Sea. It is originally a Lessepsian species which had migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. This study was carried out in the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea between November 2009 and October 2010 with monthly sampling of speckled ...

A study to evaluate the reproductive performance of Abergelle goat was carried out at Sekota District of Amhara National Regional State. On-farm flocks from two peasant associations were monitored for two years to collect data. Data collected included identification number of doe and kid, birth / kidding date, kid birth weight, sex of kid, post partum doe weight, litter size, parity of doe. Dat...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) management programs conventionally focus on the adults having MetS. However, risk assessment for MetS development is also important for many adults potentially at risk but do not yet fulfill MetS criteria at screening. Therefore, we conducted this follow-up study to explore whether initial screening records can be efficiently applied on the prediction of the...

In this article, we walk through an end–to–end Affymetrix microarray differential expression workflow using Bioconductor packages. This workflow is directly applicable to current “Gene” type arrays, e.g. the HuGene or MoGene arrays but can easily adapted to similar platforms. The data re–analyzed is a typical clinical microarray data set that compares inflammed and non–inflammed colon tissue in...

Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract Deployment of a Directory will benefit from following certain guidelines. This document defines a number of naming and structuring guidelines focused on White Pages usage. Alignment to these guidelines is rec...

This editorial concerns two articles published in Human Reproduction: ‘Restoration of ovarian function after allografting ovarian cortex between genetically non-identical sisters’ (Donnez J, Squifflet J, Pirard C, Jadoul P and Dolmans MM, Hum Reprod, 25:2489–2495, 2010) and ‘Livebirth after allografting of ovarian cortex between genetically non-identical sisters’ (Donnez J, Squifflet J, Pirard ...

Ovarian Androgen Production in Cattle 3 F Mossa, F Jimenez-Krassel, JK Folger, JLH Ireland, GW 4 Smith, P Lonergan, ACO Evans, and JJ Ireland 5 6 School of Agriculture Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, and Conway 7 Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, College of Life 8 Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; Molecular 9 Reproductive Endocrinology Labo...