We characterised and reported the first full-length genomes of Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 subgroup HTLV-1aD (CV21 and CV79). This subgroup is one of the major determinants of HTLV-1 infections in North and West Africa, and recombinant strains involving this subgroup have been recently demonstrated. The CV21 and CV79 strains from Cape Verde/Africa were characterised as pure HTLV-1aD ...

In 2009, for the first time in Cape Verde, an outbreak of dengue was reported and over twenty thousand people were infected. Only a few prophylactic measures were taken. The effects of vector control on disease spreading, such as insecticide (larvicide and adulticide) and mechanical control, as well as an hypothetical vaccine, are estimated through simulations with the Cape Verde data.

Conservation of plant diversity on islands relies on a good knowledge of the taxonomy, distribution and genetic diversity of species. In recent decades, a combination of morphology- and DNA-based approaches has become the standard for investigating island plant lineages and this has led, in some cases, to the discovery of previously overlooked diversity, including 'cryptic species'. The flora o...

Chromatographically distinct isoacceptors of leucyl-tRNA from mature bean leaves were all observed to hybridize with bean chloroplast and nuclear DNA in a ratio similar to that exhibited by the unfractionated leucyl-tRNA. Under the same hybridization conditions, maize tRNA failed to form a stable hybrid with bean DNA, and levels of hybridization between bean-leaf leucyl-tRNA and nuclear or chlo...

root rot is one of the important diseases of bean in zanjan province and two fungal pathogens, rhizoctonia solani and fusarium solani are the major causal agents of this disease in the region. in this research, the inhibitory effect of n-hexane, di-ethyl-ether, chloroform and ethanol extracts of five plant species, hermel (peganum harmala), thyme (thymus kotschyanus), yarrow (achillea wilhelmsi...

Genes involved in a viral resistance response in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Othello) were identified by inoculating a geminivirus reporter (Bean dwarf mosaic virus expressing the green fluorescent protein), extracting RNA from tissue undergoing the defense response, and amplifying sequences with degenerate R gene primers. One such gene (a TIR-NBS-LRR gene, RT4-4) was selected for funct...

An ultrastructural study has been made to determine to what degree chloroplast differentiation is retarded in leaves of young jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis [L.] DC.) seedlings when they are subjected to mild water stress. Rapid chloroplast differentiation occurred when etiolated seedlings were allowed to green at relative humidities above 85% but not at a relative humidity of 25%. Response to...

The research reported in this chapter takes part of the results of the project Cultura, Matemática e Cognição — Pensar a Aprendizagem em Portugal e Cabo Verde, especially in what concerns understanding the idea of “learning as an integral part of generative social practice in the lived-in world” (Lave & Wenger, 1991, p.35) together with the perspective that addresses “learning as increasing par...