Environmental enrichment as a discipline has continued to gain momentum as the benefits to animals and to zoos are recognized and documented. Many zoological institutions have implemented formal enrichment programs and dedicated personnel to enrichment efforts. Enrichment-focused research and publication is increasing in quantity and quality. Zoo keepers continue to collaborate to improve enric...

A new method for enrichment of phosphopeptides in complex mixtures derived by proteolytic digestion of biological samples has been developed. The method is based on calcium phosphate precipitation of the phosphopeptides prior to further enrichment with established affinity enrichment methods. Calcium phosphate precipitation combined with phosphopeptide enrichment using Fe(III) IMAC provided hig...

We present color-magnitude diagrams of globular clusters for models with self-enrichment and pre-enrichment. The models with self-enrichment turn out to have two or more main sequence turnoff points in the color-magnitude diagram if the fraction of mass lost by the globular cluster under supernova explosions does not exceed 95–97%. The models with pre-enrichment can have only one main sequence ...

Multiple platforms are available for whole-exome enrichment and sequencing (WES). This protocol is based on the Illumina TruSeq Exome Enrichment platform, which captures ∼62 Mb of the human exonic regions using 95-base DNA probes. In addition to covering the RefSeq and Ensembl coding sequences, the enriched sequences also include ∼28 Mb of RefSeq untranslated regions (UTR). The protocol can be ...

The Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) identifies sets of genes that are differentially regulated in one direction. Many homeostatic systems will include one limb that is upregulated in response to a downregulation of another limb and vice versa. Such patterns are poorly captured by the standard formulation of GSEA. We describe a technique to identify groups of genes (which sometimes can be pa...

Joyal and Street note in their paper on braided monoidal categories [10] that the 2–category V–Cat of categories enriched over a braided monoidal category V is not itself braided in any way that is based upon the braiding of V. What is meant by “based upon” here will be made more clear in the present paper. The exception that they mention is the case in which V is symmetric, which leads to V–Ca...

The organic-rich shale in the first member of Qingshankou Formation, which is located southern Songliao Basin, regarded as a high-quality source rock East China. Geochemistry parameters were utilized to illustrate formation and preservation conditions Qing1 Member Changling Sag, Basin. In present study, from longitudinal continuity, samples organic geochemistry elemental collected systematicall...

Remnant woodland areas are commonly part of livestock grazing operations in temperate Australia. These remnant can store substantial amounts carbon and have important biodiversity value, but at risk ongoing decline due to nutrient enrichment, overgrazing, clearing woody debris lack tree recruitment. The process compiling experimental farm-scale natural capital accounts (NCA) for 11 wool-growing...

Direct plating, selective enrichment, and cold enrichment followed by secondary selective enrichment procedures were compared for detecting and enumerating Listeria monocytogenes in chopped cabbage stored at 5 degrees C for up to 64 days. Addition of Fe3+ to solid media enhanced detection of the organism. Cold enrichment (5 degrees C) in nutrient broth and brain heart infusion broth followed by...