Fine-mapping and characterisation of genes on barley (Hordeum vulgare) chromosome 2H for salinity stress tolerance during germination by Edward Mwando, Yong Han, Tefera Angessa, Xiao-Qi Zhang, Chengdao Li

“…The diagnostic markers will allow for pyramiding of 2H locus in barley varieties and facilitate genetic improvement for saline soils. …”
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Construction of High-Density Genetic Map and QTL Mapping for Grain Shape in the Rice RIL Population by Minyi Wei, Tongping Luo, Dahui Huang, Zengfeng Ma, Chi Liu, Yuanyuan Qin, Zishuai Wu, Xiaolong Zhou, Yingping Lu, Liuhui Yan, Gang Qin, Yuexiong Zhang

“…Locus 14, with a contribution rate greater than 10%, influenced grain width, length-to-width ratio, and grain cross-sectional area. Furthermore, pyramiding effects analysis of three stable genetic loci showed that increasing the number of QTL could effectively improve the phenotypic value of grain shape. …”
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Design Temporary and Virtual Exhibitions by Dalia Sami

“…• And how to apply on a booth in an exhibitionObjectives: The research aims to• Clarify and explain the general characteristics and basic criteria for establishment of temporary exhibitions or virtual exhibitions especially interactive exhibits in order to achieve competitiveness and development• apply the study on an ideas for designing a Pavilions in temporary exhibitions• Conducting an applied study on presenting an assuming ideas for a virtual exhibitionsMethodology: The study uses • The analytical descriptive methodology in Clarifying and explaining the Design criteria of Temporary and Virtual Exhibitions and types by analyzing a selection of temporary exhibitions designs • The applied descriptive methodology in Designing pavilion for “EL MARAKBY STEEL" company in the temporary exhibition “Metal & Steel “in “Egypt International Exhibition center ,Cairo –Egypt”Also the study has concentrated on presenting assuming ideas for (a mobile application and an internet game and webpage) as an application for the virtual exhibitions design and a proposed design for a building named the Fourth Pyramid…”
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New structural variations responsible for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: The first two large KIF5A deletions detected by CovCopCan software by Ioanna Pyromali, Alexandre Perani, Angélique Nizou, Nesrine Benslimane, Paco Derouault, Sylvie Bourthoumieu, Mélanie Fradin, Guilhem Sole, Fanny Duval, Constantin Gomes, Frédéric Favreau, Franck Sturtz, Corinne Magdelaine, Anne-Sophie Lia

“…Herein targeted NGS and the CovCopCan bioinformatic tool were used in two unrelated families, both presenting with typical CMT symptoms with pyramidal involvement. We have discovered two large SVs in KIF5A, a gene known to cause axonal forms of CMT (CMT2) in which no SVs have yet been described. …”
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Blue Light-Induced Retinal Neuronal Injury and Amelioration by Commercially Available Blue Light-Blocking Lenses by Nagarajan Theruveethi, Bang Viet Bui, Manjunath B. Joshi, Manna Valiathan, Shonraj Ballae Ganeshrao, Sivakumar Gopalakrishnan, Shama Prasada Kabekkodu, Shailaja S. Bhat, Sudarshan Surendran

“…V1-L5PNs (primary visual cortex layer 5 pyramidal neurons) demonstrated reduced branching and intersections points for apical (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and basal (<i>p</i> < 0.05) dendrites following blue light exposure. …”
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Optimized Culture Conditions for the Detection of Selected Strains of Bacillus in Eye Creams by Nadine Yossa, Gabriela Arce, James Smiley, Mei-Chiung Jo Huang, Lanlan Yin, Rebecca Bell, Sandra Tallent, Eric Brown, Thomas Hammack

“…The growth of the strain mislabeled B. megaterium ATCC 6458 on B. cereus selective agars BACARA and MYP agar led us to further investigations. We identified bi-pyramidal crystals among colonies of the strain, and subsequent PCR identified the cry 1 gene, indicating that strain was actually B. thuringiensis subps. kurstaki.…”
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The Genotype and Phenotype Features in a Large Chinese MFN2 Mutation Cohort by Yan Ma, Yan Ma, Yan Ma, Aping Sun, Aping Sun, Aping Sun, Yingshuang Zhang, Yingshuang Zhang, Yingshuang Zhang, Dongsheng Fan, Dongsheng Fan, Dongsheng Fan, Xiaoxuan Liu, Xiaoxuan Liu, Xiaoxuan Liu

“…Most patients presented with early onset and moderate phenotype with abnormal gait and foot drop as the main complaints at onset. Pyramidal signs accounts for 31.6% (6/19) in all patients, which is not uncommon. …”
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Copper (II) Species with Improved Anti-Melanoma and Antibacterial Activity by Inclusion in β-Cyclodextrin by Alina Tirsoaga, Victor Cojocaru, Mihaela Badea, Irinel Adriana Badea, Arpad Mihai Rostas, Roberta Stoica, Mihaela Bacalum, Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc, Rodica Olar

“…The association between Cu(II) compounds and β-CD has been proven by the identification of the components’ patterns in the IR spectra and powder XRD diffractograms, while solid-state UV-Vis and EPR spectra analysis highlighted a slight modification of the square-pyramidal stereochemistry around Cu(II) in comparison with precursors. …”
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Contributions of Astrocyte and Neuronal Volume to CA1 Neuron Excitability Changes in Elevated Extracellular Potassium by Erin Walch, Erin Walch, Alexander Bilas, Alexander Bilas, Valine Bebawy, Angelina Lam, Thomas R. Murphy, Thomas R. Murphy, Sandhya Sriram, Sandhya Sriram, Todd A. Fiacco, Todd A. Fiacco, Todd A. Fiacco

“…Here we set out to isolate volume-specific effects occurring in ∧[K+]o on CA1 pyramidal neurons in acute hippocampal slices by manipulating cell volume while recording neuronal glutamate currents in 10.5 mM [K+]o + tetrodotoxin (TTX) to prevent neuronal firing. …”
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Automated polyp segmentation based on a multi-distance feature dissimilarity-guided fully convolutional network by Nan Mu, Jinjia Guo, Rong Wang

“…Drawing inspiration from pyramids, the MDD module effectively acquires discriminative features from neighboring layers or across layers in a continuous manner, which helps to strengthen feature complementary across different layers. …”
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Genome-wide association study and Mendelian randomization analysis provide insights for improving rice yield potential by Jing Su, Kai Xu, Zirong Li, Yuan Hu, Zhongli Hu, Xingfei Zheng, Shufeng Song, Zhonghai Tang, Lanzhi Li

“…Five significant loci for component traits that had an indirect effect on yield were identified. Pyramiding superior alleles of the five loci revealed improved yield. …”
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Viral-based rodent and nonhuman primate models of multiple system atrophy: Fidelity to the human disease by David J. Marmion, Angela A. Rutkowski, Diptaman Chatterjee, Benjamin M. Hiller, Milton H. Werner, Erwan Bezard, Deniz Kirik, Thomas McCown, Steven J. Gray, Jeffrey H. Kordower

“…Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare and extremely debilitating progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by variable combinations of parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia, dysautonomia, and pyramidal dysfunction. MSA is a unique synucleinopathy, in which alpha synuclein-rich aggregates are present in the cytoplasm of oligodendroglia. …”
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AUTS2 Syndrome: Molecular Mechanisms and Model Systems by Alecia Biel, Anthony S. Castanza, Ryan Rutherford, Summer R. Fair, Lincoln Chifamba, Jason C. Wester, Mark E. Hester, Mark E. Hester, Mark E. Hester, Robert F. Hevner

“…During development, AUTS2 is expressed by specific progenitor cell and neuron types, including pyramidal neurons and Purkinje cells. AUTS2 localizes mainly in cell nuclei, where it regulates transcription and RNA metabolism. …”
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Studying Stem Rust and Leaf Rust Resistances of Self-Fertile Rye Breeding Populations by Paul Gruner, Anne Witzke, Kerstin Flath, Jakob Eifler, Brigitta Schmiedchen, Malthe Schmidt, Andres Gordillo, Dörthe Siekmann, Franz Joachim Fromme, Silvia Koch, Hans-Peter Piepho, Thomas Miedaner

“…To secure long-lasting resistance, ideally pyramided monogenic resistances and race-nonspecific resistances are applied. …”
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Cu^II Complexes and Coordination Polymers with Pyridine or Pyrazine Amides and Amino Benzamides—Structures and EPR Patterns by Ines Wackerbarth, Ni Nyoman Agnes Tri Widhyadnyani, Simon Schmitz, Kathrin Stirnat, Katharina Butsch, Ingo Pantenburg, Gerd Meyer, Axel Klein

“…The geometry around Cu^II in these compounds was very often axially elongated octahedral or square pyramidal. X-band EPR spectra of powder samples revealed various spectral symmetry patterns ranging from axial over rhombic to inverse axial. …”
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Contribution of parvalbumin and somatostatin-expressing GABAergic neurons to slow oscillations and the balance in beta-gamma oscillations across cortical layers by Toshinobu eKuki, Kazuyuki eFujihara, Kazuyuki eFujihara, Kazuyuki eFujihara, Hideki eMiwa, Hideki eMiwa, Nobuaki eTamamaki, Yuchio eYanagawa, Yuchio eYanagawa, Hajime eMushiake, Hajime eMushiake

“…PV cells target the proximal regions of pyramidal cells, whereas SOM cells are dendrite-preferring interneurons. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study for Identification and Validation of Novel SNP Markers for Sr6 Stem Rust Resistance Gene in Bread Wheat by Amira M. I. Mourad, Amira M. I. Mourad, Ahmed Sallam, Ahmed Sallam, Vikas Belamkar, Stephen Wegulo, Robert Bowden, Yue Jin, Ezzat Mahdy, Bahy Bakheit, Atif A. El-Wafaa, Jesse Poland, Peter S. Baenziger

“…However, in recent years it occurs rarely in Nebraska due to weather and the effective selection and gene pyramiding of resistance genes. To understand the genetic basis of stem rust resistance in Nebraska winter wheat, we applied genome-wide association study (GWAS) on a set of 270 winter wheat genotypes (A-set). …”
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Discovery of the New Leaf Rust Resistance Gene <i>Lr82</i> in Wheat: Molecular Mapping and Marker Development by Harbans S. Bariana, Prashanth Babu, Kerrie L. Forrest, Robert F. Park, Urmil K. Bansal

“…We recommend the use of <i>KASP_22131</i> for marker assisted pyramiding of <i>Lr82</i> in breeding programs following polymorphism check on parents.…”
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Ca_v3 T-Type Voltage-Gated Ca²⁺ Channels and the Amyloidogenic Environment: Pathophysiology and Implications on Pharmacotherapy and Pharmacovigilance by Anna Papazoglou, Muhammad Imran Arshaad, Christina Henseler, Johanna Daubner, Karl Broich, Jürgen Hescheler, Dan Ehninger, Britta Haenisch, Marco Weiergräber

“…In particular, HVA Ca_v2.3 R-type and LVA Ca_v3 T-type Ca²⁺ channels are expressed in the medial septum-diagonal band of Broca (MS-DBB), hippocampal interneurons, and pyramidal cells, and ablation of both channels was proven to severely modulate theta activity. …”
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In vivo Calcium Imaging Reveals That Cortisol Treatment Reduces the Number of Place Cells in Thy1-GCaMP6f Transgenic Mice by Tim Indersmitten, Michael J. Schachter, Stephanie Young, Natalie Welty, Stephani Otte, Jonathan J. Nassi, Timothy Lovenberg, Pascal Bonaventure, Ryan M. Wyatt

“…To model physiological conditions of chronic stress on hippocampal function, transgenic mice expressing the genetically encoded calcium indicator GCaMP6f in CA1 pyramidal neurons were chronically administered with 40 μg/ml of cortisol for 8 weeks. …”
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