The Mahomedan law of succession to the property of intestates: in Arabick, engraved on copper plates from an ancient manuscript

with a verbal translation and explanatory notes by William Jones.

Hādhā Sharḥ al-Raḥbīyah / lil-Imām al-ʻĀlim al-ʻAllāmah ... al-Shaykh Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī : manuscript, 1697

Copy completed 13 Ramaḍān 1108 [April 5, 1697] in the hand of Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Najāḥī al-Shāfiʻī.

Moderately High Temperatures Inhibit Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Activase-Mediated Activation of Rubisco

We tested the hypothesis that light activation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) is inhibited by moderately elevated temperature through an effect on Rubisco activase. When cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) or wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) leaf tissue was exposed to increasing temperatures in the light, activation of Rubisco was inhibited above 35 and 30°C, respectively, and the relative inhibition was greater for wheat than for cotton. The temperature-induced inhibition of Rubisco activation was fully reversible at temperatures below 40°C. In contrast to activation state, total Rubisco activity was not affected by temperatures as high as 45°C. Nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching increased at temperatures that inhibited Rubisco activation, consistent with inhibition of Calvin cycle activity. Initial and maximal chlorophyll fluorescence were not significantly altered until temperatures exceeded 40°C. Thus, electron transport, as measured by Chl fluorescence, appeared to be more stable to moderately elevated temperatures than Rubisco activation. Western-blot analysis revealed the formation of high-molecular-weight aggregates of activase at temperatures above 40°C for both wheat and cotton when inhibition of Rubisco activation was irreversible. Physical perturbation of other soluble stromal enzymes, including Rubisco, phosphoribulokinase, and glutamine synthetase, was not detected at the elevated temperatures. Our evidence indicates that moderately elevated temperatures inhibit light activation of Rubisco via a direct effect on Rubisco activase.

Dynamic Precision Phenotyping Reveals Mechanism of Crop Tolerance to Root Herbivory

The western corn rootworm (WCR) is a major pest of maize that is well adapted to most crop management strategies. Breeding for tolerance is a promising alternative to combat WCR, but is currently constrained by a lack of physiological understanding and phenotyping tools. We developed dynamic precision phenotyping approaches using carbon-11 with positron emission tomography, root autoradiography and radiometabolite flux analysis to understand maize tolerance to WCR. Our results reveal that WCR attack induces specific patterns of lateral root growth which are associated with a shift in auxin biosynthesis from indole-3-pyruvic acid to indole-3-acetonitrile. WCR attack also increases transport of newly synthesized amino acids to the roots, including the accumulation of glutamine. Finally, the regrowth zones of WCR attacked roots show an increase in glutamine turnover which strongly correlates with the induction of indole-3-acetonitrile-dependent auxin biosynthesis. In summary, our findings identify local changes in the auxin flux network as a promising marker for induced WCR tolerance.

Heat flow and heat conductivity coefficient measured in bottom sediments collected in Cruise 13 of R/V Akademik Sergey Vavilov in the Pechora Sea

In Cruise 13 of R/V Akademik Sergey Vavilov in the Pechora Sea, six heat flow varied from 50 to 75 mW/m**2. Deep heat flow in the Pechora Sea was calculated equal to 45 mW/m**2, which is confirmed by results of geological and geophysical studies and corresponds to Middle Baikal age of the basement. A model of structure of the lithosphere in the Pechora Sea is suggested. Total thickness of the lithosphere in the basin (190 km) determined from geothermal data agrees well with that in transition zones from the continent to the ocean. According to estimates of deep heat flow in the region obtained, thickness of the mantle (160 km), of the basaltic (15 km), and of the granitic (15 km) layers of the lithosphere were also evaluated. Temperature values at boundaries of the sedimentary layers were calculated over a geological and geophysical profile crossing the Pechora Sea basin. Temperatures obtained agree with the temperature interval of hydrocarbon generation and correspond to Permian-Triassic sedimentary sequences, which are the most productive ones in the Pechora Sea region from the point of view of oil and gas potential.

Report /

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Lettre a M. *** , professeur d'anatomie [et] de chirurgie, dans l'Université de ***, ou Réponse à une lettre anonyme insérée dans le Journal de Médecine du mois de juin, au sujet d'une prétendue invention de M. Bauve, maître en chirurgie de Paris.

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Annotationum in caput decimum tertium Sacro Sancti Iesu Christi Euangelii secundum Ioanem prima pars /

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Tratado de la oftalmia, catarata y amaurose /

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Historia de las persecuciones políticas y religiosas ocurridas en Europa desde la Edad Media hasta nuestros dias : galeria política filosófica y humanitaria, imparcial y concienzudamente escrita /

Contiene: T.I (XIX, 944 p., [13] h. de lam.) -- T.II ( 846 p., [12] h. de lam.) -- T.III (1017 p., [12] h. de lam.) -- T.IV (982 p., [12] h. de lam.) -- T.V (1206 p., [12] h. de lam.) -- T.VI (1104 p., [12] h. de lam.)

Das Corpus Juris Civilis /

Contiene: 1. Bd. (1830. XXX, 906 p.) -- 2. Bd. (1831. 1004 p.) -- 3. Bd. (1831. 1014 p., [1] h. lám.) -- 4. Bd. (1832. VI, 7-1286 p., [1] h. lám.) -- 5. Bd. (1832. XIV, 1104 p., [1] h. lám.) -- 6. Bd. (1832. 852 p.) -- 7. Bd. (1833. 1134 p.)

Chronica del Inclito Emperador de España, Don Alonso VII deste nombre Rey de Catilla y Leon, hijo de Don Ramon de Borgoña, y de Doña Hurraca, Reyna propietaria de Castilla ... /

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Epítome de las historias portuguesas : dividido en quatro partes /

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