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- Prakash, A, et al.
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Deliverable D6.3 : Trials and experimentation (cycle 3)
- 2022
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Rapport (refereegranskat)abstract
- This deliverable presents the third and final cycle of trials and experimentation activities executed over 5GENESIS facilities. The document is the continuation of deliverables D6.1 and D6.2, in the sense that it captures tests carried out over the evolved infrastructures hosting 5GENESIS facilities following the methodology defined in the previous editions of this deliverable. The tests reported in this document focus on i) the final 5G infrastructure deployments that includes radio and core elements mostly in Stand-Alone (SA) deployment configurations based on commercial and open implementations, and ii) the various use cases/applications, some of them also involving field trials. Most of the tests described herein, especially the generic/lab ones are performed using the Open5GENESIS experimentation suite.
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- Balk, Lennart, et al.
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Widespread episodic thiamine deficiency in Northern Hemisphere wildlife
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Ingår i: Scientific Reports. - : Nature Publishing Group. - 2045-2322. ; 6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many wildlife populations are declining at rates higher than can be explained by known threats to biodiversity. Recently, thiamine (vitamin B-1) deficiency has emerged as a possible contributing cause. Here, thiamine status was systematically investigated in three animal classes: bivalves, ray-finned fishes, and birds. Thiamine diphosphate is required as a cofactor in at least five life-sustaining enzymes that are required for basic cellular metabolism. Analysis of different phosphorylated forms of thiamine, as well as of activities and amount of holoenzyme and apoenzyme forms of thiaminedependent enzymes, revealed episodically occurring thiamine deficiency in all three animal classes. These biochemical effects were also linked to secondary effects on growth, condition, liver size, blood chemistry and composition, histopathology, swimming behaviour and endurance, parasite infestation, and reproduction. It is unlikely that the thiamine deficiency is caused by impaired phosphorylation within the cells. Rather, the results point towards insufficient amounts of thiamine in the food. By investigating a large geographic area, by extending the focus from lethal to sublethal thiamine deficiency, and by linking biochemical alterations to secondary effects, we demonstrate that the problem of thiamine deficiency is considerably more widespread and severe than previously reported.
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- Eckstein, Rolf Lutz, et al.
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Recycling of nitrogen among segments of Hylocomium splendens as compared with Polytrichum commune : Implications for clonal integration in an ectohydric bryophyte
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Ingår i: OIKOS. - : Nordic Society Oikos. - 0030-1299. ; 86:1, s. 87-96
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Physiological integration in clonal plants, which can be assumed to be dependent on vascular connections among ramets, is associated with several potential benefits, especially in nutrient-poor environments. However, some experimental evidence indicates that ectohydric bryophytes, i.e. species lacking specialised tissues for internal water conduction, also have physiologically integrated ramets. We tested this hypothesis by analysing nitrogen dynamics and tracing movements of a 15 N label among interconnected ramets of the ectohydric Hylocomium splendens over one season. The observed patterns were compared with translocation patterns in Polytrichum commune, an endohydric species that is known to show a high degree of clonal integration. Our aims were (1) to evaluate the degree of physiological integration among segments in H. splendens and (2) to study whether the pattern of 15 N movement obtained matched those depicted by changes in total nitrogen pool size. Current-year segments (G0) of both species were identified as strong sinks for nitrogen owing to their considerable increase in the 15 N pool during the season. In P. commune all other segments types showed a net loss of 15 N from June to September, which was probably due to autumn resorption of nitrogen to subterranean structures. In H. splendens one-year-old segments (G1) increased their 15 N pool, while older green segments (G2+) lost 50% of their initially absorbed 15 N. All the label lost from these source segments could be recovered in G0 and G1 segments. We suppose that most of the recycled nitrogen is provided by degeneration of three-year-old segments, which turn brown in parallel with the reallocation of nitrogen during the season. The high degree of physiological integration in H. splendens is discussed with respect to its life history and ecosystem nitrogen cycling.
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- Eckstein, Rolf Lutz, et al.
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The effect of reproduction on nitrogen use-efficiency of three species of the carnivorous genus Pinguicula
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Ingår i: Journal of Ecology. - : Wiley. - 0022-0477 .- 1365-2745. ; 89:5, s. 798-806
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Life history theory predicts that reproduction incurs costs in terms of future growth and survival. In infertile environments reproductive events may accelerate nutrient turnover such that losses of limiting nutrients cannot be replenished by uptake from the soil. We compared the effect of reproduction on nitrogen (N) turnover and N use-efficiency, i.e. the annual dry matter produced per unit N lost, of three carnivorous species of the genus Pinguicula on an infertile subarctic heath. We hypothesized that reproduction should increase N turnover, unless a larger N pool or improved N resorption can compensate for the losses associated with reproduction.These carnivorous herbs showed a nitrogen use strategy similar to that of non-carnivorous plants (herbs and grasses) with a relatively low mean residence time (MRT) of N and a large dry matter productivity per unit N in the plant (annual N productivity). N pool size and the efficiency of N resorption from senescent leaves were similar in reproductive and non-reproductive individuals. Reproductive individuals had significantly larger annual N losses and thus a lower average MRT (0.8 vs. 1.8 years), with values < 1 indicating that the annual N losses are greater than the annual average N pool. Unless plants can enhance their nutrient acquisition, flowering may therefore impact on future growth and survival.This study presents evidence for a direct link between reproduction, reflected in a higher relative allocation to inflorescences, turnover and N use-efficiency; the latter being reduced because of increased N turnover. The ranking of species in terms of reproductive allocation was the reverse of their ranking in terms of their N use-efficiency.
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