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    • Effect of Drought on the Development of Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) and Selected Soil Parameters during a Three-Year Lysimetric Experiment 

      Elbl, Jakub; Lukas, Vojtěch; Sobotková, Julie; Huňady, Igor; Kintl, Antonín (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2023)
      This work presents results from a field experiment which was focused on the impact of the drought period on microbial activities in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil. To demonstrate the effect of drought, the pot ...
    • Clinical and Laboratory Parameters of Carp Edema Virus Disease: A Case Report 

      Papežíková, Ivana; Piačková, Veronika; Dyková, Iva; Baloch, Ali Asghar; Kocour Kroupová, Hana; Zusková, Eliška; Pojezdal, Ľubomír; Minářová, Hana; Syrová, Eva; Banďouchová, Hana; Hyršl, Pavel; Matějíčková, Kateřina; Pikula, Jiří; Palíková, Miroslava (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2023)
      In the present study, we describe a natural outbreak of carp edema virus disease (CEVD) in koi carp, concentrating on clinical manifestation, gross and microscopic pathology, immunological parameters, viral diagnostics, ...
    • Bioindication of Environmental Conditions Using Solar Park Vegetation 

      Uldrijan, Dan; Winkler, Jan; Vaverková, Magdalena Daria (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2023)
      Solar parks are currently considered a new source of carbon-free energy. At the same time, they encroach on our landscape and create new conditions for flora and fauna. Vegetation responds to changes in living conditions. ...
    • First record of adventive species Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939 in Greece 

      Bezděk, Jan; Maděrová, Lucie; Hrudová, Eva (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre, 2023)
      Monoxia obesula, a species native to the U.S.A. and adventive in western Mediterranean, is recorded in Greece for the first time. In 2022, one female specimen was collected on Théra Island (Santorini Archipelago, Aegean ...
    • Nephrocalcinosis in farmed salmonids: diagnostic challenges associated with low performance and sporadic mortality 

      Minarova, Hana; Palíková, Miroslava; Kopp, Radovan; Malý, Ondřej; Mareš, Jan; Mikulikova, Ivana; Papežíková, Ivana; Piacek, Vladimir; Pojezdal, Lubomir; Pikula, Jiří (Frontiers Media SA, 2023)
      Disease conditions that involve multiple predisposing or contributing factors, or manifest as low performance and/or low-level mortality, can pose a diagnostic challenge that requires an interdisciplinary approach. Reaching ...
    • Comparative Study of the Phenology of Seven Native Deciduous Tree Species in Two Different Mesoclimatic Areas in the Carpathian Basin 

      Verbényiné Neumann, Krisztina; Baltazár, Tivadar; Saláta, Dénes; Szirmai, Orsolya; Czóbel, Szilárd (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2023)
      The impact of global warming on plant phenology is the subject of a growing number of studies. However, most of these do not focus on woody species, and few examine the entire annual phenological cycle of woody species. ...
    • Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak re-emergence regulation in East Africa: preparedness and vaccination perspective 

      Malik, Sumira; Dhasmana, Archna; Bora, Jutishna; Uniyal, Priyanka; Sláma, Petr; Preetam, Subham; Chopra, Hitesh; Islam, Aminul; Dhama, Kuldeep (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)
      Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV), Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Taï Forest ebolavirus, and Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) are the most potentially life-threatening and grievous species reported among the Ebolavirus genus. Previously, the most ...
    • Ergosterol and polyphenol contents as rapid indicators of orchardgrass silage safety 

      Alba Mejía, Jhonny Edison; Dohnal, Vlastimil; Domínguez-Rodríguez, Gloria; Středa, Tomáš; Klíma, Miroslav; Mlejnková, Veronika; Skládanka, Jiří (Elsevier Science Ltd., 2023)
      The ergosterol (ERG) has been proposed as a potential indicator of fungal contamination, along with polyphenol content analysis to predict silage safety. Despite efforts in controlling fungal growth in silage, mycotoxin ...
    • Solvent Accessibility Promotes Rotamer Errors during Protein Modeling with Major Side-Chain Prediction Programs 

      Yakoub Hassan Hameduh, Tareq; Mokrý, Michal; Miller, Andrew David; Heger, Zbyněk; Haddad, Yazan Abdulmajeed Eyadh (American Chemical Society, 2023)
      Side-chain rotamer prediction is one of the most critical late stages in protein 3D structure building. Highly advanced and specialized algorithms (e.g., FASPR, RASP, SCWRL4, and SCWRL4v) optimize this process by use of ...
    • Evaluation of semen parameters from Fleckvieh-Simmental bulls and the influence of age and season of collection 

      Filipčík, Radek; Rečková, Zuzana; Pešan, Vojtěch; Konoval, Oleksandra; Kopec, Tomáš (Archiv für Tierzucht, 2023)
      The aim of this paper was to evaluate semen parameters from Czech Fleckvieh (dual-purpose breed) bulls used in artificial insemination in the Fleckvieh population. The ejaculate was collected from bulls only once a week, ...
    • Manure application followed by biochar application increases plant production regardless of soil dehydrogenase activity 

      Dvořáčková, Helena; Dvořáček, Jan (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023)
      Biochar is obtained by the pyrolysis of biomass, and contains abundant carbon and minerals. Biochar supplementation of soils can greatly improve soil health and quality, but these beneficial effects typically develop slowly ...
    • A color-tunable single-benzene fluorophore-based sensor for sensitive detection of palladium in solution and living cells 

      Takácsová, Paulína; Kudlickova Peskova, Marie; Švec, Pavel; Heger, Zbyněk; Pekarik, Vladimir (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023)
      Single-benzene fluorophores are bright and the smallest fluorochromes known so far. In single-benzene fluorophores, the fluorescence is mediated by the push/pull effect of substituting groups. Despite a plethora of ...
    • Increasing Phosphorus Digestibility in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) Farming Using Phytase and Citric Acid 

      Malý, Ondřej; Zugárková, Iveta; Radojičić, Marija; Poštulková, Eva; Mareš, Jan (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023)
      The presence of antinutritional substances, such as phytate, in fish feed affects the digestibility and absorption of minerals and nutrients by fish, while reduced availability of phosphorus (P) in wheat-based feeds used ...
    • Pre-activated biochar by fertilizers mitigates nutrient leaching and stimulates soil microbial activity 

      Brtnický, Martin; Mustafa, Adnan; Hammerschmiedt, Tereza; Kintl, Antonín; Trakal, Lukas; Beesley, Luke; Ryant, Pavel; Omara-Ojungu, Carol; Baltazár, Tivadar; Holátko, Jiří (Springer International Publishing AG, 2023)
      Background: Previous studies have suggested that the targeted application of biochars in agricultural soils may benefit soil health and crop production. Physico-chemical properties of soils after biochar addition have been ...
    • A Comparative Cross-Platform Analysis to Identify Potential Biomarker Genes for Evaluation of Teratozoospermia and Azoospermia 

      Das, Suchismita; Guha, Pokhraj; Nath, Monika; Das, Sandipan; Sen, Surojit; Sahu, Jagajjit; Kopanska, Marta; Dutta, Sulagna; Jamal, Qazi Mohammad Sajid; Kesari, Kavindra Kumar; Sengupta, Pallav; Sláma, Petr; Roychoudhury, Shubhadeep (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      Male infertility is a global public health concern. Teratozoospermia is a qualitative anomaly of spermatozoa morphology, contributing significantly to male infertility, whereas azoospermia is the complete absence of ...
    • Evaluation of yield and alpha acid content in selected hop varieties 

      Nesvadba, Vladimír; Olšovská, Jana; Straková, Lenka; Charvátová, Jitka; Fritschová, Gabriela (Výzkumný ústav pivovarský a sladařský a.s., 2022)
      The stability of the agricultural and technological properties of hop varieties over the course of time and under changing climate is essential for both growers and brewers. This study is a typical case of monitoring 12 ...
    • Solar Park: Opportunity or Threat for Vegetation and Ecosystem 

      Uldrijan, Dan; Černý, Martin; Winkler, Jan (Polish Society of Ecological Engineering, 2022)
      Solar parks are currently considered a new source of energy generation and one of the methods for reducing the usage of fossil fuels. The studies related to the influence of solar parks on vegetation structure are not yet ...
    • Epigenetic factors in breast cancer therapy 

      Mathur, Runjhun; Jha, Niraj Kumar; Saini, Gaurav; Jha, Saurabh Kumar; Shukla, Sheo Prasad; Filipejová, Zita; Kesari, Kavindra Kumar; Iqbal, Danish; Nand, Parma; Upadhye, Vijay Jagdish; Jha, Abhimanyu Kumar; Roychoudhury, Shubhadeep; Sláma, Petr (Frontiers Media SA, 2022)
      Epigenetic modifications are inherited differences in cellular phenotypes, such as cell gene expression alterations, that occur during somatic cell divisions (also, in rare circumstances, in germ line transmission), but ...
    • Small industrial towns in Moravia: a comparison of the production and post-productive eras 

      Vaishar, Antonín; Šťastná, Milada; Zapletalová, Jana (Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2023)
      The paper focuses on the changes to the industrial structure of small Moravian towns as these towns are part of the settlement structure that connects urban and rural systems. Small towns (of up to 15,000 inhabitants) are ...
    • Reactive Nitrogen Species and Male Reproduction: Physiological and Pathological Aspects 

      Dutta, Sulagna; Sengupta, Pallav; Das, Sanghamitra; Sláma, Petr; Roychoudhury, Shubhadeep (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      Reactive nitrogen species (RNS), like reactive oxygen species (ROS), are useful for sustaining reproductive processes such as cell signaling, the regulation of hormonal biosynthesis, sperm capacitation, hyperactivation, ...