The N-terminal region located upstream of the TCP domain is responsible for the antagonistic action of the Arabidopsis thaliana TCP8 and TCP23 transcription factors on flowering time.

TCP proteins (TCPs) are plant-exclusive transcription factors that exert effects on multiple aspects of plant development, from germination to flower and fruit formation. TCPs are divided into two main classes, I and II. In this study, we found that the Arabidopsis thaliana class I TCP transcription factor TCP8 is a positive regulator of flowering time.

The effect of administration skills on Rorschach protocols.

Although the Rorschach is the most widely studied and used non self-report measure to assess personality, no empirical studies have been carried out to investigate what level of expertise is needed to properly collect valid Rorschach protocols. The aim of the current study was to explore, using a within-subject design, the effect of training on proficiency in administering the Rorschach, specifically a) what kind of errors are associated with different levels of training, and b) what level of expertise guarantees a sufficiently effective Rorschach administration. The second (T1), the fifth (T2) and the tenth (T3) Rorschach protocols collected by 50 licensed psychologists attending a Rorschach training course were examined to explore what kind of mistakes were made at the different stages of training.

Inter-rater Reliability and Construct Validity of the Lerner Defense Scale in Clinical and Non-clinical Groups.

The current study investigated the inter-rater reliability and the construct validity of the Rorschach Lerner Defense Scale (LDS). In particular, it aimed to explore the inter-rater reliability, analyzing the most frequent coding mistakes in an attempt to improve the coding guidelines, and to investigate the ability of the scale to distinguish between individuals with neurotic-level and borderline-level personality organization, according to the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual-2 (PDM-2), and non-clinical subjects. Eighty clinical subjects and 80 non-clinical ones participated in the study.

ChronoRoot: High-throughput phenotyping by deep segmentation networks reveals novel temporal parameters of plant root system architecture.

Background: Deep learning methods have outperformed previous techniques in most computer vision tasks, including image-based plant phenotyping. However, massive data collection of root traits and the development of associated artificial intelligence approaches have been hampered by the inaccessibility of the rhizosphere. Here we present ChronoRoot, a system that combines 3D-printed open-hardware with deep segmentation networks for high temporal resolution phenotyping of plant roots in agarized medium.

TCP15 interacts with the MIXTA-like transcription factor MYB106/NOECK.

MYB106 and MYB16 are MIXTA-like transcription factors that control trichome maturation and cuticle formation in . In a recent study, we found that the TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1, CYCLOIDEA and PROLIFERATING CELL FACTORS (TCP) transcription factor TCP15 also acts as an important regulator of aerial epidermis specialization in through the control of trichome development and cuticle formation. TCP15 and MYB106 regulate the expression of common groups of genes, including genes coding for transcription factors and enzymes of the cuticle biosynthesis pathway.