QUIN 2.0 - new release of the QUaternary fault strain INdicators database from the Southern Apennines of Italy.

QUIN database integrates and organizes structural-geological information from published and unpublished sources to constrain deformation in seismotectonic studies. The initial release, QUIN1.0, comprised 3,339 Fault Striation Pairs, mapped on 445 sites exposed along the Quaternary faults of central Italy.

Diversity within Clade and Description of a New Species: sp. nov.

Diversity of species within clade, currently represented by and , was investigated combining three-locus gene sequences, , secondary metabolites profile and morphology. Firstly, approximately 700 accessions belonging to this clade were investigated using calmodulin gene sequences. Based on these sequences, eight haplotypes were clearly identified as ( = 247) and 17 as ( = 403).

Occurrence and diversity of Aspergillus in commercial yerba mate elaborated for the Brazilian beverage 'chimarrão'.

Dried leaves and stems of Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. (yerba mate) are used to make a popular beverage in some countries of South America, commonly known as "chimarrão".

Diversity of Aspergillus section Nigri on the surface of Vitis labrusca and its hybrid grapes.

This study investigated the presence of Aspergillus species belonging to Aspergillus section Nigri on Vitis labrusca and its hybrid grapes grown in Brazil. The ability of the fungi isolates to produce ochratoxin A (OTA) and fumonisin B (FB) as well as the presence of these mycotoxins in the grapes were also studied. Eighty-eight samples were collected from the main grape producing states in Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (n=30), Pernambuco (n=21), São Paulo (n=21) and Paraná (n=16).

Genetic variation is associated with RTN4R expression and working memory processing in healthy humans.

The Nogo receptor (NgR) is implicated in neurodevelopmental processes and it participates in inhibiting axonal growth. Consistent with its high levels of expression in the prefrontal cortex, animal studies indicate that NgR is relevant for prefrontal-related cognitive processing. Given that genetic variation may alter mechanisms of gene expression impacting molecular and systems-level phenotypes, we investigated the association of genetic variation with the expression of the NgR coding gene (RTN4R), as well as with prefrontal correlates at progressively greater biological distance from gene effects.