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In Aspergillus nidulans, there are two putative glycerol 3‐phosphate dehydrogenases encoded by the genes gfdA and gfdB, while the genome of the osmophilic Aspergillus glaucus harbors only the ortholog of the A. nidulans gfdA gene. Our aim was to insert the gfdB gene into the genome of A. glaucus, and we reached this goal with the adaptation of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens‐mediated transformation method. We tested the growth of the gfdB‐complemented A. glaucus strains on a medium containing 2 mol l‒1 sorbitol in the presence of oxidative stress generating agents such as tert‐butyl hydroperoxide, H2O2, menadione sodium bisulfite, as well as the cell wall integrity stress‐inducing agent Congo Red and the heavy metal stress eliciting CdCl2. The growth of the complemented strains was significantly higher than that of the wild‐type strain on media supplemented with these stress generating agents. The A. nidulans ΔgfdB mutant was also examined under the same conditions and resulted in a considerably lower growth than that of the control strain in all stress exposure experiments. Our results shed light on the fact that the gfdB gene from A. nidulans was also involved in the stress responses of the complemented A. glaucus strains supporting our hypothesis on the antioxidant function of GfdB in the Aspergilli. Nevertheless, the osmotolerant nature of A. glaucus could not be explained by the lack of the gfdB gene in A. glaucus, as we hypothesized earlier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the academic year of 2014/2015, the Hungarian National Student Fitness Test (NETFIT®) served as the compulsory, health-related, criterion-referenced, institutional fitness assessment in grades 5-12 in Hungary. However, the battery was developed to assess typically developing children; therefore, teachers of children with special educational needs could not always comply with the legal requirements, as the battery could not be conducted in many special schools, and the interpretation of the result was difficult. In 2016, the T.E.S.I. 2020 Strategy (Strategic Actions for Health-Enhancing Physical Education or Testnevelés az Egészségfejlesztésben Stratégiai Intézkedések) was accepted by the Government, commissioning the Hungarian School Sport Federation to accomplish the adaptation. This article details the adaptation process of the NETFIT®, and summarizes the methods and the research outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]