Author(s): Simpson S; Bettauer V; Ramachandran A; Kraemer S; Mahon S; Medina M; Vallès Y; Dumeaux V; Vallès H; Walsh D; Hallett MT;

We study the microbiome of sea water collected from two locations of the Barbadian coral reefs. The two sites differ in several environmental and ecological variables including their endogenous benthic community and their proximity to urban development and runoffs from inland watersheds. The comp ...

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Author(s): Oren M Weiner

Cross-frequency coupling (CFC) between brain oscillations during non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep (e.g. slow oscillations [SO] and spindles) may be a neural mechanism of overnight memory consolidation. Declines in CFC across the lifespan might accompany coinciding memory problems with ageing. However, there are few reports of CFC changes during sleep a ...

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Author(s): Sara Masi

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that utilizing fat-water and T2-weighted MR images are comparable for quantifying multifidus and erector spinae muscle composition but not of the psoas major. While this suggests that both methods could be used interchangeably for the multifidus and erector spinae, further evaluation is required to expand and confirm our f ...

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Author(s): Yao H; Wang H; Ji J; Tan A; Song Y; Chen Z;

Aims: To screen heavy metal-tolerant strains from heavy metal-contaminated soil in mining areas and determine the tolerance of the strains to different heavy metals and their removal rates through experiments. Methods: Mercury-resistant strain LBA119 was isolated from mercury-contaminated soil samples in Luanchuan County, Henan Province, China. The strai ...

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Author(s): Bloodgood EA; Bourns J; Lenczner M; Shibaike T; Tabet J; Melvin A; Wong WH;

We develop the concept of the nonprofit data environment as all data collected and reported in a country resulting from law implemented into practice. We map data environments across 20 countries and propose explanations for differences between the information nongovernmental organizations report (collected) and what is made publicly available (reported). ...

Article GUID: 36974198

Author(s): Razmpour F; Daryabeygi-Khotbehsara R; Soleimani D; Asgharnezhad H; Shamsi A; Bajestani GS; Nematy M; Pour MR; Maddison R; Islam SMS;

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease, which can progress from simple steatosis to advanced cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical diagnosis of NAFLD is crucial in the early stages of the disease. The main aim of this study was to apply machi ...

Article GUID: 36973382

Author(s): Rajasekaran A; Shadmehri F;

In-situ manufacturing of thermoplastic composites using Hot Gas Torch (HGT)-assisted Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) has the potential to produce laminates in an efficient manner by avoiding a secondary process, like autoclave consolidation. One of the advantages of AFP technique is its capability to steer fiber path and to manufacture Variable Angle Tow ...

Article GUID: 36974323

Author(s): Ceron K; Sales LP; Santana DJ; Pires MM;

Biodiversity loss not only implies the loss of species but also entails losses in other dimensions of biodiversity, such as functional, phylogenetic and interaction diversity. Yet, each of those facets of biodiversity may respond differently to extinctions. Here, we examine how extinction, driven by climate and land-use changes may affect those different ...

Article GUID: 36967645

Author(s): Slim M; Vanstone CA; Morin SN; Rahme E; Bacon SL; Weiler HA;

Background: Adequate nutrition is important for bone health, especially for bone mineral accretion. Objectives: The primary objective tested whether increasing dairy intake using the motivational interviewing technique (MInt) improves lumbar spine (LS) bone mineral density (BMD) after 2 y in postpubertal adolescents with habitual dairy intake of Methods ...

Article GUID: 36967160

Author(s): Deroche MLD; Wolfe J; Neumann S; Manning J; Towler W; Alemi R; Bien AG; Koirala N; Hanna L; Henry L; Gracco VL;

Objective: Although children with cochlear implants (CI) achieve remarkable success with their device, considerable variability remains in individual outcomes. Here, we explored whether auditory evoked potentials recorded during an oddball paradigm could provide useful markers of auditory process ...

Article GUID: 36965466

Author(s): St-Amant A; Bergdahl A;

Background: The oxidative stress (OS) theory of disease stipulates that a chronic imbalance in the ratio of oxidants to antioxidants in the cellular environment leads to a variety of debilitating conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and liver diseases. Metabolites in the gut microbiome have been associated with increases in reactive oxyge ...

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Author(s): Caru M; Alberts NM; Freeman MC; Dandekar SC; Rao P; McKeone DJ; Brown VI; McGregor LM; Schmitz KH;

Background: Pain is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer. It is vital that children and adolescents receive adequate pain management early on in their cancer treatments to mitigate pain and cancer-related symptoms. Exercise ...

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