Data from: Preterm birth prevention post-conization: a model of cervical...
Women with a history of excisional treatment (conization) for cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) are at increased risk of preterm birth, perinatal morbidity and mortality in subsequent...
View ArticleData from: Spatio-temporal dynamics of field cricket calling behaviour:...
Amount of calling activity (calling effort) is a strong determinant of male mating success in species such as orthopterans and anurans that use acoustic communication in the context of mating...
View ArticleData from: Monopolar detection thresholds predict spatial selectivity of...
The objectives of the study were to (1) investigate the potential of using monopolar psychophysical detection thresholds for estimating spatial selectivity of neural excitation with cochlear implants...
View ArticleData from: Diet assessment of the Atlantic sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha...
Next generation sequencing (NGS) methodologies have proven useful in deciphering the food items of generalist predators, but have yet to be applied to gelatinous animal gut and tentacle content. NGS...
View ArticleData from: Quantitative multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging of tumor...
Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize response to photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a mouse cancer model using a multi-parametric quantitative MRI protocol and to identify MR parameters as...
View ArticleData from: Evaporimeter and bubble-imaging measures of sweat gland secretion...
Beta-adrenergically-stimulated sweat rates determined by evaporimetry or by sweat bubble imaging are useful for measuring CFTR function because they provide a near-linear readout across almost the full...
View ArticleData from: Molecular study of the Amazonian Macabea cattle history
Macabea cattle are the only Bos taurus breed that have adapted to the wet tropical conditions of the Amazon. This breed has integrated into the culture of the indigenous Shuar-Asuar nations probably...
View ArticleData from: Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis in ESRD...
Background: Several studies have suggested that urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a feasible alternative to hemodialysis (HD) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but the impact of...
View ArticleData from: Associations among elementary school children's actual motor...
Background: Positive associations between motor competence and physical activity have been identified by means of variable-centered analyses. To expand the understanding of these associations, this...
View ArticleData from: Down-regulation of CXCL12/CXCR4 expression alleviates...
Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is important for the pathogenesis of inflammatory reactions and the promotion of pain processing after ischemia/reperfusion (IR) in spinal cord. Recently, C-X-C chemokine...
View ArticleData from: Contrasting influences of geographic range and distribution of...
The influence of geographic range on species persistence has long been of interest and there is a need for a better understanding of the genetic consequences for species with restricted distributions,...
View ArticleData from: Broodstock history strongly influences natural spawning success in...
We used genetic parentage analysis of 6200 potential parents and 5497 juvenile offspring to evaluate the relative reproductive success of hatchery and natural steelhead (Onchorhynchus mykiss) when...
View ArticleData from: Prognostic and clinical significance of miRNA-205 in endometrioid...
Endometrial cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the reproductive female tract, with endometrioid endometrial cancer being the most frequent type. Despite the relatively favourable...
View ArticleData from: Range-wide phenotypic and genetic differentiation in wild sunflower
Background: Divergent phenotypes and genotypes are key signals for identifying the targets of natural selection in locally adapted populations. Here, we used a combination of common garden phenotyping...
View ArticleData from: Violence in the prehistoric period of Japan: the spatiotemporal...
Whether man is predisposed to lethal violence, ranging from homicide to warfare, and how that may have impacted human evolution, are among the most controversial topics of debate on human evolution....
View ArticleData from: Gene expression plasticity as a mechanism of coral adaptation to a...
Local adaptation is ubiquitous, but the molecular mechanisms that give rise to this ecological phenomenon remain largely unknown. A year-long reciprocal transplant of mustard hill coral (Porites...
View ArticleData from: Climate, demography, and zoogeography predict introgression...
Among the many threats posed by invasions of nonnative species is introgressive hybridization, which can lead to the genomic extinction of native taxa. This phenomenon is regarded as common and perhaps...
View ArticleData from: Herbivores sculpt leaf traits differently in grasslands depending...
Vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores alter plant communities directly by selectively consuming plant species; and indirectly by inducing morphological and physiological changes to plant traits that...
View ArticleData from: Herbivory enhances the diversity of primary producers in pond...
Diversity of primary producer is often surprisingly high, despite few limiting factors such as nutrients and light to facilitate species coexistence. In theory, the presence of herbivores could...
View ArticleData from: Probabilistic divergence time estimation without branch lengths:...
Branch lengths—measured in character changes—are an essential requirement of clock-based divergence estimation, regardless of whether the fossil calibrations used represent nodes or tips. However, a...
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