Data from: Combination of shear-wave elastography and color Doppler: feasible...
Background: We evaluated shear-wave elastography (SWE) and color Doppler ultrasonography (US) features for fibroepithelial lesions (FELs), and to evaluate their utility to differentiate fibroadenomas...
View ArticleData from: Estradiol-mediated improvements in adipose tissue insulin...
We recently demonstrated that short-term estradiol (E2) treatment improved insulin-mediated suppression of lipolysis in postmenopausal women, but to a greater extent in those who were late compared to...
View ArticleData from: The presence of bacterial microcolonies on the maxillary sinus...
Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional in vitro study was to evaluate the mucosal surfaces of healthy maxillary sinuses, explore different forms of bacterial microorganism colonies present on the...
View ArticleData from: Adhesion forces and mechanics in mannose-mediated acanthamoeba...
The human pathogenic amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii (A. castellanii) causes severe diseases, including acanthamoeba keratitis and encephalitis. Pathogenicity arises from the killing of target-cells by...
View ArticleData from: Perceptions of football players regarding injury risk factors and...
Current approaches regarding injury prevention focus on the transfer of evidence into daily practice. One promising approach is to influence attitudes and beliefs of players. The objective of this...
View ArticleData from: Serum biochemistry panels in African buffalo: Defining reference...
Serum biochemical parameters can be utilized to evaluate the physiological status of an animal, and relate it to the animal’s health. In order to accurately interpret individual animal biochemical...
View ArticleData from: Meerkat close calling patterns are linked to sex, social category,...
It is well established that animal vocalizations can encode information regarding a sender’s identity, sex, age, body size, social rank and group membership. However, the association between...
View ArticleData from: Wolbachia-induced meiotic drive and feminization is associated...
Maternally inherited Wolbachia endosymbionts manipulate arthropod reproduction in various ways. In the butterfly Eurema mandarina, a cytoplasmic incompatibility inducing Wolbachia strain wCI and the...
View ArticleData from: Applications of three-dimensional box modeling to paleontological...
Functional analysis through computer modeling can inform on how extinct organisms moved and fed, allowing us to test long-standing paleobiological hypotheses. Many such studies are based on digital...
View ArticleData from: Geosmithia associated with bark beetles and woodborers in the...
Fungi in the genus Geosmithia (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) are frequent associates of bark beetles and woodborers that colonize hardwood and coniferous trees. One species, Geosmithia morbida, is an...
View ArticleData from: Quantifying thermal extremes and biological variation to predict...
Central ideas from thermal biology, including thermal performance curves and tolerances, have been widely used to evaluate how changes in environmental means and variances generate changes in fitness,...
View ArticleData from: Evaluation of genetic diversity and population structure of five...
China had the largest population of raising donkeys in the world, however the number of Chinese indigenous donkey decreased dramatically due to the increase of agriculture mechanization in the last...
View ArticleData from: Miocene flooding events of western Amazonia
There is a considerable controversy about whether western Amazonia was ever covered by marine waters during the Miocene [23 to 5 Ma (million years ago)]. We investigated the possible occurrence of...
View ArticleData from: Alongshore variation in barnacle populations is determined by...
Larvae in the coastal ocean are transported toward shore by a variety of mechanisms. Crossing the surf zone is the last step in a shoreward migration and surf zones may act as semipermeable barriers...
View ArticleData from: Coupling biogeochemical tracers with fish growth reveals...
Biogeochemical tracers found in the hard parts of organisms are frequently used to answer key ecological questions by linking the organism with the environment. However, the biogeochemical relationship...
View ArticleData from: Distance sampling with camera traps
Reliable estimates of animal density and abundance are essential for effective wildlife conservation and management. Camera trapping has proven efficient for sampling multiple species, but statistical...
View ArticleData from: Long-term effects of early nutrition and environmental matching on...
Developmental plasticity is a key feature of many organisms and individuals can benefit from early programming to optimize their phenotypes for the expected environmental conditions. However,...
View ArticleData from: Climate and sea-level changes across a shallow marine...
Upper Maastrichtian to lower Paleocene, coarse-grained deposits of the Lefipán Formation in Chubut Province, (Patagonia, Argentina) provide an opportunity to study environmental changes across the...
View ArticleData from: Predation cost of a sexual signal in the threespine stickleback
Much evidence exists for sexually selected traits reflecting various components of mate quality, but the factors that limit signal expression and ensure honest signaling are less well known. Predation...
View ArticleData from: Using relatedness networks to infer contemporary dispersal:...
Information about the degree of contemporary dispersal is important when trying to understand how populations interchange individuals and identify the specific barriers that prevent these movements. In...
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