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Cross‐continental transmission and host adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China unveiled by population history reconstruction and adaptive evolution signal detection

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
This study showed that four Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) sub‐lineages might be introduced into China 1000–400 years ago via Europe‐China dispersal routes, where they diversified into local clades, and later underwent population expansions that coincided with periods of climatic cooling and warfare.
Wei Wu, Zhuochong Liu, Haiqi Chen, Yuhan Tang, Zhonghua Jiang, Yiyang Zhang, Andong Zhang, Zhiwei Zhou, Robert S. Marks, Fan Zhang, Haibing Yuan, Yan Yu, Kangshan Mao, András Dinnyés, Nalin Rastogi, Jianping Xie, Qun Sun   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can conservation drainage practices contribute to climate change mitigation?

Journal of Environmental Quality, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation drainage practices can mitigate water quality impacts of subsurface drainage, but their potential for climate change mitigation remains poorly understood. We summarized processes by which tile‐drained croplands impact climate and assessed potential of conservation drainage practices to alter emissions of the greenhouse gases ...
Steven J. Hall, Jane R. Frankenberger, Laura E. Christianson, Tyler A. Groh, Morgan P. Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilizing Flow State Therapeutically With Survivors and Refuges of War: An Existential‐Humanistic Approach

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Survivors and refugees of war often have mental, behavioral, emotional, and spiritual consequences from undergoing civil unrest. In many cases, counselors utilize cognitively‐based therapies as the recommended treatment to alleviate these issues.
Isaac Burt, Luis A. Tosado II
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Antibodies to Chondrocyte and Synoviocyte Antigens in Equine Osteoarthritis

Journal of Orthopaedic Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innate immune responses within the joint are now known to play a key role in osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis. However, comparatively little is known regarding the role of adaptive immune responses in OA, and whether they may be important for initiating and sustaining progressive low‐level joint inflammation.
Peter Linde, Jade Kurihara, Lyndah Chow, Zoë J. Williams, Dean Hendrickson, Luke Bass, Steven Dow, Lynn M. Pezzanite   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Warfare Agents

Defence Science Journal, 2006
There is a long historic record of use of biological warfare (BW) agents by warring countries against their enemies. However, the frequency of their use has increased since the beginning of the twentieth century. World war I witnessed the use of anthrax agent against human beings and animals by Germans, followed by large-scale field trials by Japanese ...
Lokendra Singh, Ajay Kumar Goel, Dev Vrat Kamboj   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The effect of non‐surgical periodontal treatment on Dickkopf‐1 and secreted Frizzled‐Related Protein 5 levels

Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Recent advancements in bone tissue biomarker research have identified 2 promising molecules: Dickkopf‐1 and secreted Frizzled‐Related Protein 5. This study aims to evaluate the levels of these biomarkers in gingival crevicular fluid in periodontal health, gingivitis, and periodontitis and to assess the effects of non‐surgical ...
Sukran Acipinar, Kubilay Baris
wiley   +1 more source

"Out of the loop": autonomous weapon systems and the law of armed conflict [PDF]

, 2013
The introduction of autonomous weapon systems into the “battlespace” will profoundly influence the nature of future warfare. This reality has begun to draw the attention of the international legal community, with increasing calls for an outright ban on ...
Schmitt, Michael N., Thurnher, Jeffreyn S.   +1 more
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Computable Rationality, NUTS, and the Nuclear Leviathan [PDF]

, 2018
This paper explores how the Leviathan that projects power through nuclear arms exercises a unique nuclearized sovereignty. In the case of nuclear superpowers, this sovereignty extends to wielding the power to destroy human civilization as we know it ...
Amadae, S. M.
core   +1 more source

Agricultural Mulching and Fungicides—Impacts on Structure and Function of the Soil Microbial Community

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Plastic mulching and fungicides are frequently applied agricultural practices in strawberry cultivation, which may have an impact on the structure and function of the soil microbiome. Aim To understand their combined effects on soil quality, this study investigated the impact of the fungicides fenhexamid, cyprodinil, and fludioxonil
Maximilian Meyer, Zacharias Steinmetz, Giselle Berenstein, Gabriele Ellen Schaumann, Katherine Muñoz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BACTERIAL, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND THE PRESENT CAPABILITIES OF NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT IN THIS RESPECT

Scientia Militaria, 2012
Over the last twenty years increased attention has been focused on the military uses of Bacterial, Biological and Chemical agents (BBC weapons). This phenomenon can be attributed to a number of reasons.
A.L.S. Hudson
doaj   +1 more source