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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Isabel Blasco‐Costa, Katie O'Dwyer, Rachel A. Paterson, Tomáš Scholz, Christian Selbach, Bernd Sures, David W. Thieltges   +8 more
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Fulbright for Honors [PDF]

, 2016
Dr. Edna Udobong will talk about opportunities for Honors students and graduates to win Fulbright Scholarships on March 24 in the Jerry Falwell Library Conference Room A from 3:30-4 ...

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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
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Inactivation of Streptococcus mutans genes lytST and dltAD impairs its pathogenicity in vivo

Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2019
Background: Streptococcus mutans orchestrates the development of a biofilm that causes dental caries in the presence of dietary sucrose, and, in the bloodstream, S. mutans can cause systemic infections.
Midian C. Castillo Pedraza, Pedro L. Rosalen, Aline Rogéria Freire de Castilho, Irlan de Almeida Freires, Luana de Sales Leite, Roberta C. Faustoferri, Robert G. Quivey Jr, Marlise I. Klein   +7 more
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Sedimentary eDNA provides different information on timescale and fish species composition compared with aqueous eDNA

Environmental DNA, 2020
Aqueous environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has been applied to the monitoring of various ecosystems and taxa, and the characteristics of aqueous eDNA have been previously studied.
Masayuki K. Sakata, Satoshi Yamamoto, Ryo O. Gotoh, Masaki Miya, Hiroki Yamanaka, Toshifumi Minamoto   +5 more
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An Experiment in Scaling Impact: Assessing the Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot [PDF]

, 2012
This report presents an assessment of the Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot. It was commissioned by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, founder and lead investor of the grantmaking initiative.Starting in 2000, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (Clark ...
Barbara E. Taylor, William P. Ryan
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Isoform Specificity of a Compound Targeting Actin Filaments Containing Tropomyosin Tpm1.8/1.9

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The unbranched actin filaments in mammalian cells are usually composed of co‐polymers of a specific tropomyosin isoform with actin. Genetic manipulation has revealed that the tropomyosins largely define the functional properties of actin filaments in an isoform‐specific, non‐redundant manner.
Jeff Hook, Edna C. Hardeman, Peter W. Gunning   +2 more
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Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices and their associations with waterborne diseases and malnutrition in Ibrahim Kodbuur District, Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background In low-resource environments like Somaliland, where insufficient infrastructure leads to high rates of hunger and waterborne illnesses, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is crucial for health.
Layla Awais, Peiter Gideon
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Degradation modeling of water environmental DNA: Experiments on multiple DNA sources in pond and seawater

Environmental DNA, 2021
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis methods have been developed to detect organism distribution and abundance/biomass in various environments. eDNA degradation is critical for eDNA evaluation.
Tatsuya Saito, Hideyuki Doi
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A systematic review evaluating the performance of eDNA methods relative to conventional methods for biodiversity monitoring

Ecography, EarlyView.
The rapid adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods has drastically changed biodiversity monitoring efforts. It is often claimed that eDNA methods are more sensitive and efficient than conventional biodiversity monitoring methods, but it is often unclear what metrics support this claim.
Nicholas J. Iacaruso, Olivia P. Reves, Sara J. Merkelz, Cassidy L. Waldrep, Mark A. Davis   +4 more
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