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Life histories of pathogen populations [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2009
The populations of pathogens in individual hosts have many of the characteristics of multicellular organisms, or individuals. These populations go through a life cycle within a host and they reproduce by founding daughter populations in new hosts. Natural selection shapes the life history characteristics of pathogen populations--life expectancy, trade ...
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Communication and Language Profiles of Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cognitive and language deficits are frequently reported sequelae of posterior fossa brain tumors (PFBT). Typically, delayed onset impedes prompt assessment and early intervention. This has devastating implications for quality of life.
Zara Sved, Meghan Hesse, Jennie Cusiter, Annabel Webb, Kimberley Docking   +4 more
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Population structure of Dugong dugon across the Indo-Pacific revealed by historical mitogenomes

Royal Society Open Science
Sirenia, an iconic marine taxon with a tropical and subtropical worldwide distribution, face an uncertain future. All species are designated ‘Vulnerable’ to extinction by the IUCN.
Lydia Hildebrand Furness, Oliver Kersten, Aurélie Boilard, Lucy Keith-Diagne, Cristina Brito, James H. Barrett, Andrew Kitchener, Richard Sabin, Shane Lavery, Stephanie Plön, Bastiaan Star   +10 more
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Computational and Statistical Analyses of Insertional Polymorphic Endogenous Retroviruses in a Non-Model Organism

Computation, 2014
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are a class of transposable elements found in all vertebrate genomes that contribute substantially to genomic functional and structural diversity.
Le Bao, Daniel Elleder, Raunaq Malhotra, Michael DeGiorgio, Theodora Maravegias, Lindsay Horvath, Laura Carrel, Colin Gillin, Tomáš Hron, Helena Fábryová, David R. Hunter, Mary Poss   +11 more
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Developing best practices for PPE Portraits across 25 sites: a systematic assessment of implementation and spread of adaptations using FRAME

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Adaptation, a form of modification that aims to improve an intervention’s acceptability and sustainability in each context, is essential to successful implementation in some settings.
Juliana Baratta, Alexis Amano, Paige K Parsons, Stacie Vilendrer, Shira G. Winter, Mae-Richelle Verano, Cynthia Perez, Lucy Kalanithi, Steven M Asch, Mary Beth Heffernan, Cati Brown-Johnson   +10 more
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Feeding a Population: Agricultural Education Priorities in Haitian History [PDF]

, 2017
The nation of Haiti has experienced a long history of poverty and of tests to its economic development. Among its priorities has been the establishment of an effective educational system.
Tobin, Kathleen A
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The HIT Network for Children and Adolescents With CNS Tumors Facilitates Improvements of Diagnostic Assessments, Multimodal Treatments, Individual Counseling, and Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The HIT network was established in 2000 to create a population‐based structure aiming to improve survival rates and reduce late effects for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors by conducting comprehensive clinical trials.
Stefan Rutkowski, Michael C. Frühwald, Gudrun Fleischhack, Stephan Tippelt, Pablo Hernáiz‐Driever, Olaf Witt, Astrid Gnekow, Christof Kramm, Matthias Eyrich, Johannes E. A. Wolf, Hermann Müller, Carsten Friedrich, Uwe R. Kordes, Denise Obrecht‐Sturm, Petra Ketteler, Barbara von Zezschwitz, Pascal Johann, Dominik Sturm, Karoline Nemes, Stefan Schönberger, Till Milde, Brigitte Bison, Monika Warmuth‐Metz, Torsten Pietsch, Ulrich Schüller, Arend Koch, David Capper, Martin Hasselblatt, Christian Thomas, Christian Hagel, Stefan M. Pfister, Felix Sahm, David T. W. Jones, Martin U. Schuhmann, Jürgen Krauss, Pedram Emami, Ahmed El Damaty, Rolf D. Kortmann, Rudolf Schwarz, Jürgen Debus, Mechthild Krause, Fabian Pohl, Holger Ottensmeier, Lisa Bußenius, Katja Baust, Andreas Faldum, Cecile Ronckers, Desiree Grabow, Martin Benesch, Thomas Perwein, Karin Dieckmann, Irene Slavc, Johannes Gojo, Nicolas U. Gerber, André O. von Bueren, Katrin Scheinemann, Gabriele Calaminus, Beate Timmermann, Ulrich‐Wilhelm Thomale, Martin Mynarek   +59 more
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Genetic Diversity and Structure of a Critically Endangered Ornamental Species, Rhododendron farinosum, with Extremely Small Populations

Horticulturae
A comprehensive study of the genetic characteristics of endangered species is a prerequisite for their effective conservation and management. Rhododendron farinosum is an endangered ornamental species with extremely small populations located in ...
Fengjuan Li, Linyuan Fan, Jingli Zhang, Wen Liu, Wei Li, Yongpeng Ma, Hong Ma   +6 more
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Outcomes and process evaluation of a cluster-randomised participatory organisational intervention among German healthcare workers

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background In the present investigation the results of the outcome and process evaluation of a participatory workplace intervention are reported. The intervention aimed to increase the workers’ self-assessed physical and mental work ability.
Diego Montano, Marco Kuchenbaur, Richard Peter   +2 more
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Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware, Colter K. Clayton, Fang Wang, Sedigheh Mirzaei, Kyla Shelton, Tara M. Brinkman, Victoria Willard, Katianne M. Howard Sharp, Kevin Krull, Lindsay F. Schwartz, Melissa M. Hudson, Gregory T. Armstrong, Kirsten K. Ness, Rachel T. Webster   +13 more
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