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Global Ecology and ConservationInvasive predators are one of the leading causes of global biodiversity loss, threatening local ecosystems through predation and spreading diseases.
Elina Tuomikoski +3 more
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Innate immune responses in raccoons after raccoon rabies virus infection
Journal of General Virology, 2014 Zoonotic wildlife diseases pose significant health risks not only to their primary vectors but also to humans and domestic animals. Rabies is a lethal encephalitis caused by rabies virus (RV). This RNA virus can infect a range of terrestrial mammals but each viral variant persists in a particular reservoir host.
Vythegi, Srithayakumar +4 more
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“Queens of Ghost‐Land” 134 Years Later: Un‐Masking an Appalachian Witchcraft Accuser
The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1891, newspapers across America printed a story about witches in the Appalachian Mountains and the alleged powers they possessed to control their small farming community. The article was scathing in accusation and ultimately contributed to continued othering of the women profiled, increasing their visible vulnerabilities of class, gender ...
Aíne Norris
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Tracking Bacterial Pollution Sources in Stormwater Pipes [PDF]
, 2003 The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) conducted two rounds of wet weather sampling in the Hampton Harbor watershed during 2002.
Jones, Stephen H.
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Sedimentology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research examines the spatial and geochemical interactions between mat‐forming microorganisms and thalassinid shrimp in an intertidal flat situated on the shores of Willapa Bay, Washington, USA. The study serves as a contemporary analog for the relationships between mats and burrowing organisms in deep time.
Brette S. Harris +9 more
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Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract Low concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO) in hypolimnetic waters are becoming more common and could affect nutrient supplies available to phytoplankton communities in meso‐ and eutrophic lakes. We examined the connections among hypolimnetic DO, nutrient concentrations, and phytoplankton communities in 26 oligotrophic lakes in the Kawartha ...
Katlin D. Edwards +4 more
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HRaccoon: A High-performance Configurable SCA Resilient Raccoon Hardware Accelerator
Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded SystemsThe lattice-based Raccoon scheme is one of the candidates in Round 1 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) post-quantum cryptography (PQC) additional digital signatures standardization process.
Ziying Ni +4 more
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First record of Giardia assemblage D infection in farmed raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2016 The presence of Giardia genotypes was investigated in 18 raccoon dogs ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) and 80 red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) on one farm. To demonstrate Giardia cysts, fresh and trichrome stained smears were microscopically screened.
Piotr Solarczyk +5 more
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Sequencing of rabies binding region on nicotinic acteylcholine receptor alpha subunits in four host species [PDF]
, 2013 • Rabies virus is known to bind to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchR) • The virus is known to bind to alpha 1 subunits nAchR • The virus binding region has been characterized in alpha 1 subunits of these receptors • Little research has been ...
Barnard, Karen
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 3, April 2026.We studied the effects of urban growth on wildlife near Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica. Since 1991, buildings increased 1007%, mainly in the buffer zone. We identified eight native species extracting garbage from containers, with raccoons (Procyon lotor) comprising most detections (84%), and four other species being potential sea turtle ...
Keilor E. Cordero‐Umaña +6 more
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