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Domestic cats and dogs create a landscape of fear for pest rodents around rural homesteads

PLoS ONE, 2017
Using domestic predators such as cats to control rodent pest problems around farms and homesteads is common across the world. However, practical scientific evidence on the impact of such biological control in agricultural settings is often lacking.
T. Mahlaba, A. Monadjem, R. McCleery, S. Belmain   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lysosome‐Acidifying Nanoparticles Rescue A30P α‐Synuclein Induced Neuronal Death in Cellular and Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Lysosome‐targeted acidic nanoparticles based on a biodegradable poly(ethylene tetrafluorosuccinate‐co‐succinate) copolymer are engineered to restore impaired lysosomal acidification through pH‐responsive intracellular degradation. Localized acid release enhances autophagic proteolysis, reduces α‐synuclein accumulation, and preserves dopaminergic neuron
Chih Hung Lo, Mengda Ren, Gavin Wen Zhao Loi, Eka Norfaishanty Saipuljumri, Jonathan Indajang, Kah Leong Lim, Jialiu Zeng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk assessment of an Aedes flavivirus and its effect on pathogenic flavivirus replication in mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors
Background Mosquitoes are efficient vectors of medically significant flaviviruses and serve as hosts for insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs). Aedes flavivirus (AEFV) is a classical ISF. Given the increasing discovery of ISFs, it is urgent to evaluate the
Yumei Fu, Wan Zhao, Shaohui Wu, Jinqian Li, Qing Liu, Feng Jiang, Hong Lu, Le Kang, Qianfeng Xia, Feng Cui   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Huddling remodels gut microbiota to reduce energy requirements in a small mammal species during cold exposure

Microbiome, 2018
Background Huddling is highly evolved as a cooperative behavioral strategy for social mammals to maximize their fitness in harsh environments. Huddling behavior can change psychological and physiological responses.
Xue-Ying Zhang, Gansukh Sukhchuluun, Ting-Bei Bo, Qing-Sheng Chi, Jun-Jie Yang, Bin Chen, Lei Zhang, De-Hua Wang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Un nuevo género para Habrothrix angustidens y Akodon serrensis (RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE): de nuevo palentología y neontología se encuentran en el legado de Lund [PDF]

, 2016
We describe a new genus of sigmodontine rodent to allocate a fossil species from Lagoa Santa cave deposits, Habrothrix angustidens Winge, and a living species from southeastern Atlantic Forest described at the start of the past century, Akodon serrensis ...
Geise, Lena, Lessa, Gissele, Pardiñas, Ulises Francisco J., Ventura, Karen   +3 more
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Identifying characteristics of frailty in female mice using a phenotype assessment tool [PDF]

, 2019
Preclinical studies are important in identifying the underlying mechanisms contributing to frailty. Frailty studies have mainly focused on male rodents with little directed at female rodents.
Baumann, Cory W., Kwak, Dongmin, Thompson, LaDora V.   +2 more
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The role of rodents in avian influenza outbreaks in poultry farms: a review

Veterinary Quarterly, 2017
Wild migratory birds are associated with global avian influenza virus (AIV) spread. Although direct contact with wild birds and contaminated fomites is unlikely in modern non-free range poultry farms applying biosecurity measures, AIV outbreaks still ...
F. Velkers, Simon J Blokhuis, E. V. Veldhuis Kroeze, S. Burt   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding the Effects of Conductive Polymer Electrode Coating on Recorded Neural Signals

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Conductive polymer coatings are widely explored to improve the quality of signals recorded with chronically implanted neural electrodes, offering enhanced biocompatibility along with reduced electrode impedance. Combining computational modelling and data from PEDOT:PTS coated and PtIr electrodes in rats, we show that improvements in signal quality with
Karthik Sridhar, Judith Evers, Alexandre Trotier, Manus Biggs, Madeleine M. Lowery   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Personalized, 3D Printed Polymeric Device for the Prevention of Post‐Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Remodeling

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Myocardial infarction often leads to pathological remodelling and ventricular dilatation, key features of HFrEF. This study introduces a personalized, 3D‐printed cardiac restraint device (CARD) printed using rationally designed inks displaying the requested printability and mechanical properties.
Nicola Mansour, Daniel Cohn, Ishita Sarkar, Raja Alamore, Kareem Abd Rbo, Offer Amir, Dean Nachman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

RH3 enhances antiviral defense by facilitating small RNA loading into Argonaute 2 at endoplasmic reticulum–chloroplast membrane contact sites

Nature Communications
While RNA silencing is crucial for plant resistance against viruses, the cellular connections between RNA silencing and antiviral responses in plants remain poorly understood.
Juan Huang, Juan Du, Yan Liu, Lu Lu, Yanzhuo Xu, Jianfei Shi, Qing Liu, Qi Li, Yang Liu, Yaqiu Chen, Meng Du, Yiming Zhao, Liangxiao Huo, Weiran Wang, Chenxi Ding, Liya Wei, Jianguo Wu, Yao-Wu Yuan, Jinfeng Chen, Ruixi Li, Feng Cui, Xiaoming Zhang   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source