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Improving Risk Models for Avian Influenza: The Role of Intensive Poultry Farming and Flooded Land during the 2004 Thailand Epidemic
(PLos One, 2012-11-19)
Since 1996 when Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza type H5N1 first emerged in southern China, numerous studies sought risk factors and produced risk maps based on environmental and anthropogenic predictors. However little ...
Persistent and delayed effects of toxic cyanobacteria exposure on life history traits of a common zooplankter
(2015-12-15)
Anthropogenic eutrophication has resulted in shifts in phytoplankton community composition worldwide which represent dramatic changes in resource quality and availability for grazers such as rotifers. For these grazers, ...
Investigation of Elastomer Seal Energization: Implications for Conventional and Expandable Hanger Assembly
(2019-02-25)
Elastomer seals are extensively used in various wellhead and casing/liner hanger equipment as barriers for isolating fluids. Seal assemblies have been identified as one of the major cause of well control incidents. Majority ...
The niche and morphology of the invasive Daphnia lumholtzi in a subtropical reservoir, 20 years after invasion
(2019-01-11)
The establishment and persistence of invasive species are continuously shaped by resource availability, competition and predation, yet most research is conducted immediately after invasion. Twenty years after Daphnia ...
Student Engagement and Leadership of the Transition Planning Process
(Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2013-05-01)
The Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) has been a longstanding leader and advocate in the field of secondary education for students with disabilities. This paper traces ...
Transcriptional Regulator PerA Influences Biofilm-Associated, Platelet Binding, and Metabolic Gene Expression in Enterococcus faecalis
(PLos One, 2012-04-04)
Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen and a leading cause of nosocomial infections, traits facilitated by the ability to quickly acquire and transfer virulence determinants. A 150 kb pathogenicity island (PAI) ...
Thermal disruption of soil bacterial assemblages decreases diversity and assemblage similarity
(2019)
The metabolic theory of ecology assumes that rates of selection and adaptation for organisms are functions of temperature. Niche theory predicts that strong selection pressure should simplify assemblages as species are ...
Developmental Effects on Auditory Neural Oscillatory Synchronization Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2019-07-25)
Previous studies have found alterations in 40 Hz oscillatory activity in response to auditory stimuli in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The current study sought to examine the specificity and developmental ...
Adaptations in antagonist co-activation: Role in the repeated-bout effect
(2017-12-07)
Eccentric exercise results in an adaptation which attenuates muscle damage from subsequent exercise—termed the “repeated-bout effect (RBE).” Purpose: Study examined antagonist co-activation and motor-unit recruitment ...
Allelopathic Potential of Invasive Plantago virginica on Four Lawn Species
(PLos One, 2015-04-27)
Plantago virginica L. has invaded many lawn ecosystems in the Eastern part of China. The invasion has incurred an economic cost to remove them. In order to prevent the invasion, it is critical to understand the invasive ...