Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry with geospatial software as a novel technique for quantifying 3D ecological characteristics of coral reefs.

abstract：:A previous study found that use of the traditional halibut hook (čibu.d) of the Makah Tribe in present day recreational Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) fisheries significantly reduced bycatch compared to paired 8/0 circle hooks. The study also found that the čibu.d had a significantly reduced catch of halibu...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Petersen JR,Scordino JJ,Svec CI,Buttram RH,Gonzalez MR,Scordino J

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to varietal differences, diminutive size, and similar morphological characters, it is difficult to classify and identify Liriomyza spp., a genus comprised of economically-important, highly-polyphagous insect pests. In this study, we reconfirmed the morphological characteristics of three closely-related invasive le...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chang YW,Chen JY,Zheng SZ,Gao Y,Chen Y,Deng Y,Du YZ

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Essential oil components (EOCs) are molecules with interesting application in pest control, these have been evaluated against different insect pest from more than 100 years, but their practical use is rather limited. Thus, the enhancement of their bioavailability and manageability due to their dispersion in ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lucia A,Toloza AC,Guzmán E,Ortega F,Rubio RG

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is common in the presence of other significantly narrowed coronary arteries. The impact of total occlusion and its association with completeness of revascularization on patients with multivessel disease undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) remains largely unknown. A...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Konstanty-Kalandyk J,Bartuś K,Piątek J,Kędziora A,Darocha T,Bryniarski KL,Wróżek M,Ceranowicz P,Bartuś S,Bryniarski L,Kapelak B

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we studied the main characteristics of flowering, reproductive system and diversity of pollinators for the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas (L.) in a site of tropical southeastern Mexico, within its center of origin. The plants were monoecious with inflorescences of unisexual flowers. The male flowers produ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rincón-Rabanales M,Vargas-López LI,Adriano-Anaya L,Vázquez-Ovando A,Salvador-Figueroa M,Ovando-Medina I

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Despite clinical trials with antioxidant supplementation, few studies have been conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of antioxidant vitamins and minerals, and none have reported on the status of these serum antioxidants associated with the dietary intake of antioxidants by non-alcoholic fatty liver d...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Coelho JM,Cansanção K,Perez RM,Leite NC,Padilha P,Ramalho A,Peres W

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Elatine contains ca 25 species, all of which are small, herbaceous annuals distributed in ephemeral waters on both hemispheres. However, due to a high degree of morphological variability (as a consequence of their amphibious life-style), the taxonomy of this genus remains controversial. Thus, to fill this ga...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sramkó G,Molnár V A,Tóth JP,Laczkó L,Kalinka A,Horváth O,Skuza L,Lukács BA,Popiela A

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to characterize the antioxidant properties of Rama Forte persimmon, a tannin-rich fruit variety produced in Brazil. Extracts prepared with lyophilized pulps from fruits obtained in local markets were analyzed individually to evaluate the extent of antioxidant protection and investigate the antioxidant...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Dalvi LT,Moreira DC,Alonso A,de Avellar IGJ,Hermes-Lima M

更新日期：2018-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue studies at the urban scale are scarce and required for guiding control efforts. In Brazil, the burden of dengue is high and challenges city public health administrations with limited resources. Here we studied the dynamics of a dengue epidemic in a single city. METHODS:Serum samples from dengue suspe...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Villabona-Arenas CJ,de Oliveira JL,de Sousa-Capra C,Balarini K,Pereira da Fonseca CR,Zanotto PM

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical models of collective cell movement often neglect the effects of spatial structure, such as clustering, on the population dynamics. Typically, they assume that individuals interact with one another in proportion to their average density (the mean-field assumption) which means that cell-cell interactions oc...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Binny RN,Haridas P,James A,Law R,Simpson MJ,Plank MJ

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii is a bacterial phytopathogen that causes Stewart's wilt disease in corn. It uses quorum sensing to regulate expression of some genes involved in virulence in a cell density-dependent manner as the bacterial population grows from small numbers at the initial infection site in the leaf...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Packard H,Kernell Burke A,Jensen RV,Stevens AM

更新日期：2017-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the use of lectins for screening of potential biomarkers has gained increased importance in cancer research, given the development in glycobiology that highlights altered structural changes of glycans in cancer associated processes. Lectins, having the properties of recognizing specific carbohydrate m...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hashim OH,Jayapalan JJ,Lee CS

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The fecal microbiota from obese individuals can induce obesity in animal models. In addition, studies in humans, animal models and dogs have revealed that the fecal microbiota of subjects with obesity is different from that of lean subjects and changes after weight loss. However, the impact of weight loss on...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bermudez Sanchez S,Pilla R,Sarawichitr B,Gramenzi A,Marsilio F,Steiner JM,Lidbury JA,Woods GRT,German AJ,Suchodolski JS

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypophobia is a strong emotion of disgust evoked by clusters of holes or round objects (e.g., lotus seed pod). It has become increasingly popular and been studied since 2010s, mainly in the West and Japan. Considering this, trypophobia might be a modern emotion, and hence urbanization possibly plays key roles in tryp...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhu S,Sasaki K,Jiang Y,Qian K,Yamada Y

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated pollution levels in water and sediments of Península de Paraguaná and related these levels with benthic macrofauna along a coastal area where the largest Venezuelan oil refineries have operated over the past 60 years. For this, the concentration of heavy metals, of hydrocarbon compounds and the co...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Croquer A,Bone D,Bastidas C,Ramos R,García E

更新日期：2016-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoporphyrin (PP) and biliverdin (BV) give rise to the enormous diversity in avian egg coloration. Egg color serves several ecological purposes, including post-mating signaling and camouflage. Egg camouflage represents a major character of open-nesting birds which accomplish protection of their unhatched offspring a...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wiemann J,Yang TR,Sander PN,Schneider M,Engeser M,Kath-Schorr S,Müller CE,Sander PM

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrophic plants-plants that have lost the ability to photosynthesize-are characterized by a number of changes at all levels of organization. Heterotrophic plants are divided into two large categories-parasitic and mycoheterotrophic (MHT). The question of to what extent such changes are similar in these two catego...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Shtratnikova VY,Schelkunov MI,Penin AA,Logacheva MD

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sturnira is one of the most species-rich genera in the Neotropics, and it is found from Mexico and the Lesser Antilles to Argentina. This genus forms a well-supported monophyletic clade with at least twenty-one recognized species, as well as several others under taxonomic review. Sturnira parvidens is a wide...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gutiérrez EG,Hernández Canchola G,León Paniagua LS,Martínez Méndez N,Ortega J

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The mangrove crab Ucides cordatus is considered a key species for the ecological balance of mangrove forests and a major source of employment and income for traditional crab collectors in Brazil. Several studies evidenced weak genetic variation among populations due to an efficient larval transport. However,...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Britto FB,Schmidt AJ,Carvalho AMF,Vasconcelos CCMP,Farias AM,Bentzen P,Diniz FM

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect pollinators provide an essential ecosystem service by transferring pollen to crops and native vegetation. The extent to which pollinator communities vary both spatially and temporally has important implications for ecology, conservation and agricultural production. However, understanding the complex interaction...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Willcox BK,Robson AJ,Howlett BG,Rader R

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A range of diseases is associated with amyloid fibril formation. Despite different proteins being responsible for each disease, all of them share similar features including beta-sheet-rich secondary structure and fibril-like protein aggregates. A number of proteins can form amyloid-like fibrils in vitro, resembling st...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Šneideris T,Baranauskienė L,Cannon JG,Rutkienė R,Meškys R,Smirnovas V

更新日期：2015-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent improvements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies can facilitate the obtainment of mitochondrial genomes. However, it is not clear whether NGS could be effectively used to reconstruct the mitogenome with high gene rearrangement. These high rearrangements would cause amplification failure, and/or ass...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yuan S,Xia Y,Zheng Y,Zeng X

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Many marine biology studies depend on field work on ships or remote sampling locations where sophisticated sample preservation techniques (e.g., high-pressure freezing) are often limited or unavailable. Our aim was to optimize the ultrastructural preservation of marine invertebrates, especially when working in the fie...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Montanaro J,Gruber D,Leisch N

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:While there have been increasing numbers of reports of human-wolf conflict in China during recent years, little is known about the nature of this conflict. In this study, we used questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to investigate local villagers' perceptions of wolves in Jiuzhaigou County, western China. We ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xu Y,Yang B,Dou L

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) is a critically endangered marsupial, endemic to alpine regions of southern Australia. We investigated the diet of a recently discovered population of the possum in northern Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Australia. This new population occurs at elevations well bel...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hawke T,Bates H,Hand S,Archer M,Broome L

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Turbidity currents are the main drivers behind the transportation of terrestrial sediments to the deep sea, and turbidite deposits from such currents have been widely used in geological studies. Nevertheless, the contribution of turbidity currents to vertical displacement of seawater has rarely been discussed. This is...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kawagucci S,Miwa T,Lindsay DJ,Ogura E,Yamamoto H,Nishibayashi K,Yokooka H,Nishi S,Takahashi A,Lee S

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A new genus with a new species of the tribe Hoplocampini of Hoplocampinae was described from China: Analcellicampa xanthosoma Wei & Niu, gen. et sp. nov.Hoplocampa danfengensis G. Xiao 1994 was designated as the type species of the new genus. The characters of Analcellicampa danfengensis (G. Xiao) comb. nov. were brie...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Niu G,Zhang Y,Li Z,Wei M

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination Index (CI) analysis suggested that MBIC and doxorubicin synergistically inhibited up to 97% of cell proliferation in ER+/PR+MCF-7 and triple negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines. Moreover, treatment of the breast cancer cells with the combined drugs resulted in lower IC50 values in contrast to the ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hasanpourghadi M,Abdul Majid N,Rais Mustafa M

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Several aspects of an individual's appearance have been shown to predict personality and related behaviour. While some of these cues are grounded in biology (e.g., the human face), other aspects of a person's appearance can be actively controlled (e.g., clothing). In this paper, we consider a common fashion accessory,...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ellis DA,Jenkins R

更新日期：2015-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of finite element analysis (FEA) in biomechanical investigations depends upon understanding the influence of model assumptions. In producing finite element models, surface mesh resolution is influenced by the resolution of input geometry, and influences the resolution of the ensuing solid mesh used for...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： McCurry MR,Evans AR,McHenry CR

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00