Job satisfaction and intention to quit: an empirical analysis of nurses in Turkey.

abstract：:The Hydroporus memnonius species group includes both widespread and range restricted diving beetle taxa in the western Palaearctic, some of which have been divided into a number of geographical subspecies. Of these, Hydroporus necopinatus is distributed in the far west of Europe, from central Spain to southern Britain...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bilton DT,Turner L,Foster GN

更新日期：2017-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Current research posits that all multicellular organisms live in symbioses with associated microorganisms and form so-called metaorganisms or holobionts. Cnidarian metaorganisms are of specific interest given that stony corals provide the foundation of the globally threatened coral reef ecosystems. To gain first insig...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Brüwer JD,Voolstra CR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild greens can contribute to the human diet as an important source of essential nutrients and drugs. Since environmental factors, including soil properties, may affect the chemical composition of plants, it is necessary among others to assess various habitats in terms of their usefulness for wild plant harvesting and...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bosiacka B,Myśliwy M,Bosiacki M

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Pollinators, which provide the agriculturally and ecologically essential service of pollination, are under threat at a global scale. Habitat loss and homogenisation, pesticides, parasites and pathogens, invasive species, and climate change have been identified as past and current threats to pollinators. Ac...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Brown MJ,Dicks LV,Paxton RJ,Baldock KC,Barron AB,Chauzat MP,Freitas BM,Goulson D,Jepsen S,Kremen C,Li J,Neumann P,Pattemore DE,Potts SG,Schweiger O,Seymour CL,Stout JC

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Maximakinin (MK), an amphibian peptide possessing the C-terminal sequence of bradykinin (BK), is a BK B2 receptor (B2R) agonist eliciting prolonged signaling. We reinvestigated this 19-mer for species-specific pharmacologic profile, in vivo confirmation of resistance to inactivation by angiotensin converting enzyme (A...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Charest-Morin X,Bachelard H,Jean M,Marceau F

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To explore whether unilateral relapse of Bechet's disease-associated uveitis (BDU) causes differences in the tear proteome between the diseased and the contralateral quiescent eye and potential tear biomarkers for uveitis recurrence and disease monitoring. Method:To minimize interindividual variations, bilater...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Liang A,Qin W,Zhang M,Gao F,Zhao C,Gao Y

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary cavity nesting (SCN) birds breed in holes that they do not excavate themselves. This is possible where there are large trees whose size and age permit the digging of holes by primary excavators and only rarely happens in forest plantations, where we expected a deficit of both breeding holes and SCN species. ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cuatianquiz Lima C,Macías Garcia C

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Staphylococcus aureus is a human colonizer with high potential for virulence, and the spread of the virulent strains from the colonized hosts to non-carriers in the community is on the increase. However, there are few reports on comprehensive analysis of staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) genes with clonal line...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ayeni FA,Ruppitsch W,Allerberger F

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Simao pine (Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon var. langbianensis (A. Chev.) Gaussen) is one of the most important tree species in the production of timber and resin in China. However, the genetic diversity of the natural populations has not been assessed to date. In this study, sequence related amplified polymorp...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wang D,Shen B,Gong H

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:We investigated the effects of gastric Helicobacter pylori infection on the daytime and overnight human oral microbiota. Methods:Twenty four volunteers were recruited. Ten tested positive for H. pylori infection by the Carbon-14 Urea Breath Test, and the rest were negative. Two oral swabs were collected: on...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chua EG,Chong JY,Lamichhane B,Webberley KM,Marshall BJ,Wise MJ,Tay CY

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：Context:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease with unknown etiology. Objective:Human plasma is comprised of over 10 orders of magnitude concentration of proteins and tissue leakages. The changes in the abundance of these proteins have played an important role in various human ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Madda R,Lin SC,Sun WH,Huang SL

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizoctonia solani causes the disease peanut sheath blight, involving symptoms of maceration and necrosis of infected tissue, mainly caused by cell-wall-degrading enzymes (CWDEs). This study investigated the production of CWDEs including polygalacturonase (PG), polymethyl-galacturonase (PMG), cellulase (Cx) and β-gluc...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xue CY,Zhou RJ,Li YJ,Xiao D,Fu JF

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Caesarean birth rates in North America continue to rise, in the absence of benefit for mothers and babies. One reason may be that hospitalized labouring women spend most of their labours in recumbent or semi-recumbent positions. Although hands-and-knees position has theoretical advantages, efforts to encou...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hodnett ED,Stremler R,Halpern SH,Weston J,Windrim R

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer is a common malignant tumor in the world, and the aim of this study was to screen key genes related to the development of esophageal cancer using a variety of bioinformatics analysis tools and analyze their biological functions. The data of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from the Gene Expression ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Guan X,Yao Y,Bao G,Wang Y,Zhang A,Zhong X

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Physical activity is important for children's physical, mental, and social well-being. Outdoor active play is an important yet unstudied domain of children's physical activity. The objective of this study was to determine if parental encouragement is associated with the frequency that children engage in ou...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ferrao T,Janssen I

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons are embedded in an extracellular matrix (ECM), which functions both as a scaffold and as a regulator of neuronal function. The ECM is in turn dynamically altered through the action of serine proteases, which break down its constituents. This pathway has been implicated in the regulation of synaptic plasticity ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Van De Vijver S,Missault S,Van Soom J,Van Der Veken P,Augustyns K,Joossens J,Dedeurwaerdere S,Giugliano M

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal birds are critical ecosystem constituents on sandy shores, yet are threatened by depressed reproductive success resulting from direct and indirect anthropogenic and natural pressures. Few studies examine clutch fate across the wide range of environments experienced by birds; instead, most focus at the small si...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Maslo B,Schlacher TA,Weston MA,Huijbers CM,Anderson C,Gilby BL,Olds AD,Connolly RM,Schoeman DS

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a rare malignant tumor with a poor prognosis. However, there is no useful clinical prognostic predictive tool for ATC so far. Our study identified risk factors for survival of ATC and created a reliable nomogram to predict overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific surviv...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gui W,Zhu W,Lu W,Shang C,Zheng F,Lin X,Li H

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The post-genomic era is characterized by the direct acquisition and analysis of genomic data with many applications, including the enhancement of the understanding of microbial epidemiology and pathology. However, there are a number of molecular approaches to survey pathogen diversity, and the impact of these differen...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Castro-Nallar E,Hasan NA,Cebula TA,Colwell RR,Robison RA,Johnson WE,Crandall KA

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Forest ecosystems are considered among the largest terrestrial carbon sinks. The dynamics of forest carbon depend on where the carbon is stored and its responses to environmental factors, as well as the physiology of the trees. Thus, threatened forest regions with high biodiversity have great scientific impo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： González-Cásares M,Pompa-García M,Venegas-González A,Domínguez-Calleros P,Hernández-Díaz J,Carrillo-Parra A,González-Tagle M

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate identification of protein-protein interactions (PPI) is the key step in understanding proteins' biological functions, which are typically context-dependent. Many existing PPI predictors rely on aggregated features from protein sequences, however only a few methods exploit local information about specific resi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zubek J,Tatjewski M,Boniecki A,Mnich M,Basu S,Plewczynski D

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Solanum lycopersicum, belonging to Solanaceae, is one of the commonly used model plants. The GRAS genes are transcriptional regulators, which play a significant role in plant growth and development, and the functions of several GRAS genes have been recognized, such as, axillary shoot meristem formation, radial root pa...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Niu Y,Zhao T,Xu X,Li J

更新日期：2017-11-08 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：:Autophagy serves as a turnover mechanism for the recycling of redundant and/or damaged macromolecules present in eukaryotic cells to re-use them under starvation conditions via a double-membrane structure known as autophagosome. A set of eukaryotic genes called autophagy-related genes (ATGs) orchestrate this highly el...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Aslan E,Küçükoğlu N,Arslanyolu M

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we sequenced the genome of Pandoraea pnomenusa RB38 using Pacific Biosciences RSII (PacBio) Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT) sequencing technology. A pair of cognate luxI/R homologs was identified where the luxI homolog, ppnI, was found adjacent to a luxR homolog, ppnR1. An additional orphan luxR homolo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lim YL,Ee R,How KY,Lee SK,Yong D,Tee KK,Yin WF,Chan KG

更新日期：2015-08-27 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：Background:Development of incisional complications following ventral median celiotomy might depend on suture pattern for skin closure. Methods:In this prospective study, 21 healthy male horses underwent celiotomy. Skin closure was either performed via a continuous percutaneous pattern (CO group; 5 warmbloods/5 ponies)...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Scharner D,Gittel C,Winter K,Blaue D,Schedlbauer C,Vervuert I,Brehm W

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new iguanodontian ornithopod, Choyrodon barsboldi gen. et sp. nov. from the Albian-aged Khuren Dukh Formation of Mongolia based on several partial skeletons interpreted to represent a subadult growth stage based on osteohistological features. This new taxon is diagnosed by many autapomorphies of the maxi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gates TA,Tsogtbaatar K,Zanno LE,Chinzorig T,Watabe M

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It is assumed that the sequencing of ribosomes better reflects the active microbial community than the sequencing of the ribosomal RNA encoding genes. Yet, many studies exploring microbial communities in various environments, ranging from the human gut to deep oceans, questioned the validity of this paradigm due to th...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Šťovíček A,Cohen-Chalamish S,Gillor O

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The enhanced ability to direct sexual reproduction may lead to improved restoration outcomes for Acropora cervicornis. Gravid fragments of A. cervicornis were maintained in a laboratory for two sequential trials in the seven days prior to natural spawning in the Florida Keys. Ten replicates of five chemicals known to ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Flint M,Than JT

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00