Impact of exposure to tobacco smoke, arsenic, and phthalates on locally advanced cervical cancer treatment-preliminary results.

abstract：:Recently, herbal drugs and their bioactive compounds have gained popularity in the management of diabetes mellitus (DM), which has become an epidemic disease all over the world and is especially prevalent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This study aimed to investigate the antidiabetic effect of ethanolic and aqu...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gad-Elkareem MAM,Abdelgadir EH,Badawy OM,Kadri A

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A representative outcrop of the Messinian stromatolites belonging to the Terminal Carbonate Complex unit, from the northern sector of the Bajo Segura basin (Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo section, Sierra del Colmenar, SE Spain) has been studied. Here, we present a detailed analysis of the architecture, external morp...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Villafañe PG,Corbí H,Cónsole-Gonella C,Ruiz-Sánchez FJ,Soria JM

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to reports of wild primates, studies of captive primates' flexibility often reveal conservatism: individuals are unable to switch to new and more efficient strategies when task demands change. We propose that such conservatism might be a result of task design and hypothesize that conservatism might be link...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jacobson SL,Hopper LM

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In the absence of highly effective antiviral therapies against SARS-CoV-2, it is crucial to counter the known pathophysiological causes of severe COVID-19. Evaluating the efficacy existing drugs may expedite the development of such therapeutics. Severe COVID-19 is largely the result of a dysregulated immune ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kaye AG,Siegel R

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Bighead, silver, and grass carps are invasive in the waterways of central North America, and grass carp reproduction in tributaries of the Great Lakes has now been documented. Questions about recruitment potential motivate a need for accurate models of egg and larval dispersal. Quantitative data on swimming behaviors ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： George AE,Garcia T,Stahlschmidt BH,Chapman DC

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild edible mushrooms have been collected and consumed by human groups for centuries, and today they represent a relevant source of food and income for many rural families worldwide. Preserving these non-timber forest products is of great interest, and there is concern about the damage caused by intensive mushroom har...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ruiz-Almenara C,Gándara E,Gómez-Hernández M

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of smoking habits and other possibly relevant factors on dental implant survival. The study population included all patients who underwent dental implants between the years 1999 and 2008 at a large military dental clinic and were examined in the periodic medical exami...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Twito D,Sade P

更新日期：2014-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Because microorganisms are sensitive to temperature, ongoing global warming is predicted to influence microbial community structure and function. We used large-scale warming experiments established at two sites near the northern and southern boundaries of US eastern deciduous forests to explore how microbial communiti...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cregger MA,Sanders NJ,Dunn RR,Classen AT

更新日期：2014-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The amphibian skin microbiome has been the focus of recent studies aiming to better understand the role of these microbial symbionts in host defense against disease. However, host-associated microbial communities are complex and dynamic, and changes in their composition and structure can influence their function. Unde...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Estrada A,Hughey MC,Medina D,Rebollar EA,Walke JB,Harris RN,Belden LK

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The increasing production of sewage sludge (SS) engenders the problem of its responsible utilization and disposal. Likewise, urban sediments (SED) are deposited at the bottom of urban reservoirs and sedimentation ponds, and these require periodical dredging and utilization. However, while the SS and SED depo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wyrwicka A,Urbaniak M,Przybylski M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the major locomotor transitions during the evolution of Archosauria, the lineage including crocodiles and birds as well as extinct Dinosauria, were shifts from quadrupedalism to bipedalism (and vice versa). Those occurred within a continuum between more sprawling and erect modes of locomotion and involved dras...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Otero A,Allen V,Pol D,Hutchinson JR

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Due to intensive sluice construction and other human disturbances, lakeshore vegetation has been destroyed and ecosystems greatly changed. Rhizospheric microbiota constitute a key part of a functioning rhizosphere ecosystem. Maintaining rhizosphere microbial diversity is a central, critical issue for sustain...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhang X,Wang H,Li Z,Xie J,Ni J

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides information on biological (gonadosomatic index), commercial quality (condition index and meat yield) and biochemical aspects (proximate composition, fatty acids) of the soft tissues of Flexopecten glaber reared in suspended cages in the Ionian Sea. The results showed that condition index (CI) and m...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Prato E,Biandolino F,Parlapiano I,Papa L,Denti G,Fanelli G

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) enables the measurement and comparison of gene expression with isoform-level quantification. Differences in the effect of each isoform may make traditional methods, which aggregate isoforms, ineffective. Here, we introduce a variance component-based test that can jointly test multiple isoforms...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yang S,Shao F,Duan W,Zhao Y,Chen F

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), known pharmaceutically as alprostadil, has vasodilatory properties and is used widely in various clinical settings. In addition to acute vasodilatory properties, PGE1 may exert beneficial effects by altering protein expression of vascular cells. PGE1 is reported to be a potent stimulator of an...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Suzuki K,Nishi K,Takabuchi S,Kai S,Matsuyama T,Kurosawa S,Adachi T,Maruyama T,Fukuda K,Hirota K

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Dry eye disease (DED), a chronic ocular disease, is associated with numerous medical issues, including asthma. However, studies on these associations are limited. In this study, we investigated the incidence of DED among patients with asthma and its correlation with other allergic comorbidities. Methods:We ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Huang YC,Chan WC,Wang JD,Fu LS,Tsan YT

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Agriculture is one of the main drivers of land conversion, and agriculture practices can impact on microbial diversity. Here we characterized the phyllosphere fungal diversity associated with Carménère grapevines under conventional and organic agricultural management. We also explored the fungal diversity present in t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Castañeda LE,Miura T,Sánchez R,Barbosa O

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimodal imaging enables sensitive measures of the architecture and integrity of the human brain, but the high-dimensional nature of advanced brain imaging features poses inherent challenges for the analyses and interpretations. Multivariate age prediction reduces the dimensionality to one biologically informative s...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Richard G,Kolskår K,Sanders AM,Kaufmann T,Petersen A,Doan NT,Monereo Sánchez J,Alnæs D,Ulrichsen KM,Dørum ES,Andreassen OA,Nordvik JE,Westlye LT

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Preserved labile tissues (e.g., skin, muscle) in the fossil record of terrestrial vertebrates are increasingly becoming recognized as an important source of biological and taphonomic information. Here, we combine a variety of synchrotron radiation techniques with scanning electron and optical microscopy to elucidate t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Barbi M,Bell PR,Fanti F,Dynes JJ,Kolaceke A,Buttigieg J,Coulson IM,Currie PJ

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol drinking may be associated with an increased risk of various metabolic diseases. Rat lines selectively bred for alcohol preference and alcohol avoidance constitute an interesting model to study inherited factors related to alcohol drinking and metabolic disorders. The aim of the present study was to compare th...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Mierzejewski P,Zakrzewska A,Kuczyńska J,Wyszogrodzka E,Dominiak M

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Inflammatory bowel diseases are associated with remodeling of neuronal circuitries within the enteric nervous system, occurring also at sites distant from the acute site of inflammation and underlying disturbed intestinal functions. Homeoproteins orthodenticle OTX1 and OTX2 are neuronal transcription factors...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bistoletti M,Micheloni G,Baranzini N,Bosi A,Conti A,Filpa V,Pirrone C,Millefanti G,Moro E,Grimaldi A,Valli R,Baj A,Crema F,Giaroni C,Porta G

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Majority legumes in the temperate and arctic zones have water-impermeable seeds (physical dormancy, PY). However, various authors have reported that seeds of some Caragana species are water-permeable and thus non-dormant. We (1) tested seeds of 15 species of Caragana matured in the same site in 2014, 2016 and/or 2017 ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chen D,Zhang R,Baskin CC,Hu X

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in soil bacterial communities, which are crucial for the assessment of ecological restoration in Chinese plantations, have never been studied in the "Three North Shelterbelt" project in the semi-arid areas. We used high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rDNA gene to investigate the soil bacterial community dive...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Deng J,Zhang Y,Yin Y,Zhu X,Zhu W,Zhou Y

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of people suffering from eye fatigue induced by visual display terminal (VDT) viewing is expected to increase in the modern world. Eye dysfunction is suggested to induce a decrease in cognitive function, at least in the long term. Furthermore, considering other previous findings, it may be reasonable to thi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Akagi R,Tonotsuka M,Horie R,Hirata K,Ando S

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The fight against the emergence of mutant influenza strains has led to the screening of an increasing number of compounds for inhibitory activity against influenza neuraminidase. This study explores the chemical space of neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs), which provides an opportunity to obtain further molecular insight...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Anuwongcharoen N,Shoombuatong W,Tantimongcolwat T,Prachayasittikul V,Nantasenamat C

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe Atrimitra isolata sp. n. (Gastropoda: Mitridae), collected on the summit of seamounts (~200 m water depth) in the vicinity of Desventuradas Islands, Chile insular territory. Additionally, we provide some insight into the habitat of this new species based on underwater imagery taken with a remotely operated...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sellanes J,Salisbury RA,Tapia JM,Asorey CM

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal habitats in Chile are hypothesized to support a number of diadromous fish species. The objective of this study was to document migratory life histories of native galaxiids and introduced salmonids from a wide latitudinal range in Chilean Patagonia (39-48°S). Otolith microchemistry data were analysed using a re...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Alò D,Correa C,Samaniego H,Krabbenhoft CA,Turner TF

更新日期：2019-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial populations present in Hg-rich environments have evolved biological mechanisms to detoxify methylmercury and other organometallic mercury compounds. The most common resistance mechanism relies on the H(+)-assisted cleavage of the Hg-C bond of methylmercury by the organomercurial lyase MerB. Although the init...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Silva PJ,Rodrigues V

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we provide evidence to support an extension of the recognized distributional range of the Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii) to include southern Mexico. We collected two specimens in breeding condition in northwestern Sierra Norte de Chiapas, Mexico. Morphologic and genetic evidence support their identity as Ela...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hanna ZR,Ortiz-Ramírez MF,Ríos-Muñoz CA,Cayetano-Rosas H,Bowie RC,Navarro-Sigüenza AG

更新日期：2016-02-01 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