A phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar.

abstract：Background:The independent effects of hypohydration and hyperthermia on cognition and mood is unclear since the two stresses often confound each other. Further, it is unknown if obese individuals have the same impairments during hyperthermia and hypohydration that is often observed in non-obese individuals. Methods:Th...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Caldwell AR,Burchfield J,Moyen NE,Tucker MA,Butts CL,Elbin RJ,Ganio MS

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new supertree method that enables rapid estimation of a summary tree on the scale of millions of leaves. This supertree method summarizes a collection of input phylogenies and an input taxonomy. We introduce formal goals and criteria for such a supertree to satisfy in order to transparently and justifiabl...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Redelings BD,Holder MT

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：:Community decline is often linked to anthropogenic activities. Coral reef declines, for example, have been linked to overfishing and climate change, but impacts of coastal development, pollution, and tourism have received increasing attention. Here, we isolated the impact of one little-studied aspect of recreational a...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Flynn RL,Forrester GE

更新日期：2019-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of moose into southern British Columbia caused the decline and extirpation of woodland caribou due to their shared predators, a process commonly referred to as apparent competition. Using an adaptive management experiment, we tested the hypothesis that reducing moose to historic levels would reduce appar...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Serrouya R,McLellan BN,van Oort H,Mowat G,Boutin S

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Extant and extinct reptiles exhibit numerous combinations of tooth implantation and attachment. Tooth implantation ranges from those possessing roots and lying within a socket (thecodonty), to teeth lying against the lingual wall of the jawbone (pleurodonty), to teeth without roots or sockets that are attached to the ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jenkins KM,Shaw JO

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive species are among the most significant threats to biodiversity. The diet of invasive animal populations is a crucial factor that must be considered in the context of biological invasions. A broad dietary spectrum is a frequently cited characteristic of invasive species, allowing them to thrive in a ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Courant J,Vogt S,Marques R,Measey J,Secondi J,Rebelo R,De Villiers A,Ihlow F,De Busschere C,Backeljau T,Rödder D,Herrel A

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the leading causative pathogen in pediatric pneumonia and bacteremia throughout the world. The invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is known as isolation of S. pneumoniae from a normally sterile site (e.g., blood, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, or...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chiu NC,Chi H,Peng CC,Chang HY,Huang DT,Chang L,Lei WT,Lin CY

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The table tennis serve involves complex spatial movements combined with biomechanial characteristics. Although the differences in lower-limb biomechanial characteristics to a great extent influence the translational and spinning velocity of the ball when using the different styles of table tennis serve, few ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yu C,Shao S,Baker JS,Gu Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Research addressing distinctions and similarities between people's malevolent character traits (i.e., the Dark Triad: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) has detected inconsistent linear associations to temperament traits. Additionally, these dark traits seem to have a common core expressed as u...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Garcia D,Rosenberg P

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Since 1996, when Vivo questioned how many species of mammals occur in Brazil, there has been a huge effort to assess this biodiversity. In this contribution, we present new records for rare species of the sigmodontine rodent genera Rhagomys and Neusticomys previously unknown to Brazilian Amazon. We provided ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Percequillo AR,Dalapicolla J,Abreu-Júnior EF,Roth PRO,Ferraz KMPMB,Chiquito EA

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are among the most widely prescribed class of drugs in the practice of psychiatry. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19 and CYP2D6 are established as clinically relevant drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) that influence the pharmacokinetics of SSRIs and may either be group...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Eugene AR

更新日期：2019-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Dinoflagellates have the potential to pose severe ecological and economic damages to aquatic ecosystems. It is therefore largely needed to understand the causes and consequences of distribution patterns of dinoflagellate communities in order to manage potential environmental problems. However, a majority of ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gao Y,Chen Y,Xiong W,Li S,Zhan A

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, silver nanoparticles (NP) were synthesized by two methods: using an aqueous extract of Mentha spicata leaves and using citrate ions as stabilizing agent, and the cytotoxicity and anticancer activity of both NP were evaluated in vitro. The particles synthesized with the aqueous extract were spherical wit...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Torres-Martínez Y,Arredondo-Espinoza E,Puente C,González-Santiago O,Pineda-Aguilar N,Balderas-Rentería I,López I,Ramírez-Cabrera MA

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic dysfunction in skeletal muscle is a major contributor to the development of type 2 diabetes. Endurance exercise training has long been established as an effective means to directly restore skeletal muscle glucose and lipid uptake and metabolism. However, in addition to the direct effects of skeletal muscle o...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Peterson JM,Mart R,Bond CE

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Mangroves are important coastal ecosystems known for high photosynthetic productivity and the ability to support marine food chains through supply of dissolved carbon or particular organic matter. Most of the carbon found in mangroves is produced by its vegetation and is decomposed in root associated sedimen...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Taketani RG,Moitinho MA,Mauchline TH,Melo IS

更新日期：2018-10-04 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：:Pseudoterranovosis is a well-known human disease caused by anisakid larvae belonging to the genus Pseudoterranova. Human infection occurs after consuming infected fish. Hence the presence of Pseudoterranova larvae in the flesh of the fish can cause serious losses and problems for the seafood, fishing and fisheries ind...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Shamsi S,Suthar J

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psilochilus is a poorly studied orchid genus distributed from southern Mexico to south-eastern Brazil. A taxonomic revision of this Neotropical endemic based on morphological data is presented. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Over 170 dried herbarium specimens and flowers preserved in liquid of Psilochilus were analyz...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kolanowska M,Naczk AM,Jaskuła R

更新日期：2016-11-08 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：:Gelatin hydrogel crosslinked by microbial transglutaminase (mTG) exhibits excellent performance in cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. We examined the gelation time and gel strength of gelatin/mTG hydrogels in various proportions to investigate their physical properties and tested their degradation perf...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yang G,Xiao Z,Ren X,Long H,Qian H,Ma K,Guo Y

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding characteristics of torso motion and arm swing of older adults is important. A comprehensive database of three-dimensional thoracic and pelvic kinematics and arm swing maximum velocity of older adults during overground walking is still lacking. Moreover, the relationships between these variables are not f...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Fang X,Jiang Z

更新日期：2020-07-07 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：Background:Reward seeking and avoidance of punishment are key motivational processes. Brain-imaging studies often use the Monetary Incentive Delay Task (MIDT) to evaluate motivational processes involved in maladaptive behavior. Although the bulk of research has been done on the MIDT reward events, little is known about...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Dugré JR,Dumais A,Bitar N,Potvin S

更新日期：2018-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:'Living fossils', a phrase first coined by Darwin, are defined as species with limited recent diversification and high morphological stasis over long periods of evolutionary time. Morphological stasis, however, can potentially lead to diversification rates being underestimated. Notostraca, or tadpole shrimps, is an an...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Mathers TC,Hammond RL,Jenner RA,Hänfling B,Gómez A

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Histopathological images contain rich phenotypic descriptions of the molecular processes underlying disease progression. Convolutional neural networks, state-of-the-art image analysis techniques in computer vision, automatically learn representative features from such images which can be useful for disease diagnosis, ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lu L,Daigle BJ Jr

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A greenhouse experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the growth, P and Cd concentrations and bioenergy quality-related factors of five cultivars of switchgrass, including three lowland cultivars (Alamo (Ala), Kanlow (Kan), Performer (Per)) and two highland cultiva...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sun H,Xie Y,Zheng Y,Lin Y,Yang F

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. There is growing awareness of the public health importance of mental well-being both in the general population and in specific groups. The well-being of health professionals is likely to influence the quality of the care they deliver. This study was carried out to examine the well-being of Pakistani health...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Waqas A,Ahmad W,Haddad M,Taggart FM,Muhammad Z,Bukhari MH,Sami SA,Batool SM,Najeeb F,Hanif A,Rizvi ZA,Ejaz S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microbial communities are continuously exposed to H2 diffusing into the soil from the atmosphere. N2-fixing nodules represent a peculiar microniche in soil where H2 can reach concentrations up to 20,000 fold higher than in the global atmosphere (0.530 ppmv). In this study, we investigated the impact of H2 exposur...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Piché-Choquette S,Tremblay J,Tringe SG,Constant P

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00