A retrospective study of surgical treatment and outcome among women with adnexal torsion in eastern Taiwan from 2010 to 2015.

abstract：:Urmia Lake, the largest natural habitat of the brine shrimp Artemia urmiana, has progressively desiccated over the last two decades, resulting in a loss of 80% of its surface area and producing thousands of hectares of arid salty land. This ecological crisis has seriously affected the lake's native biodiversity. Artem...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Asem A,Eimanifar A,van Stappen G,Sun SC

更新日期：2019-07-02 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：:Amphibian populations are highly vulnerable to road mortality and habitat fragmentation caused by road networks. Wildlife road tunnels are considered the most promising road mitigation measure for amphibians yet generally remain inadequately monitored, resulting in mixed success rates in the short-term and uncertain c...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Matos C,Petrovan S,Ward AI,Wheeler P

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many ecologists focus on the relationship between species richness (S) and evenness (E), conflicts between observation and theory are difficult to reconcile. Empirical S-E relationships were not consistent, while relationships show strong correlation between S and E. Since E essentially depended on the relati...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Su Q

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocean acidification (OA) is not an isolated threat, but acts in concert with other impacts on ecosystems and species. Coastal marine invertebrates will have to face the synergistic interactions of OA with other global and local stressors. One local factor, common in coastal environments, is trace element contamination...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Horwitz R,Borell EM,Fine M,Shaked Y

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A prolonged preservation duration of blood specimens at 4 °C may occur due to the distance from collection points to storage facilities in many biobanks, especially for multicenter studies. This could lead to RNA degradation, affecting downstream analyses. However, effects of preservation durations at 4 °C on RNA qual...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Song J,Zhou J

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Plant reproduction is influenced by the net outcome of plant-herbivore and plant-pollinator interactions. While both herbivore impacts and pollinator impacts on plant reproduction have been widely studied, few studies examine them in concert. Methodology:Here, we review the contemporary literature that exam...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Haas SM,Lortie CJ

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Exclosures that exclude large herbivores are effective tools for the protection and restoration of grazed plant communities. However, previous studies have shown that the installation of an exclosure does not ensure plant community recovery. Our study aimed to determine the effects of the domination of unpalatable pla...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Otsu C,Iijima H,Nagaike T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite decades of research, we still lack a complete understanding of what factors influence the transition of the necessary and adaptive acute stress response to what has become known as chronic stress. This gap in knowledge has illuminated the necessity for studies that examine the thresholds between these two side...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gormally BMG,Wright-Lichter J,Reed JM,Romero LM

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seed-applied neonicotinoids are widely used in agriculture, yet their effects on non-target species remain incompletely understood. One important group of non-target species is arthropod natural enemies (predators and parasitoids), which contribute considerably to suppression of crop pests. We hypothesized t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Douglas MR,Tooker JF

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial additive triclosan has been used in personal care products widely across the globe for decades. Triclosan resistance has been noted among Vibrio spp., but reports have been anecdotal and the extent of phenotypic triclosan resistance across the Vibrionaceae family has not been established. Here, tricl...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lydon KA,Robertson MJ,Lipp EK

更新日期：2018-07-12 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：:Low intensity repetitive magnetic stimulation of neural tissue modulates neuronal excitability and has promising therapeutic potential in the treatment of neurological disorders. However, the underpinning cellular and biochemical mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study investigates the behavioural effects of l...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hong I,Garrett A,Maker G,Mullaney I,Rodger J,Etherington SJ

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Haasgat is a primate-rich fossil locality in the northeastern part of the Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here we report the first hominin identified from Haasgat, a partial maxillary molar (HGT 500), that was recovered from an ex situ calcified sediment block sampled from the locality...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Leece AB,Kegley AD,Lacruz RS,Herries AI,Hemingway J,Kgasi L,Potze S,Adams JW

更新日期：2016-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The stings of bees, wasps, and ants are something that catches the attention of anyone that experiences them. While many recent studies have focused on the pain inflicted by the stings of various stinging wasps, bees, or ants (Hymenoptera: Aculeata), little is known about how the length of the sting itself varies betw...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sadler EA,Pitts JP,Wilson JS

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of freshwater crab, Fredius ibiapaba, is described and illustrated from a mid-altitude forested patch in Ipú (Ibiapaba plateau, Ceará, northeastern Brazil), between 635 to 782 m. The new species can be separated from its congeners by the morphology of its first gonopod: proximal half remarkably swollen, ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Santos LC,Tavares M,Silva JRF,Cervini M,Pinheiro AP,Santana W

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy is a prevalent and often fatal disease in humans and dogs. Indeed dilated cardiomyopathy is the third most common form of cardiac disease in humans, reported to affect approximately 36 individuals per 100,000 individuals. In dogs, dilated cardiomyopathy is the second most common cardiac disease ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Simpson S,Edwards J,Emes RD,Cobb MA,Mongan NP,Rutland CS

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Most genetic disorders are caused by single nucleotide variations (SNVs) or small insertion/deletions (indels). High throughput sequencing has broadened the catalogue of human variation, including common polymorphisms, rare variations or disease causing mutations. However, identifying one variation among h...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Geoffroy V,Pizot C,Redin C,Piton A,Vasli N,Stoetzel C,Blavier A,Laporte J,Muller J

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity for aerial maneuvering was likely a major influence on the evolution of flying animals. Here we evaluate consequences of paravian morphology for aerial performance by quantifying static stability and control effectiveness of physical models for numerous taxa sampled from within the lineage leading to bird...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Evangelista D,Cam S,Huynh T,Kwong A,Mehrabani H,Tse K,Dudley R

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present the first two complete plastid genomes for Brunelliaceae, a Neotropical family with a single genus, Brunellia. We surveyed the entire plastid genome in order to find variable cpDNA regions for further phylogenetic analyses across the family. We sampled morphologically different species, B. antioquensis...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Valencia-D J,Murillo-A J,Orozco CI,Parra-O C,Neubig KM

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:China has experienced intensive urbanization over the past decades. However, it is still unclear about the influence of urbanization on urban thermal comfort and how the effect varies with climate condition. Based on long-term daily meteorological data from 1990 to 2015 in four Chinese cities undergoing rapid urbaniza...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Fu Y,Ren Z,Yu Q,He X,Xiao L,Wang Q,Liu C

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemic of mass mortality of oak trees by Japanese oak wilt has affected secondary deciduous broadleaved forests that have been used as coppices in Japan. The dieback of oak trees formed gaps in the crown that would be expected to enhance the regeneration of shade-intolerant pioneer species. However, foraging by ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Itô H

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, is an obligate corallivore that causes substantial mortality in Caribbean Acropora spp. Considering the imperiled status of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata, a better understanding of ecological interactions resulting in tissue loss may enable more effective conservat...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bright AJ,Cameron CM,Miller MW

更新日期：2015-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of evidence suggests that female Old World monkeys maintain selective long-term grooming interactions with fitness benefits. The last two decades have produced evidence that the regulation of social interactions among primates can be, in part, explained by the Biological Markets theory, with grooming beha...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Pereira AS,Rebelo ID,Casanova C,Lee PC,Louca V

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Genome-wide association studies have succeeded in detecting novel common variants which associate with complex diseases. As a result of the fast changes in next generation sequencing technology, a large number of sequencing data are generated, which offers great opportunities to identify rare variants that...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sun L,Wang C,Hu YQ

更新日期：2016-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Applying quantitative morphological approaches in systematics research is a promising way to discover cryptic biological diversity. Information obtained through twenty-first century science poses new challenges to taxonomy by offering the possibility of increased objectivity in independent and automated hy...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Csősz S,Fisher BL

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular stress responses associated with coral diseases represent an under-studied area of cnidarian transcriptome investigations. Caribbean Yellow Band Disease (CYBD) is considered a disease of Symbiodinium within the tissues of the coral host Orbicella faveolata. There is a paucity of diagnostic tools to assist in...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Morgan M,Goodner K,Ross J,Poole AZ,Stepp E,Stuart CH,Wilbanks C,Weil E

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Human population growth has led to biodiversity declines in tropical cities. While habitat loss and fragmentation have been the main drivers of urban biodiversity loss, man-made interventions to reduce health risks have also emerged as an unintentional threat. For instance, insecticide fogging to control mos...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lee NSM,Clements GR,Ting ASY,Wong ZH,Yek SH

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:The ornamental trade is a worldwide industry worth >15 billion USD with a problem of rampant product misidentification. Minimizing misidentification is critical in the face of overexploitation of species in the trade. We surveyed the peppermint shrimp ornamental marketplace in the southeastern USA, the most intense ma...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Baeza JA,Behringer DC

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00