MetaMSD: meta analysis for mass spectrometry data.

abstract：:Twelve winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) genotypes were examined for differences in grain yield, water use efficiency (WUE), and stable carbon isotope composition (δ13C) in flag leaves. The plants were subjected to rain-fed treatment and supplemental irrigation at the jointing and anthesis stages, during the 2015-2016 ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Huang G,Zhang X,Wang Y,Feng F,Mei X,Zhong X

更新日期：2019-04-17 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：:Circular RNA (circRNA) is an endogenous noncoding RNA with a covalently closed cyclic structure. Based on their components, circRNAs are divided into exonic circRNAs, intronic circRNAs, and exon-intron circRNAs. CircRNAs have well-conserved sequences and often have high stability due to their resistance to exonuclease...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xu S,Zhou L,Ponnusamy M,Zhang L,Dong Y,Zhang Y,Wang Q,Liu J,Wang K

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Acute infective gastroenteritis (AIG) is a leading cause of mortality in children worldwide. In Peru, more than 40% of cases of AIG occurring in children under 5 years old. The disruption of the gut microbiota can increase risk for several health complications especially in patients with gastric infections c...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Taco-Masias AA,Fernandez-Aristi AR,Cornejo-Tapia A,Aguilar-Luis MA,Del Valle LJ,Silva-Caso W,Zavaleta-Gavidia V,Weilg P,Cornejo-Pacherres H,Bazán-Mayra J,Puyen ZM,Del Valle-Mendoza J

更新日期：2020-11-03 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：:Correct identification of forensically important insects, such as flies in the family Calliphoridae, is a crucial step for them to be used as evidence in legal investigations. Traditional identification based on morphology has been effective, but has some limitations when it comes to identifying immature stages of cer...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yusseff-Vanegas SZ,Agnarsson I

更新日期：2017-07-25 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:Proper glycemic control is an important goal of critical care medicine, including perioperative patient care that can influence patients' prognosis. Insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells is generally assumed to play a critical role in glycemic control in response to an elevated blood glucose concentratio...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kusunoki M,Hayashi M,Shoji T,Uba T,Tanaka H,Sumi C,Matsuo Y,Hirota K

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Vegetation in the Mongolian Plateau is very sensitive to climate change, which has a significant impact on the regulation of terrestrial carbon cycle. Methods:We analyzed spatio-temporal changes of both growing season and the seasonal Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) using simple linear trend a...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Meng M,Huang N,Wu M,Pei J,Wang J,Niu Z

更新日期：2019-09-30 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：: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:Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is often reported as a diffuse pain at the front of the knee during knee-loading activities. A patient's description of pain location and distribution is commonly drawn on paper by clinicians, which is difficult to quantify, report and compare within and between patients. One way of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Matthews M,Rathleff MS,Vicenzino B,Boudreau SA

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Fear is a response to a known threat, anxiety is a response to a perceived threat. Both of these affective states can be detrimental to animal welfare in modern housing environments. In comparison to the well-validated tests for assessing fear in laying hens, tests for measuring anxiety are less developed. Perception ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Campbell DLM,Taylor PS,Hernandez CE,Stewart M,Belson S,Lee C

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of most common vaginal infections. However, its diagnosis by classical methods reveals low specificity. Our goal was to evaluate the accuracy diagnosis of 150 vaginal samples with research gold standard methods and our Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) probes by Fluorescence in situ Hybridizat...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Machado A,Castro J,Cereija T,Almeida C,Cerca N

更新日期：2015-02-17 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：Background:Several authors have indicated that excess body weight can modify the electromyographic (EMG) amplitude due to the accumulation of subcutaneous fat. This accumulation of adipose tissue around the muscle would affect the metabolic capacity during functional activities. On the other hand, some authors have not...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Mendez-Rebolledo G,Guzman-Muñoz E,Ramírez-Campillo R,Valdés-Badilla P,Cruz-Montecinos C,Morales-Verdugo J,Berral de la Rosa FJ

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Balearic Islands, different trammel net designs have been adopted to promote fisheries sustainability and reduce discards. Here, we compare the catch performance of three trammel net designs targeting the spiny lobster Palinurus elephas in terms of biomass, species composition and revenue from commercial catche...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Catanese G,Hinz H,Gil MDM,Palmer M,Breen M,Mira A,Pastor E,Grau A,Campos-Candela A,Koleva E,Grau AM,Morales-Nin B

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:White-handed gibbons produce loud and acoustically complex songs when interacting with their neighbours or when encountering predators. In both contexts, songs are assembled from a small number of units although their composition differs in context-specific ways. Here, we investigated whether wild gibbons could infer ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Andrieu J,Penny SG,Bouchet H,Malaivijitnond S,Reichard UH,Zuberbühler K

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Supplemental feeding of free-roaming animals, including wildlife and feral or stray animals, is well known to have a substantial impact on various aspects of animal ecology including habitat use, activity patterns, and host-pathogen interactions. Among them, an increased population density (PD) of animals re...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hwang J,Gottdenker NL,Oh DH,Nam HW,Lee H,Chun MS

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

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：Background:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is indispensable for the conversion of homocysteine (Hcy) to methionine. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of MTHFR gene (rs1801133, C667T) is correlated with decreased enzyme activity that eventually results in elevated plasma Hcy levels. Hyperhomocysteinem...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yuan H,Fu M,Yang X,Huang K,Ren X

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Percent of body fat and physiological stress are important correlates to wildlife demographics. We studied winter percent of body fat and physiological stress levels for a declining elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) population in South Dakota, 2011-2013. We obtained percent of winter body fat, pregnancy status, lactatio...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lehman CP,Rota CT,Millspaugh JJ

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a cryptic species complex, including members that are pests of global importance. This study presents a screening of B. tabaci species in China for infection by the primary endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum, and two secondary endosymbionts, Arsenop...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tang XT,Cai L,Shen Y,Du YZ

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:I used radio-telemetry to track the movements of Mangrove Cuckoos (Coccyzus minor) captured in southwest Florida. Relatively little is known about the natural history of Mangrove Cuckoos, and my goal was to provide an initial description of how individuals use space, with a focus on the size and placement of home rang...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lloyd JD

更新日期：2017-06-30 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：:Forest soils sequester a large amount of carbon (C) and have a significant effect on the global C balance. Forests are commonly managed to maintain certain age structures but the effects of this management on soil C pools (kg C m-2) is still uncertain. We compared 40-year-old (1GF) and 24-year-old (2GF) plantations of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ma J,Han H,Cheng X

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, queens and workers have different longevity although they share the same genome. Queens consume royal jelly (RJ) as the main food throughout their life, including as adults, but workers only eat worker jelly when they are larvae less than 3 days old. In order to explore the ef...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yang W,Tian Y,Han M,Miao X

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective. We hypothesized that a significant percentage of patients who are referred to the Emergency Department (ED) after calling their primary care physician's (PCP) office receive such instructions without the input of a physician. Methods. We enrolled a convenience sample of stable adults at an inner-city ED. Pa...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hill R,Gest A,Smith C,Guardiola JH,Apolinario M,Ha J,Gonzalez JR,Richman PB

更新日期：2016-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In Western countries dogs and cats are the most popular pets, and people are increasingly opposed to their rearing for the fur industry. In 2007, a Regulation of the European Union (EU) banned the use and trade of dog and cat furs, but an official analytical protocol to identify them as source species was not provided...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Garofalo L,Mariacher A,Fanelli R,Fico R,Lorenzini R

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder that is usually caused by disturbed production of collagen type I. Depending on its severity in the patient, this disorder may create difficulties and challenges for the dental practitioner. The goal of this article is to provide guidelines based on scientific evidenc...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rousseau M,Retrouvey JM,Members of the Brittle Bone Disease Consortium.

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00