Effect of acute eye fatigue on cognition for young females: a pilot study.

abstract：:Cedecea neteri is a very rare human pathogen. We have isolated a strain of C. neteri SSMD04 from pickled mackerel sashimi identified using molecular and phenotypics approaches. Using the biosensor Chromobacterium violaceum CV026, we have demonstrated the presence of short chain N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) type quo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tan KH,Tan JY,Yin WF,Chan KG

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex determination and sex chromosomes can be very diverse between teleost species. The group of tilapias shows a polymorphism in sex determination not only between closely related species but also between domestic strains within a species. In the Nile tilapia, the major effect genes and therefore the Y chromosome have...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sissao R,D'Cotta H,Baroiller JF,Toguyeni A

更新日期：2019-09-18 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：:Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a federally protected area found in central southern Utah. Designated in 1996 by President William J. Clinton, it was recently reduced in size by President Donald J. Trump in a proclamation that turned the one large monument into three smaller ones. A long-term, standardi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wilson JS,Kelly M,Carril OM

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in bioinformatics resources such as tools/scripts and databases poses a great challenge for users seeking to construct interactive and reproducible biological data analysis applications. Here, we propose an open-source, comprehensive, flexible R package named BioInstaller that consists of the R functions,...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Li J,Cui B,Dai Y,Bai L,Huang J

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Biopesticides based on strains of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used globally for effective and environmentally friendly pest control. The most serious threat to the sustainable use of these microbial pesticides is the development of resistance on targeted pests. Populations of Plutella xylos...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Baragamaarachchi RY,Samarasekera JKRR,Weerasena OVDSJ,Lamour K,Jurat-Fuentes JL

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The INDETERMINATE DOMAIN (IDD) gene family encodes hybrid transcription factors with distinct zinc finger motifs and appears to be found in all higher plant genomes. IDD genes have been identified throughout the genomes of the model plants Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa, and the functions of many members of thi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Su X,Meng T,Zhao Y,Li G,Cheng X,Abdullah M,Sun X,Cai Y,Lin Y

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocotyl elongation is a critical sign of seed germination and seedling growth, and it is regulated by multi-environmental factors. Light, temperature, and water potential are the major environmental stimuli, and their regulatory mechanism on hypocotyl growth has been extensively studied at molecular level. However, ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wang H,Shang Q

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:A literature review is presented that aims to summarize and compare current methods to evaluate sleep. Methods:Current sleep assessment methods have been classified according to different criteria; e.g., objective (polysomnography, actigraphy…) vs. subjective (sleep questionnaires, diaries…), contact vs. conta...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ibáñez V,Silva J,Cauli O

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was aimed to investigate the effects of the different particle size of ground alfalfa hay on caecal microbial and archeal communities of rabbits. One hundred-twenty New Zealand rabbits (950.3 ± 8.82 g) were allocated into four treatments, with five replicates in each treatment and six rabbits in each replica...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yuan M,Liu S,Wang Z,Wang L,Xue B,Zou H,Tian G,Cai J,Peng Q

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The Osmundales (Royal Fern order) originated in the late Paleozoic and is the most ancient surviving lineage of leptosporangiate ferns. In contrast to its low diversity today (less than 20 species in six genera), it has the richest fossil record of any extant group of ferns. The structurally preserved trunks and rhizo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bomfleur B,Grimm GW,McLoughlin S

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Essential oil components (EOCs) are molecules with interesting application in pest control, these have been evaluated against different insect pest from more than 100 years, but their practical use is rather limited. Thus, the enhancement of their bioavailability and manageability due to their dispersion in ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lucia A,Toloza AC,Guzmán E,Ortega F,Rubio RG

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, a massive mortality event has killed millions of sea stars, of many different species, along the Pacific coast of North America. This disease event, known as 'sea star wasting disease' (SSWD), is linked to viral infection. In one affected sea star (Pisaster ochraceus), previous work had identified tha...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wares JP,Schiebelhut LM

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is intrinsically resistant to many conventional antibiotics. Therefore, alternative antimicrobial agents such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are extensively studied to combat this issue. Our study aims to identify and understand the mode of action of the...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lee LF,Mariappan V,Vellasamy KM,Lee VS,Vadivelu J

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are a widespread, vocal baleen whale best known for producing song, a complex, repetitive, geographically distinct acoustic signal sung by males, predominantly in a breeding context. Humpback whales worldwide also produce non-song vocalizations ("calls") throughout th...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Fournet MEH,Jacobsen L,Gabriele CM,Mellinger DK,Klinck H

更新日期：2018-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Little is known regarding the toxic and therapeutic doses of amygdalin. Treatment regimens and schedules can vary between humans and animal models, and there have been reports of cyanide toxicity due to amygdalin use. Objective:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different doses of amygdalin...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Albogami S,Hassan A,Ahmed N,Alnefaie A,Alattas A,Alquthami L,Alharbi A

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Recent studies have shown that people with high alexithymia scores have decreased interoceptive abilities, which can be associated with psychological and physical disorders. Early assessments of the alexithymia trait included the evaluation of these abilities through the dimension measuring the difficulty in...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Fournier A,Luminet O,Dambrun M,Dutheil F,Pellissier S,Mondillon L

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the effects of Clostridium butyricum as a dietary probiotic supplement in fishmeal based diet on growth, gut microbiota and immune performance of marron (Cherax cainii). Marron were randomly distributed into two different treatment groups, control and probiotic fed group. After 42 days ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Foysal MJ,Nguyen TTT,Chaklader MR,Siddik MAB,Tay CY,Fotedar R,Gupta SK

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of technical and medical diagnostic platforms being developed. This has greatly improved our ability to more accurately, and more comprehensively, explore and characterize human biological systems on the individual level. Large quantities of biomed...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： O'Rawe JA,Fang H,Rynearson S,Robison R,Kiruluta ES,Higgins G,Eilbeck K,Reese MG,Lyon GJ

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown that odorants consistently evoke associations with textures and their tactile properties like smoothness and roughness. Also, it has been observed that olfaction can modulate tactile perception. We therefore hypothesized that tactile roughness perception may be biased towards the somatosens...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Koijck LA,Toet A,Van Erp JB

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A phylogenetic taxonomy of species in the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group from the Ayeyarwady Basin of Myanmar is constructed based on color pattern, morphology, and molecular systematic analyses using the mitochondrial gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2. Newly collected samples from the type locality of C. peguensis and...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Grismer LL,Wood PL Jr,Quah ESH,Murdoch ML,Grismer MS,Herr MW,Espinoza RE,Brown RM,Lin A

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Footprint morphology (e.g., outline shape, depth of impression) is one of the key diagnostic features used in the interpretation of ancient vertebrate tracks. Over 80 tridactyl tracks, confined to the same bedding surface in the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation at Mafube (eastern Free State, South Africa), show large s...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sciscio L,Bordy EM,Reid M,Abrahams M

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the physiological tolerances of ectotherms, such as thermal limits, is important in predicting biotic responses to climate change. However, it is even more important to examine these impacts alongside those from other landscape changes: such as the reduction of native vegetation cover, landscape fragment...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Andrew NR,Miller C,Hall G,Hemmings Z,Oliver I

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a multifactorial disorder caused by the interaction of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors. The formation of cytotoxic oligomers consisting of Aβ peptide is widely accepted as being one of the main key events triggering the development of Alzheimer's disease. Aβ peptide production resu...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Parenti N,Del Grosso A,Antoni C,Cecchini M,Corradetti R,Pavone FS,Calamai M

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Acontia, located in the gastrovascular cavity of anemone, are thread-like tissue containing numerous stinging cells which serve as a unique defense tissue against predators of the immobile acontiarian sea anemone. Although its morphology and biological functions, such as defense and digestion, have been studied, the d...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lam J,Cheng YW,Chen WU,Li HH,Chen CS,Peng SE

更新日期：2017-02-21 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：:Resistance strategies of clonal organs, and parent and offspring shoots of Phragmites australis (common reed) to heavy metal pollution in soils are not well known. To clarify the tolerance or resistance strategies in reeds, we conducted a pot experiment with five levels of Pb concentration (0∼4,500 mg kg-1) in flood a...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhang N,Zhang J,Li Z,Chen J,Zhang Z,Mu C

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3954.]. ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ulman A,Ferrario J,Occhpinti-Ambrogi A,Arvanitidis C,Bandi A,Bertolino M,Bogi C,Chatzigeorgiou G,Çiçek BA,Deidun A,Ramos-Esplá A,Koçak C,Lorenti M,Martinez-Laiz G,Merlo G,Princisgh E,Scribano G,Marchini A

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is much literature devoted to the problem of drug resistance and decreased susceptibility of fungi to commonly used antifungals. AIM:To analyze drug susceptibility of Candida albicans and non-Candida albicans strains isolated from the hands of people without any symptoms of disease over a 16-year pe...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Łukaszuk C,Krajewska-Kułak E,Kułak W

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Recently, SARS-CoV-2 virus with the D614G mutation has become a public concern due to rapid dissemination of this variant across many countries. Our study aims were (1) to report full-length genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 collected from four COVID-19 patients in the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central J...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gunadi,Wibawa H,Marcellus,Hakim MS,Daniwijaya EW,Rizki LP,Supriyati E,Nugrahaningsih DAA,Afiahayati,Siswanto,Iskandar K,Anggorowati N,Kalim AS,Puspitarani DA,Athollah K,Arguni E,Nuryastuti T,Wibawa T

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00