abstract：:Metoposaurids are representatives of the extinct amphibian clade Temnospondyli, found on almost every continent exclusively in the Late Triassic deposits. Osteohistologically, it is one of the best-known temnospondyl groups, analyzed with a wide spectrum of methods, such as morphology, morphometry, bone histology or c...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Teschner EM,Chakravorti S,Sengupta DP,Konietzko-Meier D

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:KIAA1199 is a recently identified novel gene that is upregulated in various human cancers with poor survival, but its role and the underlying mechanisms in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) remain unknown. Here, we collected tissues from 105 cases of LSCC to investigate the relationships between KIAA1...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Huang M,Liao F,Song Y,Zuo G,Tan G,Chu L,Wang T

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The family Pseudopimelodidae is widely distributed in South America and includes 51 described species organized in seven genera. Only two of four species of the genus Pseudopimelodus have been recorded for the trans-Andean basins of Colombia, Pseudopimelodus bufonius and P. schultzi, whose similarity in external morph...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Restrepo-Gómez AM,Rangel-Medrano JD,Márquez EJ,Ortega-Lara A

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The current cultivation and plant breeding of Honeybush tea (produced from members of Cyclopia Vent.) do not consider the genetic diversity nor structuring of wild populations. Thus, wild populations may be at risk of genetic contamination if cultivated plants are grown in the same landscape. Here, we invest...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Galuszynski NC,Potts AJ

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Among Buddhist or Taoist Taiwanese residents, burning incense is a common source of indoor particulate matter (PM), including PM10 and PM2.5, and can adversely affect the health status of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). However, few studies have focused on the effects of intermit...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Guo SE,Chi MC,Lin CM,Yang TM

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The new leafhopper genus Vittalianareticulata gen. nov., sp. nov., is described from India, and placed in the tribe Opsiini based on ocelli close to eyes, without carina on anterior margin of the face and bifurcate aedeagus with two gonopores. Phylogenetic analysis with maximum likelihood (ML) using IQtree v1.4.1 of c...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sunil,Meshram NM,Hashmi TR,Shashank PR

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Circadian genes have been suggested to play an important role in lung pathology. However, it remains unknown whether polymorphisms of these genes are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Here, we aimed to investigate the association of circadian genes polymorphisms with COPD in a cas...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chen G,Zhang J,Zhang L,Xiong X,Yu D,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of baited remote underwater video (BRUV) for examining and monitoring marine biodiversity in temperate marine environments is rapidly growing, however many aspects of their effectiveness relies on assumptions based on studies from the Southern Hemisphere. The addition of bait to underwater camera systems acts ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jones RE,Griffin RA,Januchowski-Hartley SR,Unsworth RKF

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of brittle star, Ophiomitrella floorae, is recorded from the lower two meters of the Gronsveld Member (Maastricht Formation), of late Maastrichtian age (c. 66.7 Ma). These relatively fine-grained biocalcarenites reflect shallow-water deposition in a sheltered setting with a relatively firm sea floor and ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Thuy B,Numberger-Thuy L,Jagt JWM

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective fishery management strategies should be based on stock delimitation and knowledge of the spatial scale at which species are distributed. However, a mismatch often occurs between biological and management units of fishery resources. The green abalone (Haliotis fulgens) supports an important artisanal fishery ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Mejía-Ruíz P,Perez-Enriquez R,Mares-Mayagoitia JA,Valenzuela-Quiñonez F

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Proboscideans, an order of mammals including elephants, are the largest of the Earth lands animals. One probable consequence of the rapid increase of their body size is the development of the trunk, a multitask highly sensitive organ used in a large repertoire of behaviours. The absence of bones in the trunk allow...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lefeuvre M,Gouat P,Mulot B,Cornette R,Pouydebat E

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The Somali Sengi or Somali Elephant-shrew ('Elephantulus' revoilii, Macroscelidea, Mammalia) has been considered a "lost species" and is primarily known from about 39 museum specimens, with no new vouchered occurrence records since the early 1970s. The scientific literature contains no data concerning living Somali Se...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Heritage S,Rayaleh H,Awaleh DG,Rathbun GB

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the capabilities of the evolutionary fuzzy genetic (FG) approach and compares it with three neuro-fuzzy methods-neuro-fuzzy with grid partitioning (ANFIS-GP), neuro-fuzzy with subtractive clustering (ANFIS-SC), and neuro-fuzzy with fuzzy c-means clustering (ANFIS-FCM)-in terms of modeling long-...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sadeghi-Niaraki A,Kisi O,Choi SM

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disease in elderly dogs. The present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a dietary supplement containing calcium carbonate, calcium-lactate gluconate, chitosan and sodium bicarbonate in dogs with IRIS stage 3 of CKD. Twenty dogs were enrolled in the study, ten were administe...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Martello E,Perondi F,Capucchio MT,Biasato I,Biasibetti E,Cocca T,Bruni N,Lippi I

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation into highly-structured amyloid fibrils is linked to several neurodegenerative diseases. Such fibril formation by superoxide dismutase I (SOD1) is considered to be related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a late-onset and fatal disorder. Despite much effort and the discovery of numerous anti-amyloi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Musteikyte G,Ziaunys M,Smirnovas V

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The distribution and use of camphor (Cinnamomum camphora L.) trees are constrained by increasing soil salinity in south-eastern China along the Yangtze River. However, the response mechanism of this species to salinity, especially in team of photosynthesis, are unknown. Methods:Here, we analysed themorpholo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yue J,Shi D,Zhang L,Zhang Z,Fu Z,Ren Q,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge on the precise identification of fish resources is critical for sustainable fisheries management. This study employs the DNA barcoding approach to generate a molecular taxonomic catalogue of commercially important reef fishes in the waters of Weh Island (Aceh Province), the most northerly inhabited island in...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Fadli N,Mohd Nor SA,Othman AS,Sofyan H,Muchlisin ZA

更新日期：2020-08-05 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:Begomoviruses are widely distributed and causing devastating diseases in many crops. According to the number of genomic components, a begomovirus is known as either monopartite or bipartite begomovirus. Both the monopartite and bipartite begomoviruses have the DNA-A component which encodes all essential prot...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Pei S,Dong R,Bao Y,He RL,Yau SS

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mollusc shells are an abundant resource that have been long used to predict the structures of ancient ecological communities, examine evolutionary processes, reconstruct paleoenvironmental conditions, track and predict responses to climatic change, and explore the movement of hominids across the globe. Despite the ubi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ferreira S,Ashby R,Jeunen GJ,Rutherford K,Collins C,Todd EV,Gemmell NJ

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Plums are a kind of stone fruit, a category that includes peaches, cherries, apricots, and almonds. In Korea, Japanese plum trees are usually cultivated as they best suit the climate. To date, there have been few studies in Korea on viruses infecting plum trees compared to those infecting peach trees. Metho...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jo Y,Choi H,Lian S,Cho JK,Chu H,Cho WK

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugarcane contributes 80% of global sugar production and to bioethanol generation for the bioenergy industry. Its productivity is threatened by drought that can cause up to 60% yield loss. This study used RNA-Seq to gain a better understanding of the underlying mechanism by which drought-tolerant sugarcane copes with ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Nawae W,Shearman JR,Tangphatsornruang S,Punpee P,Yoocha T,Sangsrakru D,Naktang C,Sonthirod C,Wirojsirasak W,Ukoskit K,Sriroth K,Klomsa-Ard P,Pootakham W

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study postulates that underlying environmental conditions and a susceptible population's socio-economic status should be explored simultaneously to adequately understand a vector borne disease infection risk. Here we focus on West Nile Virus (WNV), a mosquito borne pathogen, as a case study for spatial ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kala AK,Atkinson SF,Tiwari C

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Prognostic genes in the tumor microenvironment play an important role in immune biological processes and the response of cancer to immunotherapy. Thus, we aimed to assess new biomarkers that are associated with immune/stromal cells in lung adenocarcinomas (LUAD) using the ESTIMATE algorithm, which also signi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xu ZY,Zhao M,Chen W,Li K,Qin F,Xiang WW,Sun Y,Wei J,Yuan LQ,Li SK,Lin SH

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications can be found in eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA), long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), and microRNA (miRNA). Several studies have demonstrated a close relationship between m6A modifications and cancer cells. Methyltransferase-like enzyme 3 (METTL3) and methyltransferase-like enzyme 14 (M...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tao Z,Zhao Y,Chen X

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This systematic review aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the school health's assessment tools in primary schools through COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist. We examined the studies that have addressed the measurement properties of school-health instruments to give a clear overview of the quality...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kazemitabar M,Moghadamzadeh A,Habibi M,Hakimzadeh R,Garcia D

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term streamflow datasets inevitably include gaps, which must be filled to allow estimates of runoff and ultimately catchment water budgets. Uncertainty introduced by filling gaps in discharge records is rarely, if ever, reported. We characterized the uncertainty due to streamflow gaps in a reference watershed at ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： See CR,Green MB,Yanai RD,Bailey AS,Campbell JL,Hayward J

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Aegean Sea coast of Turkey hosts one of the most important nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Previous studies have revealed that the sea turtle carapace provides favourable conditions for various epibiontic organisms. Epibionts occurring on the carapac...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kaleli A,Car A,Witkowski A,Krzywda M,Riaux-Gobin C,Solak CN,Kaska Y,Zgłobicka I,Płociński T,Wróbel R,Kurzydłowski K

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Construction of hydropower stations has been an important approach to meet China's increasing power demand, but the impact of construction of hydropower stations on river microbiota is not fully understood. To evaluate this, the microbial composition from 18 sampling sites in the downstream of Jinsha River of China, u...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Chen X,He D,Zhou L,Cao Y,Li Z

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-fixing microorganisms play important roles in N cycling. However, knowledge related to the changes in the diazotrophic community in response to cropping systems is still rudimentary. In this study, the nifH gene was used to reveal the abundance and community compositions of diazotrophs in the cropping systems...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zou J,Yao Q,Liu J,Li Y,Song F,Liu X,Wang G

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Herpesviral hematopoietic necrosis disease, caused by cyprinid herpesvirus-2 (CyHV-2), is responsible for massive mortalities in the aquaculture of goldfish, Carassius auratus. Permissive cell lines for the isolation and propagation of CyHV-2 have been established from various goldfish tissues by sacrificing...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Dharmaratnam A,Kumar R,Valaparambil BS,Sood N,Pradhan PK,Das S,Swaminathan TR

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The study aimed to explore factors contributing to body weight change over time in gastric cancer patients after gastrectomy, in order to find risk factors to implement nutritional intervention beforehand. Methods:A cohort of gastric cancer patients who were treated with gastrectomy from January to March 2019 at ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tian Q,Qin L,Zhu W,Xiong S,Wu B

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes or redescribes four hexactinellid sponges, namely Poliopogon amadou, Euplectella sanctipauli sp. nov., Bolosoma perezi sp. nov. and Advhena magnifica gen. et sp. nov. P. amadou, E. sanctipauli sp. nov. and B. perezi sp. nov. represent new findings for the South Atlantic deep-sea fauna, including...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Castello-Branco C,Collins AG,Hajdu E

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Introduced predators at seabird colonies and parasites may have lethal and/or sub-lethal consequences for bird populations. We assessed the potential sub-lethal negative effects of these stressors in a native seabird listed as vulnerable in its south-eastern pacific distribution. This study was conducted in ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Luna N,Varela AI,Luna-Jorquera G,Brokordt K

更新日期：2020-07-08 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：:Mutations that cause an error in the splicing of a messenger RNA (mRNA) can lead to diseases in humans. Various computational models have been developed to recognize the sequence pattern of the splice sites. In recent studies, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures were shown to outperform other existing mod...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Thanapattheerakul T,Engchuan W,Chan JH

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:According to Spearman's law of diminishing returns (SLODR), IQ test scores are more g saturated among those with low, compared to those with high, ability. The present simulation shows that such difference in saturation can be observed if test scores are affected by a disturbing factor, for example, low motivation, il...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sorjonen K,Melin B

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes ubiquitously inhabit animals and plants, often affecting their host's phenotype. As a result, even in a constant genetic background, the host's phenotype may evolve through indirect selection on the microbiome. 'Microbiome engineering' offers a promising novel approach for attaining desired host traits but ha...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Arora J,Mars Brisbin MA,Mikheyev AS

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：: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