Habitat filters mediate successional trajectories in bacterial communities associated with the striped shore crabAbstractThe relative importance of stochastic- and niche-based processes shifts during successional time and across different types of habitats. Microbial biofilms are known to undergo such successional shifts. However, little is known about the interaction between these successional trajectories and habitat filters. Harsh habitat filters could affect biofilm successional trajectories...
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Van Bortel, G., Gruis, V., Nieuwenhuijzen, J. and Pluijmers, B. (eds.): Affordable housing governance and finance: innovation, partnerships and comparative perspectivesElena Bargelli and Thorsten Heitkamp (eds.): New developments in Southern European housingI. Ellen and J. Steil (Eds.), The dream revisited: contemporary debates about housing, segregation, and opportunityPension reforms, risk transfer and housing finance innovationsAbstractWeak housing creditor protection, accentuated by weak landed...
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Employment status and insulin resistance in the elderly population“Mood, lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors among older caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease dementia: a case–control study”: a letter in responseRetraction Note to: Effect of whole-body vibration exercise on lumbar bone mineral density, bone turnover, and chronic back pain in post-menopausal osteoporotic women treated with alendronateThe Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because an investigation by Keio...
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An Update on Vitamin D and Disease Activity in Multiple SclerosisAbstractVitamin D and its main active metabolite 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D serve a crucial role in maintenance of a healthy calcium metabolism, yet have additional roles in immune and central nervous system cell homeostasis. Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are a biomarker of future disease activity in patients with early relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), and vitamin D supplementation in patients with low circulating 25-dihydroxyvitamin D...
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Global surgery and the World Health Organization: indispensable partners to achieve triple billion goalsBrian Patrick Kavanagh, MB, BCh, BAO, BSc, MRCP(I), FRCPCReassessment of a meta-analysis of intraoperative cerebral oximetry-based management studiesNear-obstructive vallecular cystGuest ReviewersAuricular percutaneous nerve field stimulator device as alternative therapy for Cesarean delivery analgesia: proof of conceptIn reply: Reassessment of a meta-analysis of intraoperative cerebral-oximetry-based...
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Assessment of the Utility of the Oral Fluid and Plasma Proteomes for Hydrocodone ExposureAbstractIntroductionNon-medical use and abuse of prescription opioids is a growing problem in both the civilian and military communities, with minimal technologies for detecting hydrocodone use. This study explored the proteomic changes that occur in the oral fluid and blood plasma following controlled hydrocodone administration in 20 subjects.MethodsThe global proteomic profile was determined for samples taken...
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Impact of Methodological and Calibration Approach on the Association of Central and Peripheral Systolic Blood Pressure with Cardiac Structure and Function in Children, Adolescents and AdultsAbstractIntroductionPeripheral and aortic systolic blood pressure (pSBP and aoSBP) were measured using different methodological and calibration approaches to analyze the association and agreement between pSBP and/or aoSBP, and the association of pSBP and aoSBP with left ventricle (LV) and atrium (LA) structural–functional...
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“Informal caregiver quality of life in a palliative oncology population”Vitamin D deficiency in oncology practice—more roads to crossChemotherapy intravenously in children with cancer at home, the nurse practitioner makes it possible!AbstractBackgroundCurrently the entire treatment of a child with cancer is carried out in a specialized hospital. It would be ideal to conduct part of the treatment at home. This can only be done with adequately trained personnel. In the Netherlands, specialized pediatric...
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Individual Differences Correspond with Attention to the Eyes of White Versus Black FacesAbstractBlack, relative to White, individuals have experienced discrimination for centuries in the United States. Recent work suggests that subtle differences in how novel Black faces are initially perceived relate to prejudicial behavior. One such difference is that non-Black people attend more to the eyes of White versus Black novel faces. The present study sought to better characterize this difference by assessing...
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Editor’s columnOptimization of software development life cycle process to minimize the delivered defect densityAbstractMany organizations utilize information technology to gain competitive advantage. As the need for software increased, the number of software companies and the competition among them also increased. The software organizations in countries like India can no longer survive based on cost advantage alone. The companies need to deliver defect-free software on time within the budgeted cost....
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The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio indexes individual variation in the behavioural stress response of wild roe deer across fluctuating environmental conditionsAbstractUnderstanding how wild animals adapt to perturbations and their consequences for life history traits and population dynamics is a current focus of attention in ecology and conservation biology. Here, we analysed variation in the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (N:L ratio), a proxy of stress level, in wild roe deer Capreolus capreolus from...
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A Cut-Free Sequent Calculus for Defeasible Erotetic InferencesAbstractIn recent years, the effort to formalize erotetic inferences—i.e., inferences to and from questions—has become a central concern for those working in erotetic logic. However, few have sought to formulate a proof theory for these inferences. To fill this lacuna, we construct a calculus for (classes of) sequents that are sound and complete for two species of erotetic inferences studied by Inferential Erotetic Logic (IEL): erotetic...
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Lupus education for physicians and patients in a resource-limited settingAbstractSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a wide range of manifestations and potential to affect several organ systems. Complications arise from both disease and medications especially glucocorticoids, significantly contributing to overall morbidity and mortality. SLE predominantly affects patients during their prime productive years resulting in substantial economic burden on the patient,...
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Store patterns of availability and price of food and beverage products across a rural region of Newfoundland and LabradorAbstractObjectivesRural populations bear a disproportionate burden of diet-related risk, and one important explanation is retail food access disparities. Much existing literature has focused on subjective measures of the rural retail food environment, as well as urban-rural differences. The purpose of this paper is to examine how objectively measured food availability and prices...
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The Shape of Weaver: Investigating Shape Disparity in Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) Using Geometric MorphometricsAbstractSexual size dimorphism in orb-weaving spiders is a relatively well-studied phenomenon, and numerous works have documented evolutionary variation in interspecific size and degree of dimorphism. To date, these studies have been largely limited to assessing the evolution of a single or few linear measurements correlated with body size. While the descriptive and comparative...
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Correction to: A computational fluid dynamics approach to determine white matter permeabilityThe article “A computational fluid dynamics approach to determine white matter permeability” written by Marco Vidotto, Daniela Botnariuc, Elena De Momi and Daniele Dini was originally published electronically on the publisher’s Internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 20 February 2019 without open access.Reduced-order modeling of blood flow for noninvasive functional evaluation of coronary artery diseaseAbstractWe...
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FLAER Based Assay According to Newer Guidelines Increases Sensitivity of PNH Clone DetectionAbstractFlow cytometry has become ‘gold standard’ for detecting abnormal clones in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), aplastic anemia (AA) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). This pilot study was conducted in 2015 with a primary aim to evaluate the utility of single tube fluorescent aerolysin (FLAER) based testing and its comparison with two tubes non-FLAER based testing (CD55, CD59, CD24 and CD66b)...
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The Uroboros Theory of Life’s Origin: 22-Nucleotide Theoretical Minimal RNA Rings Reflect Evolution of Genetic Code and tRNA-rRNA Translation MachineriesAbstractTheoretical minimal RNA rings attempt to mimick life’s primitive RNAs. At most 25 22-nucleotide-long RNA rings code once for each biotic amino acid, a start and a stop codon and form a stem-loop hairpin, resembling consensus tRNAs. We calculated, for each RNA ring’s 22 potential splicing positions, similarities of predicted secondary structures...
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Measurement of cognitive dynamics during video watching through event-related potentials (ERPs) and oscillations (EROs)AbstractEvent-related potentials (ERPs) and oscillations (EROs) are reliable measures of cognition, but they require time-locked electroencephalographic (EEG) data to repetitive triggers that are not available in continuous sensory input streams. However, such real-life-like stimulation by videos or virtual-reality environments may serve as powerful means of creating specific cognitive...
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