Published: April 14, 2018 to April 20, 2018

Sebastian Wolf, Verena S. Hoffmann, Antje Habicht, Teresa Kauke, Julian Bucher, Markus Schoenberg, Jens Werner, Markus Guba, Joachim Andrassy

Universal expression for the drag on a fluid sphere

D. A. Barry, J.-Y. Parlange

Emotional and economic intimate partner violence as key drivers of depression and suicidal ideation: A cross-sectional study among young women in informal settlements in South Africa

Andrew Gibbs, Kristin Dunkle, Rachel Jewkes

Supply-side interventions to improve health: Findings from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative

Ali H. Mokdad, Erin B. Palmisano, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Diego Ríos-Zertuche, Casey K. Johanns, Alexandra Schaefer, Sima S. Desai, Annie Haakenstad, Marielle C. Gagnier, Claire R. McNellan, Danny V. Colombara, Sonia López Romero, Leolin Castillo, Benito Salvatierra, Bernardo Hernandez, Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Ricardo Mujica-Rosales, Ferdinando Regalia, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Emma Iriarte

Correction: Transporter genes identified in landraces associated with high zinc in polished rice through panicle transcriptome for biofortification

C. N. Neeraja, Kalyani S. Kulkarni, P. Madhu Babu, D. Sanjeeva Rao, K. Surekha, V. Ravindra Babu

Correction: Psychometric properties of the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) and its relationship with life-stress, anxiety and depression in a Hispanic Latin-American community sample

The PLOS ONE Staff

Correction: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 subclade 8b strains in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, produced larger amounts of Shiga toxin 2 than strains in subclade 8a and other clades

Shinichiro Hirai, Eiji Yokoyama, Taku Wakui, Taichiro Ishige, Masaki Nakamura

A new model of wheezing severity in young children using the validated ISAAC wheezing module: A latent variable approach with validation in independent cohorts

Steven M. Brunwasser, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Diane R. Gold, Kedir N. Turi, Cosby A. Stone Jr., Soma Datta, James E. Gern, Tina V. Hartert

Plant DNA metabarcoding of lake sediments: How does it represent the contemporary vegetation

Inger Greve Alsos, Youri Lammers, Nigel Giles Yoccoz, Tina Jørgensen, Per Sjögren, Ludovic Gielly, Mary E. Edwards

Predictors of vision impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

Bernardo Sanchez-Dalmau, Elena H. Martinez-Lapiscina, Irene Pulido-Valdeolivas, Irati Zubizarreta, Sara Llufriu, Yolanda Blanco, Nuria Sola-Valls, Maria Sepulveda, Ana Guerrero, Salut Alba, Magi Andorra, Anna Camos, Laura Sanchez-Vela, Veronica Alfonso, Albert Saiz, Pablo Villoslada

Linear self-assembly and grafting of gold nanorods into arrayed micrometer-long nanowires on a silicon wafer via a combined top-down/bottom-up approach

Elena Lestini, Codrin Andrei, Dominic Zerulla

The Edinburgh Social Cognition Test (ESCoT): Examining the effects of age on a new measure of theory of mind and social norm understanding

R. Asaad Baksh, Sharon Abrahams, Bonnie Auyeung, Sarah E. MacPherson

Identification and evaluation of a new entomopathogenic fungal strain against Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae) and its two egg parasitoids

Naresh Dangi, Un Taek Lim

SeedVicious: Analysis of microRNA target and near-target sites

Antonio Marco

Is periodontitis a risk indicator for cancer? A meta-analysis

Stefano Corbella, Paolo Veronesi, Viviana Galimberti, Roberto Weinstein, Massimo Del Fabbro, Luca Francetti

Long-term outcomes of patients evacuated from hospitals near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Yutaka Igarashi, Takashi Tagami, Jun Hagiwara, Takahiro Kanaya, Norihiro Kido, Mariko Omura, Ryoichi Tosa, Hiroyuki Yokota

Distinctive variation in the U3R region of the 5' Long Terminal Repeat from diverse HIV-1 strains

Christelle Mbondji-wonje, Ming Dong, Xue Wang, Jiangqin Zhao, Viswanath Ragupathy, Ana M. Sanchez, Thomas N. Denny, Indira Hewlett

Cost-benefit analysis of introducing next-generation sequencing (metagenomic) pathogen testing in the setting of pyrexia of unknown origin

Jia Hui Chai, Chun Kiat Lee, Hong Kai Lee, Nicholas Wong, Kahwee Teo, Chuen Seng Tan, Praveen Thokala, Julian Wei-Tze Tang, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Vernon Min Sen Oh, Tze Ping Loh, Joanne Yoong

Accuracy, reliability, and timing of visual evaluations of decay in fresh-cut lettuce

Ivan Simko, Ryan J. Hayes

Role of IL-23 signaling in the progression of premalignant oral lesions to cancer

Blaine Caughron, Yi Yang, M. Rita I. Young

Olfactory dysfunction as a prognostic marker for disability progression in Multiple Sclerosis: An olfactory event related potential study

Rosella Ciurleo, Lilla Bonanno, Simona De Salvo, Laura Romeo, Carmela Rifici, Edoardo Sessa, Giangaetano D’Aleo, Margherita Russo, Placido Bramanti, Silvia Marino, Fabrizia Caminiti

TRPV4 inhibition attenuates stretch-induced inflammatory cellular responses and lung barrier dysfunction during mechanical ventilation

N. Pairet, S. Mang, G. Fois, M. Keck, M. Kühnbach, J. Gindele, M. Frick, P. Dietl, D. J. Lamb

Estimation of unobservable selection effects in on-line surveys through propensity score matching: An application to public acceptance of healthy eating policies

Sara Capacci, Mario Mazzocchi, Sergio Brasini

Reliability analysis of a sensitive and independent stabilometry parameter set

Gergely Nagymáté, Zsanett Orlovits, Rita M. Kiss

Accurate prediction of functional, structural, and stability changes in PITX2 mutations using in silico bioinformatics algorithms

Morteza Seifi, Michael A. Walter

Putting a premium on altruism: A social discounting experiment with South African university students

Frederik Booysen, Sevias Guvuriro, Alistair Munro, Tshepo Moloi, Celeste Campher

Water system is a controlling variable modulating bacterial diversity of gastrointestinal tract and performance in rainbow trout

Omolola C. Betiku, Carl J. Yeoman, T. Gibson Gaylord, Benjamin Americus, Sarah Olivo, Glenn C. Duff, Wendy M. Sealey

You pray to your God: A qualitative analysis of challenges in the provision of safe, timely, and affordable surgical care in Uganda

Katherine Albutt, Rachel R. Yorlets, Maria Punchak, Peter Kayima, Didacus B. Namanya, Geoffrey A. Anderson, Mark G. Shrime

Exploration of psychological distress experienced by survivors of adolescent cancer reporting a need for psychological support

Malin Ander, Jenny Thorsell Cederberg, Louise von Essen, Emma Hovén

Obesity and unhealthy lifestyle associated with poor executive function among Malaysian adolescents

Joyce Ying Hui Tee, Wan Ying Gan, Kit-Aun Tan, Yit Siew Chin

A Kriging based spatiotemporal approach for traffic volume data imputation

Hongtai Yang, Jianjiang Yang, Lee D. Han, Xiaohan Liu, Li Pu, Shih-miao Chin, Ho-ling Hwang

Effect of cartilaginous endplates on extruded disc resorption in lumbar disc herniation

Kenichi Kawaguchi, Katsumi Harimaya, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Mitsumasa Hayashida, Seiji Okada, Keiichiro Iida, Go Kato, Kuniyoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Doi, Yoshinao Oda, Yukihide Iwamoto, Yasuharu Nakashima

Combined experimental and computational characterization of crosslinked collagen-based hydrogels

Clara Valero, Hippolyte Amaveda, Mario Mora, Jose Manuel García-Aznar

Introducing automation to the molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A comparative study of sample treatments, DNA extraction methods and real-time PCR assays

Alba Abras, Cristina Ballart, Teresa Llovet, Carme Roig, Cristina Gutiérrez, Silvia Tebar, Pere Berenguer, María-Jesús Pinazo, Elizabeth Posada, Joaquim Gascón, Alejandro G. Schijman, Montserrat Gállego, Carmen Muñoz

Effect of arm position, presence of medical devices, and off-centering during acquisition of scout image on automatic tube voltage selection and current modulation in pediatric chest CT

Young Jin Ryu, Young Hun Choi, Jung-Eun Cheon, Ji Eun Park, Woo Sun Kim, In-One Kim

Factors associated with influenza vaccination failure and severe disease in a French region in 2015

Julien Marlet, Catherine Gaudy-Graffin, Daniel Marc, Ronan Boennec, Alain Goudeau

On designing a new cumulative sum Wilcoxon signed rank chart for monitoring process location

Muhammad Abid, Hafiz Zafar Nazir, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Riaz

Understanding the dynamics in distribution of invasive alien plant species under predicted climate change in Western Himalaya

Sunil Thapa, Vishwas Chitale, Srijana Joshi Rijal, Neha Bisht, Bharat Babu Shrestha

CCL2 single nucleotide polymorphism of rs1024611 implicates prominence of inflammatory cascade by univariate modeling in Indian AMD

Neel Kamal Sharma, Kaushal Sharma, Ramandeep Singh, Suresh Kumar Sharma, Akshay Anand

Monitoring for myelopathic progression with multiparametric quantitative MRI

Allan R. Martin, Benjamin De Leener, Julien Cohen-Adad, Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan, David W. Cadotte, Jefferson R. Wilson, Lindsay Tetreault, Aria Nouri, Adrian Crawley, David J. Mikulis, Howard Ginsberg, Eric M. Massicotte, Michael G. Fehlings

The effect of mood state on visual search times for detecting a target in noise: An application of smartphone technology

Toru Maekawa, Stephen J. Anderson, Matthew de Brecht, Noriko Yamagishi

The impact of social and psychological consequences of disease on judgments of disease severity: An experimental study

Nicholas B. King, Sam Harper, Meredith Young, Sarah C. Berry, Kristin Voigt

Actin and myosin II modulate differentiation of pluripotent stem cells

Liana C. Boraas, Emma T. Pineda, Tabassum Ahsan

Identification of QTLs related to the vertical distribution and seed-set of pod number in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merri]

Hailong Ning, Jiaqi Yuan, Quanzhong Dong, Wenbin Li, Hong Xue, Yanshu Wang, Yu Tian, Wen-Xia Li

Evidence supporting a role for astrocytes in the regulation of cognitive flexibility and neuronal oscillations through the Ca²⁺ binding protein S100β

Adam T. Brockett, Gary A. Kane, Patrick K. Monari, Brandy A. Briones, Pierre-Antoine Vigneron, Gabriela A. Barber, Andres Bermudez, Uma Dieffenbach, Alexander D. Kloth, Timothy J. Buschman, Elizabeth Gould

Efficacy of a biomechanically-based yoga exercise program in knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial

Alexander B. Kuntz, Jaclyn N. Chopp-Hurley, Elora C. Brenneman, Sarah Karampatos, Emily G. Wiebenga, Jonathan D. Adachi, Michael D. Noseworthy, Monica R. Maly

Dietary cyanogen exposure and early child neurodevelopment: An observational study from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Espérance Kashala-Abotnes, Marie-Thérèse Sombo, Daniel L. Okitundu, Marcel Kunyu, Guy Bumoko Makila-Mabe, Thorkild Tylleskär, Alla Sikorskii, Jean-Pierre Banea, Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi, Désiré Tshala-Katumbay, Michael J. Boivin

Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors associate with HIV-1 infection in a narrow-source Han Chinese cohort

Linghang Wang, Yonghong Zhang, Keyi Xu, Tao Dong, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Louis-Marie Yindom

Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for the onset of fatty liver disease in nondrinkers: A longitudinal cohort study

Masashi Okamoto, Teruki Miyake, Kohichiro Kitai, Shinya Furukawa, Shin Yamamoto, Hidenori Senba, Sayaka Kanzaki, Akiko Deguchi, Mitsuhito Koizumi, Toru Ishihara, Hiroaki Miyaoka, Osamu Yoshida, Masashi Hirooka, Teru Kumagi, Masanori Abe, Bunzo Matsuura, Yoichi Hiasa

AHL-lactonase expression in three marine emerging pathogenic Vibrio spp. reduces virulence and mortality in brine shrimp (Artemia salina) and Manila clam (Venerupis philippinarum)

Marta Torres, José Carlos Reina, Juan Carlos Fuentes-Monteverde, Gerardo Fernández, Jaime Rodríguez, Carlos Jiménez, Inmaculada Llamas

A general prediction model for the detection of ADHD and Autism using structural and functional MRI

Bhaskar Sen, Neil C. Borle, Russell Greiner, Matthew R. G. Brown

What matters to women during childbirth: A systematic qualitative review

Soo Downe, Kenneth Finlayson, Olufemi Oladapo, Mercedes Bonet, A. Metin Gülmezoglu

Accuracy and precision of S_cvO₂ measured with the CeVOX-device: A prospective study in patients with a wide variation of S_cvO₂-values

Alexander Herner, Bernhard Haller, Ulrich Mayr, Sebastian Rasch, Lea Offman, Roland Schmid, Wolfgang Huber

Contemporary survival of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and congenital systemic to pulmonary shunts

Chodchanok Vijarnsorn, Kritvikrom Durongpisitkul, Paweena Chungsomprasong, Densiri Bositthipichet, Salisa Ketsara, Yuttapon Titaram, Prakul Chanthong, Supaluck Kanjanauthai, Jarupim Soongswang

Surprisal analysis of genome-wide transcript profiling identifies differentially expressed genes and pathways associated with four growth conditions in the microalga Chlamydomonas

Kenny A. Bogaert, Sheeba S. Manoharan-Basil, Emilie Perez, Raphael D. Levine, Francoise Remacle, Claire Remacle

Patterns of emergency department utilization by patients on chronic dialysis: A population-based study

Paul Komenda, Navdeep Tangri, Evan Klajncar, Amanda Eng, Michelle Di Nella, Brett Hiebert, Trevor Strome, Ricardo Lobato de Faria, James M. Zacharias, Mauro Verrelli, Manish M. Sood, Claudio Rigatto

HPV-relatedness definitions for classifying HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer patient do impact on TNM classification and patients’ survival

Miren Taberna, Marisa Mena, Sara Tous, Miquel Angel Pavón, Marc Oliva, Xavier León, Jacinto Garcia, Marta Guix, Rafael Hijano, Teresa Bonfill, Antón Aguilà, Laia Alemany, Ricard Mesía

Higher parental occupational social contact is associated with a reduced risk of incident pediatric type 1 diabetes: Mediation through molecular enteroviral indices

Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Angela Pezic, Fergus J. Cameron, Christine Rodda, Andrew S. Kemp, John B. Carlin, Heikki Hyoty, Amirbabak Sioofy-Khojine, Terence Dwyer, Justine A. Ellis, Maria E. Craig

Metatranscriptome analysis of the microbial fermentation of dietary milk proteins in the murine gut

Floor Hugenholtz, Mark Davids, Jessica Schwarz, Michael Müller, Daniel Tomé, Peter Schaap, Guido J. E. J. Hooiveld, Hauke Smidt, Michiel Kleerebezem

Erythritol, at insecticidal doses, has harmful effects on two common agricultural crop plants

Sara E. Scanga, Bilal Hasanspahič, Edin Zvorničanin, Jasmina Samardžić Koženjić, Andrew K. Rahme, Jessica H. Shinn-Thomas

Retraction: Effects of the Forecasting Methods, Precipitation Character, and Satellite Resolution on the Predictability of Short-Term Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasting (QPN) from a Geostationary Satellite

The PLOS ONE Editors

Correction: Measurements agreement between low-cost and high-level handheld 3D scanners to scan the knee for designing a 3D printed knee brace

Yoann Dessery, Jari Pallari

Correction: Diagnostic markers for the detection of ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers

Daphne Gschwantler-Kaulich, Sigrid Weingartshofer, Christine Rappaport-Fürhauser, Robert Zeillinger, Dietmar Pils, Daniela Muhr, Elena I. Braicu, Marie-Therese Kastner, Yen Y. Tan, Lorenz Semmler, Jalid Sehouli, Christian F. Singer

Correction: Urban networks among Chinese cities along "the Belt and Road": A case of web search activity in cyberspace

Lu Zhang, Hongru Du, Yannan Zhao, Rongwei Wu, Xiaolei Zhang

Correction: Diffusion weighted imaging in patients with rectal cancer: Comparison between Gaussian and non-Gaussian models

Georgios C. Manikis, Kostas Marias, Doenja M. J. Lambregts, Katerina Nikiforaki, Miriam M. van Heeswijk, Frans C. H. Bakers, Regina G. H. Beets-Tan, Nikolaos Papanikolaou

Correction: Mechanical properties of provisional dental materials: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Daniela Astudillo-Rubio, Andrés Delgado-Gaete, Carlos Bellot-Arcís, José María Montiel-Company, Agustín Pascual-Moscardó, José Manuel Almerich-Silla

Correction: Genomic ancestry and education level independently influence abdominal fat distributions in a Brazilian admixed population

The PLOS ONE Staff

Correction: Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression profile analysis of expansins gene family in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)

Thaís R. Santiago, Valquiria M. Pereira, Wagner R. de Souza, Andrei S. Steindorff, Bárbara A. D. B. Cunha, Marília Gaspar, Léia C. L. Fávaro, Eduardo F. Formighieri, Adilson K. Kobayashi, Hugo B. C. Molinari

Correction: Inclusion of live yeast and mannan-oligosaccharides in high grain-based diets for sheep: Ruminal parameters, inflammatory response and rumen morphology

Tatiana Garcia Diaz, Antonio Ferriani Branco, Fernando Alberto Jacovaci, Clóves Cabreira Jobim, Dheyme Cristina Bolson, João Luiz Pratti Daniel

Correction: Low expression of IL-18 and IL-18 receptor in human skeletal muscle is associated with systemic and intramuscular lipid metabolism—Role of HIV lipodystrophy

Birgitte Lindegaard, Thine Hvid, Helene Wolsk Mygind, Ole Hartvig Mortensen, Thomas Grøndal, Julie Abildgaard, Jan Gerstoft, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Marcin Baranowski

Correction: Evaluation of a multi-faceted diabetes care program including community-based peer educators in Takeo province, Cambodia, 2007-2013

Dawn Taniguchi, James LoGerfo, Maurits van Pelt, Bessie Mielcarek, Karin Huster, Mahri Haider, Bernadette Thomas

Correction: Characterising variation in wheat traits under hostile soil conditions in India

Jaswant S. Khokhar, Sindhu Sareen, Bhudeva S. Tyagi, Gyanendra Singh, Apurba K. Chowdhury, Tapamay Dhar, Vinod Singh, Ian P. King, Scott D. Young, Martin R. Broadley

Correction: A minimally invasive optical trapping system to understand cellular interactions at onset of an immune response

David G. Glass, Niall McAlinden, Owain R. Millington, Amanda J. Wright

Correction: Hidden species diversity in Sylvirana nigrovittata (Amphibia: Ranidae) highlights the importance of taxonomic revisions in biodiversity conservation

The PLOS ONE Staff

Correction: A single β-octyl glucoside molecule induces HIV-1 Nef dimer formation in the absence of partner protein binding

The PLOS ONE Staff

Correction: Bone marrow cell extract promotes the regeneration of irradiated bone

Guillaume Michel, Pauline Blery, Michaël Henoux, Jérôme Guicheux, Pierre Weiss, Emilie Dugast, Sophie Brouard, Olivier Malard, Florent Espitalier

Correction: Accuracy of a screening tool for medication adherence: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8

Sun Jae Moon, Weon-Young Lee, Jin Seub Hwang, Yeon Pyo Hong, Donald E. Morisky

Evicted children and subsequent placement in out-of-home care: A cohort study

Lisa Berg, Lars Brännström

Biosecurity practices on Australian commercial layer and meat chicken farms: Performance and perceptions of farmers

Angela Bullanday Scott, Mini Singh, Peter Groves, Marta Hernandez-Jover, Belinda Barnes, Kathryn Glass, Barbara Moloney, Amanda Black, Jenny-Ann Toribio

The Caenorhabditis elegans gene ham-1 regulates daughter cell size asymmetry primarily in divisions that produce a small anterior daughter cell

Jerome Teuliere, Ismar Kovacevic, Zhirong Bao, Gian Garriga

Evaluation of the fusion inhibitor P3 peptide as a potential microbicide to prevent HIV transmission in women

Inês Bártolo, Ana Rita Diniz, Pedro Borrego, João Pedro Ferreira, Maria Rosário Bronze, Helena Barroso, Rui Pinto, Carlos Cardoso, João F. Pinto, Rafael Ceña Diaz, Pilar Garcia Broncano, Maria Angel Muñoz-Fernández, Nuno Taveira

p73, like its p53 homolog, shows preference for inverted repeats forming cruciforms

Jana Čechová, Jan Coufal, Eva B. Jagelská, Miroslav Fojta, Václav Brázda

The effects of mothers’ musical background on sedentary behavior, physical activity, and exercise adherence in their 5-6-years-old children using movement-to-music video program

Pipsa P. A. Tuominen, Jani Raitanen, Pauliina Husu, Urho M. Kujala, Riitta M. Luoto

A case study of polypharmacy management in nine European countries: Implications for change management and implementation

Jennifer McIntosh, Albert Alonso, Katie MacLure, Derek Stewart, Thomas Kempen, Alpana Mair, Margarida Castel-Branco, Carles Codina, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Glenda Fleming, Dimitra Gennimata, Ulrika Gillespie, Cathy Harrison, Maddalena Illario, Ulrike Junius-Walker, Christos F. Kampolis, Przemyslaw Kardas, Pawel Lewek, João Malva, Enrica Menditto, Claire Scullin, Birgitt Wiese, on behalf of the SIMPATHY Consortium

Value of computed tomography texture analysis for prediction of perioperative complications during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in patients with renal cell carcinoma