Published: July 28, 2018 to August 03, 2018

Jayanta Kumar Bora, Nandita Saikia

Comparison of the sympathetic stimulatory abilities of B-type procyanidins based on induction of uncoupling protein-1 in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and increased plasma catecholamine (CA) in mice

Yuta Nakagawa, Kana Ishimura, Satomi Oya, Masaki Kamino, Yasuyuki Fujii, Fumio Nanba, Toshiya Toda, Takeshi Ishii, Takahiro Adachi, Yoshitomo Suhara, Naomi Osakabe

Multimerization results in formation of re-bindable metabolites: A proof of concept study with FSC-based minigastrin imaging probes targeting CCK2R expression

Dominik Summer, Andrea Kroess, Rudolf Woerndle, Christine Rangger, Maximilian Klingler, Hubertus Haas, Leopold Kremser, Herbert H. Lindner, Elisabeth von Guggenberg, Clemens Decristoforo

Drivers of reef shark abundance and biomass in the Solomon Islands

Jordan S. Goetze, Tim J. Langlois, Joe McCarter, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Alec Hughes, Jacob Tingo Leve, Stacy D. Jupiter

Impact of preformed T-cell alloreactivity by means of donor-specific and panel of reactive T cells (PRT) ELISPOT in kidney transplantation

Ilaria Gandolfini, Elena Crespo, Mukta Baweja, Marta Jarque, Chiara Donadei, Sergio Luque, Núria Montero, Anna Allesina, Laura Perin, Umberto Maggiore, Paolo Cravedi, Oriol Bestard

Spacing of cue-approach training leads to better maintenance of behavioral change

Akram Bakkour, Rotem Botvinik-Nezer, Neta Cohen, Ashleigh M. Hover, Russell A. Poldrack, Tom Schonberg

A 3-minute test of cardiorespiratory fitness for use in primary care clinics

Yi Guo, Jiang Bian, Qian Li, Trevor Leavitt, Eric I. Rosenberg, Thomas W. Buford, Megan D. Smith, Heather K. Vincent, François Modave

Transcriptional profiling of two different physiological states of the yak mammary gland using RNA sequencing

Fan Jiangfeng, Luo Yuzhu, Yu Sijiu, Cui Yan, Xu Gengquan, Wang Libin, Pan Yangyang, He Honghong

Clinical outcomes of prolonged infusion (extended infusion or continuous infusion) versus intermittent bolus of meropenem in severe infection: A meta-analysis

Zhenwei Yu, Xiaoping Pang, Xuqi Wu, Chunlei Shan, Saiping Jiang

Potassium-induced plant resistance against soybean cyst nematode via root exudation of phenolic acids and plant pathogen-related genes

Xiang Gao, Shuxiang Zhang, Xiujuan Zhao, Qihua Wu

Biological therapy and surgery rates in inflammatory bowel diseases – Data analysis of almost 1000 patients from a Hungarian tertiary IBD center

Kata Szántó, Tibor Nyári, Anita Bálint, Renáta Bor, Ágnes Milassin, Mariann Rutka, Anna Fábián, Zoltán Szepes, Ferenc Nagy, Tamás Molnár, Klaudia Farkas

Bayesian variable selection with graphical structure learning: Applications in integrative genomics

Suprateek Kundu, Yichen Cheng, Minsuk Shin, Ganiraju Manyam, Bani K. Mallick, Veerabhadran Baladandayuthapani

Social interactions in online eating disorder communities: A network perspective

Tao Wang, Markus Brede, Antonella Ianni, Emmanouil Mentzakis

Deoxycholic acid supplementation impairs glucose homeostasis in mice

Karolina E. Zaborska, Seon A. Lee, Darline Garribay, Eumee Cha, Bethany P. Cummings

Detection of new pathways involved in the acceptance and the utilisation of a plant-based diet in isogenic lines of rainbow trout fry

Thérèse Callet, Mathilde Dupont-Nivet, Marianne Cluzeaud, Florence Jaffrezic, Denis Laloë, Thierry Kerneis, Laurent Labbé, Edwige Quillet, Inge Geurden, David Mazurais, Sandrine Skiba-Cassy, Françoise Médale

The effect of subgroup homogeneity of efficacy on contribution in public good dilemmas

Paton Pak Chun Yam, Gary Ting Tat Ng, Wing Tung Au, Lin Tao, Su Lu, Hildie Leung, Jane M. Y. Fung

Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior

Arvid Erlandsson, Artur Nilsson, Gustav Tinghög, Daniel Västfjäll

HSRA: Hadoop-based spliced read aligner for RNA sequencing data

Roberto R. Expósito, Jorge González-Domínguez, Juan Touriño

The effect of manganese nanoparticles on apoptosis and on redox and immune status in the tissues of young turkeys

Jan Jankowski, Katarzyna Ognik, Anna Stępniowska, Zenon Zduńczyk, Krzysztof Kozłowski

Truncations of the titin Z-disc predispose to a heart failure with preserved ejection phenotype in the context of pressure overload

Lei Ye, Liping Su, Chenxu Wang, Szejie Loo, Guizhen Tee, Shihua Tan, Sandar Win Khin, Shijie Ko, Boyang Su, Stuart A. Cook

Percutaneous thermal ablation combined with TACE versus TACE monotherapy in the treatment for liver cancer with hepatic vein tumor thrombus: A retrospective study

Yang Wang, Liang Ma, Zhuhui Yuan, Jiasheng Zheng, Wei Li

Diagnostic accuracy of a digital fundus photographic system for detection of retinopathy of prematurity requiring treatment (ROP-RT)

Phanthipha Wongwai, Sirinya Suwannaraj, Somkiat Asawaphureekorn

MiR-18a regulates myoblasts proliferation by targeting Fgf1

Chuncheng Liu, Min Chen, Meng Wang, Wenhui Pi, Ning Li, Qingyong Meng

A pilot study of the Leicester ED medical infrared imaging protocol in fever and sepsis

Timothy J. Coats, Mohamed Morsy, Sana Naseer, Karoly Keresztes, Sarina Hussain, Katie Dexter, Mark R. Sims

Expression of insulin-like growth factor I and its receptor in the liver of children with biopsy-proven NAFLD

Anna Alisi, Valentina Pampanini, Cristiano De Stefanis, Nadia Panera, Annalisa Deodati, Valerio Nobili, Stefano Cianfarani

Do a robot’s social skills and its objection discourage interactants from switching the robot off?

Aike C. Horstmann, Nikolai Bock, Eva Linhuber, Jessica M. Szczuka, Carolin Straßmann, Nicole C. Krämer

Acylsugar amount and fatty acid profile differentially suppress oviposition by western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, on tomato and interspecific hybrid flowers

Sulley Ben-Mahmoud, John R. Smeda, Thomas M. Chappell, Candice Stafford-Banks, Cassandre H. Kaplinsky, Taylor Anderson, Martha A. Mutschler, George G. Kennedy, Diane E. Ullman

Infection cycle of maize stalk rot and ear rot caused by Fusarium verticillioides

Xiaotong Gai, Huaiyu Dong, Suna Wang, Bo Liu, Zhaoran Zhang, Xiaoyang Li, Zenggui Gao

Investigations on the mode of action of gephyronic acid, an inhibitor of eukaryotic protein translation from myxobacteria

Yazh Muthukumar, Johanna Münkemer, Daniel Mathieu, Christian Richter, Harald Schwalbe, Heinrich Steinmetz, Wolfgang Kessler, Joachim Reichelt, Ulrike Beutling, Ronald Frank, Konrad Büssow, Joop van den Heuvel, Mark Brönstrup, Richard E. Taylor, Sabine Laschat, Florenz Sasse

Determination of anti-HCV and quantification of HCV-RNA and IP-10 from dried blood spots sent by regular mail

Bastian Neesgaard, Morten Ruhwald, Henrik B. Krarup, Nina Weis

Evaluation of the SpO₂/FiO₂ ratio as a predictor of intensive care unit transfers in respiratory ward patients for whom the rapid response system has been activated

Won Gun Kwack, Dong Seon Lee, Hyunju Min, Yun Young Choi, Miae Yun, Youlim Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Inae Song, Jong Sun Park, Young-Jae Cho, You Hwan Jo, Ho Il Yoon, Jae Ho Lee, Choon-Taek Lee, Yeon Joo Lee

Pockets of progress amidst persistent racial disparities in low birthweight rates

Samantha S. Goldfarb, Kelsey Houser, Brittny A. Wells, Joedrecka S. Brown Speights, Les Beitsch, George Rust

Abiotic and habitat drivers of tick vector abundance, diversity, phenology and human encounter risk in southern California

Andrew J. MacDonald

Reimmunization increases contraceptive effectiveness of gonadotropin-releasing hormone vaccine (GonaCon-Equine) in free-ranging horses (Equus caballus): Limitations and side effects

Dan L. Baker, Jenny G. Powers, Jason I. Ransom, Blake E. McCann, Michael W. Oehler, Jason E. Bruemmer, Nathan L. Galloway, Douglas C. Eckery, Terry M. Nett

Interdisciplinarity research based on NSFC-sponsored projects: A case study of mathematics in Chinese universities

Zhi-Yi Shao, Yong-Ming Li, Fen Hui, Yang Zheng, Ying-Jie Guo

Predicting the progression of ophthalmic disease based on slit-lamp images using a deep temporal sequence network

Jiewei Jiang, Xiyang Liu, Lin Liu, Shuai Wang, Erping Long, Haoqing Yang, Fuqiang Yuan, Deying Yu, Kai Zhang, Liming Wang, Zhenzhen Liu, Dongni Wang, Changzun Xi, Zhuoling Lin, Xiaohang Wu, Jiangtao Cui, Mingmin Zhu, Haotian Lin

Comparison of four models predicting the malignancy of pulmonary nodules: A single-center study of Korean adults

Bumhee Yang, Byung Woo Jhun, Sun Hye Shin, Byeong-Ho Jeong, Sang-Won Um, Jae Il Zo, Ho Yun Lee, Insoek Sohn, Hojoong Kim, O. Jung Kwon, Kyungjong Lee

Targeting the Mincle and TLR3 receptor using the dual agonist cationic adjuvant formulation 9 (CAF09) induces humoral and polyfunctional memory T cell responses in calves

Aneesh Thakur, Athina Andrea, Heidi Mikkelsen, Joshua S. Woodworth, Peter Andersen, Gregers Jungersen, Claus Aagaard

Towards sustainable aquafeeds: Evaluating substitution of fishmeal with lipid-extracted microalgal co-product (Nannochloropsis oculata) in diets of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Pallab K. Sarker, Anne R. Kapuscinski, Ashley Y. Bae, Emily Donaldson, Alexander J. Sitek, Devin S. Fitzgerald, Oliver F. Edelson

Cannabidiol effects on behaviour and immune gene expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Hannah M. Jensen, Rozalia Korbut, Per W. Kania, Kurt Buchmann

Geographically closed, yet so different: Contrasting long-term trends at two adjacent sea turtle nesting populations in Taiwan due to different anthropogenic effects

I-Jiunn Cheng, Wan-hwa Cheng, Y-T. Chan

First chloroplast genomics study of Phoenix dactylifera (var. Naghal and Khanezi): A comparative analysis

Abdul Latif Khan, Sajjad Asaf, In-Jung Lee, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Ahmed Al-Rawahi

Associations of angiogenesis-related proteins with specific prognostic factors, breast cancer subtypes and survival outcome in early-stage breast cancer patients. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) trial

Anna Goussia, Nafsika Simou, Flora Zagouri, Kyriaki Manousou, Georgios Lazaridis, Helen Gogas, Angelos Koutras, Maria Sotiropoulou, George Pentheroudakis, Dimitrios Bafaloukos, Christos Markopoulos, Helen Patsea, Christos Christodoulou, Pavlos Papakostas, Thomas Zaramboukas, Epaminontas Samantas, Paris Kosmidis, Vasileios Venizelos, Charisios Karanikiotis, George Papatsibas, Grigorios Xepapadakis, Konstantine T. Kalogeras, Christina Bamia, Meletios-Athanassios Dimopoulos, Vassiliki Malamou-Mitsi, George Fountzilas, Anna Batistatou

Evaluation of a national operational salmon lice monitoring system—From physics to fish

Mari Skuggedal Myksvoll, Anne Dagrun Sandvik, Jon Albretsen, Lars Asplin, Ingrid Askeland Johnsen, Ørjan Karlsen, Nils Melsom Kristensen, Arne Melsom, Jofrid Skardhamar, Bjørn Ådlandsvik

Resolution of Cox mediated inflammation by Se supplementation in mouse experimental model of colitis

Ramanpreet Kaur, Shivani Thakur, Pulkit Rastogi, Naveen Kaushal

Association between HIV genotype, viral load and disease progression in a cohort of Thai men who have sex with men with estimated dates of HIV infection

Wanna Leelawiwat, Sarika Pattanasin, Anuwat Sriporn, Punneeporn Wasinrapee, Oranuch Kongpechsatit, Famui Mueanpai, Jaray Tongtoyai, Timothy H. Holtz, Marcel E. Curlin

Utility values for age-related macular degeneration patients in Korea

Seulggie Choi, Sang Min Park, Donghyun Jee

Genotypic variation in plant traits shapes herbivorous insect and ant communities on a foundation tree species

Hilary L. Barker, Liza M. Holeski, Richard L. Lindroth

Sika deer antler as a novel model to investigate dental implant healing: A pilot experimental study

Yun He, Dominik Fischer, Istabrak Hasan, Werner Götz, Ludger Keilig, Luisa Ziegler, Markus Abboud, Christoph Bourauel, Gerhard Wahl

Cross-sectional validation of the PROMIS-Preference scoring system

Janel Hanmer, Barry Dewitt, Lan Yu, Joel Tsevat, Mark Roberts, Dennis Revicki, Paul A. Pilkonis, Rachel Hess, Ron D. Hays, Baruch Fischhoff, David Feeny, David Condon, David Cella

Oat beta-glucan as a dietary supplement for dogs

Lívia Geraldi Ferreira, Mariangela Endrighi, Karen Guttenkunst Lisenko, Maiara Rodrigues Duarte de Oliveira, Mateus Resende Damasceno, Jelieny Aparecida Claudino, Pamella Godinho Gutierres, Ana Paula Peconick, Flávia Maria de Oliveira Borges Saad, Márcio Gilberto Zangeronimo

County-level air quality and the prevalence of diagnosed chronic kidney disease in the US Medicare population

Jennifer Bragg-Gresham, Hal Morgenstern, William McClellan, Sharon Saydah, Meda Pavkov, Desmond Williams, Neil Powe, Delphine Tuot, Raymond Hsu, Rajiv Saran, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CKD Surveillance System

Comparison of cardiac function index derived from femoral and jugular indicator injection for transpulmonary thermodilution with the PiCCO-device: A prospective observational study

Alexander Herner, Markus Heilmaier, Ulrich Mayr, Roland M. Schmid, Wolfgang Huber

How do students study in STEM courses? Findings from a light-touch intervention and its relevance for underrepresented students

Fernando Rodriguez, Mariela J. Rivas, Lani H. Matsumura, Mark Warschauer, Brian K. Sato

Middle Stone Age human teeth from Magubike rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania

Pamela R. Willoughby, Tim Compton, Silvia M. Bello, Pastory M. Bushozi, Anne R. Skinner, Chris B. Stringer

Real life rates of sustained virological response (SVR) and predictors of relapse following DAA treatment in genotype 3 (GT3) patients with advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis

Alessandra Mangia, Ruggero Losappio, Giovanni Cenderello, Domenico Potenza, Michele Mazzola, Giulio De Stefano, Natalia Terreni, Massimiliano Copetti, Nicola Minerva, Valeria Piazzola, Donato Bacca, Vincenzo Palmieri, Fernando Sogari, Rosanna Santoro

The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction

Suo-Yu Zhang, Babatunde Shittu Olasege, Deng-Ying Liu, Qi-Shan Wang, Yu-Chun Pan, Pei-Pei Ma

Epitope unmasking in vulvovaginal candidiasis is associated with hyphal growth and neutrophilic infiltration

Eva Pericolini, Stefano Perito, Anna Castagnoli, Elena Gabrielli, Antonella Mencacci, Elisabetta Blasi, Anna Vecchiarelli, Robert T. Wheeler

An estimate of rural exodus in China using location-aware data

Ting Ma, Rui Lu, Na Zhao, Shih-Lung Shaw

Spatial regulation of expanded transcription in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc

Lan-Hsin Wang, Nicholas E. Baker

7-Ketocholesterol enhances leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells via p38MAPK pathway

Mariko Tani, Yuko Kamata, Michiyo Deushi, Mizuko Osaka, Masayuki Yoshida

Predictive factors for outcome in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: To what extent does parental Expressed Emotion play a role?

Jeanne Duclos, Géraldine Dorard, Solange Cook-Darzens, Florence Curt, Sophie Faucher, Sylvie Berthoz, Bruno Falissard, Nathalie Godart

Psychosocial stress and central adiposity: A Brazilian study with a representative sample of the public health system users

Flávia Vitorino Freitas, Wagner Miranda Barbosa, Laíz Aparecida Azevedo Silva, Marianna Junger de Oliveira Garozi, Júlia de Assis Pinheiro, Aline Ribeiro Borçoi, Catarine Lima Conti, Juliana Krüger Arpini, Heberth de Paula, Mayara Mota de Oliveira, Anderson Barros Archanjo, Érika Aparecida Silva de Freitas, Daniela Rodrigues de Oliveira, Elizeu Batista Borloti, Iuri Drumond Louro, Adriana Madeira Alvares-da-Silva

Presence of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) during follicular development in the porcine ovary

Fernanda R. C. L. Almeida, Natasja G. J. Costermans, Nicoline M. Soede, Annelies Bunschoten, Jaap Keijer, Bas Kemp, Katja J. Teerds

Design & thermal modeling of solar panel module with embedded reconfigurable Air-Coil for micro-satellites

Anwar Ali, Shoaib Ahmed Khan, Musaib Aleem Dildar, Haider Ali, Nasim Ullah

Psychological, cognitive factors and contextual influences in pain and pain-related suffering as revealed by a combined qualitative and quantitative assessment approach

Smadar Bustan, Ana Maria Gonzalez-Roldan, Christoph Schommer, Sandra Kamping, Martin Löffler, Michael Brunner, Herta Flor, Fernand Anton

New endoscopic finding of esophageal achalasia with ST Hood short type: Corona appearance

Hironari Shiwaku, Kanefumi Yamashita, Toshihiro Ohmiya, Satoshi Nimura, Yoshiyuki Shiwaku, Haruhiro Inoue, Suguru Hasegawa

The impact of potentially inappropriate medication on the development of health care costs and its moderation by the number of prescribed substances. Results of a retrospective matched cohort study

Dirk Heider, Herbert Matschinger, Andreas D. Meid, Renate Quinzler, Jürgen-Bernhard Adler, Christian Günster, Walter E. Haefeli, Hans-Helmut König

A re-evaluation of the basicranial soft tissues and pneumaticity of the therizinosaurian Nothronychus mckinleyi (Theropoda; Maniraptora)

David K. Smith, R. Kent Sanders, Douglas G. Wolfe

Biotelemetry marches on: A cost-effective GPS device for monitoring terrestrial wildlife

Manuela Fischer, Kate Parkins, Kean Maizels, Duncan R. Sutherland, Blake M. Allan, Graeme Coulson, Julian Di Stefano

Synthetic drug use and HIV infection among men who have sex with men in China: A sixteen-city, cross-sectional survey

Wei Luo, Hang Hong, Xiaofang Wang, Jennifer M. McGoogan, Keming Rou, Zunyou Wu

Correction: The PH domain from the Toxoplasma gondii PH-containing protein-1 (TgPH1) serves as an ectopic reporter of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in mammalian cells

Krishna Chintaluri, Brady D. Goulden, Camilyn Clemenza, Golam Saffi, Emily Miraglia, Gerald R. V. Hammond, Roberto J. Botelho

Correction: Cerebral microbleeds in a neonatal rat model

Brianna C. Theriault, Seung Kyoon Woo, Jason K. Karimy, Kaspar Keledjian, Jesse A. Stokum, Amrita Sarkar, Turhan Coksaygan, Svetlana Ivanova, Volodymyr Gerzanich, J. Marc Simard

Correction: Cost and time-effective method for multi-scale measures of rugosity, fractal dimension, and vector dispersion from coral reef 3D models

G. C. Young, S. Dey, A. D. Rogers, D. Exton

Antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoea and treatment outcomes of gonococcal urethritis suspected patients in two large hospitals in Bhutan, 2015

Tshokey Tshokey, Thupten Tshering, Ambika Rani Pradhan, Deepika Adhikari, Ragunath Sharma, Kiran Gurung, Tshewang Dorji, Sangay Wangmo, Ugen Dorji, Kinley Wangdi

A comprehensive assessment of patient reported symptom burden, medical comorbidities, and functional well being in patients initiating direct acting antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C: Results from a large US multi-center observational study

Donna M. Evon, Paul W. Stewart, Jipcy Amador, Marina Serper, Anna S. Lok, Richard K. Sterling, Souvik Sarkar, Carol E. Golin, Bryce B. Reeve, David R. Nelson, Nancy Reau, Joseph K. Lim, K. Rajender Reddy, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Michael W. Fried

Video education versus face-to-face education on inhaler technique for patients with well-controlled or partly-controlled asthma: A phase IV, open-label, non-inferiority, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial

Hye Jung Park, Min Kwang Byun, Jae-Woo Kwon, Woo Kyung Kim, Dong-Ho Nahm, Myung-Goo Lee, Sang-Pyo Lee, Sook Young Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee, Yi Yeong Jeong, You Sook Cho, Jeong-Hee Choi, Byoung Whui Choi

Bone mesenchymal stem cells transplantation combined with mild hypothermia improves the prognosis of cerebral ischemia in rats

Min Bi, Jiawei Wang, Yidan Zhang, Longzhu Li, Linhui Wang, Ran Yao, Shijie Duan, Suijun Tong, Jianpeng Li

Heterogeneity of long-history migration predicts smiling, laughter and positive emotion across the globe and within the United States

Paula M. Niedenthal, Magdalena Rychlowska, Adrienne Wood, Fangyun Zhao

The changing views on the evolutionary relationships of extant Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela)

Michael Veith, Sergé Bogaerts, Frank Pasmans, Sarah Kieren

Examination of tourists’ willingness to pay under different conservation scenarios; Evidence from reef manta ray snorkeling in Fiji

Shannon E. Murphy, Ian Campbell, Joshua A. Drew

Effectiveness of physically ablative and pharmacological treatments for anal condyloma in HIV-infected men

Sandra Vela, Sebastian Videla, Arelly Ornelas, Boris Revollo, Bonaventura Clotet, Guillem Sirera, Marta Piñol, Francesc García-Cuyás

Data mining MR image features of select structures for lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy