Published: July 28, 2018 to August 03, 2018

Fariborz Mahmoudi, Kost Elisevich, Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, Mohammad-Reza Nazem-Zadeh, Esmaeil Davoodi-Bojd, Jason M. Schwalb, Manpreet Kaur, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh

Optimizing colormaps with consideration for color vision deficiency to enable accurate interpretation of scientific data

Jamie R. Nuñez, Christopher R. Anderton, Ryan S. Renslow

Tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-Gold In Tube assay for diagnosis of latent TB infection among household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in high TB burden setting

Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran, Vidya Mave, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Nikhil Gupte, Shri Vijay Bala Yogendra Shivakumar, Luke Elizabeth Hanna, Vandana Kulkarni, Dileep Kadam, Kavitha Dhanasekaran, Mandar Paradkar, Beena Thomas, Rewa Kohli, Chandrakumar Dolla, Renu Bharadwaj, Gomathi Narayan Sivaramakrishnan, Neeta Pradhan, Akshay Gupte, Lakshmi Murali, Chhaya Valvi, Soumya Swaminathan, Amita Gupta, for the CTRIUMPH Study Team

Links between fish abundance and ocean biogeochemistry as recorded in marine sediments

Lucas Kavanagh, Eric Galbraith

Effects of dietary n-6: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios on meat quality, carcass characteristics, tissue fatty acid profiles, and expression of lipogenic genes in growing goats

Mahdi Ebrahimi, Mohamed Ali Rajion, Saeid Jafari, Mohammad Faseleh Jahromi, Ehsan Oskoueian, Awis Qurni Sazili, Yong Meng Goh, Morteza Hosseini Ghaffari

Optimizing biomass estimates of savanna woodland at different spatial scales in the Brazilian Cerrado: Re-evaluating allometric equations and environmental influences

Iris Roitman, Mercedes M. C. Bustamante, Ricardo F. Haidar, Julia Z. Shimbo, Guilherme C. Abdala, George Eiten, Christopher W. Fagg, Maria Cristina Felfili, Jeanine Maria Felfili, Tamiel K. B. Jacobson, Galiana S. Lindoso, Michael Keller, Eddie Lenza, Sabrina C. Miranda, José Roberto R. Pinto, Ariane A. Rodrigues, Wellington B. C. Delitti, Pedro Roitman, Jhames M. Sampaio

Trends and inequalities in the burden of mortality in Scotland 2000–2015

Oscar Mesalles-Naranjo, Ian Grant, Grant M. A. Wyper, Diane Stockton, Richard Dobbie, Mag McFadden, Elaine Tod, Neil Craig, Colin M. Fischbacher, Gerry McCartney

Experienced mental workload, perception of usability, their interaction and impact on task performance

Luca Longo

Identification and expression analysis of a microRNA cluster derived from pre-ribosomal RNA in Papaver somniferum L. and Papaver bracteatum L.

Farshad Davoodi Mastakani, Gabriel Pagheh, Sajad Rashidi Monfared, Masoud Shams-Bakhsh

Screening for neuropsychological impairment in COPD patients undergoing rehabilitation

Antonia Pierobon, Laura Ranzini, Valeria Torlaschi, Elisa Sini Bottelli, Anna Giardini, Claudio Bruschi, Roberto Maestri, Simona Callegari, Rita Raccanelli, Marinella Sommaruga

Political instability and supply-side barriers undermine the potential for high participation in HIV testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Guinea-Bissau: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Dlama Nggida Rasmussen, Holger Werner Unger, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, David da Silva Té, Noel Vieira, Inés Oliveira, Bo Langhoff Hønge, Sanne Jespersen, Margarida Alfredo Gomes, Peter Aaby, Christian Wejse, Morten Sodemann

Long term effect of primary health care training on HIV testing: A quasi-experimental evaluation of the Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP) intervention

Kamla Pillay, Melissa Gardner, Allon Gould, Susan Otiti, Judith Mullineux, Till Bärnighausen, Philippa Margaret Matthews

Phenotypic characterization of SETD3 knockout Drosophila

Marcel Tiebe, Marilena Lutz, Dan Levy, Aurelio A. Teleman

The potential of aerosol eDNA sampling for the characterisation of commercial seed lots

Lorretha C. Emenyeonu, Adam E. Croxford, Mike J. Wilkinson

Comparative transcriptomics reveals specific responding genes associated with atherosclerosis in rabbit and mouse models

Leilei Wu, Qianlan Yao, Ping Lin, Yixue Li, Hong Li

Autophagy mediates epithelial cancer chemoresistance by reducing p62/SQSTM1 accumulation

R. Alessia Battista, Massimo Resnati, Cecilia Facchi, Elena Ruggieri, Floriana Cremasco, Francesca Paradiso, Ugo Orfanelli, Leone Giordano, Mario Bussi, Simone Cenci, Enrico Milan

Building professionals’ intention to use smart and sustainable building technologies – An empirical study

Wai-Ming To, Peter K. C. Lee, King-Hang Lam

An author keyword analysis for mapping Sport Sciences

Luis-Millán González, Xavier García-Massó, Alberto Pardo-Ibañez, Fernanda Peset, José Devís-Devís

Are circumcised men safer sex partners? Findings from the HAALSI cohort in rural South Africa

Molly S. Rosenberg, Francesc X. Gómez-Olivé, Julia K. Rohr, Kathleen Kahn, Till W. Bärnighausen

Cognitive deficits in fibromyalgia syndrome are associated with pain responses to low intensity pressure stimulation

Carmen M. Galvez-Sánchez, Cristina Muñoz Ladrón de Guevara, Casandra I. Montoro, María José Fernández-Serrano, Stefan Duschek, Gustavo A. Reyes del Paso

Molecular-genetic causes for the high frequency of phenylketonuria in the population from the North Caucasus

Polina Gundorova, Rena A. Zinchenko, Irina A. Kuznetsova, Elena A. Bliznetz, Anna A. Stepanova, Aleksander V. Polyakov

Confidence in uncertainty: Error cost and commitment in early speech hypotheses

Sebastian Loth, Katharina Jettka, Manuel Giuliani, Stefan Kopp, Jan P. de Ruiter

Regulation of protein-coding gene and long noncoding RNA pairs in liver of conventional and germ-free mice following oral PBDE exposure

Cindy Yanfei Li, Julia Yue Cui

Evaluation of genetic diversity among Russet potato clones and varieties from breeding programs across the United States

Sapinder Bali, Girijesh Patel, Rich Novy, Kelly Vining, Chuck Brown, David Holm, Gregory Porter, Jeffrey Endelman, Asunta Thompson, Vidyasagar Sathuvalli

Evolutionary study and phylodynamic pattern of human influenza A/H3N2 virus in Indonesia from 2008 to 2010

Agustiningsih Agustiningsih, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Restuadi Restuadi, I. Made Artika, Margaret Hellard, David Handojo Muljono

Stroke hospitalization trends of the working-aged in Finland

Jussi O. T. Sipilä, Jussi P. Posti, Jori O. Ruuskanen, Päivi Rautava, Ville Kytö

Retinal Wnt signaling defect in a zebrafish fetal alcohol spectrum disorder model

Pooja Muralidharan, Swapnalee Sarmah, James A. Marrs

Transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveal candidate genes and biochemicals involved in tea geometrid defense in Camellia sinensis

Wei-Wei Wang, Chao Zheng, Wan-Jun Hao, Chun-Lei Ma, Jian-Qiang Ma, De-Jiang Ni, Liang Chen

Morphological differences between aerial and submerged sporidia of bio-fongicide Pseudozyma flocculosa CBS 16788

Omran Zaki, Frederic Weekers, Philippe Compere, Philippe Jacques, Philippe Thonart, Ahmed Sabri

Admission prevalence of colonization with third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and subsequent infection rates in a German university hospital

Anne-Cathérine Boldt, Frank Schwab, Anna M. Rohde, Axel Kola, Minh Trang Bui, Nayana Märtin, Marina Kipnis, Christin Schröder, Rasmus Leistner, Miriam Wiese-Posselt, Janine Zweigner, Petra Gastmeier, Luisa A. Denkel

Deciphering the targets of retroviral protease inhibitors in Plasmodium berghei

Noah Machuki Onchieku, Reagan Mogire, Loise Ndung'u, Peter Mwitari, Francis Kimani, Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Daniel Kiboi, Gabriel Magoma

Clinical evaluation of surgery for osteophyte-associated dysphagia using the functional outcome swallowing scale

Mutsuya Shimizu, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Shizuo Jimbo, Issei Senoo, Hiroshi Ito

Risk factors for extremely serious road accidents: Results from national Road Accident Statistical Annual Report of China

Guodong Liu, Siyu Chen, Ziqian Zeng, Huijie Cui, Yanfei Fang, Dongqing Gu, Zhiyong Yin, Zhengguo Wang

Dissemination of novel biostatistics methods: Impact of programming code availability and other characteristics on article citations

Amy E. Wahlquist, Lutfiyya N. Muhammad, Teri Lynn Herbert, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, Paul J. Nietert

Combining multi-scale modelling methods to decipher molecular motions of a branching sucrase from glycoside-hydrolase family 70

Akli Ben Imeddourene, Jérémy Esque, Isabelle André

Molecular characterization and tissue distribution of carnitine palmitoyltransferases in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis and the effect of dietary fish oil replacement on their expression in the hepatopancreas

Li Liu, Xiaowen Long, Deng Deng, Yongxu Cheng, Xugan Wu

Health seeking behavior as a predictor of healthcare utilization in a population of patients with spinal pain

Derek Clewley, Dan Rhon, Timothy Flynn, Shane Koppenhaver, Chad Cook

Habitat, species richness and hantaviruses of sigmodontine rodents within the Interior Atlantic Forest, Paraguay

Gillian Eastwood, Jeremy V. Camp, Yong Kyu Chu, Aubrey M. Sawyer, Robert D. Owen, Xueyuan Cao, Mariah K. Taylor, Leonardo Valdivieso-Torres, Richard D. Sage, Ashley Yu, Doug G. Goodin, Vicente J. Martinez Bruyn, Ryan C. McAllister, Laura Rodriguez, Evan P. William, Colleen B. Jonsson

Association between perioperative β-blocker use and clinical outcome of non-cardiac surgery in coronary revascularized patients without severe ventricular dysfunction or heart failure

Jungchan Park, Jeayoun Kim, Ji Hye Kwon, Soo Jung Park, Jeong Jin Min, Sangmin Maria Lee, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Young Tak Lee, Myungsoo Park, Seung Hwa Lee

Confirmation of cholera by rapid diagnostic test amongst patients admitted to the cholera treatment centre in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Aurelie Jeandron, Oliver Cumming, Baron Bashige Rumedeka, Jaime Mufitini Saidi, Simon Cousens

Galectin-3 level predicts response to ablation and outcomes in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and systolic heart failure

Nicolas Clementy, Bruno Garcia, Clémentine André, Arnaud Bisson, Nazih Benhenda, Bertrand Pierre, Anne Bernard, Laurent Fauchier, Eric Piver, Dominique Babuty

From welcome culture to welcome limits? Uncovering preference changes over time for sheltering refugees in Germany

Ulf Liebe, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Maarten Kroesen, Caspar Chorus, Klaus Glenk

Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform "Goniopholis" paulistanus Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials

André E. Piacentini Pinheiro, Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa Pereira, Rafael G. de Souza, Arthur S. Brum, Ricardo T. Lopes, Alessandra S. Machado, Lílian P. Bergqvist, Felipe M. Simbras

Physical inactivity and protein energy wasting play independent roles in muscle weakness in maintenance haemodialysis patients

Jean-Sébastien Souweine, Nils Kuster, Leila Chenine, Annie Rodriguez, Laure Patrier, Marion Morena, Eric Badia, Lotfi Chalabi, Nathalie Raynal, Isabelle Ohresser, Helene Leray-Moragues, Jacques Mercier, Maurice Hayot, Moglie Le Quintrec, Fares Gouzi, Jean-Paul Cristol

Preclinical therapies to prevent or treat fracture non-union: A systematic review

Philippa M. Bennett, Sarah K. Stewart, Janine Dretzke, Danai Bem, Jowan G. Penn-Barwell

Narcissism and self-esteem: A nomological network analysis

Courtland S. Hyatt, Chelsea E. Sleep, Joanna Lamkin, Jessica L. Maples-Keller, Constantine Sedikides, W. Keith Campbell, Joshua D. Miller

The use of the “Lansaka Model” as the larval indices surveillance system for a sustainable solution to the dengue problem in southern Thailand

Charuai Suwanbamrung, Chanchuri Thoutong, Thidarat Eksirinimit, Supapon Tongjan, Kanapot Thongkew

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) estimated by skin autofluorescence are related with cardiovascular risk in renal transplant

Jesus Calviño, Secundino Cigarran, Lourdes Gonzalez-Tabares, Nicolas Menendez, Juan Latorre, Sonia Cillero, Beatriz Millan, Carmen Cobelo, Ana Sanjurjo-Amado, Jansen Quispe, Alba Garcia-Enriquez, Juan J. Carrero

Optimal public-transport operational strategies to reduce cost and vehicle’s emission

Chunyan Tang, Avishai Ceder, Ying-En Ge

Qualitative focus groups with stakeholders identify new potential outcomes related to vaccination communication

Jessica Kaufman, Rebecca Ryan, Sophie Hill

Variation in species diversity of deep-water megafauna assemblages in the Caribbean across depth and ecoregions

Iván Hernández-Ávila, Edlin Guerra-Castro, Carolina Bracho, Martin Rada, Frank A. Ocaña, Daniel Pech

Transcriptome signature for dietary fructose-specific changes in rat renal cortex: A quantitative approach to physiological relevance

Agustin Gonzalez-Vicente, Jeffrey L. Garvin, Ulrich Hopfer

Studying on the strictly self-compatibility mechanism of ‘Liuyefeitao’ peach (Prunus persica L.)

Wei Liu, Maosong Pei, Anning Zhang

Water-stress physiology of Rhinanthus alectorolophus, a root-hemiparasitic plant

Petra Světlíková, Tomáš Hájek, Jakub Těšitel

Multiple time scales of the ventriloquism aftereffect

Adam K. Bosen, Justin T. Fleming, Paul D. Allen, William E. O’Neill, Gary D. Paige

Dalangtan Playa (Qaidam Basin, NW China): Its microbial life and physicochemical characteristics and their astrobiological implications

Ting Huang, Ruicheng Wang, Long Xiao, Hongmei Wang, José M. Martínez, Cristina Escudero, Ricardo Amils, Ziye Cheng, Yi Xu

The Multiple Object Test as a performance-based tool to assess the decline of ADL function in Parkinson’s disease

Aline Beyle, Hannah Glonnegger, Bernhard Cerff, Susanne Gräber, Daniela Berg, Inga Liepelt-Scarfone

Geographic differences in the prevalence of hypertension in Uganda: Results of a national epidemiological study

Joseph Lunyera, Bruce Kirenga, John W. Stanifer, Samuel Kasozi, Thys van der Molen, Wenceslaus Katagira, Moses R. Kamya, Robert Kalyesubula

Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of the auxin response factor (ARF) gene family in physic nut

Yuehui Tang, Xinxin Bao, Kun Liu, Jian Wang, Ju Zhang, Youwei Feng, Yangyang Wang, Luoxiao Lin, Jingcheng Feng, Chengwei Li

Urbanization as a risk factor for aortic stiffness in a cohort in India

Laura Corlin, Kevin J. Lane, Jahnavi Sunderarajan, Kenneth K. H. Chui, Harivanza Vijayakumar, Lawrence Krakoff, Anbarasi Chandrasekaran, Sadagopan Thanikachalam, Doug Brugge, Mohan Thanikachalam

Cardiorespiratory fitness in children: Evidence for criterion-referenced cut-points

Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Justin J. Lang, Joel D. Barnes, Grant R. Tomkinson, Mark S. Tremblay

Shaping ability of four root canal instrumentation systems in simulated 3D-printed root canal models

David Christofzik, Andreas Bartols, Mahmoud Khaled Faheem, Doreen Schroeter, Birte Groessner-Schreiber, Christof E. Doerfer

A combinatorial analysis using observational data identifies species that govern ecosystem functioning

Benoît Jaillard, Philippe Deleporte, Michel Loreau, Cyrille Violle

An efficient control flow validation method using redundant computing capacity of dual-processor architecture

Qingran Wang, Wei Guo, Jizeng Wei

The neuroelectric dynamics of the emotional anticipation of other people’s pain

Dorian Dozolme, Elise Prigent, Yu-Fang Yang, Michel-Ange Amorim

Pollination in a new climate: Assessing the potential influence of flower temperature variation on insect pollinator behaviour

Mani Shrestha, Jair E. Garcia, Zoë Bukovac, Alan Dorin, Adrian G. Dyer

Rapid on-site dual optical system to measure specific reactive oxygen species (O₂^-• and OCl^-) in a tiny droplet of whole blood

Kimiko Kazumura, Kozo Takeuchi, Akiko Hara, Toshiyuki Miwa, Masaki Hattori, Yuqiu Wu, Naokazu Morishita, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Toshihiko Osawa

Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in the environment

Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Sara Ferrón, Samuel T. Wilson, David M. Karl

Shipboard design and fabrication of custom 3D-printed soft robotic manipulators for the investigation of delicate deep-sea organisms

Daniel M. Vogt, Kaitlyn P. Becker, Brennan T. Phillips, Moritz A. Graule, Randi D. Rotjan, Timothy M. Shank, Erik E. Cordes, Robert J. Wood, David F. Gruber

Association between parental consumer attitudes with their children’s sensory taste preferences as well as their food choice

Hannah S. Jilani, Hermann Pohlabeln, Kirsten Buchecker, Wencke Gwozdz, Stefaan De Henauw, Gabriele Eiben, Dénes Molnar, Luis A. Moreno, Valeria Pala, Lucia Reisch, Paola Russo, Toomas Veidebaum, Wolfgang Ahrens, Antje Hebestreit, on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium

Prolonged mechanical ventilation worsens sepsis-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction in the rat

Matthieu Le Dinh, Serge Carreira, Julie Obert, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez, Bruno Riou, Maud Beuvin, Thomas Similowski, Catherine Coirault, Alexandre Demoule

Landscape heterogeneity rather than crop diversity mediates bird diversity in agricultural landscapes

Sarah Redlich, Emily A. Martin, Beate Wende, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

Matching diagnostics development to clinical need: Target product profile development for a point of care test for community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection

Micaela Gal, Nicholas A. Francis, Kerenza Hood, Jorge Villacian, Herman Goossens, Angela Watkins, Christopher C. Butler, the RAPP-ID consortium

Reducing effects of dispersal on the bias of 2-sample mark-recapture estimators of stream fish abundance

James N. McNair, Carl R. Ruetz III, Ariana Carlson, Jiyeon Suh

How accurate are runners’ prospective predictions of their race times?

Konstantinos Liverakos, Kate McIntosh, Christopher J. A. Moulin, Akira R. O’Connor

An empirical study of collaborative capacity evaluation and scheduling optimization for a CPD project

Xiaolei Wang, Tiejun Ci, Sang-Bing Tsai, Aijun Liu, Quan Chen

Computed tomography trachea volumetry in patients with scleroderma: Association with clinical and functional findings

Bruno Rangel Antunes Silva, Rosana Souza Rodrigues, Rogério Rufino, Cláudia Henrique Costa, Veronica Silva Vilela, Roger Abramino Levy, Alan Ranieri Medeiros Guimarães, Alysson Roncally Silva Carvalho, Agnaldo José Lopes

Modic changes—Their associations with low back pain and activity limitation: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Christofer Herlin, Per Kjaer, Ansgar Espeland, Jan Sture Skouen, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Jaro Karppinen, Jaakko Niinimäki, Joan Solgaard Sørensen, Kjersti Storheim, Tue Secher Jensen

Rating scales for shoulder and elbow range of motion impairment: Call for a functional approach

Anouk M. Oosterwijk, Marianne K. Nieuwenhuis, Hennie J. Schouten, Cees P. van der Schans, Leonora J. Mouton

Temporal trends and predictors of antimicrobial resistance among Staphylococcus spp. isolated from canine specimens submitted to a diagnostic laboratory

Julia G. Conner, Jackie Smith, Erdal Erol, Stephan Locke, Erica Phillips, Craig N. Carter, Agricola Odoi

The phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)-δ,γ inhibitor, duvelisib shows preclinical synergy with multiple targeted therapies in hematologic malignancies

Kerrie Faia, Kerry White, Erin Murphy, Jennifer Proctor, Melissa Pink, Nicole Kosmider, Karen McGovern, Jeffery Kutok

Three-dimensional region-based study on the relationship between soft and hard tissue changes after orthognathic surgery in patients with prognathism

Lun-Jou Lo, Jing-Ling Weng, Cheng-Ting Ho, Hsiu-Hsia Lin

Postoperative changes of intermittent exotropia type as classified by 1-hour monocular occlusion

Seok Hyun Bae, Young Bok Lee, Soolienah Rhiu, Joo Yeon Lee, Mi Young Choi, Hae Jung Paik, Key Hwan Lim, Dong Gyu Choi

Antihypertensive treatment and blood pressure trends among South African adults: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of a population panel survey

Annibale Cois, Rodney Ehrlich

Use of behavioural and physiological responses for scoring sound sensitivity in dogs

Carla Caroline Franzini de Souza, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias, Raquel Nascimento de Souza, Magda Alves de Medeiros

Geospatial distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Africa