Toward Sustainable Biocultural Ecotourism: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Cultural and Biodiversity Richness in Colombia by Alejandra Echeverri, Natasha M. Batista, Stacie Wolny, Guido A. Herrera‐R, Federico Andrade‐Rivas, Allison Bailey, Anaid Cardenas‐Navarrete, Armando Dávila Arenas, Andres Felipe Díaz‐Salazar, Katherine Victoria Hernandez, Kelley E. Langhans, Bryam E. Mateus‐Aguilar, Dallas Levey, Andrew Neill, Oliver Nguyen, Andres Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Felipe Zapata, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela

“…While biocultural richness is high in the Amazon, Pacific and Caribbean regions, we found that there are no win‐win‐win locations where culture, species richness and accessibility are all high. …”
Get full text

International prevalence of consultation with a naturopathic practitioner: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amie Steel, Jon Adams, Brenda Leung, Holger Cramer, Matthew J Leach, Jon Wardle, Joshua Goldenberg, Janet Schloss, Rebecca Redmond, Joanna Elizabeth Harnett, Claudine Van de Venter, Andy McLintock, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hawrelak, Kieran Cooley

“…Meta-analysis of the included studies by world region found the 12-month prevalence of history of naturopathy consultations ranged from 1% in the Region of the Americas to 6% in the European and Western Pacific Regions.Conclusions There are up to sixfold differences in the prevalence of naturopathy consults over 12 months between and within world regions, which may be driven by a range of policy, legislative and social factors.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020145529.…”
Get full text

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment by N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, A. S. Caldwell, Y.-D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, D. C. Combs, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. Doe, Yu. Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Esterline, J. E. Fast, P. Finnerty, F. M. Fraenkle, A. Galindo-Uribarri, G. K. Giovanetti, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusev, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, A. Hegai, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, A. Knecht, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. LaFerriere, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, P. N. Luke, S. MacMullin, R. D. Martin, S. Mertens, L. Mizouni, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, N. R. Overman, David Phillips, A. W. P. Poon, K. Pushkin, D. C. Radford, K. Rielage, R. G. H. Robertson, M. C. Ronquest, A. G. Schubert, B. Shanks, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, K. J. Snavely, N. Snyder, D. Steele, J. Strain, A. M. Suriano, J. Thompson, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, T. Williams, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, A. R. Young, C.-H. Yu, V. Yumatov

Get full text

Surgical Outcomes and Sociodemographic Disparities Across All Races: An ACS-NSQIP and NHIS Multi-Institutional Analysis of Over 7.5 Million Patients by Dany Y. Matar, BA, Samuel Knoedler, Anthony Y. Matar, BS, Sarah Friedrich, PhD, Harriet Kiwanuka, MD, Ryoko Hamaguchi, MD, Carla M. Hamwi, BS, Gabriel Hundeshagen, MD, MMS, Valentin Haug, MD, Ulrich Kneser, MD, PhD, Keisha Ray, PhD, Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD, Adriana C. Panayi, MD, PhD

“…Among 7,504,734 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Improvement Database patients specifying race, 83.8% were White (WT), 11.8% Black or African American (B/AA), 3.3% Asian (AS), 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN), 0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NH/PI), 7.3% Hispanic. Reoperation trends reveal favorable outcomes for WT, AS, and NH/PI patients compared with B/AA and AI/AN patients. …”
Get full text

Identifying health risk determinants and molecular targets in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis via combined differential and weighted gene co-expression analysis by Abu Tayab Moin, Md. Asad Ullah, Jannatul Ferdous Nipa, Mohammad Sheikh Farider Rahman, Afsana Emran, Md. Minhazul Islam, Swapnil Das, Tawsif Al Arian, Mohammad Mahfuz Enam Elahi, Mukta Akter, Umme Sadea Rahman, Arnab Halder, Shoaib Saikat, Mohammad Jakir Hosen

Get full text

Bottom Trawling and Multi‐Marker eDNA Metabarcoding Surveys Reveal Highly Diverse Vertebrate and Crustacean Communities: A Case Study in an Urbanized Subtropical Estuary by Jack Chi‐Ho Ip, Hai‐Xin Loke, Sam King Fung Yiu, Meihong Zhao, Yixuan Li, Yitao Lin, Chun‐Ming How, Jiezhang Mo, Meng Yan, Jinping Cheng, Vincent Chi‐Sing Lai, Leo Lai Chan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Jian‐Wen Qiu

“…The eDNA approach was also more effective than trawling in detecting threatened vertebrates (16 vs. 4), including the Indo‐Pacific Finless Porpoise and the critically endangered Large Yellow Croaker. …”
Get full text

A mixed-methods observational study of strategies for success in implementation science: overcoming emergency departments hurdles by Deonni P. Stolldorf, Alan B. Storrow, Dandan Liu, Cathy A. Jenkins, Rachel A. Hilton, Karen F. Miller, Joy Kim, Deepika Boopathy, Satheesh Gunaga, Bory Kea, Joseph Miller, Sean P. Collins

“…Methods A mixed-methods cross-sectional observational study was conducted in four United States EDs in two diverse healthcare systems in the Pacific West and Midwest. Data were collected using a survey and interviews with ED providers, nurses, and leaders. …”
Get full text

A comparison of applicant and accepted student characteristics to research training programs with implications for recruitment and selection strategy by Young-Hee Cho, Young-Hee Cho, Chi-Ah Chun, Chi-Ah Chun, Hector Ramos, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, Kim-Phuong L. Vu

“…Majors were categorized as either biomedical or behavioral disciplines, while URM status was defined as students who self-identified their race and ethnicity as African American/Black, Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. Applicants’ psychosocial characteristics were obtained from a separate online survey. …”
Get full text

Potency of sponge-associated bacteria producing bioactive compounds as biological control of vibriosis on shrimp by Adityawati Fajar Rini, Munti Yuhana, Aris Tri Wahyudi

“…Keywords: NRPS, PKS, anti-vibriosis, Pacific white shrimp     ABSTRAK   Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh isolat bakteri asosiasi spons yang mempunyai kemampuan dalam menghambat vibriosis secara in vitro, in vivo dan mendeteksi gen 16S-rRNA, nonribosomal peptide synthase (NRPS) serta polyketide synthase (PKS) untuk memastikan kemampuan mensintesis senyawa bioaktif. …”
Get full text

Sensitivity to the Demethylation Inhibitor Difenoconazole Among Baseline Populations of Various <i>Penicillium</i> spp. Causing Blue Mold of Apples and Pears by Madan Pandey, Clayton L. Haskell, Juliette D. Cowell, Achour Amiri

“…., <i>P. solitum</i> (<i>n</i> = 52), <i>P. roqueforti</i> (<i>n</i> = 32), <i>P. commune</i> (<i>n</i> = 15), <i>P. paneum</i> (<i>n</i> = 9), <i>P. psychrosexuale</i> (<i>n</i> = 8), <i>P. crustosum</i> (<i>n</i> = 5), <i>P. carneum</i> (<i>n</i> = 3), <i>P. palitans</i> (<i>n</i> = 2), along with one isolate each of <i>P. citrinum</i>, <i>P. griseofulvum</i>, <i>P. raistrickii</i>, <i>P. ribium</i>, and <i>P. viridicatum</i>, were collected from multiple packinghouses in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. In vitro sensitivity assays showed similar sensitivities of spores and mycelia across species with the mean EC₅₀ values ranging from 0.01 for <i>P. psychrosexuale</i> (<i>n</i> = 8) to 1.33 μg mL⁻¹ for <i>P. palitans</i> (<i>n</i> = 2), whereas the mean EC_50s were 0.03, 0.12, 0.19, and 0.51 μg mL⁻¹ for <i>P. expansum</i> (<i>n</i> = 31), <i>P. paneum</i> (<i>n</i> = 9), <i>P. solitum</i> (<i>n</i> = 52), and <i>P. crustosum</i> (<i>n</i> = 5), respectively. …”
Get full text

Synthesizing field plot and airborne remote sensing data to enhance national forest inventory mapping in the boreal forest of Interior Alaska by Pratima Khatri-Chhetri, Hans-Erik Andersen, Bruce Cook, Sean M. Hendryx, Liz van Wagtendonk, Van R. Kane

Get full text

Seasonal variations and comparative nutritional composition of hatchery-reared, hatchery-released, and wild black rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii) by Liu Wang, Liu Wang, Yunhai He, Xu Wei, Xinyan Liang, Xinyan Liang, Ruonan Zhang, Ruonan Zhang, Qi Liu, Qi Liu, Chenqi Wang, Chenqi Wang, Jinfeng Chen, Jinfeng Chen, Meiyuan Li, Meiyuan Li, Zhi Ma, Shaodong Qu

“…The black rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii) is a commercially important marine species in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Its population has significantly declined due to overfishing and environmental changes. …”
Get full text

A Comprehensive Dataset on Microbiome Dynamics in Rheumatoid Arthritis from a Large-Scale Cohort Study by Jing Li, Jun Xu, Jiayang Jin, Congmin Xu, Yuzhou Gan, Yifan Wang, Ruiling Feng, Wenqiang Fan, Yingni Li, Xiaozhen Zhao, Yucui Li, Shushi Gong, Linchong Su, Yueming Cai, Lianjie Shi, Xiaolin Sun, Yang Xiang, Qingwen Wang, Ru Li, Jinxia Zhao, Yulan Liu, Junjie Qin, Zhanguo Li, Jing He

“…Our dataset comprises gut microbiota profiles from 2,238 individuals, including 1,034 RA patients (Ascia Pacific RA cohort, APRAC) and 1,204 healthy controls. …”
Get full text

IMA genome‑F17 by Brenda D. Wingfield, Dave K. Berger, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Tuan A. Duong, Anke Martin, Nam Q. Pham, Noelani van den Berg, P. Markus Wilken, Kiruba Shankari Arun-Chinnappa, Irene Barnes, Sikelela Buthelezi, Buddhika Amarasinghe Dahanayaka, Alvaro Durán, Juanita Engelbrecht, Alice Feurtey, Arista Fourie, Gerda Fourie, Jesse Hartley, Eugene N. K. Kabwe, Mkhululi Maphosa, Deborah L. Narh Mensah, David L. Nsibo, Lizel Potgieter, Barsha Poudel, Eva H. Stukenbrock, Chanel Thomas, Niloofar Vaghefi, Tanya Welgemoed, Michael J. Wingfield

Get full text

Uncovering women's healthcare access challenges in low- and middle-income countries using mixed effects modelling approach: Insights for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals... by Bewuketu Terefe, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Agazhe Aemro, Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Mulugeta Wassie, Mohammed Seid Ali

“…Women aged 25-34 years, and 35-49 years, had primary education, and secondary or higher education, married women, poorer, middle, richer, and richest wealth indices, had mass media exposure, first birth at age ≥20 years, birth interval of 24-36, 37-59 and >59 months as compared to < 24 months birth interval, had health insurance, delivered at a health facility, had at least one ANC visit, being from lower-middle-income countries, upper-middle-income countries, regions like West Africa, South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific compared to women living in East Africa, low literacy rates, medium literacy rates, and high literacy rates as compared to very low literacy rate were associated with lower odds of having problems accessing healthcare respectively. …”
Get full text

Characteristics and quality of biofloc in vannamei shrimp culture with different carbon sources by Muhammad Faris Allam, Julie Ekasari, Ichsan Achmad Fauzi, Wiyoto Wiyoto

“…Based on these, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of using carbon sources with different levels of complexity on the characteristics and quality of biofloc in pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) rearing. The carbon sources used in this study were dextrose (DX), potato starch (ST), and α-cellulose (CL). …”
Get full text

A Multicenter, Prospective Study of a New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction by Bret T. Petersen, Michel Kahaleh, Richard A. Kozarek, David Loren, Kapil Gupta, Thomas Kowalski, Martin Freeman, Yang K. Chen, Malcolm S. Branch, Steven Edmundowicz, Michael Gluck, Kenneth Binmoeller, Todd H. Baron, Raj J. Shah, Timothy Kinney, William Ross, Paul Jowell, David Carr-Locke

Get full text

Severe Weather Events over Southeastern Brazil during the 2016 Dry Season by Amanda Rehbein, Lívia Márcia Mosso Dutra, Tercio Ambrizzi, Rosmeri Porfírio da Rocha, Michelle Simões Reboita, Gyrlene Aparecida Mendes da Silva, Luiz Felippe Gozzo, Ana Carolina Nóbile Tomaziello, José Leandro Pereira Silveira Campos, Victor Raul Chavez Mayta, Natália Machado Crespo, Paola Gimenes Bueno, Vannia Jaqueline Aliaga Nestares, Laís Tabosa Machado, Eduardo Marcos De Jesus, Luana Albertani Pampuch, Maria de Souza Custódio, Camila Bertoletti Carpenedo

“…These features were intensified by the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) in its phase 8 and by intense negative values of the Pacific South America (PSA) 2 mode.…”
Get full text

Restorative Neurostimulation Therapy Compared to Optimal Medical Management: A Randomized Evaluation (RESTORE) for the Treatment of Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain due to Multifid... by Frank Schwab, Nagy Mekhail, Kiran V. Patel, Meredith Langhorst, Robert D. Heros, Jonathan Gentile, Sherif Costandi, Gregory Moore, Christopher Gilmore, Smith Manion, Krishnan Chakravarthy, S. Craig Meyer, Justin V. Bundy, Jordan L. Tate, Rebecca Sanders, Sandeep Vaid, Oszkar Szentirmai, Johnathan Goree, Vikas V. Patel, Jeff Lehmen, Mehul J. Desai, Jason E. Pope, Anthony Giuffrida, Salim Hayek, Sohrab Singh Virk, Richard Paicius, William R. Klemme, Robert Levy, Christopher Gilligan, the RESTORE investigators

Get full text

Growth of white shrimp post-larvae immersed in recombinant fish growth hormone by Dita Puji Laksana, Siti Subaidah, Muhammad Zairin Junior, , Alimuddin, Odang Carman

“…Keywords: recombinant growth hormone, different immersion time, Pacific white shrimp, biomass     ABSTRAK   Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menentukan lama waktu perendaman hormon pertumbuhan rekombinan ikan kerapu kertang (Ephinephelus lanceolatus; rElGH) dosis 15 mg/L yang menghasilkan pertumbuhan tertinggi pada pascalarva (PL) udang vaname. …”
Get full text