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Species Richness-Environment Relationships of European Arthropods at Two Spatial Grains: Habitats and Countries

Entling, M.H. Schweiger, O. Bacher, S. Espadaler, X. Hickler, T. Kumschick, S. Woodcock, B.A. Nentwig, W. (PLOS, 2012-09-24)

We study how species richness of arthropods relates to theories concerning net primary productivity, ambient energy, water-energy dynamics and spatial environmental heterogeneity. We use two datasets of arthropod richness ...

A General HIV Incidence Inference Scheme Based on Likelihood of Individual Level Data and a Population Renewal Equation

Mahiane, G.S. Ouifki, R. Brand, H. Delva, W. Welte, A. (PLOS, 2012-09-12)

We derive a new method to estimate the age specific incidence of an infection with a differential mortality, using individual level infection status data from successive surveys. The method consists of a) an SI-type model ...

Four New Bat Species (Rhinolophus hildebrandtii Complex) Reflect Plio-Pleistocene Divergence of Dwarfs and Giants across an Afromontane Archipelago

Taylor, P.J. Stoffberg, S. Monadjem, A. Schoeman, M.C. Bayliss, J. Cotterill, F.P.D. (PLOS, 2012-09-12)

Gigantism and dwarfism evolve in vertebrates restricted to islands. We describe four new species in the Rhinolophus hildebrandtii species-complex of horseshoe bats, whose evolution has entailed adaptive shifts in body size. ...

Host-Plant Species Conservatism and Ecology of a Parasitoid Fig Wasp Genus (Chalcidoidea; Sycoryctinae; Arachonia)

McLeish, M.J. Beukman, G. Van Noort, S. Wossler, T.C. (PLOS, 2012-09-10)

Parasitoid diversity in terrestrial ecosystems is enormous. However, ecological processes underpinning their evolutionary diversification in association with other trophic groups are still unclear. Specialisation and ...

How Should We Best Estimate the Mean Recency Duration for the BED Method?

Hargrove, J Eastwood, H Mahiane, G van Schalkwyk, C (PLOS, 2012-11-16)

BED estimates of HIV incidence from cross-sectional surveys are obtained by restricting, to fixed time T, the period over which incidence is estimated. The appropriate mean recency duration (VT) then refers to the time ...

The Recent Recombinant Evolution of a Major CropThe Recent Recombinant Evolution of a Major Crop Pathogen, Potato virus Y

Visser, J. C. Bellstedt, D. U. Pirie, M. D. (PLOS, 2012-11-30)

Potato virus Y (PVY) is a major agricultural disease that reduces crop yields worldwide. Different strains of PVY are associated with differing degrees of pathogenicity, of which the most common and economically important ...

Prediction of Poor Outcome in Patients with Acute Liver Failure—Systematic Review of Prediction Models

Wlodzimirow, K. A. Eslami, S Chamuleau, R.A.F. M Nieuwoudt, M Abu-Hanna, A (PLOS, 2012-12-14)

Introduction: Acute liver failure is a rare disease with high mortality and liver transplantation is the only life saving therapy. Accurate prognosis of ALF is crucial for proper intervention. Aim: To identify and ...

Polymorphisms in the Non-Muscle Myosin Heavy Chain Gene (MYH9) Are Associated with Lower Glomerular Filtration Rate in Mixed Ancestry Diabetic Subjects from South Africa

Matsha, T. E. Masconi, K Yako, Y Hassan, M. S. Macharia, M Erasmus, R. T. Kengne, A. P. (PLOS, 2012-12-20)

Objective: Though single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the non-muscle myosin gene (MYH9) have been reported to explain most of the excess risk of nondiabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD), in African-Americans, some ...

Comparative Demography of an At-Risk African Elephant Population

Wittemyer, George Daballen, David Douglas-Hamilton, Iain (Open Journal Systems, 2013)

Knowledge of population processes across various ecological and management settings offers important insights for species conservation and life history. In regard to its ecological role, charisma and threats from human ...

Pantothenamides Are Potent, On-Target Inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum Growth When Serum Pantetheinase Is Inactivated

Spry, Christina Macuamule, Cristiano Lin, Zhiyang Virga, Kristopher G. Lee, Richard E. Strauss, Erick Saliba, Kevin J. (Open Journal Systems, 2013)

Growth of the virulent human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is dependent on an extracellular supply of pantothenate (vitamin B5) and is susceptible to inhibition by pantothenate analogues that hinder pantothenate ...

Construction and Comparative Analyses of Highly Dense Linkage Maps of Two Sweet Cherry Intra-Specific Progenies of Commercial Cultivars

Klagges, Carolina Campoy, José Antonio Quero-Garcia, José Guzman, Alejandra Mansur, Levi Gratacos, Eduardo Silva, Herman Rosyara, Umesh Lezzoni, Amy Meisel, Lee A. Dirlewanger, Elisabeth (Open Journal Systems, 2013)

Despite the agronomical importance and high synteny with other Prunus species, breeding improvements for cherry have been slow compared to other temperate fruits, such as apple or peach. However, the recent release of the ...

Medication Possession Ratio Associated with Short-Term Virologic Response in Individuals Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Namibia

Hong, Steven Y. Jerger, Logan Jonas, Anna Badi, Alfons Cohen, Steven Nachega, Jean B. Parienti, Jean-Jacques Tang, Alice M. Wanke, Christine Terrin, Norma Pereko, Dawn Blom, Abraham Trotter, Andrew B. Jordan, Michael R. (Open Journal Systems, 2013)

The visual-analogue scale (VAS), Likert item (rating scale), pills identification test (PIT), and medication possession ratio (MPR) provide estimates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence which correlate with HIV viral ...

Current Integration of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV Services

Chehab, Joel C. Vilakazi-Nhlapo, Amanda K. Vranken, Peter Peters, Annatjie Klausner, Jeffrey D. (Open Journal Systems, 2013)

Setting: Public Health Facilities in South Africa. Objective: To assess the current integration of TB and HIV services in South Africa, 2011. Design: Cross-sectional study of 49 randomly selected health facilities in ...

Shorter Telomere Length - A Potential Susceptibility Factor for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairments in South African Woman

Malan-Muller, Stefanie Hemmings, Sian Megan Joanna Spies, Georgina Kidd, Martin Fennema-Notestine, Christine Seedat, Soraya (Open Journal Systems, 2013)

The neuropathogenesis of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may manifest as various neurocognitive impairments (NCI). HIV-positive individuals also have significantly shorter telomere length (TL) in peripheral blood ...

Scaling Up mHealth: Where Is the Evidence?

Tomlinson, M. Rotheram-Borus, M. J. Swartz, L. Tsai, A. C. (PLOS, 2013-02-12)

Despite hundreds of mHealth pilot studies, there has been insufficient programmatic evidence to inform implementation and scale-up of mHealth. We discuss what constitutes appropriate research evidence to inform scale up. ...

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