Effect of translocation on home range and movements of giant gartersnakes by Allison M. Nguyen, Brian J. Halstead, Brian D. Todd

“…We translocated snakes from two donor sites—one managed wetland and one rice agriculture site—to a third restored wetland in Sacramento County, California, USA, to evaluate the impact of translocations on home ranges and movements. …”
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Rural residence across the life course and late‐life cognitive decline in KHANDLE: A causal inference study by Rachel L. Peterson, Paola Gilsanz, Yi Lor, Kristen M. George, Michelle Ko, Jenny Wagner, Yenee Soh, Oanh L. Meyer, M. Maria Glymour, Rachel A. Whitmer

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Survey of Neuroanatomic Sampling and Staining Procedures in Alzheimer Disease Research Center Brain Banks by Juan Carlos Vizcarra, Andrew Teich, Brittany Dugger, David Gutman

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The Spawning Migration of Delta Smelt in the Upper San Francisco Estuary by Ted Sommer, Francine H Mejia, Matthew L. Nobriga, Frederick Feyrer, Lenny Grimaldo

“…During the fall pre-migration period, delta smelt remain primarily within the low-salinity zone in the western Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay. There were no significant upstream shifts of fish into fresher water during late fall, suggesting that delta smelt do not show pre-migration staging behavior. …”
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Hemodialysis catheter-related infection: rates, risk factors and pathogens by Farida Sahli, Razika Feidjel, Rima Laalaoui

“…Micro-organisms isolated from semi quantitative culture of CVC and blood culture were identified and tested for antibiotic susceptibility using the automated MicroScan system (DADE Behring, Sacramento, CA, USA). Chi-square test was performed to compare demographic and clinical variables (age, sex, comorbidities, duration of CVC, insertion site) in the groups of patients with and without CVC-RI. …”
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Scientific Research in Ecuador: A Bibliometric Analysis by Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Néstor Montalván-Burbano, Carlos Mora-Frank, Lady Bravo-Montero

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MICROFACIES AND MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES (SMALLER FORAMINIFERS, ALGAE, PSEUDOALGAE) OF THE HUECO GROUP AND LABORCITA FORMATION (UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN-LOWER PERMIAN) SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW... by KARL KRAINER, DANIEL VACHARD, SPENCER LUCAS

“…On the eastern shelf, the Laborcita Formation of the northern Sacramento Mountains represents a transition from marine to terrestrial facies and is composed of clastic-carbonate cycles. …”
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Changes in the expression of inflammatory and epigenetic-modulatory genes after an intensive meditation retreat by María Jesús Álvarez-López, Quinn A. Conklin, Marta Cosín-Tomás, Grant S. Shields, Brandon G. King, Anthony P. Zanesco, Perla Kaliman, Clifford D. Saron

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Detrital food web contributes to aquatic ecosystem productivity and rapid salmon growth in a managed floodplain by Carson A. Jeffres, Eric J. Holmes, Ted R. Sommer, Jacob V. E. Katz, Rachel A. Hovel

“…Similar to many large river valleys globally, the Sacramento River Valley has been extensively drained and leveed, hydrologically divorcing river channels from most floodplains. …”
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Runoff response to the uncertainty from key water-budget variables in a seasonally snow-covered mountain basin by Guotao Cui, Michael Anderson, Roger Bales

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Evidence of spatial competition, over resource scarcity, as a primary driver of conflicts between small-scale and industrial fishers by Katherine L. Seto, Kelly J. Easterday, Denis W. Aheto, Godfred A. Asiedu, U. Rashid Sumaila, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor

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Variational assimilation of streamflow into operational distributed hydrologic models: effect of spatiotemporal scale of adjustment by H. Lee, D.-J. Seo, Y. Liu, V. Koren, P. McKee, R. Corby

“…To examine the issue in the context of operational hydrologic forecasting, we carried out a set of real-world experiments in which streamflow data is assimilated into the gridded Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting (SAC-SMA) and kinematic-wave routing models of the US National Weather Service (NWS) Research Distributed Hydrologic Model (RDHM) via variational data assimilation (DA). …”
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Mechanisms of implementation: An appraisal of causal pathways presented at the 5th biennial Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) conference by Sarah F. Vejnoska, Kayne Mettert, Cara C. Lewis

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Biochar impact on physiological and biochemical attributes of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in nickel contaminated soil by U. Younis, M. Athar, S.A. Malik, M.H. Raza Shah, S. Mahmood

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The energy and emissions footprint of water supply for Southern California by A J Fang, Joshua P Newell, Joshua J Cousins

“…California’s water supply infrastructure sprawls for thousands of miles, from the Colorado River to the Sacramento Delta. Bringing water to growing urban centers in Southern California is especially energy intensive, pushing local utilities to balance water security with factors such as the cost and carbon footprint of the various supply sources. …”
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Current Distribution of the Olive Psyllid, <i>Euphyllura olivina</i>, in California and Initial Evaluation of the Mediterranean Parasitoid <i>Psyllaephagus euphyllurae</i> as a Bio... by Evelyne Hougardy, Xingeng Wang, Brian N. Hogg, Marshall W. Johnson, Kent M. Daane, Charles H. Pickett

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Data augmentation with Mixup: Enhancing performance of a functional neuroimaging-based prognostic deep learning classifier in recent onset psychosis by Jason Smucny, Ge Shi, Tyler A. Lesh, Cameron S. Carter, Ian Davidson

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Asthma Care in the Elderly: Practical Guidance and Challenges for Clinical Management - A Framework of 5 &ldquo;Ps&rdquo; by Khosa JK, Louie S, Lobo Moreno P, Abramov D, Rogstad DK, Alismail A, Matus MJ, Tan LD

“…Jaskiran K Khosa,1 Samuel Louie,2 Pamela Lobo Moreno,1 Dmitry Abramov,1 Daniel K Rogstad,1 Abdullah Alismail,3 Michael J Matus,1 Laren D Tan1 1Department of Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA; 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA; 3Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USACorrespondence: Laren D Tan, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Hyperbaric, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, 11234 Anderson Street, Suite 6439, Loma Linda, CA, 92354, USA, Tel +1 909-558-8081, Fax +1 909-558-0581, Email LaTan@llu.eduAbstract: Uncontrolled asthma in the elderly is a public health issue recognized in developed countries such as the United States and among the European Union, both from patient safety and economic perspectives. …”
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Modulation of Ryanodine Receptors Activity Alters the Course of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Mice by Natalia C. Osipchuk, Athena M. Soulika, Athena M. Soulika, Alla F. Fomina

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Nanomaterial-Based Antivascular Therapy in the Multimodal Treatment of Cancer by Xiaocong Ma, Weimin Fang, Duo Wang, Ni Shao, Jifeng Chen, Tianqi Nie, Cuiqing Huang, Yanyu Huang, Liangping Luo, Zeyu Xiao

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