Light to intermediate oil sheens increase Manx shearwater feather permeability by E. Murphy, M. Jessopp, J. Darby

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Microscopy cell counting and detection with fully convolutional regression networks by Xie, W, Noble, J, Zisserman, A

“…This is applicable to situations where traditional single-cell segmentation-based methods do not work well due to cell clumping or overlaps. We make the following contributions: (i) we develop and compare architectures for two fully convolutional regression networks (FCRNs) for this task; (ii) since the networks are fully convolutional, they can predict a density map for an input image of arbitrary size, and we exploit this to improve efficiency by end-to-end training on image patches; (iii) we show that FCRNs trained entirely on synthetic data are able to give excellent predictions on microscopy images from real biological experiments without fine-tuning, and that the performance can be further improved by fine-tuning on these real images. …”

Testing a non-destructive assay to track Plasmodium sporozoites in mosquitoes over time by Catherine E. Oke, Sarah E. Reece, Petra Schneider

“…However, investigations of the biological causes underlying the low detection rate of sporozoites (e.g. mosquito feeding behaviour, frequency of sporozoite expulsion or sporozoite clumping) are needed to maximise the utility of using non-destructive assays to quantify sporozoite dynamics. …”
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Practical LAI Estimation with DHP Images in Complex Forest Structure with Rugged Terrain by Junghee Lee, Sungeun Cha, Joongbin Lim, Junghwa Chun, Keunchang Jang

“…Leaf area index is a key structural parameter for biological and physical processes. Korea is planning to launch CAS500-4 in 2025, so in situ data is needed to validate the leaf area index. …”
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Influence of particle size and reactive oxygen species on cobalt chrome nanoparticle-mediated genotoxicity. by Raghunathan, V, Devey, M, Hawkins, S, Hails, L, Davis, SA, Mann, S, Chang, I, Ingham, E, Malhas, A, Vaux, D, Lane, J, Case, C

“…Consequently, we recorded elevated levels of aneuploidy, chromosome clumping, fragmentation of mitochondria and damage to the cytoskeleton particularly to the microtubule network. …”

MCSNet+: Enhanced Convolutional Neural Network for Detection and Classification of <i>Tribolium</i> and <i>Sitophilus</i> Sibling Species in Actual Wheat Storage Environments by Haiying Yang, Yanyu Li, Liyong Xin, Shyh Wei Teng, Shaoning Pang, Huiyi Zhao, Yang Cao, Xiaoguang Zhou

“…These closely related species, having very similar morphological and biological characteristics, often exhibit variations in biology and pesticide resistance, complicating control efforts. …”
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Investigating the influence of physiologically relevant hydrostatic pressure on CHO cell batch culture by Shang, Menglin, Kwon, Taehong, Hamel, Jean-Francois P, Lim, Chwee Teck, Khoo, Bee Luan, Han, Jongyoon

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A Francisella novicida Mutant, Lacking the Soluble Lytic Transglycosylase Slt, Exhibits Defects in Both Growth and Virulence by Beth A. Bachert, Sergei S. Biryukov, Jennifer Chua, Sabrina A. Rodriguez, Ronald G. Toothman, Christopher K. Cote, Christopher P. Klimko, Melissa Hunter, Jennifer L. Shoe, Janice A. Williams, Kathleen A. Kuehl, Fabrice V. Biot, Joel A. Bozue

“…We assess the role of Slt in biology and virulence of the organism as well as the vaccine potential of the slt mutant. …”
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Variation along P2RX7 interacts with early traumas on severity of anxiety suggesting a role for neuroinflammation by Zsuliet Kristof, Zsofia Gal, Dora Torok, Nora Eszlari, Sara Sutori, Berta Erdelyi-Hamza, Peter Petschner, Beata Sperlagh, Ian M. Anderson, John Francis William Deakin, Gyorgy Bagdy, Gabriella Juhasz, Xenia Gonda

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A Mendelian randomization study of genetic liability to post-traumatic stress disorder and risk of ischemic stroke by Opeyemi Soremekun, Clarisse Musanabaganwa, Annette Uwineza, Maddalena Ardissino, Skanda Rajasundaram, Agaz H. Wani, Stefan Jansen, Jean Mutabaruka, Eugene Rutembesa, Chisom Soremekun, Cisse Cheickna, Mamadou Wele, Joseph Mugisha, Oyekanmi Nash, Eugene Kinyanda, Dorothea Nitsch, Myriam Fornage, Tinashe Chikowore, Dipender Gill, Derek E. Wildman, Leon Mutesa, Monica Uddin, Segun Fatumo

“…To clarify the precise biological mechanisms involved and how they may vary between populations, more research is required.…”
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Polygenic risk score penetrance & recurrence risk in familial Alzheimer disease by Min Qiao, Annie J. Lee, Dolly Reyes‐Dumeyer, Giuseppe Tosto, Kelley Faber, Alison Goate, Alan Renton, Michael Chao, Brad Boeve, Carlos Cruchaga, Margaret Pericak‐Vance, Jonathan L. Haines, Roger Rosenberg, Debby Tsuang, Robert A. Sweet, David A. Bennett, Robert S. Wilson, Tatiana Foroud, Richard Mayeux, Badri N. Vardarajan

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Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Cholera Toxin-Based <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Vaccine against Bovine Intramammary Challenge by Hussain A. Alabdullah, Elise Overgaard, Danielle Scarbrough, Janet E. Williams, Omid Mohammad Mousa, Gary Dunn, Laura Bond, Mark A. McGuire, Juliette K. Tinker

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Embers of the Past: Early Childhood Traumas Interact with Variation in <i>P2RX7</i> Gene Implicated in Neuroinflammation on Markers of Current Suicide Risk by Zsuliet Kristof, Zsofia Gal, Dora Torok, Nora Eszlari, Sara Sutori, Beata Sperlagh, Ian M. Anderson, Bill Deakin, Gyorgy Bagdy, Gabriella Juhasz, Xenia Gonda

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Mendelian randomization and genetic colocalization infer the effects of the multi-tissue proteome on 211 complex disease-related phenotypes by Chengran Yang, Anne M. Fagan, Richard J. Perrin, Herve Rhinn, Oscar Harari, Carlos Cruchaga

“…As we were unable to use methods correcting for horizontal pleiotropy given most of the proteins were only associated with one valid instrumental variable after clumping, we found that the observations of protein-phenotype associations were consistent with a causal role or horizontal pleiotropy. …”
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Endophytic Trichoderma virens triggers induced systemic resistance in oil palm seedlings by Md Paudzai, Farah Amira

“…Trichoderma is a well-known biological control agent (BCA) for plant disease and has shown to be effective against basal stem rot (BSR) infection. …”
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First Report of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Virulence Gene Characterization Associated with <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Carriage in Healthy Camels from Tunisia by Faten Ben Chehida, Haythem Gharsa, Wafa Tombari, Rachid Selmi, Sana Khaldi, Monia Daaloul, Karim Ben Slama, Lilia Messadi

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Improved use of a public good selects for the evolution of undifferentiated multicellularity by John H Koschwanez, Kevin R Foster, Andrew W Murray

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Uneven Levels of 5S and 45S rDNA Site Number and Loci Variations across Wild <i>Chrysanthemum</i> Accessions by Jun He, Yong Zhao, Shuangshuang Zhang, Yanze He, Jiafu Jiang, Sumei Chen, Weimin Fang, Zhiyong Guan, Yuan Liao, Zhenxing Wang, Fadi Chen, Haibin Wang

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Expression of Spermatogonial and Pluripotency Markers in Spermatogonial Stem Cells after Treatment with Different Culture Factors by Hatef Ghasemi Hamidabadi, Nourollah Rezaei, Reza Mahmoudi, Maryam Nazm Bojnordi

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Dissolvable alginate hydrogel-based biofilm microreactors for antibiotic susceptibility assays by Le Hoang Phu Pham, Khanh Loan Ly, Mariliz Colon-Ascanio, Jin Ou, Hao Wang, Sang Won Lee, Yi Wang, John S. Choy, Kenneth Scott Phillips, Xiaolong Luo

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