The Value of Seed Potatoes from Four Systems in Kenya - Wachira Kaguongo; Gladys Maingi; Ian Barker; Nancy Nganga; Joseph Guenthner (American Journal of Potato Research, 2014)

Strawberry As a Functional Food: An Evidence-Based Review - Arpita Basu; Angel Nguyen; Nancy M. Betts; Timothy J. Lyons (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2014)

Plant-Derived Food Ingredients for Stimulation of Energy Expenditure - Nancy Dewi Yuliana; Henrie Korthout; Christofora Hanny Wijaya; Hye Kyong Kim; Robert Verpoorte (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2014)

Behavioral and neurochemical characterization of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) extract - Anne-Christin Stolt; Helmut Schröder; Hartmud Neurath; Gisela Grecksch; Volker Höllt; Markus R. Meyer; Hans H. Maurer; Nancy Ziebolz; Ursula Havemann-Reinecke; Axel Becker (Psychopharmacology, 2014)

Linking nutrient enrichment and streamflow to macrophytes in agricultural streams - Christopher A. Mebane; Nancy S. Simon; Terry R. Maret (Hydrobiologia, 2014)

The contribution of de novo and rare inherited copy number changes to congenital heart disease in an unselected sample of children with conotruncal defects or hypoplastic left heart disease - Dorothy Warburton; Michael Ronemus; Jennie Kline; Vaidehi Jobanputra; Ismee Williams; Kwame Anyane-Yeboa; Wendy Chung; Lan Yu; Nancy Wong; Danielle Awad; Chih-yu Yu; Anthony Leotta; et al. (Human Genetics, 2014)

Is an assessment factor of 10 appropriate to account for the variation in chemical toxicity to freshwater ectotherms under different thermal conditions? - Edward Tak Chuen Lau; Mana Man Na Yung; Nancy E. Karraker; Kenneth Mei Yee Leung (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Invasion dynamics on a temperate rocky shore: from early invasion to establishment of a marine invader - Nancy J. O’Connor (Biological Invasions, 2014)

Human skin in vitro permeation of bentazon and isoproturon formulations with or without protective clothing suit - Aurélie Berthet; Nancy B. Hopf; Alexandra Miles; Philipp Spring; Nicole Charrière; Alain Garrigou; Isabelle Baldi; David Vernez (Archives of Toxicology, 2014)

Dendritic cells regulate angiogenesis associated with liver fibrogenesis - Sandra M. Blois; Flavia Piccioni; Nancy Freitag; Irene Tirado-González; Petra Moschansky; Rodrigo Lloyd; Karin Hensel-Wiegel; Matthias Rose; Mariana G. Garcia; Laura D. Alaniz; Guillermo Mazzolini (Angiogenesis, 2014)

Responses to a Theoretically Adapted Clinical Trial Education Session: Faith-Based Sites Versus Rural Work Site Dissemination - Betsy B. Aumiller; Roxanne Parrott; Eugene J. Lengerich; Oralia Dominic; Fabian Camacho; Eric Lehman; Nancy R. Gallant; Thomas P. Loughran (Journal of Cancer Education, 2013)

An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas - Maarten van Ginkel; Jeff Sayer; Fergus Sinclair; Aden Aw-Hassan; Deborah Bossio; Peter Craufurd; Mohammed El Mourid; Nasri Haddad; David Hoisington; Nancy Johnson; Carlos León Velarde; Víctor Mares; et al. (Food Security, 2013)

Effects of temperature on hardhead minnow (Mylopharodon conocephalus) blood-oxygen equilibria - Robert C. Kaufman; Robert Coalter; Nancy L. Nordman; Dennis Cocherell; Joseph J. Cech; Lisa C. Thompson; Nann A. Fangue (Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2013)

Differences in verbal memory retrieval in breast cancer chemotherapy patients compared to healthy controls: a prospective fMRI study - Rocío A. López Zunini; Carole Scherling; Nancy Wallis; Barbara Collins; Joyce MacKenzie; Catherine Bielajew; Andra M. Smith (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2013)

Hepatitis B virus subgenotype A1, occurrence of subgenotype D4, and S gene mutations among voluntary blood donors in Kenya - Simeon Owuor Kwange; Nancy L. M. Budambula; Michael Kibet Kiptoo; Fredrick Okoth; Missiani Ochwoto; Margaret Oduor; James Hungo Kimotho (Virus Genes, 2013)

Demographic Evidence of Illegal Harvesting of an Endangered Asian Turtle - YIK‐HEI SUNG; NANCY E. KARRAKER; BILLY C. H. HAU (Conservation Biology, 2013)
Harvesting pressure on Asian freshwater turtles is severe, and dramatic population declines of these turtles are being driven by unsustainable collection for food markets, pet trade, and traditional Chinese medicine. Populations of big‐headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) have declined substantially across its distribution, particularly in China, because of overcollection. To understand the effects of chronic harvesting pressure on big‐headed turtle populations, we examined the effects of illegal harvesting on the demography of populations in Hong Kong, where some populations still exist. We used mark‐recapture methods to compare demographic characteristics between sites with harvesting histories and one site in a fully protected area. Sites with a history of illegal turtle harvesting were characterized by the absence of large adults and skewed ratios of juveniles to adults, which may have negative implications for the long‐term viability of populations. These sites also had lower densities of adults and smaller adult body sizes than the protected site. Given that populations throughout most of the species’ range are heavily harvested and individuals are increasingly difficult to find in mainland China, the illegal collection of turtles from populations in Hong Kong may increase over time. Long‐term monitoring of populations is essential to track effects of illegal collection, and increased patrolling is needed to help control illegal harvesting of populations, particularly in national parks. Because few, if any, other completely protected populations remain in the region, our data on an unharvested population of big‐headed turtles serve as an important reference for assessing the negative consequences of harvesting on populations of stream turtles. Evidencia Demográfica de la Captura Ilegal de una Tortuga Asiática en Peligro

Combined Effects of Climate Change and Bank Stabilization on Shallow Water Habitats of Chinook Salmon - JEFFREY C. JORGENSEN; MICHELLE M. MCCLURE; MINDI B. SHEER; NANCY L. MUNN (Conservation Biology, 2013)
Significant challenges remain in the ability to estimate habitat change under the combined effects of natural variability, climate change, and human activity. We examined anticipated effects on shallow water over low‐sloped beaches to these combined effects in the lower Willamette River, Oregon, an area highly altered by development. A proposal to stabilize some shoreline with large rocks (riprap) would alter shallow water areas, an important habitat for threatened Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), and would be subject to U.S. Endangered Species Act‐mandated oversight. In the mainstem, subyearling Chinook salmon appear to preferentially occupy these areas, which fluctuate with river stages. We estimated effects with a geospatial model and projections of future river flows. Recent (1999–2009) median river stages during peak subyearling occupancy (April–June) maximized beach shallow water area in the lower mainstem. Upstream shallow water area was maximized at lower river stages than have occurred recently. Higher river stages in April–June, resulting from increased flows predicted for the 2080s, decreased beach shallow water area 17–32%. On the basis of projected 2080s flows, more than 15% of beach shallow water area was displaced by the riprap. Beach shallow water area lost to riprap represented up to 1.6% of the total from the mouth to 12.9 km upstream. Reductions in shallow water area could restrict salmon feeding, resting, and refuge from predators and potentially reduce opportunities for the expression of the full range of life‐history strategies. Although climate change analyses provided useful information, detailed analyses are prohibitive at the project scale for the multitude of small projects reviewed annually. The benefits of our approach to resource managers include a wider geographic context for reviewing similar small projects in concert with climate change, an approach to analyze cumulative effects of similar actions, and estimation of the actions’ long‐term effects . Efectos Combinados del Cambio Climático y la Estabilización de Bordes de Ríos Hábitats de Aguas Poco Profundas del Salmón Chinook

Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for filovirus strains and variants rescued from cDNA - Jens H. Kuhn; Yīmíng Bào; Sina Bavari; Stephan Becker; Steven Bradfute; Kristina Brauburger; J. Rodney Brister; Alexander A. Bukreyev; Yíngyún Caì; Kartik Chandran; Robert A. Davey; Olga Dolnik; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2013)

Effects of disturbance scale on soil microbial communities in the Western Cascades of Oregon - Stacie A. Kageyama; Nancy R. Posavatz; Sarah S. Jones; Kirk E. Waterstripe; Peter J. Bottomley; Kermit Cromack; David D. Myrold (Plant and Soil, 2013)

A randomised study of the effect of danoprevir/ritonavir or ritonavir on substrates of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A and 2C9 in chronic hepatitis C patients using a drug cocktail - Peter N. Morcos; Linda Chang; Rohit Kulkarni; Mylene Giraudon; Nancy Shulman; Barbara J. Brennan; Patrick F. Smith; Jonathan Q. Tran (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2013)

Oxidative Stress and Dermal Toxicity of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles In Vitro - Ashley R. Murray; Elena Kisin; Alfred Inman; Shih-Houng Young; Mamoun Muhammed; Terrance Burks; Abdusalam Uheida; Alexey Tkach; Micah Waltz; Vincent Castranova; Bengt Fadeel; Valerian E. Kagan; et al. (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2013)

Exotic cheatgrass and loss of soil biota decrease the performance of a native grass - Suzanne M. Owen; Carolyn Hull Sieg; Nancy Collins Johnson; Catherine A. Gehring (Biological Invasions, 2013)

Primary care patients’ views and decisions about, experience of and reactions to direct-to-consumer genetic testing: a longitudinal study - Katherine Wasson; Tonya Nashay Sanders; Nancy S. Hogan; Sara Cherny; Kathy J. Helzlsouer (Journal of Community Genetics, 2013)

The disclosure of incidental genomic findings: an “ethically important moment” in pediatric research and practice - Martha Driessnack; Sandra Daack-Hirsch; Nancy Downing; Alyson Hanish; Lisa L. Shah; Mohammed Alasagheirin; Christian M. Simon; Janet K. Williams (Journal of Community Genetics, 2013)

A meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies to identify novel loci for maximum number of alcoholic drinks - Manav Kapoor; Jen-Chyong Wang; Leah Wetherill; Nhung Le; Sarah Bertelsen; Anthony L. Hinrichs; John Budde; Arpana Agrawal; Kathleen Bucholz; Danielle Dick; Oscar Harari; Victor Hesselbrock; et al. (Human Genetics, 2013)

Agriculture and household nutrition security—development practice and research needs - John McDermott; Myriam Aït-Aïssa; Julien Morel; Nancy Rapando (Food Security, 2013)

Indigenous frameworks for observing and responding to climate change in Alaska - Patricia Cochran; Orville H. Huntington; Caleb Pungowiyi; Stanley Tom; F. Stuart Chapin; Henry P. Huntington; Nancy G. Maynard; Sarah F. Trainor (Climatic Change, 2013)

Prevalence of MTHFR C677T Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Genetically Isolated Populations in Jordan - Rana Dajani; Raja Fathallah; Ala Arafat; Mohammed Emad AbdulQader; Nancy Hakooz; Yousef Al-Motassem; Mohammad El-Khateeb (Biochemical Genetics, 2013)

Frequent colony fusions provide opportunities for helpers to become reproductives in the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis - Kenneth J. Howard; Philip M. Johns; Nancy L. Breisch; Barbara L. Thorne (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2013)

Performance of Tetranychus urticae and Neoseiulus californicus on strawberry cultivars and assessment of the effect of glandular trichomes - María F. Gugole Ottaviano; Norma E. Sánchez; Martha F. Roggiero; Nancy M. Greco (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2013)

How Good Science and Stories Can Go Hand‐In‐Hand - HEATHER M. LESLIE; ERICA GOLDMAN; KAREN L. MCLEOD; LEILA SIEVANEN; HARI BALASUBRAMANIAN; RICHARD CUDNEY‐BUENO; AMANDA FEUERSTEIN; NANCY KNOWLTON; KAI LEE; RICHARD POLLNAC; JAMEAL F. SAMHOURI (Conservation Biology, 2013)

Practical Recommendations to Help Students Bridge the Research–Implementation Gap and Promote Conservation - DIANA M. PIETRI; GEORGINA G. GURNEY; NANCY BENITEZ‐VINA; AUDREY KUKLOK; SARA M. MAXWELL; LIBBY WHITING; MICHAEL A. VINA; LEKELIA D. JENKINS (Conservation Biology, 2013)
Seasoned conservation researchers often struggle to bridge the research–implementation gap and promote the translation of their work into meaningful conservation actions. Graduate students face the same problems and must contend with obstacles such as limited opportunities for relevant interdisciplinary training and a lack of institutional support for application of research results. However, students also have a crucial set of opportunities (e.g., access to academic resources outside their degree programs and opportunities to design research projects promoting collaboration with stakeholders) at their disposal to address these problems. On the basis of results of breakout discussions at a symposium on the human dimensions of the ocean, a review of the literature, and our own experiences, we devised recommendations on how graduate students can create resources within their academic institutions, institutionalize resources, and engage with stakeholders to promote real‐world conservation outcomes. Within their academic institutions, graduate students should foster links to practitioners and promote knowledge and skill sharing among students. To institutionalize resources, students should cultivate student leaders and faculty sponsors, systematically document their program activities, and engage in strategic planning to promote the sustainability of their efforts. While conducting research, students should create connections to and engage actively with stakeholders in their relevant study areas and disseminate research results both to stakeholders and the broader public. Our recommendations can serve as a template for graduate students wishing to bridge the research–implementation gap, both during their current studies and in their future careers as conservation researchers and practitioners. Recomendaciones Prácticas para Ayudar a Estudiantes a Vencer la Brecha entre Investigación e Implementación y Promover la Conservación

Differential Effects of Oxidised and Reduced Nitrogen on Vegetation and Soil Chemistry of Species-Rich Acidic Grasslands - Edu Dorland; Carly J. Stevens; Cassandre Gaudnik; Emmanuel Corcket; Suzanne Rotthier; Katherine Wotherspoon; Mari Jokerud; Vigdis Vandvik; Merel B. Soons; Mariet M. Hefting; Per Arild Aarrestad; Didier Alard; et al. (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2013)

Lotus Cell Walls and the Genes Involved in its Synthesis and Modification - Robert E. Paull; Andrew Carroll; Nancy Jung Chen (Tropical Plant Biology, 2013)

Do Better-Rated Navigators Improve Patient Satisfaction with Cancer-Related Care? - Pascal Jean-Pierre; Paul C. Winters; Jack A. Clark; Victoria Warren-Mears; Kristen J. Wells; Douglas M. Post; Nancy LaVerda; Mary Ann Van Duyn; Kevin Fiscella (Journal of Cancer Education, 2013)

Erratum to: No effect of menstrual cycle phase on glucose and glucoregulatory endocrine responses to prolonged exercise - Robert R. Kraemer; Michelle Francois; Nancy Dardis Webb; Jennifer R. Worley; Sharon N. Rogers; Reid L. Norman; Urvi Shah; V. Daniel Castracane (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2013)

No effect of menstrual cycle phase on glucose and glucoregulatory endocrine responses to prolonged exercise - Robert R. Kraemer; Michelle Francois; Nancy Dardis Webb; Jennifer R. Worley; Sharon N. Rogers; Reid L. Norman; Urvi Shah; V. Daniel Castracane (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2013)

Modelling potential impacts of climate change on water and nitrate export from a mid-sized, semiarid watershed in the US Southwest - Lin Ye; Nancy B. Grimm (Climatic Change, 2013)

Measuring Activity in the Ubiquitin–Proteasome System: From Large Scale Discoveries to Single Cells Analysis - Adam T. Melvin; Gregery S. Woss; Jessica H. Park; Marcey L. Waters; Nancy L. Allbritton (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2013)

Pregnancy-related characteristics and breast cancer risk - Theodore M. Brasky; Yanli Li; David J. Jaworowicz; Nancy Potischman; Christine B. Ambrosone; Alan D. Hutson; Jing Nie; Peter G. Shields; Maurizio Trevisan; Carole B. Rudra; Stephen B. Edge; Jo L. Freudenheim (Cancer Causes & Control, 2013)

Erratum to: Closing the loop: an interactive action research conference format for delivering updated medical information while eliciting Latina patient/family experiences and psychosocial needs post-genetic cancer risk assessment - Deborah J. MacDonald; Julia Deri; Charité Ricker; Martin A. Perez; Raquel Ogaz; Nancy Feldman; Lori A. Viveros; Benjamin Paz; Jeffrey N. Weitzel; Kathleen R. Blazer (Familial Cancer, 2013)

A critical examination of best dose analysis for determining cognitive-enhancing potential of drugs: studies with rhesus monkeys and computer simulations - Paul L. Soto; Jesse Dallery; Nancy A. Ator; Brian R. Katz (Psychopharmacology, 2013)

Nodulation and effective nitrogen fixation of Macroptilium atropurpureum (siratro) by Burkholderia tuberum, a nodulating and plant growth promoting beta-proteobacterium, are influenced by environmental factors - Annette A. Angus; Andrew Lee; Michelle R. Lum; Maya Shehayeb; Reza Hessabi; Nancy A. Fujishige; Shailaja Yerrapragada; Stephanie Kano; Nannie Song; Paul Yang; Paulina Estrada de los Santos; Sergio M. de Faria; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2013)

Effects of isometric handgrip training dose on resting blood pressure and resistance vessel endothelial function in normotensive women - Mark B. Badrov; Cassandra L. Bartol; Matthew A. DiBartolomeo; Philip J. Millar; Nancy H. McNevin; Cheri L. McGowan (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2013)

The MCIC Collection: A Shared Repository of Multi-Modal, Multi-Site Brain Image Data from a Clinical Investigation of Schizophrenia - Randy L. Gollub; Jody M. Shoemaker; Margaret D. King; Tonya White; Stefan Ehrlich; Scott R. Sponheim; Vincent P. Clark; Jessica A. Turner; Bryon A. Mueller; Vince Magnotta; Daniel O’Leary; Beng C. Ho; et al. (Neuroinformatics, 2013)

Evaluation of an automated chemiluminescent immunoassay kit for antinuclear antibodies in autoimmune diseases - Yaron Zafrir; Boris Gilburd; Marina Garcia Carrasco; Shaye Kivity; María Sánchez-Castañón; Marcos López-Hoyos; Mathilda Mandel; Magdalena Szmyrka; Yehuda Shoenfeld; Nancy Agmon-Levin (Immunologic Research, 2013)

Autoimmune smoke and fire—coexisting rheumatoid arthritis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional analysis - Vered Bieber; Arnon D. Cohen; Tamar Freud; Nancy Agmon-Levin; Smadar Gertel; Howard Amital (Immunologic Research, 2013)

Genetics and autoantibodies - Carlo Perricone; Nancy Agmon-Levin; Fulvia Ceccarelli; Guido Valesini; Juan-Manuel Anaya; Yehuda Shoenfeld (Immunologic Research, 2013)

Toxoplasma gondii: bystander or cofactor in rheumatoid arthritis - Svetlana Fischer; Nancy Agmon-Levin; Yinon Shapira; Bat-Sheva Porat Katz; Eduard Graell; Ricard Cervera; Ljudmila Stojanovich; Jose A. Gómez Puerta; Raimon Sanmartí; Yehuda Shoenfeld (Immunologic Research, 2013)

Morpho-histological and ultrastructural study on direct somatic embryogenesis of Capsicum chinense Jacq. in liquid medium - Susana A. Avilés-Viñas; Carlos A. Lecona-Guzmán; Adriana Canto-Flick; Stephanie López-Erosa; Nancy Santana-Buzzy (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2013)

Evolutionary replacement of obligate symbionts in an ancient and diverse insect lineage - Ryuichi Koga; Gordon M. Bennett; Jason R. Cryan; Nancy A. Moran (Environmental Microbiology, 2013)
Summary Many insect groups depend on ancient obligate symbioses with bacteria that undergo long‐term genomic degradation due to inactivation and loss of ancestral genes. Sap‐feeding insects in the hemipteran suborder A uchenorrhyncha show complex symbioses with at least two obligate bacterial symbionts, inhabiting specialized host cells (bacteriocytes). We explored the symbiotic relationships of the spittlebugs ( A uchenorrhyncha: C ercopoidea) using phylogenetic and microscopy methods. Results show that most spittlebugs contain the symbionts S ulcia muelleri ( B acteroidetes ) and Z inderia insecticola ( B etaproteobacteria ) with each restricted to its own bacteriocyte type. However, the ancestral Z inderia symbiont has been replaced with a novel symbiont closely related to S odalis glossinidius ( E nterobacteriaceae ) in members of the ecologically successful spittlebug tribe P hilaenini. At least one spittlebug species retains S ulcia and Z inderia , but also has acquired a S odalis ‐like symbiont, possibly representing a transitional stage in the evolutionary succession of symbioses. Phylogenetic analyses including symbionts of other A uchenorrhyncha lineages suggest that Z inderia , like S ulcia , descends from an ancestral symbiont present in the common ancestor of A uchenorrhyncha. This betaproteobacterial symbiont has been repeatedly replaced by other symbionts, such as the S odalis ‐like symbiont of spittlebugs. Symbiont replacement may offer a route for hosts to escape dependence on an ancient, degraded and potentially inefficient symbiont.

The nutrient supplying capabilities of U zinura , an endosymbiont of armoured scale insects - Zakee L. Sabree; Charlie Y. Huang; Akiko Okusu; Nancy A. Moran; Benjamin B. Normark (Environmental Microbiology, 2013)
Summary An emerging common physiological feature of plant sap‐feeding insects is the presence of bacterial endosymbionts capable of providing essential nutrients to their host. These microbial partners are inviable outside of specialized host tissues, and therefore a cultivation‐independent approach, namely high‐throughput next‐generation genome sequencing, can be used to characterize their gene content and metabolic potential. To this end, we sequenced the first complete genome of the obligate endosymbiont, C andidatus ‘ U zinura diaspidicola’, of armoured scale insects. At 263 431 bp, U zinura has an extremely reduced genome that is composed largely of genes encoding enzymes involved in translation and amino acid biosynthesis. The tiny size of the U zinura genome parallels that observed in some other insect endosymbionts. Despite this extreme genome reduction, the absence of a known obligate partner bacterial symbiont suggests that U zinura alone can supply sufficient nutrients to its host.

Hundred and eighty years of fleet dynamics in the Belgian sea fisheries - Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet; Nancy Fockedey; Heidi Debergh; Magda Vincx; Jan Mees (Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2013)

Effects of chronic fluoxetine treatment on serotonin 1B receptor-induced deficits in delayed alternation - Nancy S. Woehrle; Stephanie J. Klenotich; Naseem Jamnia; Emily V. Ho; Stephanie C. Dulawa (Psychopharmacology, 2013)

Metabolomics for the rapid dereplication of bioactive compounds from natural sources - Nancy Dewi Yuliana; Muhammad Jahangir; Robert Verpoorte; Young Hae Choi (Phytochemistry Reviews, 2013)

Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Intervention for Appalachian Women: New STEPS (Strength Through Education, Physical fitness and Support) for Breast Health - Nancy R. Gallant; Marilyn Corbin; Marcyann M. Bencivenga; Michelle Farnan; Nancy Wiker; Andrea Bressler; Fabian Camacho; Eugene J. Lengerich (Journal of Cancer Education, 2013)

Mixing of hydrothermal water and groundwater near hot springs, Yellowstone National Park (USA): hydrology and geochemistry - Matthew L. Gibson; Nancy W. Hinman (Hydrogeology Journal, 2013)

Effects of experience and avpr1a microsatellite length on parental care in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) - Rebecca A. Kelley; Frank R. Castelli; Karen E. Mabry; Nancy G. Solomon (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2013)

Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for laboratory animal-adapted strains and variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae - Jens H. Kuhn; Yiming Bao; Sina Bavari; Stephan Becker; Steven Bradfute; J. Rodney Brister; Alexander A. Bukreyev; Yíngyún Caì; Kartik Chandran; Robert A. Davey; Olga Dolnik; John M. Dye; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2013)

Resting EEG Discrimination of Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease from Normal Aging Using Inter-Channel Coherence Network Graphs - Joseph McBride; Xiaopeng Zhao; Nancy Munro; Charles Smith; Gregory Jicha; Yang Jiang (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2013)

Genetic determinants of mortality. Can findings from genome-wide association studies explain variation in human mortality? - Andrea Ganna; Fernando Rivadeneira; Albert Hofman; André G. Uitterlinden; Patrik K. E. Magnusson; Nancy L. Pedersen; Erik Ingelsson; Henning Tiemeier (Human Genetics, 2013)

Imputation across genotyping arrays for genome-wide association studies: assessment of bias and a correction strategy - Eric O. Johnson; Dana B. Hancock; Joshua L. Levy; Nathan C. Gaddis; Nancy L. Saccone; Laura J. Bierut; Grier P. Page (Human Genetics, 2013)

Patterns of diversity and adaptation in Glomeromycota from three prairie grasslands - Baoming Ji; Catherine A. Gehring; Gail W. T. Wilson; R. M. Miller; Lluvia Flores‐Rentería; Nancy Collins Johnson (Molecular Ecology, 2013)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal ( AM ) fungi are widespread root symbionts that often improve the fitness of their plant hosts. We tested whether local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses would shape the community structure of these root symbionts in a way that maximizes their symbiotic functioning. We grew a native prairie grass ( A ndropogon gerardii) with all possible combinations of soils and AM fungal inocula from three different prairies that varied in soil characteristics and disturbance history (two native prairie remnants and one recently restored). We identified the AM fungi colonizing A . gerardii roots using PCR amplification and cloning of the small subunit r RNA gene. We observed 13 operational taxonomic units ( OTU s) belonging to six genera in three families. Taxonomic richness was higher in the restored than the native prairies with one member of the G igaspora dominating the roots of plants grown with inocula from native prairies. Inoculum source and the soil environment influenced the composition of AM fungi that colonized plant roots. Correspondingly, host plants and AM fungi responded significantly to the soil–inoculum combinations such that home fungi often had the highest fitness and provided the greatest benefit to A . gerardii . Similar patterns were observed within the soil–inoculum combinations originating from two native prairies, where five sequence types of a single G igaspora OTU were virtually the only root colonizers. Our results indicate that indigenous assemblages of AM fungi were adapted to the local soil environment and that this process occurred both at a community scale and at the scale of fungal sequence types within a dominant OTU .

Predicting community and ecosystem outcomes of mycorrhizal responses to global change - Nancy C. Johnson; Caroline Angelard; Ian R. Sanders; E. Toby Kiers (Ecology Letters, 2013)
Mycorrhizal symbioses link the biosphere with the lithosphere by mediating nutrient cycles and energy flow though terrestrial ecosystems. A more mechanistic understanding of these plant–fungal associations may help ameliorate anthropogenic changes to C and N cycles and biotic communities. We explore three interacting principles: (1) optimal allocation, (2) biotic context and (3) fungal adaptability that may help predict mycorrhizal responses to carbon dioxide enrichment, nitrogen eutrophication, invasive species and land‐use changes. Plant–microbial feedbacks and thresholds are discussed in light of these principles with the goal of generating testable hypotheses. Ideas to develop large‐scale collaborative research efforts are presented. It is our hope that mycorrhizal symbioses can be effectively integrated into global change models and eventually their ecology will be understood well enough so that they can be managed to help offset some of the detrimental effects of anthropogenic environmental change.

Splenic Immune Cells in Experimental Neonatal Hypoxia–Ischemia - Nancy Fathali; Robert P. Ostrowski; Yu Hasegawa; Tim Lekic; Jiping Tang; John H. Zhang (Translational Stroke Research, 2013)

The effect of uncertainty on estimates of hurricane surge hazards - Donald T. Resio; Jennifer L. Irish; Joannes J. Westerink; Nancy J. Powell (Natural Hazards, 2013)

Interethnic differences in UGT1A4 genetic polymorphisms between Mexican Mestizo and Spanish populations - Marisol López; Pedro Dorado; Alberto Ortega; Eva Peñas-Lledó; Nancy Monroy; Irma Silva-Zolezzi; Jesús Cobaleda; Alicia Gallego-Aguilera; María Elisa Alonso; Adrián LLerena (Molecular Biology Reports, 2013)

Carbon and nitrogen mass balance during flue gas treatment with Dunaliella salina cultures - Till Harter; Peter Bossier; Johan Verreth; Samuel Bodé; David Van der Ha; Ann-Eline Debeer; Nico Boon; Pascal Boeckx; Wim Vyverman; Nancy Nevejan (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2013)

Alarm Calls of Marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) to Snakes and Perched Raptors - Michele M. Petracca; Nancy G. Caine (International Journal of Primatology, 2013)

Proceedings of the XXIVth Congress of the International Primatological Society Cancun, Mexico August 12–18, 2012 - Nancy Caine (International Journal of Primatology, 2013)

CXCR4+ Dendritic cells promote angiogenesis during embryo implantation in mice - Gabriela Barrientos; Irene Tirado-González; Nancy Freitag; Peter Kobelt; Petra Moschansky; Burghard F. Klapp; Victor L. J. L. Thijssen; Sandra M. Blois (Angiogenesis, 2013)

Survivorship Clinic Group Educational Sessions: Adoption, Acceptance, and Attendance - Alyse Wheelock; Eva Mihalis; Debby Hamolsky; Mary Lou Ernest; Nancy Shepard Lopez; Jimmy Hwang; Michelle Melisko (Journal of Cancer Education, 2013)

The continuum concept remains a useful framework for studying mycorrhizal functioning - Nancy Collins Johnson; James H. Graham (Plant and Soil, 2013)

Detection of (1, 3)-β-d-glucan in bronchoalveolar lavage and serum samples collected from immunocompromised hosts - Elitza S. Theel; Deborah J. Jespersen; Seher Iqbal; Jean E. Bestrom; Leonard O. Rollins; Lori J. Misner; Barbara J. Markley; Jayawant Mandrekar; Larry M. Baddour; Andrew H. Limper; Nancy L. Wengenack; Matthew J. Binnicker (Mycopathologia, 2013)

Multiparasitism of Piezodorus guildinii eggs by Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus urichi - M. Fernanda Cingolani; Nancy M. Greco; Gerardo G. Liljesthröm (BioControl, 2013)

An enzyme activity capable of endotransglycosylation of heteroxylan polysaccharides is present in plant primary cell walls - Sarah L. Johnston; Roneel Prakash; Nancy J. Chen; Monto H. Kumagai; Helen M. Turano; Janine M. Cooney; Ross G. Atkinson; Robert E. Paull; Roshan Cheetamun; Antony Bacic; David A. Brummell; Roswitha Schröder (Planta, 2013)

HOXB13 is a susceptibility gene for prostate cancer: results from the International Consortium for Prostate Cancer Genetics (ICPCG) - Jianfeng Xu; Ethan M. Lange; Lingyi Lu; Siqun L. Zheng; Zhong Wang; Stephen N. Thibodeau; Lisa A. Cannon-Albright; Craig C. Teerlink; Nicola J. Camp; Anna M. Johnson; Kimberly A. Zuhlke; Janet L. Stanford; et al. (Human Genetics, 2013)

A genome-wide association study of breast cancer in women of African ancestry - Fang Chen; Gary K. Chen; Daniel O. Stram; Robert C. Millikan; Christine B. Ambrosone; Esther M. John; Leslie Bernstein; Wei Zheng; Julie R. Palmer; Jennifer J. Hu; Tim R. Rebbeck; Regina G. Ziegler; et al. (Human Genetics, 2013)

Persistent impairments in hippocampal, dorsal striatal, and prefrontal cortical function following repeated photoperiod shifts in rats - Erin L. Zelinski; Amanda V. Tyndall; Nancy S. Hong; Robert J. McDonald (Experimental Brain Research, 2013)

Hydrogeomorphology Influences Soil Nitrogen and Phosphorus Mineralization in Floodplain Wetlands - Gregory B. Noe; Cliff R. Hupp; Nancy B. Rybicki (Ecosystems, 2013)

Estimating minke whale ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ) boing sound density using passive acoustic sensors - Stephen W. Martin; Tiago A. Marques; Len Thomas; Ronald P. Morrissey; Susan Jarvis; Nancy DiMarzio; David Moretti; David K. Mellinger (Marine Mammal Science, 2013)
A bstract Density estimation for marine mammal species is performed primarily using visual distance sampling or capture‐recapture. Minke whales in Hawaiian waters are very difficult to sight; however, they produce a distinctive “boing” call, making them ideal candidates for passive acoustic density estimation. We used an array of 14 bottom‐mounted hydrophones, distributed over a 60 × 30 km area off Kauai, Hawaii, to estimate density during 12 d of recordings in early 2006. We converted the number of acoustic cues ( i.e. , boings) detected using signal processing software into a cue density by accounting for the false positive rate and probability of detection. The former was estimated by manual validation, the latter by applying spatially explicit capture‐recapture (SECR) methods to a subset of data where we had determined which hydrophones detected each call. Estimated boing density was 130 boings per hour per 10,000 km 2 (95% CI 104–163). Little is known about the population's acoustic behavior, so conversion from boing to animal density is difficult. As a demonstration of the method, we used a tentative boing rate of 6.04 boings per hour, from a single animal tracked in 2009, to give an estimate of 21.5 boing‐calling minke whales per 10,000 km 2 .

A comparative gradient approach as a tool for understanding and managing urban ecosystems - Christopher G. Boone; Elizabeth Cook; Sharon J. Hall; Marcia L. Nation; Nancy B. Grimm; Carol B. Raish; Deborah M. Finch; Abigail M. York (Urban Ecosystems, 2012)

Eyeblink Conditioning in Healthy Adults: A Positron Emission Tomography Study - Krystal L. Parker; Nancy C. Andreasen; Dawei Liu; John H. Freeman; Laura L. Boles Ponto; Daniel S. O’Leary (The Cerebellum, 2012)

Lessons Learned in Developing a Culturally Adapted Intervention for African-American Families Coping with Parental Cancer - Maureen P. Davey; Karni Kissil; Laura Lynch; La-Rhonda Harmon; Nancy Hodgson (Journal of Cancer Education, 2012)

David Fairchild expeditions to the Canary Islands: Plant collections and research outcomes - Javier Francisco-Ortega; Arnoldo Santos-Guerra; Janet L. Mosely; Nancy Korber; Marianne Swan (Brittonia, 2012)

Introduction: why link Indigenous ways of knowing with the teaching of environmental studies and sciences? - Nancy Rich (Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2012)

The Power of Language in Feedback Metaphors: A Response to Kennedy - Nancy Golubiewski (Ambio, 2012)

Is There a Metabolism of an Urban Ecosystem? An Ecological Critique - Nancy Golubiewski (Ambio, 2012)

Allele and genotype frequencies of the polymorphic cytochrome P450 genes (CYP1A1, CYP3A4, CYP3A5, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19) in the Jordanian population - Al-Motassem Yousef; Nailya R. Bulatova; William Newman; Nancy Hakooz; Said Ismail; Hisham Qusa; Farah Zahran; Nidaa Anwar Ababneh; Farah Hasan; Imad Zaloom; Ghada Khayat; Rawan Al-Zmili; et al. (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

Passive acoustic density estimation of sperm whales in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas - Jessica A. W ard; Len Thomas; Susan Jarvis; Nancy DiMarzio; David Moretti; Tiago A. Marques; Charlotte Dunn; Diane C laridge; Eva Hartvig; Peter Tyack (Marine Mammal Science, 2012)
Long‐term passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals on navy ranges provides the opportunity to better understand the potential impact of sonar on populations. The navy range in Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO), Bahamas contains extensive hydrophone arrays, potentially allowing estimation of the density of deep diving, vocally active species such as the sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ). Previous visual surveys in TOTO have been of limited spatio–temporal coverage and resulted in only sporadic sightings of sperm whales, whereas passive acoustic observations suggest the species is present year round. However, until now the means of acoustically determining the specific number of individuals in each cluster has been limited. We used recently developed algorithms to identify the number of echolocating whales present during a 42 d study period. We screened a 297 h acoustic data set to determine the proportion of time animals were present; fifty 10 min samples during presence were analyzed to estimate the number of individuals vocalizing during each sample. These counts were combined with an independent estimate of the proportion of 10 min periods when tagged animals vocalize. The estimated average density was 0.16 whales/1,000 km 2 (CV 27%; 95% CI 0.095–0.264). The method is potentially applicable to other areas containing dense hydrophone arrays.

Participatory probabilistic assessment of the risk to human health associated with cryptosporidiosis from urban dairying in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya - Delia Grace; Joseph Monda; Nancy Karanja; Thomas F. Randolph; Erastus K. Kang’ethe (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2012)

A trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya: study background and farming system characteristics - Erastus K. Kang’ethe; Violet N. Kimani; Brigid McDermott; Delia Grace; Alfred K. Lang’at; Monica W. Kiragu; Nancy Karanja; Alice N. Njehu; Thomas Randolph; Gabriel Mbugua; Tabitha W. Irungu; Peninnah Ombutu (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2012)

Summary Workshop Report: Facilitating Oral Product Development and Reducing Regulatory Burden Through Novel Approaches to Assess Bioavailability/Bioequivalence - James E. Polli; Jack A. Cook; Barbara M. Davit; Paul A. Dickinson; Domenick Argenti; Nancy Barbour; Alfredo García-Arieta; Jean-Marie Geoffroy; Kerry Hartauer; Shoufeng Li; Amitava Mitra; Francis X. Muller; et al. (The AAPS Journal, 2012)

Genome-wide association analysis of circulating vitamin D levels in children with asthma - Jessica Lasky-Su; Nancy Lange; John M. Brehm; Amy Damask; Manuel Soto-Quiros; Lydiana Avila; Juan C. Celedón; Glorisa Canino; Michelle M. Cloutier; Bruce W. Hollis; Scott T. Weiss; Augusto A. Litonjua (Human Genetics, 2012)

Closing the loop: an interactive action-research conference format for delivering updated medical information while eliciting Latina patient/family experiences and psychosocial needs post-genetic cancer risk assessment - Deborah J. MacDonald; Julia Deri; Charité Ricker; Martin A. Perez; Raquel Ogaz; Nancy Feldman; Lori A. Viveros; Benjamin Paz; Jeffrey N. Weitzel; Kathleen R. Blazer (Familial Cancer, 2012)

Development and characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) - Amanda L. Subalusky; Ryan C. Garrick; Nancy A. Schable; Jessica Osborne; Travis C. Glenn (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2012)

Biofilm lifestyle enhances diesel bioremediation and biosurfactant production in the Antarctic polyhydroxyalkanoate producer Pseudomonas extremaustralis - Paula M. Tribelli; Carla Di Martino; Nancy I. López; Laura J. Raiger Iustman (Biodegradation, 2012)

Potential trophodynamic and environmental drivers of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) productivity in the North Pacific Ocean - MARGARET E. ATCHESON; KATHERINE W. MYERS; NANCY D. DAVIS; NATHAN J. MANTUA (Fisheries Oceanography, 2012)
Information on prey availability, diets, and trophic levels of fish predators and their prey provides a link between physical and biological changes in the ecosystem and subsequent productivity (growth and survival) of fish populations. In this study two long‐term data sets on summer diets of steelhead ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) in international waters of the central North Pacific Ocean (CNP; 1991–2009) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA; 1993–2002) were evaluated to identify potential drivers of steelhead productivity in the North Pacific. Stable isotopes of steelhead muscle tissue were assessed to corroborate the results of stomach content analysis. We found the composition of steelhead diets varied by ocean age group, region, and year. In both the GOA and CNP, gonatid squid ( Berryteuthis anonychus ) were the most influential component of steelhead diets, leading to higher prey energy densities and stomach fullness. Stomach contents during an exceptionally warm year in the GOA and CNP (1997) were characterized by high diversity of prey with low energy density, few squid, and a large amount of potentially toxic debris (e.g., plastic). Indicators of good diets (high proportions of squid and high prey energy density) were negatively correlated with abundance of wild populations of eastern Kamchatka pink salmon ( O. gorbuscha ) in the CNP. In conclusion, interannual variations in climate, abundance of squid, and density‐dependent interactions with highly‐abundant stocks of pink salmon were identified as potential key drivers of steelhead productivity in these ecosystems. Additional research in genetic stock identification is needed to link these potential drivers of productivity to individual populations.

Application of artificial photoperiod in fish: a factor that increases susceptibility to infectious diseases? - Ariel Valenzuela; Victor Campos; Francisco Yañez; Katherine Alveal; Pamela Gutiérrez; Meyling Rivas; Nancy Contreras; Alfredo Klempau; Italo Fernandez; Ciro Oyarzun (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2012)

Social Approval of the Community Assessment Model for Odor Dispersal: Results from a Citizen Survey - John C. Tyndall; Nancy Grudens-Schuck; Jay D. Harmon; Steve J. Hoff (Environmental Management, 2012)

Differential uptake of MRI contrast agents indicates charge-selective blood-brain interface in the crayfish - Adriane G. Otopalik; Jane Shin; Barbara S. Beltz; David C. Sandeman; Nancy H. Kolodny (Cell and Tissue Research, 2012)

Complex patterns of host switching in New World arenaviruses - NANCY R. IRWIN; MICHAELA BAYERLOVÁ; OLIVIER MISSA; NATÁLIA MARTÍNKOVÁ (Molecular Ecology, 2012)
We empirically tested the long‐standing hypothesis of codivergence of New World arenaviruses (NWA) with their hosts. We constructed phylogenies for NWA and all known hosts and used them in reconciliation analyses. We also constructed a phylogenetic tree of all Sigmodontinae and Neotominae rodents and tested whether viral–host associations were phylogenetically clustered. We determined host geographical overlap to determine to what extent opportunity to switch hosts was limited by host relatedness or physical proximity. With the exception of viruses from North America, no phylogenetically codivergent pattern between NWA and their hosts was found. We found that different virus clades were clustered differently and that Clade B with members pathogenic to humans was randomly distributed across the rodent phylogeny. Furthermore, viral relatedness within Clade B was significantly explained by the geographic overlap of their hosts’ ranges rather than host relatedness, indicating that they are capable of host switching opportunistically. This has important bearings on their potential to become panzootic. Together, these analyses suggest that NWA have not codiverged with their hosts and instead have evolved predominantly via host switching.

Niche evolution across spatial scales: climate and habitat specialization in California Lasthenia (Asteraceae) - Nancy C. Emery; Elisabeth J. Forrestel; Ginger Jui; Michael S. Park; Bruce G. Baldwin; David D. Ackerly (Ecology, 2012)
Ecologists and evolutionary biologists perceive the ecological niche as a multidimensional relationship between an organism and its environment. Yet, we know little about the degree to which multiple niche axes evolve in concert across various spatial scales to explain differences in distribution patterns and habitat specialization among lineages. Here we used contemporary phylogenetic approaches to analyze the evolution of species' distributions across multiple spatial scales in Lasthenia , a young and ecologically diverse plant clade largely occurring within the California Floristic Province, USA. Lasthenia species and subspecies range from widely distributed taxa that occupy a diversity of habitat types to locally restricted habitat endemics, including several lineages that are strongly associated with isolated ephemeral wetlands called vernal pools. We quantified the niche of Lasthenia species and subspecies at three different spatial scales: the range‐wide climate niche, the habitat niche, and the within‐habitat depth niche for those taxa occupying vernal pools. We incorporated phylogenetic uncertainty into our analyses by reanalyzing previously described DNA sequences in a Bayesian context and conducting all subsequent comparative analyses over the resulting posterior distribution of ultrametric phylogenetic trees. Using a biogeographic approach for ancestral habitat reconstruction, we estimated that Lasthenia lineages have undergone up to four independent transitions from strictly terrestrial habitats to a niche that incorporates semiaquatic habitats, and one of these transitions led to the subsequent proliferation of vernal pool species and subspecies. We found that the local niche axis, corresponding to the depth distribution of taxa within pools, was more phylogenetically conserved than the large‐scale axes representing climatic associations. Furthermore, we did not find evidence that niche breadth estimates along different axes were consistently correlated, indicating that ecological specialization may be specific to certain niche axes rather than an overall characteristic of a species.

Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Hydroxycitric Acid or Garcinia cambogia Extracts in Humans - Fabiola Márquez; Nancy Babio; Mònica Bulló; J. Salas-Salvadó (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2012)

UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A4 (UGT1A4) polymorphisms in a Jordanian population - Nancy Hakooz; Sameh Alzubiedi; Al-Motassem Yousef; Tawfiq Arafat; Rana Dajani; Nidaa Ababneh; Said Ismail (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

Genome of papaya, a fast growing tropical fruit tree - Ray Ming; Qingyi Yu; Paul H. Moore; Robert E. Paull; Nancy J. Chen; Ming-Li Wang; Yun J. Zhu; Mary A. Schuler; Jiming Jiang; Andrew H. Paterson (Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2012)

Mechanism-Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Rat Prefrontal Cortical Dopamine Response to Dual Acting Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor and 5-HT1A Partial Agonist - Cheryl Shuang-wu Li; Liming Zhang; Taraneh Haske; Amy Dounay; David Gray; Nancy Barta; Joanne Brodfuehrer; Christopher Lepsy; Brian Campbell (The AAPS Journal, 2012)

Regional Cerebellar Volumes Predict Functional Outcome in Children with Cerebellar Malformations - Marie-Eve Bolduc; Adre J. du Plessis; Nancy Sullivan; Nicolas Guizard; Xun Zhang; Richard L. Robertson; Catherine Limperopoulos (The Cerebellum, 2012)

Erratum to: Acquisition of cocaine self-administration in male Sprague–Dawley rats: effects of cocaine dose but not initial locomotor response to cocaine - Bruce H. Mandt; Nickie L. Johnston; Nancy R. Zahniser; Richard M. Allen (Psychopharmacology, 2012)

Exploring warm-season cover crops as carbon sources for anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) - David M. Butler; Erin N. Rosskopf; Nancy Kokalis-Burelle; Joseph P. Albano; Joji Muramoto; Carol Shennan (Plant and Soil, 2012)

Holocene climate change and carbon cycling in a groundwater-fed, boreal forest lake: Dune Lake, Alaska - Bruce P. Finney; Nancy H. Bigelow; Valerie A. Barber; Mary E. Edwards (Journal of Paleolimnology, 2012)

An ~11,200 year paleolimnological perspective for emerging archaeological findings at Quartz Lake, Alaska - Matthew J. Wooller; Joshua Kurek; Benjamin V. Gaglioti; Les C. Cwynar; Nancy Bigelow; Joshua D. Reuther; Carol Gelvin-Reymiller; John P. Smol (Journal of Paleolimnology, 2012)

Developing Partnerships and Recruiting Dyads for a Prostate Cancer Informed Decision Making Program: Lessons Learned From a Community-Academic-Clinical Team - Daniela B. Friedman; Kim M. Johnson; Otis L. Owens; Tracey L. Thomas; DeLisa S. Dawkins; Lucy Gansauer; Sharon Bartelt; Nancy M. Waddell; Pastor J. Talley; James D. Bearden; James R. Hébert (Journal of Cancer Education, 2012)

Challenges and opportunities in research on early-life events/exposures and cancer development later in life - Somdat Mahabir; Kjersti Aagaard; Lucy M. Anderson; Zdenko Herceg; Robert A. Hiatt; Robert N. Hoover; Martha S. Linet; Daniel Medina; Nancy Potischman; Steinar Tretli; Dimitrios Trichopoulos; Rebecca Troisi (Cancer Causes & Control, 2012)

A shared MHC supertype motif emerges by convergent evolution in macaques and mice, but is totally absent in human MHC molecules - Alessandro Sette; John Sidney; Scott Southwood; Carrie Moore; Jessica Berry; Courtney Dow; Kate Bradley; Ilka Hoof; Mark G. Lewis; William H. Hildebrand; Curtis P. McMurtrey; Nancy A. Wilson; et al. (Immunogenetics, 2012)

Erratum to: MG624, an α7-nAChR antagonist, inhibits angiogenesis via the Egr-1/FGF2 pathway - Kathleen C. Brown; Jamie K. Lau; Aaron M. Dom; Theodore R. Witte; Haitao Luo; Clayton M. Crabtree; Yashoni H. Shah; Brandon S. Shiflett; Aileen J. Marcelo; Nancy A. Proper; W. Elaine Hardman; Richard D. Egleton; et al. (Angiogenesis, 2012)

US-Cuba Scientific Collaboration: Emerging Issues and Opportunities in Marine and Related Environmental Sciences - Gary Machlis; Thomas Frankovich; Pedro Alcolado; Erik Garcia-Machado; Aida Hernandez-Zanuy; Robert Hueter; Nancy Knowlton; Erick Perera; John Thunnell (Oceanography, 2012)

Habitat restoration will help some functional plant types persist under climate change in fragmented landscapes - Michael Renton; Nancy Shackelford; Rachel J. Standish (Global Change Biology, 2012)
In the next century, global climate change is predicted to have large influences on species' distributions. Much of the research in this area has focused on predicting the areas where conditions will be suitable for the species in future, and thus the potential distribution of the species. However, it is equally important to predict the relative abilities of species to migrate into new suitable areas as conditions shift, while accounting for dynamic processes, such as dispersal, maturation, mortality, and reproduction, as well as landscape characteristics, such as level of habitat fragmentation and connectivity. In this study, we developed a spatially explicit individual‐based model that addresses these factors. As a motivating case study, we based aspects of the model on southwest A ustralia, a global biodiversity hotspot, but stress that the results obtained are generalizable beyond this region. Using the model, we enhanced current understanding of climate change impacts by investigating how and to what extent the functional traits of plant species affect their ability to move with climate change across landscapes with various levels of fragmentation. We also tested the efficacy of strategic restoration, such as planting corridors to increase connectivity among fragments. We found that even if the landscape is fully intact, only an average of 34.2% of all simulated functional groups had a good chance of successfully tracking climate change. However, our study highlights the power of strategic restoration as a tool for increasing species persistence. Corridors linking fragments increased species persistence rates by up to 24%. The lowest persistence rates were found for trees, a functional group with high dispersal but also long generation times. Our results indicate that for trees intervention techniques, such as assisted migration might be required to prevent species losses.

Distinct mechanisms underlie adaptation of proximal tubule Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 3 in response to chronic metabolic and respiratory acidosis - Pedro Henrique Imenez Silva; Adriana Castello Costa Girardi; Elida Adalgisa Neri; Nancy Amaral Rebouças (Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 2012)

Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation for highly trained athletes - Andrew T. Garrett; Rob Creasy; Nancy J. Rehrer; Mark J. Patterson; James D. Cotter (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2012)

Are commonly used psychoactive medications associated with lower urinary tract symptoms? - Susan A. Hall; Nancy N. Maserejian; Carol L. Link; William D. Steers; John B. McKinlay (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2012)

Evidence for genetic heterogeneity in Carvajal syndrome - Nancy Nehme; Rajae El Malti; Nathalie Roux-Buisson; Jean-Raymond Caignault; Patrice Bouvagnet (Cell and Tissue Research, 2012)

Individual differences in the improvement of cocaine-induced place preference response by the 5-HT2C receptor antagonist SB242084 in rats - Nancy Capriles; Stanley Watson; Huda Akil (Psychopharmacology, 2012)

Genetic polymorphism of CYP2C19 in a Jordanian population: influence of allele frequencies of CYP2C19*1 and CYP2C19*2 on the pharmacokinetic profile of lansoprazole - Imad Zalloum; Nancy Hakooz; Tawfiq Arafat (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

Occupational exposure to diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) in polyvinyl chloride processing operations - Cynthia J. Hines; Nancy B. Hopf; James A. Deddens; Manori J. Silva; Antonia M. Calafat (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2012)

Evaluation of exposure biomarkers in offshore workers exposed to low benzene and toluene concentrations - Nancy B. Hopf; Jorunn Kirkeleit; Magne Bråtveit; Paul Succop; Glenn Talaska; Bente E. Moen (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2012)

Evidence for evolutionary distinctiveness of a newly discovered population of sooglossid frogs on Praslin Island, Seychelles - Michele L. Taylor; Nancy Bunbury; Lindsay Chong-Seng; Naomi Doak; Samit Kundu; Richard A. Griffiths; Jim J. Groombridge (Conservation Genetics, 2012)

The construction of transgenic and gene knockout/knockin mouse models of human disease - Alfred Doyle; Michael P. McGarry; Nancy A. Lee; James J. Lee (Transgenic Research, 2012)

Aerobic biotransformation of 2,4-dinitroanisole in soil and soil Bacillus sp. - Nancy N. Perreault; Dominic Manno; Annamaria Halasz; Sonia Thiboutot; Guy Ampleman; Jalal Hawari (Biodegradation, 2012)

A comparative study of ancient sedimentary DNA, pollen and macrofossils from permafrost sediments of northern Siberia reveals long‐term vegetational stability - TINA JØRGENSEN; JAMES HAILE; PER MÖLLER; ANDREI ANDREEV; SANNE BOESSENKOOL; MORTEN RASMUSSEN; FRANK KIENAST; ERIC COISSAC; PIERRE TABERLET; CHRISTIAN BROCHMANN; NANCY H. BIGELOW; KENNETH ANDERSEN; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2012)
Although ancient DNA from sediments ( sed aDNA) has been used to investigate past ecosystems, the approach has never been directly compared with the traditional methods of pollen and macrofossil analysis. We conducted a comparative survey of 18 ancient permafrost samples spanning the Late Pleistocene (46–12.5 thousand years ago), from the Taymyr Peninsula in northern Siberia. The results show that pollen, macrofossils and sed aDNA are complementary rather than overlapping and, in combination, reveal more detailed information on plant palaeocommunities than can be achieved by each individual approach. Sed aDNA and macrofossils share greater overlap in plant identifications than with pollen, suggesting that sed aDNA is local in origin. These two proxies also permit identification to lower taxonomic levels than pollen, enabling investigation into temporal changes in species composition and the determination of indicator species to describe environmental changes. Combining data from all three proxies reveals an area continually dominated by a mosaic vegetation of tundra‐steppe, pioneer and wet‐indicator plants. Such vegetational stability is unexpected, given the severe climate changes taking place in the Northern Hemisphere during this time, with changes in average annual temperatures of >22 °C. This may explain the abundance of ice‐age mammals such as horse and bison in Taymyr Peninsula during the Pleistocene and why it acted as a refugium for the last mainland woolly mammoth. Our finding reveals the benefits of combining sed aDNA, pollen and macrofossil for palaeovegetational reconstruction and adds to the increasing evidence suggesting large areas of the Northern Hemisphere remained ecologically stable during the Late Pleistocene.

Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: responses of multiple plant and soil parameters across contrasting ecosystems in long‐term field experiments - Gareth K. Phoenix; Bridget A. Emmett; Andrea J. Britton; Simon J. M. Caporn; Nancy B. Dise; Rachel Helliwell; Laurence Jones; Jonathan R. Leake; Ian D. Leith; Lucy J. Sheppard; Alwyn Sowerby; Michael G. Pilkington; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2012)
Atmospheric nitrogen ( N ) deposition is a global and increasing threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function. Much of our current understanding of N deposition impacts comes from field manipulation studies, although interpretation may need caution where simulations of N deposition (in terms of dose, application rate and N form) have limited realism. Here, we review responses to simulated N deposition from the UKREATE network, a group of nine experimental sites across the UK in a diversity of heathland, grassland, bog and dune ecosystems which include studies with a high level of realism and where many are also the longest running globally on their ecosystem type. Clear responses were seen across the sites with the greatest sensitivity shown in cover and species richness of bryophytes and lichens. Productivity was also increased at sites where N was the limiting nutrient, while flowering also showed high sensitivity, with increases and declines seen in dominant shrub and forb species, respectively. Critically, these parameters were responsive to some of the lowest additional loadings of N (7.7–10 kg ha −1 yr −1 ) showing potential for impacts by deposition rates seen in even remote and ‘unpolluted’ regions of E urope. Other parameters were less sensitive, but nevertheless showed response to higher doses. These included increases in soil % N and ‘plant available’ KCl extractable N , N cycling rates and acid–base status. Furthermore, an analysis of accumulated dose that quantified response against the total N input over time suggested that N impacts can ‘build up’ within an ecosystem such that even relatively low N deposition rates can result in ecological responses if continued for long enough. Given the responses have important implications for ecosystem structure, function, and recovery from N loading, the clear evidence for impacts at relatively low N deposition rates across a wide range of habitats is of considerable concern.

Population‐level compensation impedes biological control of an invasive forb and indirect release of a native grass - Yvette K. Ortega; Dean E. Pearson; Lauren P. Waller; Nancy J. Sturdevant; John L. Maron (Ecology, 2012)
The intentional introduction of specialist insect herbivores for biological control of exotic weeds provides ideal but understudied systems for evaluating important ecological concepts related to top‐down control, plant compensatory responses, indirect effects, and the influence of environmental context on these processes. Centaurea stoebe (spotted knapweed) is a notorious rangeland weed that exhibited regional declines in the early 2000s, attributed to drought by some and to successful biocontrol by others. We initiated an experiment to quantify the effects of the biocontrol agent, Cyphocleonus achates , on Ce. stoebe and its interaction with a dominant native grass competitor, Pseudoroegneria spicata , under contrasting precipitation conditions. Plots containing monocultures of each plant species or equal mixtures of the two received factorial combinations of Cy. achates herbivory (exclusion or addition) and precipitation (May–June drought or “normal,” defined by the 50‐year average) for three years. Cy. achates herbivory reduced survival of adult Ce. stoebe plants by 9% overall, but this effect was stronger under normal precipitation compared to drought conditions, and stronger in mixed‐species plots compared to monocultures. Herbivory had no effect on Ce. stoebe per capita seed production or on recruitment of seedlings or juveniles. In normal‐precipitation plots of mixed composition, greater adult mortality due to Cy. achates herbivory resulted in increased recruitment of new adult Ce. stoebe . Due to this compensatory response to adult mortality, final Ce. stoebe densities did not differ between herbivory treatments regardless of context. Experimental drought reduced adult Ce. stoebe survival in mixed‐species plots but did not impede recruitment of new adults or reduce final Ce. stoebe densities, perhaps due to the limited duration of the treatment. Ce. stoebe strongly depressed P. spicata reproduction and recruitment, but these impacts were not substantively alleviated by herbivory on Ce. stoebe . Population‐level compensation by dominant plants may be an important factor inhibiting top‐down effects in herbivore‐driven and predator‐driven cascades.

Small-scale and extensive hydrogeomorphic modification and water redistribution in a desert city and implications for regional nitrogen removal - Elisabeth K. Larson; Nancy B. Grimm (Urban Ecosystems, 2012)

A DVD Program on Fall Prevention Skills Training for Cancer Family Caregivers - Patricia Potter; Sarah Olsen; Marilee Kuhrik; Nancy Kuhrik; Lance R. Huntley (Journal of Cancer Education, 2012)

Access to Cancer Screening for Women with Mobility Disabilities - Jan Angus; Lisa Seto; Nancy Barry; Naomi Cechetto; Samira Chandani; Julie Devaney; Sharmini Fernando; Linda Muraca; Fran Odette (Journal of Cancer Education, 2012)

HPV Vaccination Uptake Among Cambodian Mothers - Victoria M. Taylor; Nancy Burke; Hoai Do; Qi Liu; Yutaka Yasui; Roshan Bastani (Journal of Cancer Education, 2012)

Spatial structure of the abiotic environment and its association with sapling community structure and dynamics in a cloud forest - Nancy R. Mejía-Domínguez; Jorge A. Meave; Carlos Díaz-Ávalos (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2012)

Occurrence of glyphosate and acidic herbicides in select urban rivers and streams in Canada, 2007 - Nancy E. Glozier; John Struger; Allan J. Cessna; Melissa Gledhill; Myriam Rondeau; William R. Ernst; Mark A. Sekela; Steve J. Cagampan; Ed Sverko; Clair Murphy; Janine L. Murray; David B. Donald (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2012)

Erratum to:Dengue virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes target NS1, NS3 and NS5 in infected Indian rhesus macaques - Katherine M. Mladinich; Shari M. Piaskowski; Richard Rudersdorf; Christopher M. Eernisse; Kim L. Weisgrau; Mauricio A. Martins; Jessica R. Furlott; Charalambos D. Partidos; Joseph N. Brewoo; Jorge E. Osorio; Nancy A. Wilson; Eva G. Rakasz; et al. (Immunogenetics, 2012)

MG624, an α7-nAChR antagonist, inhibits angiogenesis via the Egr-1/FGF2 pathway - Kathleen C. Brown; Jamie K. Lau; Aaron M. Dom; Theodore R. Witte; Haitao Luo; Clayton M. Crabtree; Yashoni H. Shah; Brandon S. Shiflett; Aileen J. Marcelo; Nancy A. Proper; W. Elaine Hardman; Richard D. Egleton; et al. (Angiogenesis, 2012)

Diversity in the later Paleogene proboscidean radiation: a small barytheriid from the Oligocene of Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman - Erik R. Seiffert; Sobhi Nasir; Abdulrahman Al-Harthy; Joseph R. Groenke; Brian P. Kraatz; Nancy J. Stevens; Abdul Razak Al-Sayigh (The Science of Nature, 2012)

Acquisition of cocaine self-administration in male Sprague–Dawley rats: effects of cocaine dose but not initial locomotor response to cocaine - Bruce H. Mandt; Nickie L. Johnston; Nancy R. Zahniser; Richard M. Allen (Psychopharmacology, 2012)

Antagonism at NMDA receptors, but not β-adrenergic receptors, disrupts the reconsolidation of pavlovian conditioned approach and instrumental transfer for ethanol-associated conditioned stimuli - Amy L. Milton; Moritz J. W. Schramm; James R. Wawrzynski; Felicity Gore; Faye Oikonomou-Mpegeti; Nancy Q. Wang; Daniel Samuel; Daina Economidou; Barry J. Everitt (Psychopharmacology, 2012)

Hereditary breast cancer in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) populations: identification of novel, recurrent and founder BRCA1 mutations in the Tunisian population - Wijden Mahfoudh; Noureddine Bouaouina; Slim Ben Ahmed; Sallouha Gabbouj; Jingxuan Shan; Rebecca Mathew; Nancy Uhrhammer; Yves-Jean Bignon; Wafa Troudi; Amel Ben Ammar Elgaaied; Elham Hassen; Lotfi Chouchane (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

Th17 cell cytokine secretion profile in host defense and autoimmunity - Kristen E. Graeber; Nancy J. Olsen (Inflammation Research, 2012)

Hindsight bias and causal reasoning: a minimalist approach - Jennelle E. Yopchick; Nancy S. Kim (Cognitive Processing, 2012)

Shrinking, widening, reversing, and stagnating trends in US socioeconomic inequities in cancer mortality for the total, black, and white populations: 1960–2006 - Nancy Krieger; Jarvis T. Chen; Anna Kosheleva; Pamela D. Waterman (Cancer Causes & Control, 2012)

The HPV vaccine impact monitoring project (HPV-IMPACT): assessing early evidence of vaccination impact on HPV-associated cervical cancer precursor lesions - Susan Hariri; Elizabeth R. Unger; Suzanne E. Powell; Heidi M. Bauer; Nancy M. Bennett; Karen C. Bloch; Linda M. Niccolai; Sean Schafer; Lauri E. Markowitz (Cancer Causes & Control, 2012)

Spatially explicit capture–recapture methods to estimate minke whale density from data collected at bottom-mounted hydrophones - Tiago A. Marques; Len Thomas; Stephen W. Martin; David K. Mellinger; Susan Jarvis; Ronald P. Morrissey; Carroll-Anne Ciminello; Nancy DiMarzio (Journal of Ornithology, 2012)

Dengue virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes target NS1, NS3 and NS5 in infected Indian rhesus macaques - Katherine M. Mladinich; Shari M. Piaskowski; Richard Rudersdorf; Christopher M. Eernisse; Kim L. Weisgrau; Mauricio A. Martins; Jessica R. Furlott; Charalambos D. Partidos; Joseph N. Brewoo; Jorge E. Osorio; Nancy A. Wilson; Eva G. Rakasz; et al. (Immunogenetics, 2012)

Assessment of infection with polyomaviruses BKV, JCV and SV40 in different groups of Cuban individuals - Pedro A. Martínez; Vivian Kourí; Gustavo Cordero; Consuelo Correa; Yudira Soto; Virginia Capó; Licet González; Bienvenido Grá; Gregorio Petirena; César Silvério; Norma Hondal; Mabel González; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2012)

Delay and probability discounting in pathological gamblers with and without a history of substance use problems - Leonardo F. Andrade; Nancy M. Petry (Psychopharmacology, 2012)

“Tinni” Rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) Production: An Integrated Sociocultural Agroecosystem in Eastern Uttar Pradesh of India - Ranjay K. Singh; Nancy J. Turner; C. B. Pandey (Environmental Management, 2012)

Mechanisms of dominance by the invasive hybrid cattail Typha × glauca - Daniel J. Larkin; Monika J. Freyman; Shane C. Lishawa; Pamela Geddes; Nancy C. Tuchman (Biological Invasions, 2012)

Effects of cucurbitacins on cell morphology are associated with sensitization of renal carcinoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis - Curtis J. Henrich; Cheryl L. Thomas; Alan D. Brooks; Nancy Lynn Booth; Evan M. Lowery; Richard J. Pompei; James B. McMahon; Thomas J. Sayers (Apoptosis, 2012)

Time-Dependent Impacts of Cattail Invasion in a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Complex - Mark E. Mitchell; Shane C. Lishawa; Pamela Geddes; Daniel J. Larkin; David Treering; Nancy C. Tuchman (Wetlands, 2011)

The administration of food supplemented with cocoa powder during nutritional recovery reduces damage caused by oxidative stress in rat brain - Gerardo Barragán Mejía; David Calderón Guzmán; Hugo Juárez Olguín; Nancy Hernández Martínez; Edna García Cruz; Aline Morales Ramírez; Norma Labra Ruiz; Gabriela Esquivel Jiménez; Norma Osnaya Brizuela; Raquel García Álvarez; Esperanza Ontiveros Mendoza (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2011)

Neuropsychological Testing and Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging as Diagnostic Biomarkers Early in the Course of Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses - Elissaios Karageorgiou; S. Charles Schulz; Randy L. Gollub; Nancy C. Andreasen; Beng-Choon Ho; John Lauriello; Vince D. Calhoun; H. Jeremy Bockholt; Scott R. Sponheim; Apostolos P. Georgopoulos (Neuroinformatics, 2011)

Probable gamma-aminobutyric acid involvement in bisphenol A effect at the hypothalamic level in adult male rats - Nancy Cardoso; Matías Pandolfi; Justina Lavalle; Silvia Carbone; Osvaldo Ponzo; Pablo Scacchi; Roxana Reynoso (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2011)

Evaluating Coalition Capacity to Strengthen Community–Academic Partnerships Addressing Cancer Disparities - William Alvin Torrence; Karen Hye-cheon Kim Yeary; Chara Stewart; Paulette Mehta; Kelly Duke; Nancy Greer-Williams; Jeffrey J. Guidry; Deborah Erwin; Paul Greene; Ronda S. Henry-Tillman (Journal of Cancer Education, 2011)

Bringing Skin Assessments to Life Using Human Patient Simulation: an Emphasis on Cancer Prevention and Early Detection - Marilee Kuhrik; Christy Seckman; Nancy Kuhrik; Tina Ahearn; Patrick Ercole (Journal of Cancer Education, 2011)

Beyond the classical: Influenza virus and the elucidation of alternative MHC class II-restricted antigen processing pathways - Laurence C. Eisenlohr; Nancy Luckashenak; Sebastien Apcher; Michael A. Miller; Gomathinayagam Sinnathamby (Immunologic Research, 2011)

The economics (or lack thereof) of aerosol geoengineering - Marlos Goes; Nancy Tuana; Klaus Keller (Climatic Change, 2011)

The herpes simplex virus type 1 latency associated transcript locus is required for the maintenance of reactivation competent latent infections - Richard L. Thompson; Nancy M. Sawtell (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2011)

VP16 serine 375 is a critical determinant of herpes simplex virus exit from latency in vivo - Nancy M. Sawtell; Steven J. Triezenberg; Richard L. Thompson (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2011)

Pacific Rim Forestry / Silviculture and Forest Ecology - Vishal Singh Negi; Archana Pal; Ratnesh Singh; Dulal Borthakur; Archana Pala; Vishal Singh Negi; Dulal Borthakur; Isabel Rushanaedy; Tyler Jones; Nicklos Dudley; Dulal Borthakur; Jannai Yafuso; et al. (Journal of Forestry, 2011)
Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) is an important agroforestry tree of tropics and subtropics due to its protein rich foliages, ability to grow on poor soils, and high level of tolerance to various stresses including drought and diseases. We hypothesized that leucaena have a unique set of genes which confer tolerance to various abiotic and biotic stresses and these genes are either absent or not expressed in other legumes that are susceptible to these stress conditions. Interspecies suppression subtractive hybridization (iSSH) was performed to identify some unique genes from leucaena using cDNAs from leucaena and Acacia confusa (acacia) as the tester and driver, respectively. We identified 100 leucaena genes showing homology to various plant genes with known functions, of which 23 genes had homology to various stress-related proteins including chitinase, PR-10 protein, wound-stress protein, type-2 metallothionein, thaumatin-like protein, disease resistance response protein, cysteine proteinase, and kunitz trypsin inhibitor. We also identified 50 leucaena genes which either had homology to hypothetical proteins (HyPs) or had no homology at all. Putative functions of 15 HyPs were predicted using conserved domain and PSI-BLAST analyses. Linear motif analyses identified 17 HyPs with MAPK recognition motif, which is involved in signaling pathways, including stress responses. This study identified 23 known and some putative unique stress-related genes from leucaena which may serve as a useful source of stress-tolerance genes for tree and crop improvement in the future.

Global Competency and Issues in Contemporary Education / Agroforestry - Susan Moore; Erin Sills; Lee Allen; Douglas Frederick; Frederick Cubbage; John Garland; Julie Lydick; Gordon Holley; Jodi Roberts; Stephen Grado; Zhu Ning; Shannon Fowler; et al. (Journal of Forestry, 2011)
34We performed a five year integrated research, extension and education project aimed at strengthening global competence of students and faculty through collaboration in forestry. We sought to improve our students' ability to cooperate, increase their understanding of global dynamics of forestry markets and enhance their knowledge of various approaches to forest management and conservation with Chile as the focus. The project had four key components: (1) facilitate faculty and student involvement in Chile through Spanish language training, a website, and visits by Chilean faculty; (2) support NC State faculty and student research and study in Chile through travel grants and study tours; (3) build on faculty sabbaticals in Chile by funding student research assistants; and (4) disseminate information from Chile through multiple channels to both the university and professional communities. The faculty exchange visits; graduate student research; and participation of NCSU students, faculty and staff in the study tours to Chile had substantial effects when the participants returned to the US and disseminated information about their experiences through both formal and informal mechanisms. Both students and faculty at NCSU are more aware of forestry research, policy and management in Chile. Faculty at NCSU and Chilean universities Universidad de Concepción and Universidad de Austral have established a strong basis for collaboration and are continuing to work together on funding proposals, research, and papers. Students who participated in the study tours learned about both the culture and forestry in Chile, including similarities, differences, and lessons for the US. This presentation will describe the activities, outcomes and ongoing impacts of the project.

Silviculture and Forest Ecology - David Mercker; Ryan Blair; Don Tyler; Theresa Jain; Russell Graham; Donald Rockwood; Nicholas Koch; Jeremy Brawner; Omar Carrero; Kristofer Covey; Alex Barrett; Mark Ashton; et al. (Journal of Forestry, 2011)
2Over the past several decades, federal incentive programs have encouraged the restoration of bottomland forests throughout the West Gulf Coastal Plain (WGCP) and the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV). Programs such as the Conservation Reserve (CRP) and Wetlands Reserve (WRP) Programs have been marginally successful (Stanturf et al. 2001). Foresters and contractors often follow conventional tree planting procedures that are well established for upland sites, but prove problematic in bottomlands. High water tables, soil drainage and compaction, overland flooding and diverse soil properties make species selection difficult. Slight changes in topography and soil structure often have a dramatic effect on survival and growth of planted oak seedlings (Hodges and Schweitzer 1979). This project documented the survival and growth of six-year old seedlings that were established on a bottomland site in 2004, located at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center, Jackson, Tennessee. The purpose was to determine how soil drainage as indicated by mottling (specifically, the point of 50 percent gray color throughout the soil profile) affects the survival and growth of bottomland oak species. The findings suggest that practitioners plant Nuttall, pin and overcup oaks in poorly drained soils. As the drainage improves, begin mixing in willow oak. In the best drained soils (if they exist), finish by including water, swamp chestnut, swamp white, Shumard, cherrybark and bur oaks. Potential species diversity should expand as the soil drainage improves.

The role of MHC class I allele Mamu-A*07 during SIVmac239 infection - Jason S. Reed; John Sidney; Shari M. Piaskowski; Chrystal E. Glidden; Enrique J. León; Benjamin J. Burwitz; Holly L. Kolar; Christopher M. Eernisse; Jessica R. Furlott; Nicholas J. Maness; Andrew D. Walsh; Richard A. Rudersdorf; et al. (Immunogenetics, 2011)

Acinic cell carcinoma of the retromolar trigone region: expanding the tumor phenotype in Cowden syndrome? - Hugo Villeneuve; Steve Tremblay; Polymnia Galiatsatos; Nancy Hamel; Louis Guertin; Renald Morency; Marc Tischkowitz (Familial Cancer, 2011)

External changes in embryonic and larval development of Odontophrynus cordobae Martino et Sinsch, 2002 (Anura: Cycloramphidae) - Pablo R. Grenat; Lucio M. Zavala Gallo; Nancy E. Salas; Adolfo L. Martino (Biologia, 2011)

Decomposition of urban atmospheric carbon in Sonoran Desert soils - Jason P. Kaye; Sara E. Eckert; Daniel A. Gonzales; Jonathan O. Allen; Sharon J. Hall; Ryan A. Sponseller; Nancy B. Grimm (Urban Ecosystems, 2011)

Mortality and recruitment in an urban forest (Forest Park in Portland, Oregon) between 1993 and 2003 - Nancy E. Broshot (Urban Ecosystems, 2011)

Model Organisms Reveal Insight into Human Neurodegenerative Disease: Ataxin-2 Intermediate-Length Polyglutamine Expansions Are a Risk Factor for ALS - Nancy M. Bonini; Aaron D. Gitler (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2011)

Mercury in breeding saltmarsh sparrows (Ammodramus caudacutus caudacutus) - Oksana P. Lane; Kathleen M. O’Brien; David C. Evers; Thomas P. Hodgman; Andrew Major; Nancy Pau; Mark J. Ducey; Robert Taylor; Deborah Perry (Ecotoxicology, 2011)

Integration of crop rotation and arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) inoculum application for enhancing AM activity to improve phosphorus nutrition and yield of upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) - Dipankar Maiti; Neha Nancy Toppo; Mukund Variar (Mycorrhiza, 2011)

Triterpenoids with neurotrophic activity from Ganoderma lucidum - Xiao-Qi Zhang; Fanny C.F. Ip; Dong-Mei Zhang; Li-Xin Chen; Wei Zhang; Yao-Lan Li; Nancy Y. Ip; Wen-Cai Ye (Natural Product Research, 2011)

Phylogenetic and Preliminary Phenotypic Analysis of Yeast PAQR Receptors: Potential Antifungal Targets - Nancy Y. Villa; Patricia Moussatche; Stephen G. Chamberlin; Anuj Kumar; Thomas J. Lyons (Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2011)

Qualitative detection of the NSAIDs diclofenac and ibuprofen in the hair of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) occupying UK waterways with GC–MS - Ngaio L. Richards; Gemma Cook; Vic Simpson; Sarah Hall; Nancy Harrison; Karen S. Scott (European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2011)

Reproductive and menstrual factors and risk of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in a cohort of postmenopausal women - Geoffrey C. Kabat; Mimi Y. Kim; Nancy F. Woods; Laurel A. Habel; Catherine R. Messina; Jean Wactawski-Wende; Marcia L. Stefanick; Rowan T. Chlebowski; Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller; Thomas E. Rohan (Cancer Causes & Control, 2011)

The detailed palaeoecology of a mid‐Wisconsinan interstadial (ca. 32 000 14 C a BP) vegetation surface from interior Alaska - Matthew J. Wooller; Grant D. Zazula; Misha. Blinnikov; Benjamin. V. Gaglioti; Nancy. H. Bigelow; Paul. Sanborn; Svetlana. Kuzmina; Catherine. La Farge (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2011)
We present a multi‐proxy reconstruction from a well‐preserved vegetation surface (ca. 32 000 14 C a BP) from the Fox Permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. A thick litter layer of plant material on the vegetation surface is consistent with the vegetation lacking evidence of disturbance. Plant macrofossils and graminoid cuticle analysis show the presence of a graminoid assemblage consistent with phytolith data. The pollen data indicate that trees were not local to the site and that Artemisia sp. was present in the region. The insect and bryophyte reconstructions are consistent with the vascular plant reconstruction, indicating the site was at least periodically wet. δ 13 C values from the graminoids present show a large range encompassing both the wet and dry range displayed by modern graminoids in Alaska. Sequential δ 13 C analyses conducted along the length of leaves attached to the vegetation surface indicate a seasonal shift towards relatively higher water use efficiency. The lower water use efficiency earlier in the growing season may have stemmed from the use of winter season meltwater by plants at the site – a scenario consistent with the site's cryostratigraphy. Our multi‐proxy reconstruction contributes to the limited palaeoecological data available for graminoid‐dominated vegetation present in Eastern Beringia and particularly the interior of Alaska during the mid‐Wisconsinan interstadial. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Native and exotic plants of fragments of sagebrush steppe produced by geomorphic processes versus land use - Nancy Huntly; Randy Bangert; Steven E. Hanser (Plant Ecology, 2011)

Erratum to: Translocator Protein PET Imaging for Glial Activation in Multiple Sclerosis - Unsong Oh; Masahiro Fujita; Vasiliki N. Ikonomidou; Iordanis E. Evangelou; Eiji Matsuura; Erin Harberts; Yota Fujimura; Nancy D. Richert; Joan Ohayon; Victor W. Pike; Yi Zhang; Sami S. Zoghbi; et al. (Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2011)

Culture and maintenance of taste cells in vitro - Mehmet Hakan Ozdener; Nancy E. Rawson (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2011)

Attraction of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, to Avocado, Lychee, and Essential Oil Lures - Paul E. Kendra; Wayne S. Montgomery; Jerome Niogret; Jorge E. Peña; John L. Capinera; Gurpreet Brar; Nancy D. Epsky; Robert R. Heath (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2011)

Chinese origin rhesus macaque major histocompatibility complex class I molecules promiscuously present epitopes from SIV associated with molecules of Indian origin; implications for immunodominance and viral escape - Nicholas James Maness; Andrew D. Walsh; Richard A. Rudersdorf; Priscilla A. Erickson; Shari M. Piaskowski; Nancy A. Wilson; David I. Watkins (Immunogenetics, 2011)

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) influences biofilm formation and motility in the novel Antarctic species Pseudomonas extremaustralis under cold conditions - Paula M. Tribelli; Nancy I. López (Extremophiles, 2011)

A new carotenoid glycoside from Rehmannia glutinosa - Guang-Miao Fu; She-Po Shi; Fanny C.F. Ip; Hai-Hong Pang; Nancy Y. Ip (Natural Product Research, 2011)

RT-PCR and real-time PCR analysis of E2A-PBX1, TEL-AML1, mBCR-ABL and MLL-AF4 fusion gene transcripts in de novo B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients in south India - NATARAJAN SUDHAKAR; KAMALALAYAM RAGHAVAN RAJALEKSHMY; THANGARAJAN RAJKUMAR; KARUNAKARAN NIRMALA NANCY (Journal of Genetics, 2011)

High-Throughput Screening of Excipients Intended to Prevent Antigen Aggregation at Air-Liquid Interface - Sébastien Dasnoy; Nancy Dezutter; Dominique Lemoine; Vivien Le Bras; Véronique Préat (Pharmaceutical Research, 2011)

Antitumour Efficacy of Two Paclitaxel Formulations for Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) in an In Vivo Rat Model - Wim Bouquet; Steven Deleye; Steven Staelens; Lieselotte De Smet; Nancy Van Damme; Isabelle Debergh; Wim P. Ceelen; Filip De Vos; Jean Paul Remon; Chris Vervaet (Pharmaceutical Research, 2011)

Deficits in inhibitory control and conflict resolution on cognitive and motor tasks in Parkinson’s disease - Ignacio Obeso; Leonora Wilkinson; Enrique Casabona; Maria Luisa Bringas; Mario Álvarez; Lázaro Álvarez; Nancy Pavón; Maria-Cruz Rodríguez-Oroz; Raúl Macías; Jose A. Obeso; Marjan Jahanshahi (Experimental Brain Research, 2011)

Hepatic Element Concentrations of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) During Spring Migration in the Upper Midwest - Angela E. Pillatzki; Regg D. Neiger; Steven R. Chipps; Kenneth F. Higgins; Nancy Thiex; Alan D. Afton (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2011)

Global Urban Growth and the Geography of Water Availability, Quality, and Delivery - Robert I. McDonald; Ian Douglas; Carmen Revenga; Rebecca Hale; Nancy Grimm; Jenny Grönwall; Balazs Fekete (Ambio, 2011)

Changes in spatial and temporal distribution and vocal behavior of Blainville's beaked whales ( Mesoplodon densirostris) during multiship exercises with mid‐frequency sonar - Elena McCarthy; David Moretti; Len Thomas; Nancy DiMarzio; Ronald Morrissey; Susan Jarvis; Jessica Ward; Annamaria Izzi; Ashley Dilley (Marine Mammal Science, 2011)
The number and distribution of vocalizing groups of Blainville's beaked whales ( Mesoplodon densirostris ) were analyzed before, during, and after multiship mid‐frequency active sonar operations at the US Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in the Bahamas. Groups of foraging animals were isolated by detecting their echolocation clicks using an array of bottom‐mounted hydrophones. Two data sets were evaluated consisting of 115 and 240 h of acoustic data in May 2007 and 2008, respectively. Vocal activity was observed to decline during active sonar exercises and increase upon cessation of sonar transmissions in both data sets. Vocal activity did not recover to preexposure levels in the postexposure time period in 2007 nor in the initial postexposure period in the 2008 data set. Clicks detected during sonar operations were generally found to be on the periphery of the hydrophone field and vocal durations declined for those groups that remained on the range in that time period. Receive levels were calculated for several vocal groups of whales and indicated that animals continued to forage when exposed to sonar at levels as high as 157 dB re: μPa.

Protein and metal cluster structure of the wheat metallothionein domain γ-Ec-1: the second part of the puzzle - Jens Loebus; Estevão A. Peroza; Nancy Blüthgen; Thomas Fox; Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke; Oliver Zerbe; Eva Freisinger (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2011)

Redescription of the karyotype of five species of the family Bufonidae (Amphibia: Anura) from central area of Argentina - Mariana Baraquet; Julián A. Valetti; Nancy E. Salas; Adolfo L. Martino (Biologia, 2011)

Evaluation of different lignocellulosic substrates for the production of cellulases and xylanases by the basidiomycete fungi Bjerkandera adusta and Pycnoporus sanguineus - Rosa Estela Quiroz-Castañeda; Nancy Pérez-Mejía; Claudia Martínez-Anaya; Lourdes Acosta-Urdapilleta; Jorge Folch-Mallol (Biodegradation, 2011)

Troubled Waters of the Gulf of Mexico - Nancy Rabalais (Oceanography, 2011)

Ecosystem‐based fisheries management in the Northwest Atlantic - Jason S Link; Alida Bundy; William J Overholtz; Nancy Shackell; John Manderson; Daniel Duplisea; Jon Hare; Mariano Koen‐Alonso; Kevin D Friedland (Fish and Fisheries, 2011)
The northwest Atlantic has had a notable history of living marine resource (LMR) exploitation. There have been calls for evaluating and improving approaches to manage those resources as stocks have undergone sequential depletion, with some dramatic instances of stock declines. The need for more holistic ecosystem‐based approaches to manage LMRs has been increasingly recognized as part of these calls, along with the recognition that there are broader issues to consider when managing a fishery. We discuss some of the major efforts to this end which are extant among our institutions. We emphasize current initiatives to implement ecosystem‐based fisheries management in the northwest Atlantic, with a focus on how advice based on the natural sciences supports an ecosystem‐based approach. We present this information as a case study within a rich historical context of fisheries science and management.