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Background Chronic pericarditis is associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity, including atrial fibrillation (AF), heart failure (HF), and stroke. Colchicine is widely used in pericarditis management for its anti-inflammatory effects, but its impact on arrhythmias and other cardiovascular outcomes remains uncertain. Methods We conducted a retrospective observational cohort study using the TriNetX global federated res...
Canopy-forming kelp forests act as foundation species that provide a wide range of ecosystem services along temperate coastlines. With climate change, these ecosystems are experiencing changing environmental and biotic conditions; however, the kelp distribution and drivers of change in British Columbia remain largely unexplored. This research aimed to use satellite imagery and environmental data to investigate the spatiotempor...
The Exportation of Hong Kong’s Quality Granite in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Historical Re-EvaluationNARA Subscribed
Since British colonization in 1841, Hong Kong was described as a “barren and rocky” fishing town in the South China Sea. Archival evidence indicated that local granite blocks had been shipped to mainland China for construction purposes as early as 1844. In 2014, the unearthing of an ancient well made of granite kindled a fresh interest in tracing how these primitive, quality and abundantly available stones had been pursued loc...
Evaluation of oxytetracycline leaching from pregelatinized starch‐coated medicated fish feedNARA Subscribed
The rapid growth and intensification of aquaculture industries have led to an increased use of antibiotics. Consequently, growing concerns have mounted over the environmental contamination of these drugs from medicated feeds and the risk that this poses for antimicrobial resistance. To circumvent environmental leaching, farmers topcoat medicated feeds with oil; however, this only partially addresses the issue. This study inves...
Epigenetics plays a critical role in regulating mesenchymal stem cells’ (MSCs) fate for tissue repair and regeneration. There is increasing evidence that the inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC) isoform 3 can enhance MSC osteogenesis. This study investigated the potential of using a selective HDAC2 and 3 inhibitor, MI192, to promote human dental pulp stromal cells (hDPSCs) bone-like tissue formation in vitro and in vivo wi...
Global maps of soil temperatureNARA Subscribed
Research in global change ecology relies heavily on global climatic grids derived from estimates of air temperature in open areas at around 2 m above the ground. These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation canopies and near the ground surface, where critical ecosystem functions occur and most terrestrial species reside. Here, we provide global maps of soil temperature and bioclimatic variables at a 1‐km 2 r...
Clinical evaluation of rapid point-of-care antigen tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infectionNARA Subscribed
The RT-qPCR in respiratory specimens is the gold standard for diagnosing acute COVID-19 infections. However, this test takes considerable time before test results become available, thereby delaying patients from being diagnosed, treated, and isolated immediately. Rapid antigen tests could overcome this problem. In the first study, clinical performances of five rapid antigen tests were compared to RT-qPCR in upper respiratory s...
The elasmoid scales of anadromous sea trout Salmo trutta L. represent a significant internal reservoir of Ca 2+ . Although more is known about long‐term remodelling of scales in response to calciotropic challenges encountered during smoltification and migration, very little is known about the contribution made by scales to the short‐term, minute‐to‐minute regulation of Ca 2+ homeostasis in the extracellular fluid (ECF) during...
SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperatureNARA Subscribed
Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated climate data represents long‐term average thermal conditions at coarse spatial resolutions only. Hence, many climate‐forcing factors that operate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions are overlooked. This is particularly important in relation to...
China's distant‐water fisheries in the 21st centuryNARA Subscribed
We conservatively estimate the distant‐water fleet catch of the P eople's R epublic of C hina for 2000–2011, using a newly assembled database of reported occurrence of Chinese fishing vessels in various parts of the world and information on the annual catch by vessel type. Given the unreliability of official statistics, uncertainty of results was estimated through a regionally stratified M onte C arlo approach, which documents...