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Open AccessEarly warning signals have limited applicability to empirical lake data
Research aimed at identifying indicators of persistent abrupt shifts in ecological communities, a.k.a regime shifts, has led to the development of a suite of early warning signals (EWSs). As these often perfor...
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Resistance Training as a Countermeasure in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Current Literature and Future Directions
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) poses a significant health concern for both mother and offspring. Exercise has emerged as a cornerstone of glycemic management in GDM. However, most research regarding this ...
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Open AccessFunctional characterization of variants of unknown significance in a spinocerebellar ataxia patient using an unsupervised machine learning pipeline
CAG-expanded ATXN7 has been previously defined in the pathogenesis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7), a polyglutamine expansion autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia. Pathology in SCA7 occurs as a result of ...
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Open AccessIncreasing maximum lake surface temperature under climate change
Annual maximum lake surface temperature influences ecosystem structure and function and, in particular, the rates of metabolic activities, species survival and biogeography. Here, we evaluated 50 years of obse...
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An examination of long-term ecological studies of rotifers: comparability of methods and results, insights into drivers of change and future research challenges
Long-term research (LTR) can provide insights into rotifer ecology that are not possible from short-term studies or experiments. However, such studies have become rarer in recent years due to budgetary constra...
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Open AccessSubstantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change
The annual minimum of lake surface water temperature influences ecological and biogeochemical processes, but variability and change in this extreme have not been investigated. Here, we analysed observational d...
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Preface: Shallow lakes research: advances and perspectives
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Ecological resilience in lakes and the conjunction fallacy
There is a pressing need to apply stability and resilience theory to environmental management to restore degraded ecosystems effectively and to mitigate the effects of impending environmental change. Lakes rep...
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Preface: evolving rotifers, evolving science
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A metadata approach to documenting sex in phylum Rotifera: diapausing embryos, males, and hatchlings from sediments
We present a survey of the literature documenting sexuality in monogonont rotifers, including reports of diapausing embryos (DEs), males, and/or hatchlings from dry sediments. Of 30 families, 27 possess specie...
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Erratum to: Assessing Pro-environmental Behaviour in Relation to the Management of Pollution from Private Sewage Systems
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Open AccessA global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985–2009
Global environmental change has influenced lake surface temperatures, a key driver of ecosystem structure and function. Recent studies have suggested significant warming of water temperatures in individual lak...
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Description of a Large Urban School-Located 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Vaccination Campaign, New York City 2009–2010
In the spring of 2009, New York City (NYC) experienced the emergence and rapid spread of pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus (pH1N1), which had a high attack rate in children and caused many school closures. Durin...
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In memoriam
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Youth Physical Activity Opportunities in Lower and Higher Income Neighborhoods
The presence of youth physical activity opportunities is one of the strongest environmental correlates of youth physical activity. More detailed information about such opportunities is needed to maximize their...
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Open AccessA longitudinal study of allergy and intestinal helminth infections in semi urban and rural areas of Flores, Indonesia (ImmunoSPIN Study)
The prevalence of asthma and atopic disease has been reported to be low in low income countries, however helminth infections are likely to be high among these communities. The question of whether helminth infe...
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Maximum growing depth of macrophytes in Loch Leven, Scotland, United Kingdom, in relation to historical changes in estimated phosphorus loading
Eutrophication is common in shallow lakes in lowland areas. In their natural state, most shallow lakes would have clear water and a thriving aquatic plant community. However, eutrophication often causes turbid...
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Open AccessDoes treatment of intestinal helminth infections influence malaria? Background and methodology of a longitudinal study of clinical, parasitological and immunological parameters in Nangapanda, Flores, Indonesia (ImmunoSPIN Study)
Given that helminth infections are thought to have strong immunomodulatory activity, the question whether helminth infections might affect responses to malaria antigens needs to be addressed. Different cross-s...
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Open AccessCommon CFTR gene variants influence body composition and survival in rural Ghana
Various studies in mice have found support for the hypothesis that heterozygous carriers of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutations have an increased resistance to fatal infection com...
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Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on the Supply of Inorganic Nitrogen
Human-induced changes in the nitrogen cycle due to the increased use of artificial fertilisers, the cultivation of nitrogen-fixing crops and atmospheric deposition have made nitrogen pollution to surface water...
