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Transforming Social Determinants To Educational Outcomes: Geospatial Considerations, Gary Szirony, S Banerjee, Mccune, Davis
Transforming Social Determinants To Educational Outcomes: Geospatial Considerations, Gary Szirony, S Banerjee, Mccune, Davis
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Cannabis Consumption Patterns Explain The East-West Gradient In Canadian Neural Tube Defect Incidence: An Ecological Study [Dataset], Albert Stuart Reece, Gary Kenneth Hulse
Cannabis Consumption Patterns Explain The East-West Gradient In Canadian Neural Tube Defect Incidence: An Ecological Study [Dataset], Albert Stuart Reece, Gary Kenneth Hulse
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While a known link between prenatal cannabis exposure and anencephaly exists, the relationship of prenatal cannabis exposure with neural tube defects (NTDs) generally has not been defined. Published data from Canada Health and Statistics Canada were used to assess this relationship. Both cannabis use and NTDs were shown to follow an east-west and north-south gradient. Last year cannabis consumption was significantly associated (P < .0001; cannabis use–time interaction P < .0001). These results were confirmed when estimates of termination for anomaly were used. Canada Health population data allowed the calculation of an NTD odds ratio) of 1.27 (95% confidence interval = 1.19-1.37; P < 10−11) for high-risk provinces versus the remainder with an attributable fraction in exposed populations of 16.52% (95% confidence interval = 12.22-20.62). Data show a robust positive statistical association between cannabis consumption as both a qualitative and quantitative variable and NTDs on a background of declining NTD incidence. In the context of multiple mechanistic pathways these strong statistical findings implicate causal mechanisms.
Isolation, Characterization, And Cross-Amplification Of 20 Microsatellite Markers For The Rare Conospermum Undulatum (Proteaceae) [Dataset], Nicola Delnevo, Andrea Piotti, Eddie J. Van Etten, William D. Stock, Margaret Byrne
Isolation, Characterization, And Cross-Amplification Of 20 Microsatellite Markers For The Rare Conospermum Undulatum (Proteaceae) [Dataset], Nicola Delnevo, Andrea Piotti, Eddie J. Van Etten, William D. Stock, Margaret Byrne
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Premise of the study: Recent habitat fragmentation is posing a risk to the wavy-leaved smokebush, Conospermum undulatum, a rare plant species endemic to the south-western Western Australia. Microsatellites markers are required to characterize the genetic diversity and structure of the species for conservation purposes and to facilitate ecological studies. Methods and Results: Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing was used to develop 20 novel microsatellite markers for C. undulatum. Polymorphism at each locus was assessed using 72 individuals from three natural populations. Nineteen markers were polymorphic, with the number of alleles per locus ranging from two to 21, and observed and expected …
Omura’S Whales (Balaenoptera Omurai) Off Northwest Madagascar: Genetics, Coloration, Acoustics And Conservation Needs, Lindsay Alec, Salvatore Cerchio, Boris Androanantenaina, Melinda Rekdahl, Norbert Andrianarivelo, Tahina Rasoloarijao
Omura’S Whales (Balaenoptera Omurai) Off Northwest Madagascar: Genetics, Coloration, Acoustics And Conservation Needs, Lindsay Alec, Salvatore Cerchio, Boris Androanantenaina, Melinda Rekdahl, Norbert Andrianarivelo, Tahina Rasoloarijao
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The Omura’s whale (Balaenoptera omurai) was described as a new species in 2003 and then later as an ancient lineage basal to a Bryde’s/sei whale clade. Currently known only from whaling and stranding specimens primarily from the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans, there exist no confirmed field observations or ecological/behavioral data. Here we present the first genetically confirmed documentation of living Omura’s whales, including descriptions of basic ecology and behavior from northwest Madagascar. Species identification was confirmed through molecular phylogenetic analyses of biopsies collected from 23 animals. All individuals shared a single haplotype in a 402bp sequence …
Tree Islands In The Shark Slough Landscape: Interactions Of Vegetation, Hydrology, And Soils, Michael S. Ross, David T. Jones
Tree Islands In The Shark Slough Landscape: Interactions Of Vegetation, Hydrology, And Soils, Michael S. Ross, David T. Jones
SERC Research Reports
Executive Summary: This report presents what we have learned about tree islands of Shark Slough and adjacent marshes of Everglades National Park (ENP), based on ecological studies carried out in these wetlands during the period 2000-2003. The tree islands of Shark Slough share many features with tree islands elsewhere in the Everglades. Their current composition and community structure is determined to a large extent by recent hydrology, as well as by disturbances (fire, freezes, hurricanes, man). Tree islands have historical, cultural, and biological values that are recognized by nearly all parties to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). Maintaining and/or …