Change in phenotypic plasticity of a morphological defence in Daphnia galeata (Crustacea: Cladocera) in a selection experiment

Some water fleas Daphnia change their head morphology to reduce predation risk in response to chemical substances (kairomones) released from larvae of the invertebrate predator Chaoborus (Insecta: Diptera).We tested for evidence of the costs associated with elongation of the head spine in Daphnia galeata and the consequences of these costs on the i

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The rise of neglected tropical diseases in the "new Texas".

Within the last five years, the State of Texas has experienced either transmission or outbreaks of Ebola, chikungunya, West Nile, and Zika virus infections.Autochthonous transmission of neglected parasitic and bacterial diseases has also become increasingly reported.The rise of such emerging and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has not occurred b

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Most published meta-regression analyses based on aggregate data suffer from methodological pitfalls: a meta-epidemiological study

Abstract Background Due to clinical and methodological diversity, clinical studies included in meta-analyses often differ in ways that lead to differences in treatment effects across studies.Meta-regression analysis is generally recommended to explore associations between study-level characteristics and treatment effect, however, three key pitfalls

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Real-World Effectiveness of Benralizumab Among Patients with Asthma and Concomitant Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Donna D Carstens,1 Diego J Maselli,2 Erin E Cook,3 Fan Mu,3 Jingyi Chen,3 Danni Yang,3 Jessica Karacz ps5 price south carolina DeMartino,1 Yen Chung1 1Respiratory & Immunology, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, USA; 2Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX, USA; 3Health Economic and Outcomes Research,

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