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Florida State University
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About: Florida State University is a education organization based out in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 25117 authors who have published 65361 publications receiving 2527087 citations. The organization is also known as: FSU & Florida State.
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TL;DR: Genetic evidence is provided for a sudden increase in the African malaria parasite population about 10,000 years ago, followed by migration to other regions on the basis of variation in 100 worldwide mitochondrial DNA sequences.
Abstract: The emergence of virulent Plasmodium falciparum in Africa within the past 6000 years as a result of a cascade of changes in human behavior and mosquito transmission has recently been hypothesized. Here, we provide genetic evidence for a sudden increase in the African malaria parasite population about 10,000 years ago, followed by migration to other regions on the basis of variation in 100 worldwide mitochondrial DNA sequences. However, both the world and some regional populations appear to be older (50,000 to 100,000 years old), suggesting an earlier wave of migration out of Africa, perhaps during the Pleistocene migration of human beings.
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TL;DR: In this article, the growth of multilayers made from a combination of a weak polyacid and a strongly dissociated polycation is studied as a function of salt concentration and molecular weight.
Abstract: The growth of multilayers made from a combination of a weak polyacid and a strongly dissociated polycation is studied as a function of salt concentration and molecular weight. Film thickness reaches a maximum at around 0.3 M salt and then decreases quickly. Preformed multilayers are shown to decompose rapidly and, for high molecular weights, completely when exposed to aqueous solutions of NaCl of concentration >0.6 M. The apparent dissociation of multilayer polyelectrolyte complexes is due to competition for polymer/polymer ion pairs by external salt ions. Similar experiments aimed at decomposing multilayers by protonating the weak acid, thus decreasing polymer/polymer interactions, lead to incomplete loss of polymer, probably due to additional hydrogen bonding from the protonated weak acid. A model based on ion exchange/swelling of multilayers is used to explain their stability and permeability as well as the dependence of film thickness on salt concentration and type.
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TL;DR: In this article, the Schrodinger functional was used to compute the coefficients for O(a) improvement of the action and axial current in lattice QCD, in the quenched approximation and for bare gauge couplings.
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TL;DR: The results of this study have major implications for all analyses that rely on accurate estimates of topology or branch lengths, including divergence time estimation, ancestral state reconstruction, tree-dependent comparative methods, rate variation analysis, phylogenetic hypothesis testing, and phylogeographic analysis.
Abstract: Although an increasing number of phylogenetic data sets are incomplete, the effect of ambiguous data on phy- logenetic accuracy is not well understood. We use 4-taxon simulations to study the effects of ambiguous data (i.e., missing characters or gaps) in maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian frameworks. By introducing ambiguous data in a way that removes confounding factors, we provide the first clear understanding of 1 mechanism by which ambiguous data can mislead phylogenetic analyses. We find that in both ML and Bayesian frameworks, among-site rate variation can interact with ambiguous data to produce misleading estimates of topology and branch lengths. Furthermore, within a Bayesian framework, priors on branch lengths and rate heterogeneity parameters can exacerbate the effects of ambiguous data, re- sulting in strongly misleading bipartition posterior probabilities. The magnitude and direction of the ambiguous data bias are a function of the number and taxonomic distribution of ambiguous characters, the strength of topological support, and whether or not the model is correctly specified. The results of this study have major implications for all analyses that rely on accurate estimates of topology or branch lengths, including divergence time estimation, ancestral state reconstruc- tion, tree-dependent comparative methods, rate variation analysis, phylogenetic hypothesis testing, and phylogeographic analysis. (Ambiguous characters; ambiguous data; Bayesian; bias; maximum likelihood; missing data; model misspecifica- tion; phylogenetics; posterior probabilities; prior.)
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present methylated (MeHg and dimethylmercury (Me2Hg) and total Hg concentrations from 16 hydrographic stations in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.
Abstract: [1] Fish harvested from the Pacific Ocean are a major contributor to human methylmercury (MeHg) exposure. Limited oceanic mercury (Hg) data, particularly MeHg, has confounded our understanding of linkages between sources, methylation sites, and concentrations in marine food webs. Here we present methylated (MeHg and dimethylmercury (Me2Hg)) and total Hg concentrations from 16 hydrographic stations in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. We use these data in combination with information from previous cruises and coupled atmospheric-oceanic modeling results to better understand controls on Hg concentrations, distribution, and bioavailability. Total Hg concentrations (average 1.14 ± 0.38 pM) are elevated relative to previous cruises. Modeling results agree with observed increases and suggest that at present atmospheric Hg deposition rates, basin-wide Hg concentrations will double relative to circa 1995 by 2050. Methylated Hg accounts for up to 29% of the total Hg in subsurface waters (average 260 ± 114 fM). We observed lower ambient methylated Hg concentrations in the euphotic zone and older, deeper water masses, which likely result from decay of MeHg and Me2Hg when net production is not occurring. We found a significant, positive linear relationship between methylated Hg concentrations and rates of organic carbon remineralization (r2 = 0.66, p < 0.001). These results provide evidence for the importance of particulate organic carbon (POC) transport and remineralization on the production and distribution of methylated Hg species in marine waters. Specifically, settling POC provides a source of inorganic Hg(II) to microbially active subsurface waters and can also provide a substrate for microbial activity facilitating water column methylation.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Michael A. Strauss | 185 | 1688 | 208506 |
Jie Zhang | 178 | 4857 | 221720 |
Guenakh Mitselmakher | 165 | 1951 | 164435 |
Darien Wood | 160 | 2174 | 136596 |
Roy F. Baumeister | 157 | 650 | 132987 |
Todd Adams | 154 | 1866 | 143110 |
Robert J. Sternberg | 149 | 1066 | 89193 |
Alexander Belyaev | 142 | 1895 | 100796 |
Mingshui Chen | 141 | 1543 | 125369 |
German Martinez | 141 | 1476 | 107887 |
Andrew Askew | 140 | 1496 | 99635 |
Yuri Gershtein | 139 | 1558 | 104279 |
Mitchell Wayne | 139 | 1810 | 108776 |
Andrey Korytov | 139 | 1730 | 101703 |
Jacobo Konigsberg | 139 | 1850 | 104261 |