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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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About: University of Hawaii at Manoa is a education organization based out in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Sea surface temperature. The organization has 13693 authors who have published 25161 publications receiving 1023924 citations.
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College of William & Mary1, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution2, Harvard University3, Oregon State University4, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute5, University of Washington6, Portland State University7, University of New Hampshire8, University of Southampton9, Louisiana State University10, University of Hawaii at Manoa11
TL;DR: Most organisms found at these Indian Ocean vent fields have evolutionary affinities with western Pacific vent faunas, but a shrimp that ecologically dominates Indian Ocean vents closely resembles its Mid-Atlantic counterpart.
Abstract: Within the endemic invertebrate faunas of hydrothermal vents, five biogeographic provinces are recognized. Invertebrates at two Indian Ocean vent fields (Kairei and Edmond) belong to a sixth province, despite ecological settings and invertebrate-bacterial symbioses similar to those of both western Pacific and Atlantic vents. Most organisms found at these Indian Ocean vent fields have evolutionary affinities with western Pacific vent faunas, but a shrimp that ecologically dominates Indian Ocean vents closely resembles its Mid-Atlantic counterpart. These findings contribute to a global assessment of the biogeography of chemosynthetic faunas and indicate that the Indian Ocean vent community follows asymmetric assembly rules biased toward Pacific evolutionary alliances.
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Harvard University1, Yale University2, Space Telescope Science Institute3, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign4, University of Maryland, College Park5, University of Hawaii at Manoa6, University of Turku7, University of California, Santa Cruz8, University of Texas at Austin9, Johns Hopkins University10, Queen's University Belfast11, Max Planck Society12, Durham University13, Princeton University14
TL;DR: The results from a search within the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey (PS1-MDS) for rapidly evolving and luminous transients are presented in this article.
Abstract: In the past decade, several rapidly evolving transients have been discovered whose timescales and luminosities are not easily explained by traditional supernovae (SNe) models The sample size of these objects has remained small due, at least in part, to the challenges of detecting short timescale transients with traditional survey cadences Here we present the results from a search within the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey (PS1-MDS) for rapidly evolving and luminous transients We identify 10 new transients with a time above half-maximum (t 1/2) of less than 12 days and –165 > M > –20 mag This increases the number of known events in this region of SN phase space by roughly a factor of three The median redshift of the PS1-MDS sample is z = 0275 and they all exploded in star-forming galaxies In general, the transients possess faster rise than decline timescale and blue colors at maximum light (g P1 – r P1 lsim –02) Best-fit blackbodies reveal photospheric temperatures/radii that expand/cool with time and explosion spectra taken near maximum light are dominated by a blue continuum, consistent with a hot, optically thick, ejecta We find it difficult to reconcile the short timescale, high peak luminosity (L > 1043 erg s–1), and lack of UV line blanketing observed in many of these transients with an explosion powered mainly by the radioactive decay of 56Ni Rather, we find that many are consistent with either (1) cooling envelope emission from the explosion of a star with a low-mass extended envelope that ejected very little (<003 M ☉) radioactive material, or (2) a shock breakout within a dense, optically thick, wind surrounding the progenitor star After calculating the detection efficiency for objects with rapid timescales in the PS1-MDS we find a volumetric rate of 4800-8000 events yr–1 Gpc–3 (4%-7% of the core-collapse SN rate at z = 02)
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TL;DR: The site where the spermatozoa begin to acquire fertilising capacity varies according to species, but it is generally the corpus epididymis or the proximal segment of the cauda epiddymis where a large proportion of the spermutozoa become fertilisationcompetent.
Abstract: Spermatozoa leaving the testis of normal animals are not ready to fertilise oocytes. They gain this ability while passing through the epididymis. It is interesting that spermatozoa of most animals take about 10 days to pass through the epididymis despite huge interspecies variations in the length of the epididymal tubule (e.g. some 30–50 m in large farm animals and about 1 m in the laboratory mouse) (Robaire & Hermo, 1988). The site where the spermatozoa begin to acquire fertilising capacity varies according to species, but it is generally the corpus epididymis or the proximal segment of the cauda epididymis where a large proportion of the spermatozoa become fertilisationcompetent. The distal segment of the cauda epididymis is the principal site for the storage of mature spermatozoa. Prolonged sojourn in the cauda epididymis (and vas deferens), however, could be detrimental to the spermatozoa.
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TL;DR: A. aegypti eradication campaigns had nearly succeeded in much of the Western Hemisphere by the mid-20th century, and the eradication strategy adopted earlier in this century is still viable and cost effective as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Since World War II, dengue viruses have progressively extended their geographic domain and have increased as causes of human morbidity and mortality. This complex of four flaviviruses is principally transmitted to humans by the bite of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever vector. Factors that promote the indoor storage of water are congenial to the breeding of A. aegypti. These include the dislocations of wars, overpopulation , and urbanization. By the mid-20th century, A. aegypti eradication campaigns had nearly succeeded in much of the Western Hemisphere. Since then, there has been a steady degradation in ability to cope with this species despite the fact that a newly emerged, severe immunopathologic disorder, dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome, endows dengue epidemics with grave consequences. Development of a vaccine against dengue is complicated by the need to develop four different live attenuated vaccines and by a justifiable caution imposed by dengue immunopathology. A wide range of proven methods have been and are available to reduce populations of A. aegypti. This paper argues that the eradication strategy adopted earlier in this century is still viable and cost effective. Critical to a successful control program is a prioritied approach, a thorough, disciplined planning effort, a commitment to assessment, adequate compensation of staff, and, above all, the will to succeed.
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University of Southern California1, International Agency for Research on Cancer2, Karolinska Institutet3, Fudan University4, University of Hawaii at Manoa5, University of Milan6, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens7, University of Tromsø8, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center9, National Institutes of Health10, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research11, Linköping University12
TL;DR: Thyroid cancer risk was reduced in persons who had ever smoked and a reduced risk associated with alcohol was eliminated after adjustment for smoking, and caffeinated beverages did not alter thyroid cancer risk.
Abstract: Objective: To analyze the role of smoking, alcohol, coffee and tea in relation to thyroid cancer, we conducted a pooled analysis of 14 case–control studies conducted in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Methods: The sample consisted of 2725 thyroid cancer cases (2247 females, 478 males) and 4776 controls (3699 females, 1077 males). Conditional logistic regression with stratification on study, age at diagnosis, and gender was used to compute odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Results: Thyroid cancer risk was reduced in persons who had ever smoked. The relationship was more pronounced in current smokers (OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.6–0.7) than former smokers (OR = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.8–1.1). There were significant trends of reduced risk with greater duration and frequency of smoking. For consumption of wine and beer, there was a significant trend of decreasing thyroid cancer risk (p = 0.02) that was not maintained after adjustment for current smoking (p = 0.12). Thyroid cancer risk was not associated with consumption of coffee or tea. These findings were consistent in both gender-specific and histology-specific (papillary and follicular) analyses. Conclusions: Pooled analyses of these geographically diverse case–control data indicate a reduced thyroid cancer risk associated with current smoking. A reduced risk associated with alcohol was eliminated after adjustment for smoking, and caffeinated beverages did not alter thyroid cancer risk.
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Pulickel M. Ajayan | 176 | 1223 | 136241 |
Steven N. Blair | 165 | 879 | 132929 |
Qiang Zhang | 161 | 1137 | 100950 |
Jack M. Guralnik | 148 | 453 | 83701 |
Thomas J. Smith | 140 | 1775 | 113919 |
James A. Richardson | 136 | 363 | 75778 |
Donna Neuberg | 135 | 810 | 72653 |
Jian Zhou | 128 | 3007 | 91402 |
Eric F. Bell | 128 | 631 | 72542 |
Jorge Luis Rodriguez | 128 | 834 | 73567 |
Bin Wang | 126 | 2226 | 74364 |
Nicholas J. Schork | 125 | 587 | 62131 |
Matthew Jones | 125 | 1161 | 96909 |
Anthony F. Jorm | 124 | 798 | 67120 |
Adam G. Riess | 118 | 363 | 117310 |