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University of Nevada, Reno
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About: University of Nevada, Reno is a education organization based out in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 13561 authors who have published 28217 publications receiving 882002 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Nevada & Nevada State University.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a Support Vector Machine (SVM) is applied to soil moisture estimation using remote sensing data, which is based on statistical learning theory that uses a hypothesis space of linear functions based on Kernel approach.
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TL;DR: A Williams Syndrome Cognitive Profile (WSCP) is outlined that operationalizes the cognitive characteristics of the syndrome using measures of absolute and relative performance on subtests of the Differential Abilities Scales (Elliot, 1990a).
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TL;DR: The results indicated the prevalence of a large number of pathogenic STEC in beef and beef cattle at high rates and emphasized the critical need for control measures to assure beef safety.
Abstract: During the past 23 yr, a large number of human illness outbreaks have been traced worldwide to consumption of undercooked ground beef and other beef products contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Although several routes exist for human infection with STEC, beef remains a main source. Thus, beef cattle are considered reservoirs of O157 and nonO157 STEC. Because of the global nature of the food supply, safety concerns with beef will con- tinue, and the challenges facing the beef industry will increase at the production and processing levels. To be prepared to address these concerns and challenges, it is critical to assess the beef cattle role in human infec- tion with STEC. Because most STEC outbreaks in the United States were traced to beef containing E. coli O157:H7, the epidemiological studies have focused on the prevalence of this serotype in beef and beef cattle. Worldwide, however, additional STEC serotypes (e.g., members of the O26, O91, O103, O111, O118, O145, and O166 serogroups) have been isolated from beef and caused human illnesses ranging from bloody diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis to the life-threatening hemo- lytic uremic syndrome (HUS). To provide a global as- sessment of the STEC problem, published reports on beef and beef cattle in the past 3 decades were evalu- ated. The prevalence rates of E. coli O157 ranged from 0.1 to 54.2% in ground beef, from 0.1 to 4.4% in sausage, from 1.1 to 36.0% in various retail cuts, and from 0.01 to 43.4% in whole carcasses. The corresponding preva- lence rates of nonO157 STEC were 2.4 to 30.0%, 17.0 to 49.2%, 11.4 to 49.6%, and 1.7 to 58.0%, respectively. Of the 162 STEC serotypes isolated from beef products, 43 were detected in HUS patients and 36 are known to cause other human illnesses. With regard to beef cattle, the prevalence rates of E. coli O157 ranged from 0.3 to 19.7% in feedlots and from 0.7 to 27.3% on pas- ture. The corresponding prevalence rates of nonO157 STEC were 4.6 to 55.9% and 4.7 to 44.8%, respectively. Of the 373 STEC serotypes isolated from cattle feces or hides, 65 were detected in HUS patients and 62 are known to cause other human illnesses. The results indicated the prevalence of a large number of patho- genic STEC in beef and beef cattle at high rates and emphasized the critical need for control measures to assure beef safety.
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Imperial College London1, University of Nevada, Reno2, University of Lisbon3, Seoul National University4, James Cook University5, University of Amsterdam6, University College London7, University of Copenhagen8, Norwegian University of Science and Technology9, Andrés Bello National University10, The Nature Conservancy11, IFREMER12, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland13, North-West University14, Natural History Museum15, University of Victoria16, Uppsala University17, University of Michigan18, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ19, University of Toulouse20, Ghent University21, University of Montpellier22, University of Zurich23, State University of Campinas24, Hungarian Natural History Museum25, Cornell University26, Spanish National Research Council27
TL;DR: This article used whole-genome sequencing to solve the spatiotemporal origins of the most devastating panzootic to date, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a proximate driver of global amphibian declines.
Abstract: Globalized infectious diseases are causing species declines worldwide, but their source often remains elusive. We used whole-genome sequencing to solve the spatiotemporal origins of the most devastating panzootic to date, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a proximate driver of global amphibian declines. We traced the source of B. dendrobatidis to the Korean peninsula, where one lineage, BdASIA-1, exhibits the genetic hallmarks of an ancestral population that seeded the panzootic. We date the emergence of this pathogen to the early 20th century, coinciding with the global expansion of commercial trade in amphibians, and we show that intercontinental transmission is ongoing. Our findings point to East Asia as a geographic hotspot for B. dendrobatidis biodiversity and the original source of these lineages that now parasitize amphibians worldwide.
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TL;DR: This review summarizes the widespread horticultural, botanical, and ecological literature pertaining to nut dispersal in Juglans, Carya, Quercus, Fagus, Castanae, Castanopsis, Lithocarpus, Corylus, Aesculus, andrunus to examine the evolutionary histories of these mutualistic interactions.
Abstract: A variety of nut-producing plants have mutualistic seed-dispersal interactions with animals (rodents and corvids) that scatter hoard their nuts in the soil. The goals of this review are to summarize the widespread horticultural, botanical, and ecological literature pertaining to nut dispersal inJuglans, Carya, Quercus, Fagus, Castanae, Castanopsis, Lithocarpus, Corylus, Aesculus, andPrunus; to examine the evolutionary histories of these mutualistic interactions; and to identify the traits of nut-bearing plants and nut-dispersing rodents and jays that influence the success of the mutualism. These interactions appear to have originated as early as the Paleocene, about 60 million years ago. Most nuts appear to have evolved from ancestors with wind-dispersed seeds, but the ancestral form of dispersal in almonds (Prunus spp.) was by frugivorous animals that ingested fruit.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Robert Langer | 281 | 2324 | 326306 |
Thomas C. Südhof | 191 | 653 | 118007 |
David W. Johnson | 160 | 2714 | 140778 |
Menachem Elimelech | 157 | 547 | 95285 |
Jeffrey L. Cummings | 148 | 833 | 116067 |
Bing Zhang | 121 | 1194 | 56980 |
Arturo Casadevall | 120 | 980 | 55001 |
Mark H. Ellisman | 117 | 637 | 55289 |
Thomas G. Ksiazek | 113 | 398 | 46108 |
Anthony G. Fane | 112 | 565 | 40904 |
Leonardo M. Fabbri | 109 | 566 | 60838 |
Gary H. Lyman | 108 | 694 | 52469 |
Steven C. Hayes | 106 | 450 | 51556 |
Stephen P. Long | 103 | 384 | 46119 |
Gary Cutter | 103 | 737 | 40507 |