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University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Education•Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States•
About: University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point is a education organization based out in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Metamaterial. The organization has 1038 authors who have published 1784 publications receiving 39248 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point & UWSP.
Topics: Population, Metamaterial, Trout, Salvelinus, Higher education
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Agricultural Research Service1, Purdue University2, University of North Carolina at Charlotte3, University of California, Berkeley4, University of Arizona5, University of Maryland, College Park6, University of Missouri7, Joint Genome Institute8, National Center for Genome Resources9, Iowa State University10, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point11, University of Nebraska–Lincoln12
TL;DR: An accurate soybean genome sequence will facilitate the identification of the genetic basis of many soybean traits, and accelerate the creation of improved soybean varieties.
Abstract: Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the most important crop plants for seed protein and oil content, and for its capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen through symbioses with soil-borne microorganisms. We sequenced the 1.1-gigabase genome by a whole-genome shotgun approach and integrated it with physical and high-density genetic maps to create a chromosome-scale draft sequence assembly. We predict 46,430 protein-coding genes, 70% more than Arabidopsis and similar to the poplar genome which, like soybean, is an ancient polyploid (palaeopolyploid). About 78% of the predicted genes occur in chromosome ends, which comprise less than one-half of the genome but account for nearly all of the genetic recombination. Genome duplications occurred at approximately 59 and 13 million years ago, resulting in a highly duplicated genome with nearly 75% of the genes present in multiple copies. The two duplication events were followed by gene diversification and loss, and numerous chromosome rearrangements. An accurate soybean genome sequence will facilitate the identification of the genetic basis of many soybean traits, and accelerate the creation of improved soybean varieties.
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TL;DR: In this article, telephone interviews were used to study recycling behavior, attitudes, and knowledge of 221 randomly selected adults in a suburban city in the US state of New Jersey, USA.
Abstract: To investigate factors encouraging or deterring recycling, telephone interviews were used to study recycling behavior, attitudes, and knowledge of 221 randomly selected adults in a suburban city th...
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TL;DR: It is shown that various approaches to data collection affect the results and comparability of adoption studies, and environmental awareness and farmer attitudes have been inconsistently used and measured across the literature.
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University of California, Santa Barbara1, Princeton University2, Pennsylvania State University3, University of Texas–Pan American4, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point5, National Marine Fisheries Service6, University of California, Riverside7, University of Connecticut8, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute9
TL;DR: It is shown that parasites have substantial biomass in these ecosystems and that the annual production of free-swimming trematode transmission stages was greater than the combined biomass of all quantified parasites and was also greater than bird biomass.
Abstract: Parasites can have strong impacts but are thought to contribute little biomass to ecosystems. We quantified the biomass of free-living and parasitic species in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California. Here we show that parasites have substantial biomass in these ecosystems. We found that parasite biomass exceeded that of top predators. The biomass of trematodes was particularly high, being comparable to that of the abundant birds, fishes, burrowing shrimps and polychaetes. Trophically transmitted parasites and parasitic castrators subsumed more biomass than did other parasitic functional groups. The extended phenotype biomass controlled by parasitic castrators sometimes exceeded that of their uninfected hosts. The annual production of free-swimming trematode transmission stages was greater than the combined biomass of all quantified parasites and was also greater than bird biomass. This biomass and productivity of parasites implies a profound role for infectious processes in these estuaries.
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TL;DR: Although much is known about the occurrence and health effects of fluoride, problems persist in Third World countries, where populations have little choice in the source of their drinking water and food, even in developed nations, fluoride ingestion can exceed the recommended dose when sources other than drinking water are ignored.
Abstract: The relationship between environmental fluoride and human health has been studied for over 100 years by researchers from a wide variety of disciplines. Most scientists believe that small amounts of fluoride in the diet can help prevent dental caries and strengthen bones, but there are a number of adverse affects that chronic ingestion at high doses can have on human health, including dental fluorosis, skeletal fluorosis, increased rates of bone fractures, decreased birth rates, increased rates of urolithiasis (kidney stones), impaired thyroid function, and lower intelligence in children. Chronic occupational exposure to fluoride dust and gas is associated with higher rates of bladder cancer and variety of respiratory ailments. Acute fluoride toxicity and even death from the ingestion of sodium fluoride pesticides and dental products have also been reported. The distribution of fluoride in the natural environment is very uneven, largely a result of the geochemical behavior of this element. Fluorine is preferentially enriched in highly evolved magmas and hydrothermal solutions, which explains why high concentrations are often found in syenites, granitoid plutonic rocks, alkaline volcanic, and hydrothermal deposits. Fluoride can also occur in sedimentary formations that contain fluoride-bearing minerals derived from the parent rock, fluoride-rich clays, or fluorapatite. Dissolved fluoride levels are usually controlled by the solubility of fluorite (CaF2); thus, high concentrations are often associated with soft, alkaline, and calcium-deficient waters. Although much is known about the occurrence and health effects of fluoride, problems persist in Third World countries, where populations have little choice in the source of their drinking water and food. However, even in developed nations, fluoride ingestion can exceed the recommended dose when sources other than drinking water are ignored.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Thomas G. Ksiazek | 113 | 398 | 46108 |
Andrey Popov | 113 | 1184 | 60015 |
Mark S. Boyce | 82 | 272 | 26504 |
Qiang Sun | 63 | 455 | 15609 |
Marc D. Abrams | 60 | 189 | 13623 |
David Nualart | 56 | 437 | 15928 |
Henry Lin | 50 | 187 | 7677 |
J. Baird Callicott | 40 | 105 | 6339 |
Peter L. Meserve | 39 | 84 | 4411 |
Michael J. Hansen | 38 | 150 | 4080 |
David E. Naugle | 35 | 133 | 5315 |
Shelley Jansky | 35 | 112 | 3283 |
Dwight A. Sweigart | 32 | 157 | 3199 |
Thomas F. George | 31 | 314 | 4021 |
Martha C. Monroe | 30 | 158 | 3711 |