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Reproductive success of male Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) revealed by noninvasive genetic analysis of paternity
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Reproductive success of male Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) revealed by noninvasive genetic analysis of paternity.
Creator
Green, Michelle L., Herzing, Denise L., Baldwin, John D.
Date Issued
2011-03
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1139_Z10-111_1631733445
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Determining habitat quality for species that demonstrate dynamic habitat selection
Title
Determining habitat quality for species that demonstrate dynamic habitat selection.
Creator
Beerens, James M., Frederick, Peter C., Noonburg, Erik G., Gawlik, Dale E.
Date Issued
2015-11-19
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000141
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CytoregR inhibits growth and proliferation of human adenocarcinoma cells via induction of apoptosis
Title
CytoregR inhibits growth and proliferation of human adenocarcinoma cells via induction of apoptosis.
Creator
Kumi-Diaka, James, Hassanhi, M., Brown, Jayann Marie, Merchant, Kendra T., Garcia, C., Jimenez, W.
Date Issued
2006-01-09
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3327155
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A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries
Title
A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries.
Creator
Lisa B. Whitenack, Brady L. Mickley, Julia Saltzman, Stephen M. Kajiura, Catherine C. Macdonald, David S. Shiffman
Abstract/Description
Despite evidence of their importance to marine ecosystems, at least 32% of all chondrichthyan species are estimated or assessed as threatened with extinction. In addition to the logistical difficulties of effectively conserving wide-ranging marine species, shark conservation is believed to have been hindered in the past by public perceptions of sharks as dangerous to humans. Shark Week is a high-profile, international programming event that has potentially enormous influence on public...
Show moreDespite evidence of their importance to marine ecosystems, at least 32% of all chondrichthyan species are estimated or assessed as threatened with extinction. In addition to the logistical difficulties of effectively conserving wide-ranging marine species, shark conservation is believed to have been hindered in the past by public perceptions of sharks as dangerous to humans. Shark Week is a high-profile, international programming event that has potentially enormous influence on public perceptions of sharks, shark research, shark researchers, and shark conservation. However, Shark Week has received regular criticism for poor factual accuracy, fearmongering, bias, and inaccurate representations of science and scientists. This research analyzes the content and titles of Shark Week episodes across its entire 32 years of programming to determine if there are trends in species covered, research techniques featured, expert identity, conservation messaging, type of programming, and portrayal of sharks. We analyzed titles from 272 episodes (100%) of Shark Week programming and the content of all available (201; 73.9%) episodes. Our data demonstrate that the majority of episodes are not focused on shark bites, although such shows are common and many Shark Week programs frame sharks around fear, risk, and adrenaline. While criticisms of disproportionate attention to particular charismatic species (e.g. great whites, bull sharks, and tiger sharks) are accurate and supported by data, 79 shark species have been featured briefly at least once. Shark Week’s depictions of research and of experts are biased towards a small set of (typically visual and expensive) research methodologies and (mostly white, mostly male) experts, including presentation of many white male non-scientists as scientific experts. While sharks are more often portrayed negatively than positively, limited conservation messaging does appear in 53% of episodes analyzed. Results suggest that as a whole, while Shark Week is likely contributing to the collective public perception of sharks as bad, even relatively small alterations to programming decisions could substantially improve the presentation of sharks and shark science and conservation issues.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000533
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Co-Cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Roseobacter denitrificans Reveal Shifts in Gene Expression Levels Compared to Solo Cultures
Title
Co-Cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Roseobacter denitrificans Reveal Shifts in Gene Expression Levels Compared to Solo Cultures.
Creator
Conway, Crystal A., Esiobu, Nwadiuto, Lopez, Jose V.
Abstract/Description
Consistent biosynthesis of desired secondary metabolites (SMs) from pure microbial cultures is often unreliable. In a proof-ofprinciple study to induce SM gene expression and production, we describe mixed “co-culturing” conditions and monitoring of messages via quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Gene expression of model bacterial strains (Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and Roseobacter denitrificans Och114) was analyzed in pure solo and mixed cocultures to infer the effects of interspecies...
Show moreConsistent biosynthesis of desired secondary metabolites (SMs) from pure microbial cultures is often unreliable. In a proof-ofprinciple study to induce SM gene expression and production, we describe mixed “co-culturing” conditions and monitoring of messages via quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Gene expression of model bacterial strains (Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and Roseobacter denitrificans Och114) was analyzed in pure solo and mixed cocultures to infer the effects of interspecies interactions on gene expression in vitro, Two P. aeruginosa genes (PhzH coding for portions of the phenazine antibiotic pathway leading to pyocyanin (PCN) and the RhdA gene for thiosulfate: cyanide sulfurtransferase (Rhodanese)) and two R. denitrificans genes (BetaLact formetallo-beta-lactamase and the DMSP gene for dimethylpropiothetin dethiomethylase) were assessed for differential expression. Results showed that R. denitrificans DMSP and BetaLact gene expression became elevated in a mixed culture. In contrast, P. aeruginosa co-cultures with R. denitrificans or a third species did not increase target gene expression above control levels. This paper provides insight for better control of target SM gene expression in vitro and bypass complex genetic engineering manipulations.
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Date Issued
2012
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000016
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Atrial myxoma presenting with orthostatic hypotension in an 84-year-old Hispanic man: a case report
Title
Atrial myxoma presenting with orthostatic hypotension in an 84-year-old Hispanic man: a case report.
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Vicari, Ralph M., Polanco, Enrique, Schechtmann, Norberto, Santiago, Jose O., Shaurya, Kautilya, Halstead, Michael, Marszal, Danielle, Grosskreutz, Tamsin, Thareja, Shalini
Date Issued
2009-12-14
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3327069
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Expression of human amyloid precursor protein in the skeletal muscles of Drosophila results in age- and activity-dependent muscle weakenss
Title
Expression of human amyloid precursor protein in the skeletal muscles of Drosophila results in age- and activity-dependent muscle weakenss.
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Kim, Chul, Srivastava, Sapeckshita, Rice, Marian, Godenschwege, Tanja A., Bentley, Brooke, Ravi, Saranya, Shao, Shuang, Woodard, Craig T., Schwartz, Lawrence M.
Date Issued
2011-04-25
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3327608
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In Vivo Effects of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase Deficiency in Drosophila melanogaster
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In Vivo Effects of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase Deficiency in Drosophila melanogaster.
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Bruce, Lindsay, Singkornrat, Diana, Wilson, Kelsey, Hausman, William, Robbins, Kelli, Huang, Lingxi, Foss, Katie, Binninger, David
Date Issued
2018-11-01
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.3390_antiox7110155_1634240527
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Shifts in pore connectivity from precipitation versus groundwater rewetting increases soil carbon loss after drought
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Shifts in pore connectivity from precipitation versus groundwater rewetting increases soil carbon loss after drought.
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Smith, A. Peyton, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Benscoter, Brian W., Tfaily, Malak M., Hinkle, C. Ross, Liu, Chongxuan, Bailey, Vanessa L.
Date Issued
2017-12-06
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1038_s41467-017-01320-x_1632338662
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The HECT Family Ubiquitin Ligase EEL-1 Regulates Neuronal Function and Development
Title
The HECT Family Ubiquitin Ligase EEL-1 Regulates Neuronal Function and Development.
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Opperman, Karla J., Mulcahy, Ben, Giles, Andrew C., Risley, Monica G., Birnbaum, Rayna L., Tulgren, Erik D., Dawson-Scully, Ken, Zhen, Mei, Grill, Brock
Date Issued
2017-04
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1016_j.celrep.2017.04.003_1644939781
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Aberrant Autolysosomal Regulation Is Linked to The Induction of Embryonic Senescence: Differential Roles of Beclin 1 and p53 in Vertebrate Spns1 Deficien
Title
Aberrant Autolysosomal Regulation Is Linked to The Induction of Embryonic Senescence: Differential Roles of Beclin 1 and p53 in Vertebrate Spns1 Deficien.
Creator
Tomoyuki Sasaki, Shanshan Lian, Jie Qi, Peter E. Bayliss, Christopher E. Carr, Jennifer L. Johnson, Sujay Guha, Patrick Kobler, Sergio D. Catz, Matthew Gill, Kailiang Jia, Daniel J. Klionsky
Abstract/Description
Spinster (Spin) in Drosophila or Spinster homolog 1 (Spns1) in vertebrates is a putative lysosomal H+-carbohydrate transporter, which functions at a late stage of autophagy. The Spin/Spns1 defect induces aberrant autolysosome formation that leads to embryonic senescence and accelerated aging symptoms, but little is known about the mechanisms leading to the pathogenesis in vivo. Beclin 1 and p53 are two pivotal tumor suppressors that are critically involved in the autophagic process and its...
Show moreSpinster (Spin) in Drosophila or Spinster homolog 1 (Spns1) in vertebrates is a putative lysosomal H+-carbohydrate transporter, which functions at a late stage of autophagy. The Spin/Spns1 defect induces aberrant autolysosome formation that leads to embryonic senescence and accelerated aging symptoms, but little is known about the mechanisms leading to the pathogenesis in vivo. Beclin 1 and p53 are two pivotal tumor suppressors that are critically involved in the autophagic process and its regulation. Using zebrafish as a genetic model, we show that Beclin 1 suppression ameliorates Spns1 lossmediated senescence as well as autophagic impairment, whereas unexpectedly p53 deficit exacerbates both of these characteristics. We demonstrate that ‘basal p53’ activity plays a certain protective role(s) against the Spns1 defect-induced senescence via suppressing autophagy, lysosomal biogenesis, and subsequent autolysosomal formation and maturation, and that p53 loss can counteract the effect of Beclin 1 suppression to rescue the Spns1 defect. By contrast, in response to DNA damage, ‘activated p53’ showed an apparent enhancement of the Spns1-deficient phenotype, by inducing both autophagy and apoptosis. Moreover, we found that a chemical and genetic blockage of lysosomal acidification and biogenesis mediated by the vacuolar-type H+-ATPase, as well as of subsequent autophagosome-lysosome fusion, prevents the appearance of the hallmarks caused by the Spns1 deficiency, irrespective of the basal p53 state. Thus, these results provide evidence that Spns1 operates during autophagy and senescence differentially with Beclin 1 and p53.
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Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000526
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Postprandial sleep mechanics in Drosophila
Title
Postprandial sleep mechanics in Drosophila.
Creator
Murphy, Keith R, Deshpande, Sonali A, Yurgel, Maria E, Quinn, James P, Weissbach, Jennifer L, Keene, Alex C, Dawson-Scully, Ken, Huber, Robert, Tomchik, Seth M, Ja, William W
Date Issued
2016-11-22
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.7554_eLife.19334_1644866459
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Observations and Modeling of the Climatic Impact of Land-Use Changes 2014
Title
Observations and Modeling of the Climatic Impact of Land-Use Changes 2014.
Creator
Deng, Xiangzheng, Singh, R. B., Jiang, Qun’ou, Dong, Jinwei, Su, Hongbo
Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000055
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RanBP9 overexpression accelerates loss of dendritic spines in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Title
RanBP9 overexpression accelerates loss of dendritic spines in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Creator
Wang, Ruizhi, Palavicini, Juan Pablo, Wang, Hongjie, Maiti, Panchanan, Bianchi, Elisabetta, Xu, Shaohua, Lloyd, B.N., Dawson-Scully, Ken, Kang, David E., Lakshmana, Madepalli K.
Date Issued
2014-09
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1016_j.nbd.2014.05.029_1644863302
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Guidelines for monitoring autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans
Title
Guidelines for monitoring autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Creator
Hong Zhang, Jessica T Chang, Bin Guo, Malene Hansen, Kailiang Jia, Attila L Kovács, Caroline Kumsta, Louis R Lapierre, Renaud Legouis, Long Lin, Qun Lu, Alicia Meléndez, Eyleen J O'Rourke, Ken Sato, Miyuki Sato, Xiaochen Wang, Fan Wu
Abstract/Description
The cellular recycling process of autophagy has been extensively characterized with standard assays in yeast and mammalian cell lines. In multicellular organisms, numerous external and internal factors differentially affect autophagy activity in specific cell types throughout the stages of organismal ontogeny, adding complexity to the analysis of autophagy in these metazoans. Here we summarize currently available assays for monitoring the autophagic process in the nematode C. elegans. A...
Show moreThe cellular recycling process of autophagy has been extensively characterized with standard assays in yeast and mammalian cell lines. In multicellular organisms, numerous external and internal factors differentially affect autophagy activity in specific cell types throughout the stages of organismal ontogeny, adding complexity to the analysis of autophagy in these metazoans. Here we summarize currently available assays for monitoring the autophagic process in the nematode C. elegans. A combination of measuring levels of the lipidated Atg8 ortholog LGG-1, degradation of well characterized autophagic substrates such as germline P granule components and the SQSTM1/p62 ortholog SQST-1, expression of autophagic genes and electron microscopy analysis of autophagic structures are presently the most informative, yet steady-state, approaches available to assess autophagy levels in C. elegans. We also review how altered autophagy activity affects a variety of biological processes in C. elegans such as L1 survival under starvation conditions, dauer formation, aging, and cell death, as well as neuronal cell specification. Taken together, C. elegans is emerging as a powerful model organism to monitor autophagy while evaluating important physiological roles for autophagy in key developmental events as well as during adulthood.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000529
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Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment
Title
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment.
Creator
Abbott, Benjamin W., Jones, Jeremy B., Schuur, Edward A. G., Chapin III, F. Stuart, Bowden, William B., Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia, Epstein, Howard E., Flannigan, Michael D., Harms, Tamara K., Hollingsworth, Teresa N., Mack, Michelle C., McGuire, A. David, Natali, Susan M., Rocha, Adrian V., Tank, Suzanne E., Turetsky, Merritt R., Vonk, Jorien E., Wickland, Kimberly P., Aiken, George R., Alexander, Heather D., Amon, Rainer M. W., Benscoter, Brian, Bergeron, Yves, Bishop, Kevin, Blarquez, Olivier, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Breen, Amy L., Buffam, Ishi, Cai, Yihua, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carey, Sean K., Chen, Jing M., Chen, Han Y. H., Christensen, Torben R., Cooper, Lee W., Cornelissen, J. Hans C., de Groot, William J., DeLuca, Thomas H., Dorrepaal, Ellen, Fetcher, Ned, Finlay, Jacques C., Forbes, Bruce C., French, Nancy H. F., Gauthier, Sylvie, Girardin, Martin P., Goetz, Scott J., Goldammer, Johann G., Gough, Laura, Grogan, Paul, Guo, Laodong, Higuera, Philip E., Hinzman, Larry, Hu, Feng Sheng, Hugelius, Gustaf, Jafarov, Elchin E., Jandt, Randi, Johnstone, Jill F., Jan Karlsson, Kasischke, Eric S., Kattner, Gerhard, Kelly, Ryan, Keuper, Frida, Kling, George W., Kortelainen, Pirkko, Kouki, Jari, Kuhry, Peter, Laudon, Hjalmar, Laurion, Isabelle, Macdonald, Robie W., Mann, Paul J., Martikainen, Pertti J., McClelland, James W., Molau, Ulf, Oberbauer, Steven F., Olefeldt, David, Paré, David, Parisien, Marc-André, Payette, Serge, Peng, Changhui, Pokrovsky, Oleg S., Rastetter, Edward B., Raymond, Peter A., Raynolds, Martha K., Rein, Guillermo, Reynolds, James F., Robards, Martin, Rogers, Brendan M., Schädel, Christina, Schaefer, Kevin, Schmidt, Inger K., Shvidenko, Anatoly, Sky, Jasper, Spencer, Robert G. M., Starr, Gregory, Striegl, Robert G., Teisserenc, Roman, Tranvik, Lars J., Virtanen, Tarmo, Welker, Jeffrey M., Zimov, Sergei
Date Issued
2016-03-07
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000121
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Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment
Title
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment.
Creator
Abbott, Benjamin W, Jones, Jeremy B, Schuur, Edward A G, Chapin III, F Stuart, Bowden, William B, Bret-Harte, M Syndonia, Epstein, Howard E, Flannigan, Michael D, Harms, Tamara K, Hollingsworth, Teresa N, Mack, Michelle C, McGuire, A David, Natali, Susan M, Rocha, Adrian V, Tank, Suzanne E, Turetsky, Merritt R, Vonk, Jorien E, Wickland, Kimberly P, Aiken, George R, Alexander, Heather D, Amon, Rainer M W, Benscoter, Brian W, Bergeron, Yves, Bishop, Kevin, Blarquez, Olivier, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Breen, Amy L, Buffam, Ishi, Cai, Yihua, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carey, Sean K, Chen, Jing M, Chen, Han Y H, Christensen, Torben R, Cooper, Lee W, Cornelissen, J Hans C, de Groot, William J, DeLuca, Thomas H, Dorrepaal, Ellen, Fetcher, Ned, Finlay, Jacques C, Forbes, Bruce C, French, Nancy H F, Gauthier, Sylvie, Girardin, Martin P, Goetz, Scott J, Goldammer, Johann G, Gough, Laura, Grogan, Paul, Guo, Laodong, Higuera, Philip E, Hinzman, Larry, Hu, Feng Sheng, Hugelius, Gustaf, Jafarov, Elchin E, Jandt, Randi, Johnstone, Jill F, Jan Karlsson, Kasischke, Eric S, Kattner, Gerhard, Kelly, Ryan, Keuper, Frida, Kling, George W, Kortelainen, Pirkko, Kouki, Jari, Kuhry, Peter, Laudon, Hjalmar, Laurion, Isabelle, Macdonald, Robie W, Mann, Paul J, Martikainen, Pertti J, McClelland, James W, Molau, Ulf, Oberbauer, Steven F, Olefeldt, David, Paré, David, Parisien, Marc-André, Payette, Serge, Peng, Changhui, Pokrovsky, Oleg S, Rastetter, Edward B, Raymond, Peter A, Raynolds, Martha K, Rein, Guillermo, Reynolds, James F, Robards, Martin, Rogers, Brendan M, Schädel, Christina, Schaefer, Kevin, Schmidt, Inger K, Shvidenko, Anatoly, Sky, Jasper, Spencer, Robert G M, Starr, Gregory, Striegl, Robert G, Teisserenc, Roman, Tranvik, Lars J, Virtanen, Tarmo, Welker, Jeffrey M, Zimov, Sergei
Date Issued
2016-03-07
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1088_1748-9326_11_3_034014_1632246943
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