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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536831/can-cyclone-exposure-explain-behavioural-and-demographic-variation-among-lemur-species
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alison M Behie, Travis S Steffens, Keaghan Yaxley, Alan Vincent, Patricia C Wright, Steig E Johnson, Mary S M Pavelka
Madagascar has a harsh and stochastic climate because of regular natural disturbances. This history of regular cyclones has been hypothesised to have directed evolutionary changes to lemur behaviour and morphology that make them more resilient to sudden environmental change. These adaptations may include: small group sizes, high degrees of energy-conserving behaviours, generalist habitat use, small home ranges, small body size, and a limited number of frugivorous species. To date, however, no one has tested how variation in cyclone exposure across Madagascar is associated with variation in these resilience traits...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38467477/losing-lemurs-declining-populations-and-land-cover-changes-over-space-and-time
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Pamela R Narváez-Torres, Nicola K Guthrie, Typhenn A Brichieri-Colombi, Cressant P Razafindravelo, Zachary S Jacobson, Fredo Tera, Daniel V Rafidimanana, Zé-Elinah Rahasivelo, Melody A Petersen, Hasinala Ramangason, Lea Randall, Jana M McPherson, Cynthia L Frasier, Axel Moehrenschlager, Sheila M Holmes, Edward E Louis, Steig E Johnson
Forest loss and degradation due to land cover changes imperil biodiversity worldwide. Subtropical and tropical ecosystems experience high deforestation rates, negatively affecting species like primates. Madagascar's endemic lemurs face exceptionally high risks of population declines and extirpation. We examined how short-term land cover changes within a fragmented landscape in southeastern Madagascar impacted the density of lemur species. Using line transects, we assessed density changes in nine lemur species across five forest fragments...
March 11, 2024: American Journal of Primatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38332589/childhood-cancer-incidence-and-survival-in-the-faroe-islands-1960-to-2019
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen, Elmar Ósá, Lisa Lyngsie Hjalgrim, Bjarni Á Steig, Guðrið Andórsdóttir, Marin Strøm, Maria Skaalum Petersen
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: This study is the first report regarding childhood cancer in the Faroe Islands and describes the incidence and survival of childhood cancer over the last 60 years in the Faroe Islands. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We included all Faroese children registered with a cancer diagnosis up to the age of 19 years in the Faroese Cancer Registry from 1960 to 2019 and in the Danish Childhood Cancer Registry from 1985 to 2019 in this study. We report the number of incident cancers classified according to the 12 main diagnostic groups in the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, third edition (ICCC-3), but due to small numbers some groups have been combined in the results shown...
February 8, 2024: Acta Oncologica
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37607125/morphological-variability-or-inter-observer-bias-a-methodological-toolkit-to-improve-data-quality-of-multi-researcher-datasets-for-the-analysis-of-morphological-variation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dominik Schüßler, Marina B Blanco, Nicola K Guthrie, Gabriele M Sgarlata, Melanie Dammhahn, Refaly Ernest, Mamy Rina Evasoa, Alida Hasiniaina, Daniel Hending, Fabien Jan, Barbara le Pors, Alex Miller, Gillian Olivieri, Ando N Rakotonanahary, Solofomalala Jacques Rakotondranary, Romule Rakotondravony, Tantely Ralantoharijaona, Veronarindra Ramananjato, Blanchard Randrianambinina, Nancia N Raoelinjanakolona, Emilienne Rasoazanabary, Rodin M Rasoloarison, David W Rasolofoson, Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona, Emmanuel Rasolondraibe, Sam Hyde Roberts, Helena Teixeira, Tobias van Elst, Steig E Johnson, Jörg U Ganzhorn, Lounès Chikhi, Peter M Kappeler, Edward E Louis, Jordi Salmona, Ute Radespiel
OBJECTIVES: The investigation of morphological variation in animals is widely used in taxonomy, ecology, and evolution. Using large datasets for meta-analyses has dramatically increased, raising concerns about dataset compatibilities and biases introduced by contributions of multiple researchers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compiled morphological data on 13 variables for 3073 individual mouse lemurs (Cheirogaleidae, Microcebus spp.) from 25 taxa and 153 different sampling locations, measured by 48 different researchers...
August 21, 2023: American journal of biological anthropology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37471537/deglaciation-of-northwestern-greenland-during-marine-isotope-stage-11
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Andrew J Christ, Tammy M Rittenour, Paul R Bierman, Benjamin A Keisling, Paul C Knutz, Tonny B Thomsen, Nynke Keulen, Julie C Fosdick, Sidney R Hemming, Jean-Louis Tison, Pierre-Henri Blard, Jørgen P Steffensen, Marc W Caffee, Lee B Corbett, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, David P Dethier, Alan J Hidy, Nicolas Perdrial, Dorothy M Peteet, Eric J Steig, Elizabeth K Thomas
Past interglacial climates with smaller ice sheets offer analogs for ice sheet response to future warming and contributions to sea level rise; however, well-dated geologic records from formerly ice-free areas are rare. Here we report that subglacial sediment from the Camp Century ice core preserves direct evidence that northwestern Greenland was ice free during the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 interglacial. Luminescence dating shows that sediment just beneath the ice sheet was deposited by flowing water in an ice-free environment 416 ± 38 thousand years ago...
July 21, 2023: Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36755758/a-longitudinal-comparison-of-pharmacy-documentation-platforms-using-the-technology-acceptance-model-experiences-with-opioid-risk-screening
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Oliver C Frenzel, Mark Strand, Allison Welsh, Heidi Eukel, Elizabeth Skoy, Jayme Steig, Amy Werremeyer
Background: Pharmacy practice continues to expand in scope, and technology platforms to assist with meeting the standards for documentation of billable services are needed. The ONE Program (Opioid and Naloxone Education) is an initiative centered on the community pharmacy focused on opioid risk screening for patients receiving opioid prescriptions. Objective: Opioid risk screening results and pharmacist interventions were documented using first REDCap and later the DocStation platforms. This study compared pharmacy staff experience with these 2 platforms...
February 2023: Journal of Pharmacy Technology: JPT: Official Publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36748309/nurse-delivered-medication-safety-screening-program-for-home-care-visits
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Heidi N Eukel, Jayme Steig, Alyssa Hodges, Brianna O'Gary, Mark A Strand
Home care clients have safety barriers related to medication storage, disposal, and safe use of opioids. Limited research is available regarding medication safety initiatives in the home care setting. This study evaluates a medication safety initiative, linked with opioid misuse and overdose prevention screening, for home care clients with different levels of service. Training and screening tools designed for community pharmacies by the Opioid & Naloxone Education (ONE) Program were modified for use by home health nurses...
February 7, 2023: Public Health Nursing
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36727543/cancer-survival-in-the-faroe-islands-over-the-last-50%C3%A2-years-compared-to-the-other-nordic-countries
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen, Ronja Midjord Mikkelsen, Tordis Kristiansdóttir, Guðrið Andórsdóttir, Saeunn Ólavsdóttir Hansen, Bjarni Á Steig, Kári Rubek Nielsen, Maria Skaalum Petersen, Marin Strøm
As sustained development in cancer treatment protocols have led to improved survival in most areas of the world, surveillance is needed to ensure that small populations follow suit. This study reports age-standardized relative cancer survival in the Faroe Islands compared to the other Nordic countries. We present 1- and 5-year survival estimates and corresponding 95% confidence intervals for the Faroe Islands and compare them with estimates for the Nordic countries. The data for this paper has been obtained through the NORDCAN collaboration (2019 data)...
February 2, 2023: International Journal of Cancer. Journal International du Cancer
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36674997/multiomics-based-association-mapping-in-wheat-reveals-genetic-architecture-of-quality-and-allergenic-related-proteins
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Khaoula El Hassouni, Muhammad Afzal, Kim A Steige, Malte Sielaff, Valentina Curella, Manjusha Neerukonda, Stefan Tenzer, Detlef Schuppan, Carl Friedrich Horst Longin, Patrick Thorwarth
Wheat is an important staple crop since its proteins contribute to human and animal nutrition and are important for its end-use quality. However, wheat proteins can also cause adverse human reactions for a large number of people. We performed a genome wide association study (GWAS) on 114 proteins quantified by LC-MS-based proteomics and expressed in an environmentally stable manner in 148 wheat cultivars with a heritability > 0.6. For 54 proteins, we detected quantitative trait loci (QTL) that exceeded the Bonferroni-corrected significance threshold and explained 17...
January 12, 2023: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36646677/inter-decadal-climate-variability-induces-differential-ice-response-along-pacific-facing-west-antarctica
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Frazer D W Christie, Eric J Steig, Noel Gourmelen, Simon F B Tett, Robert G Bingham
West Antarctica has experienced dramatic ice losses contributing to global sea-level rise in recent decades, particularly from Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers. Although these ice losses manifest an ongoing Marine Ice Sheet Instability, projections of their future rate are confounded by limited observations along West Antarctica's coastal perimeter with respect to how the pace of retreat can be modulated by variations in climate forcing. Here, we derive a comprehensive, 12-year record of glacier retreat around West Antarctica's Pacific-facing margin and compare this dataset to contemporaneous estimates of ice flow, mass loss, the state of the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere...
January 16, 2023: Nature Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36631651/seasonal-temperatures-in-west-antarctica-during-the-holocene
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tyler R Jones, Kurt M Cuffey, William H G Roberts, Bradley R Markle, Eric J Steig, C Max Stevens, Paul J Valdes, T J Fudge, Michael Sigl, Abigail G Hughes, Valerie Morris, Bruce H Vaughn, Joshua Garland, Bo M Vinther, Kevin S Rozmiarek, Chloe A Brashear, James W C White
The recovery of long-term climate proxy records with seasonal resolution is rare because of natural smoothing processes, discontinuities and limitations in measurement resolution. Yet insolation forcing, a primary driver of multimillennial-scale climate change, acts through seasonal variations with direct impacts on seasonal climate1 . Whether the sensitivity of seasonal climate to insolation matches theoretical predictions has not been assessed over long timescales. Here, we analyse a continuous record of water-isotope ratios from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide ice core to reveal summer and winter temperature changes through the last 11,000 years...
January 2023: Nature
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36404349/fargen-elucidating-the-distribution-of-coding-variants-in-the-isolated-population-of-the-faroe-islands
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ólavur Mortensen, Elisabet Thomsen, Leivur N Lydersen, Katrin D Apol, Pál Weihe, Bjarni Á Steig, Guðrið Andorsdóttir, Thomas D Als, Noomi O Gregersen
Here we present results from FarGen Phase I exomes. This dataset is based on the FarGen cohort, which consists of 1,541 individuals from the isolated population of the Faroe Islands. The purpose of this cohort is to serve as a reference catalog of coding variants, and to conduct population genetic studies to better understand the genetic contribution to various diseases in the Faroese population. The first whole-exome data set comprise 465 individuals and a total of 148,267 genetic variants were discovered...
November 21, 2022: European Journal of Human Genetics: EJHG
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36215474/factors-influencing-terrestriality-in-primates-of-the-americas-and-madagascar
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Timothy M Eppley, Selwyn Hoeks, Colin A Chapman, Jörg U Ganzhorn, Katie Hall, Megan A Owen, Dara B Adams, Néstor Allgas, Katherine R Amato, McAntonin Andriamahaihavana, John F Aristizabal, Andrea L Baden, Michela Balestri, Adrian A Barnett, Júlio César Bicca-Marques, Mark Bowler, Sarah A Boyle, Meredith Brown, Damien Caillaud, Cláudia Calegaro-Marques, Christina J Campbell, Marco Campera, Fernando A Campos, Tatiane S Cardoso, Xyomara Carretero-Pinzón, Jane Champion, Óscar M Chaves, Chloe Chen-Kraus, Ian C Colquhoun, Brittany Dean, Colin Dubrueil, Kelsey M Ellis, Elizabeth M Erhart, Kayley J E Evans, Linda M Fedigan, Annika M Felton, Renata G Ferreira, Claudia Fichtel, Manuel L Fonseca, Isadora P Fontes, Vanessa B Fortes, Ivanyr Fumian, Dean Gibson, Guilherme B Guzzo, Kayla S Hartwell, Eckhard W Heymann, Renato R Hilário, Sheila M Holmes, Mitchell T Irwin, Steig E Johnson, Peter M Kappeler, Elizabeth A Kelley, Tony King, Christoph Knogge, Flávia Koch, Martin M Kowalewski, Liselot R Lange, M Elise Lauterbur, Edward E Louis, Meredith C Lutz, Jesús Martínez, Amanda D Melin, Fabiano R de Melo, Tsimisento H Mihaminekena, Monica S Mogilewsky, Leandro S Moreira, Letícia A Moura, Carina B Muhle, Mariana B Nagy-Reis, Marilyn A Norconk, Hugh Notman, M Teague O'Mara, Julia Ostner, Erik R Patel, Mary S M Pavelka, Braulio Pinacho-Guendulain, Leila M Porter, Gilberto Pozo-Montuy, Becky E Raboy, Vololonirina Rahalinarivo, Njaratiana A Raharinoro, Zafimahery Rakotomalala, Gabriel Ramos-Fernández, Delaïd C Rasamisoa, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Maholy Ravaloharimanitra, Josia Razafindramanana, Tojotanjona P Razanaparany, Nicoletta Righini, Nicola M Robson, Jonas da Rosa Gonçalves, Justin Sanamo, Nicole Santacruz, Hiroki Sato, Michelle L Sauther, Clara J Scarry, Juan Carlos Serio-Silva, Sam Shanee, Poliana G A de Souza Lins, Andrew C Smith, Sandra E Smith Aguilar, João Pedro Souza-Alves, Vanessa Katherinne Stavis, Kim J E Steffens, Anita I Stone, Karen B Strier, Scott A Suarez, Maurício Talebi, Stacey R Tecot, M Paula Tujague, Kim Valenta, Sarie Van Belle, Natalie Vasey, Robert B Wallace, Gilroy Welch, Patricia C Wright, Giuseppe Donati, Luca Santini
Among mammals, the order Primates is exceptional in having a high taxonomic richness in which the taxa are arboreal, semiterrestrial, or terrestrial. Although habitual terrestriality is pervasive among the apes and African and Asian monkeys (catarrhines), it is largely absent among monkeys of the Americas (platyrrhines), as well as galagos, lemurs, and lorises (strepsirrhines), which are mostly arboreal. Numerous ecological drivers and species-specific factors are suggested to set the conditions for an evolutionary shift from arboreality to terrestriality, and current environmental conditions may provide analogous scenarios to those transitional periods...
October 18, 2022: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36172946/human-density-modulates-spatial-associations-among-tropical-forest-terrestrial-mammal-species
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Daniel Gorczynski, Chia Hsieh, Jorge Ahumada, Emmanuel Akampurira, Mahandry Hugues Andrianarisoa, Santiago Espinosa, Steig Johnson, Charles Kayijamahe, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Badru Mugerwa, Francesco Rovero, Julia Salvador, Fernanda Santos, Douglas Sheil, Eustrate Uzabaho, Lydia Beaudrot
The spatial aggregation of species pairs often increases with the ecological similarity of the species involved. However, the way in which environmental conditions and anthropogenic activity affect the relationship between spatial aggregation and ecological similarity remains unknown despite the potential for spatial associations to affect species interactions, ecosystem function, and extinction risk. Given that human disturbance has been shown to both increase and decrease spatial associations among species pairs, ecological similarity may have a role in mediating these patterns...
September 29, 2022: Global Change Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35996938/factors-influencing-the-immune-response-over-15-months-after-sars-cov-2-infection-a-longitudinal-population-wide-study-in-the-faroe-islands
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maria Skaalum Petersen, Laura Pérez-Alós, Jose Juan A Armenteros, Cecilie B Hansen, Jógvan Páll Fjallsbak, Sólrun Larsen, Jóhanna L Hansen, Ida Jarlhelt, Marnar F Kristiansen, Fríða Við Streym, Bjarni Á Steig, Debes H Christiansen, Lars F Møller, Marin Strøm, Guðrið Andorsdóttir, Shahin Gaini, Pál Weihe, Peter Garred
BACKGROUND: The durability of SARS-CoV-2 antibody response and the resulting immunity to COVID-19 is unclear. OBJECTIVES: To investigate long-term humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2. METHODS: In this nationwide, longitudinal study, we determined antibody response in 411 patients aged 0-93 years from two waves of infections (March to December 2020) contributing 1063 blood samples. Each individual had blood drawn on 4-5 occasions 1-15 months after disease onset...
August 23, 2022: Journal of Internal Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35947670/global-importance-of-indigenous-peoples-their-lands-and-knowledge-systems-for-saving-the-world-s-primates-from-extinction
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Alejandro Estrada, Paul A Garber, Sidney Gouveia, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Fernando Ascensão, Agustin Fuentes, Stephen T Garnett, Christopher Shaffer, Júlio Bicca-Marques, Julia E Fa, Kimberley Hockings, Sam Shanee, Steig Johnson, Glenn H Shepard, Noga Shanee, Christopher D Golden, Anaid Cárdenas-Navarrete, Dallas R Levey, Ramesh Boonratana, Ricardo Dobrovolski, Abhishek Chaudhary, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Jatna Supriatna, Inza Kone, Sylviane Volampeno
Primates, represented by 521 species, are distributed across 91 countries primarily in the Neotropic, Afrotropic, and Indo-Malayan realms. Primates inhabit a wide range of habitats and play critical roles in sustaining healthy ecosystems that benefit human and nonhuman communities. Approximately 68% of primate species are threatened with extinction because of global pressures to convert their habitats for agricultural production and the extraction of natural resources. Here, we review the scientific literature and conduct a spatial analysis to assess the significance of Indigenous Peoples' lands in safeguarding primate biodiversity...
August 12, 2022: Science Advances
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35941069/opioid-risk-stratification-in-the-community-pharmacy-the-utility-of-the-opioid-risk-tool
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mark A Strand, Heidi N Eukel, Oliver Frenzel, Elizabeth Skoy, Jayme Steig, Amy Werremeyer
OBJECTIVE: The objective for this paper is to report on the utility of the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) to identify patients at elevated risk for opioid misuse and deliver medication safety-related services to them. Patient characteristics based on ORT risk stratification are also described. METHODS: Data from patients screened from September 17, 2018 to May 12, 2021 were descriptively evaluated for distribution of ORT scores, characteristics of patients stratified by ORT score, and services delivered to patients based on ORT score...
July 30, 2022: Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy: RSAP
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35891696/long-covid-in-the-long-run-23-month-follow-up-study-of-persistent-symptoms
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gunnhild Helmsdal, Katrin Dahl Hanusson, Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen, Billa Mouritsardóttir Foldbo, Marjun Eivindardóttir Danielsen, Bjarni Á Steig, Shahin Gaini, Marin Strøm, Pál Weihe, Maria Skaalum Petersen
Symptoms of long coronavirus disease (COVID) were found in 38% of 170 patients followed for a median of 22.6 months. The most prevalent symptoms were fatigue, affected taste and smell, and difficulties remembering and concentrating. Predictors for long COVID were older age and number of symptoms in the acute phase. Long COVID may take many months, maybe years, to resolve.
July 2022: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35848935/patient-reported-outcome-measures-in-depression
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dávid Húsdal Á Steig, Nina Reinholt, Anne Bryde Christensen, Morten Hvenegaard Pedersen, Sidse Marie Arnfred
AIM: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly important as a mean for quality assurance. Feasible estimates of recovery can be achieved through the application of Jacobson plots, which is a simple demonstration of the outcome of each case, recommended for clinical use. We applied this approach with PROMs collected regarding group psychotherapy in a mental health service (MHS) setting. We hypothesized a recovery rate of above 50% of all cases, expecting a lower recovery rate amongst patients with severe depression...
July 18, 2022: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35834737/evaluation-of-a-program-to-screen-patients-in-community-pharmacies-for-opioid-misuse-and-accidental-overdose
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elizabeth Skoy, Oliver Frenzel, Heidi Eukel, Emily Lothspeich, Jayme Steig, Mark Strand, Amy Werremeyer
INTRODUCTION: Community pharmacies nationwide have adopted new strategies to combat the opioid epidemic. One strategy to prevent opioid misuse and accidental overdose is patient screening to identify those at risk. The purpose of our study was to determine whether such screening in community pharmacies led pharmacy personnel to intervene with patients at risk and to describe the proportion of patients they identified as at risk. METHODS: We implemented the Opioid and Naloxone Education (ONE) program in North Dakota to give community pharmacies and pharmacists training and tools to provide preventive screening for opioid misuse and accidental overdose before dispensing a prescribed opioid...
July 14, 2022: Preventing Chronic Disease
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