A Tanzanian Boy with Molecularly Confirmed X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy by M. C. J. Dekker, A. M. Sadiq, R. Mc Larty, R. M. Mbwasi, M. A. A. P. Willemsen, H. R. Waterham, B. C. Hamel

“…It had been described in various populations across the globe, but very few cases have been reported from Africa. …”
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Le Paysage de la vallée de l’Ondaine. Complexité et paradoxe de la transformation et de la narration d’un territoire post minier by Georges-Henry Laffont, Luc Rojas

“…Primarily composed of three cities with populations fluctuating between 8,000 and 16,000 inhabitants, the Ondaine Valley gives us a view of a territory in which three different "projects" are expressed in terms of mining heritage management. …”
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Bird assemblage structure in the Desert Puna in areas with different disturbance activity of a subterranean herbivorous rodent by Natalia Andino, Viviana Fernández, Stella M. Giannoni, Carlos E. Borghi

“…This study aimed to examine the indirect influence of tuco-tucos on bird populations and assemblages in the southernmost region of the desert Puna. …”
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Seasonal changes in the mycorrhizal symbiosis of Rhododendron tomentosum Harmaja in the Ukrainian Polissia by Nataliia Bielova

“…Mycorrhizal colonization was studied across different phenological stages in natural populations of R. tomentosum in the Bilokorovytsky forestry, Zhytomyr region (Ukraine). …”
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GLOBAL STABILITY AND HOPF BIFURCATION OF A DELAYED PREDATOR-PREY MODEL INCORPORATING ALLEE EFFECT AND FEAR EFFECT by Didar Akram Abdulqadr, Arkan Nawzad Mustafa

“…Finally, with the help of the MATLAB program, to confirm the analytical results and discover the impact of fear, the Allee effect, and time delay, the model was solved numerically.it is observed that fear affect negatively on both prey and predator species and the time delay may system may induce a transition of the dynamics of system from the a stability situation to the state where the populations oscillate periodically or vice versa …”
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Depth-Based Classification for Distributions with Nonconvex Support by Daniel Hlubinka, Ondrej Vencalek

“…Simulations show that the results of depth-based classifiers are comparable with linear discriminant analysis for two normal populations, while for nonelliptic distributions the classifier based on weighted halfspace depth outperforms both linear discriminant analysis and classifier based on the usual (nonweighted) halfspace depth.…”
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Artificial Reefs in Florida 101 – effects on fish: Part 2 of an Artificial Reef series by Lisa Chong, Angela B. Collins, Holly Abeels, Anna Braswell, Ana Zangroniz, Andrew Ropicki, Scott Jackson, Ed Camp

“…This publication, part 2 of the Artificial Reefs series, explains how artificial reefs affect fish populations. It will help the interested public understand more about the ecological effects of artificial reefs and provide detailed information to stakeholders including management agencies, local governments, artificial reef manufacturers, and Extension agents, to allow for better-informed decisions about building and managing artificial reefs. …”
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Monitoring and Analysis of Ground Settlement Induced by Tunnelling with Slurry Pressure-Balanced Tunnel Boring Machine by Hyunku Park, Ju-Young Oh, Dohyung Kim, Seokbue Chang

“…A case study of monitoring and analysis of ground settlement caused by tunnelling of stacked twin tunnels for underground metro line construction through the densely populated area using the slurry pressure-balanced TBM is presented. …”
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Optimal Application Timing of Pest Control Tactics in Nonautonomous Pest Growth Model by Shujuan Zhang, Juhua Liang, Sanyi Tang

“…Considering the effects of the living environment on growth of populations, it is unrealistic to assume that the growth rates of predator and prey are all constants in the models with integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. …”
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GABAergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area represent and regulate force vectors by Qiaochu Jiang, Konstantin I. Bakhurin, Ryan N. Hughes, Bryan Lu, Shaolin Ruan, Henry H. Yin

“…In this study, by using in vivo electrophysiology and continuous quantification of force exertion in head-fixed mice, we identify distinct populations of VTA GABA neurons that exhibit precise force tuning independently of learning, reward prediction, and outcome valence. …”
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The Urban Built Environment and Mobility in Older Adults: A Comprehensive Review by Andrea L. Rosso, Amy H. Auchincloss, Yvonne L. Michael

“…The effect of built environment on mobility in older populations, among whom environmental effects may be strongest, is the focus of a growing body of the literature. …”
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Comparison of Two Mechanics-Based Methods for Simplified Structural Analysis in Vulnerability Assessment by H. Crowley, B. Borzi, R. Pinho, M. Colombi, M. Onida

“…A comparison of the predicted response of urban populations of buildings using the two methods is then carried out, and the influence of these differences on vulnerability curves is studied.…”
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Coexistence and asymptotic stability in stage-structured predator-prey models by Wei Feng, Michael T. Cowen, Xin Lu

“…We assess how various ecological parameters, includingpredator mortality rate and handling times on prey, prey growth rateand death rate, prey capture rate and nutritional valuesin two stages, affect the existence and stability of all possibleequilibria in each of the models, as well as the ultimate bounds and the dynamics of the populations.The main focus of this paper is to find general conditions to ensure the presence and stability of the coexistence equilibriumwhere both the predator and prey can co-existThrough specific examples, we demonstrate thestability of the trivial and co-existence equilibrium as well as the dynamics in eachsystem.…”
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Dietary Recommendations for the Prevention of Type 2 diabetes: What Are They Based on? by Patrice Carter, Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie J. Davies

“…Type 2 diabetes is increasing in all populations and all age groups across the world. Areas undergoing rapid westernisation and rapid nutrition transition are seeing the greatest increases in prevalence suggesting that environmental factors are important. …”
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Interaction between diet composition and gut microbiota and its impact on gastrointestinal tract health by Muhammad Shahid Riaz Rajoka, Junling Shi, Hafiza Mahreen Mehwish, Jing Zhu, Qi Li, Dongyan Shao, Qingsheng Huang, Hui Yang

“…Diet composition plays an important role in the control of gut microbial populations and, thus, in the prevention, management and treatment of certain diseases such as cancer, diabetes. …”
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Clinical Applications of Heart Rate Variability in the Triage and Assessment of Traumatically Injured Patients by Mark L. Ryan, Chad M. Thorson, Christian A. Otero, Thai Vu, Kenneth G. Proctor

“…The purpose of this paper is to describe the three analytical methods (time domain, frequency domain, and entropy) and specific clinical populations that have been evaluated in trauma patients and to identify key issues regarding HRV that must be explored if it is to be widely adopted for the assessment of trauma patients.…”
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Testing for Gluten-Related Disorders in Clinical Practice: The Role of Serology in Managing the Spectrum of Gluten Sensitivity by David Armstrong, Andrew C Don-Wauchope, Elena F Verdu

“…Serological testing can be used to identify symptomatic individuals that need a confirmatory biopsy, to screen at-risk populations or to monitor diet compliance in patients previously diagnosed with celiac disease. …”
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveil... by Muthukrishnan Venkatesan, Eleanor Smith, Marinos Kyriakopoulos, Aditya Narain Sharma

“…Keeping this surveillance active in different populations across the globe will add to existing knowledge and understanding of these uncommon disorders and events. …”
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Characteristics of Suppressor Macrophages Induced by Mycobacterial and Protozoal Infections in relation to Alternatively Activated M2 Macrophages by Haruaki Tomioka, Yutaka Tatano, Win Win Maw, Chiaki Sano, Yuichi Kanehiro, Toshiaki Shimizu

“…Notably, this type of immune conversion is occasionally associated with the generation of certain types of suppressor macrophage populations. During the course of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) infections, the generation of macrophages which possess strong suppressor activity against host T- and B-cell functions is frequently encountered. …”
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ANALYSIS OF LABORATORY TESTS FOR SEVERAL VIRAL SWINE DISEASES IN RUSSIA IN 2011–2017 by A. A. Shevtsov, O. N. Petrova, S. G. Remyga, A. S. Pershin, K. N. Gruzdev, A. S.  Igolkin

“…It means random tests shall be representative for tested populations, correlate with the prevalence of concerned infection and meet the required certainty. …”
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