REVEALING THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES

Revealing the hierarchical structure of microbial communities

Abstract Measuring the dynamics of microbial communities results in high-dimensional measurements of taxa abundances over time and space, which is difficult to analyze due to complex changes in taxonomic compositions.This paper presents a new method to investigate and visualize the intrinsic hierarchical community structure implied by the measureme

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Effects of Psychostimulant Drugs on Developing Brain

Although psychostimulants have been used for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for approximately 70 years, little is known about the long term effects of these drugs Carafes on developing brain.The observable effects of psychostimulants are influenced by the timing of exposure, the age of examination after drug exposure and

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Ocular markers of microangiopathy and their possible association with cardiovascular risk in patients with systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a systematic review

Individuals with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are at a higher cardiovascular (CV) risk due to systemic inflammation, which contributes to endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis, and structural changes in the vessel walls.Along with traditional CV risk factors like dyslipidaemia, arterial hypertension, obesity, and impaired glucose metabol

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Evolution of salivary glue genes in Drosophila species

Abstract Background At the very end of the larval stage Drosophila expectorate a glue secreted by their salivary glands to attach themselves to a substrate while pupariating.The glue is a mixture of apparently unrelated proteins, some of which are highly glycosylated and possess internal repeats.Because species adhere to distinct substrates (i.e.le

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