Search Results - "Johnston, E."

Gender and cultural bias in student evaluations: Why representation matters by Fan, Y, Shepherd, L J, Slavich, E, Waters, D, Stone, M, Abel, R, Johnston, E L

“…Gendered and racial inequalities persist in even the most progressive of workplaces. There is increasing evidence to suggest that all aspects of employment,…”
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Genetic architecture and lifetime dynamics of inbreeding depression in a wild mammal by Stoffel, M. A., Johnston, S. E., Pilkington, J. G., Pemberton, J. M.

“…Inbreeding depression is ubiquitous, but we still know little about its genetic architecture and precise effects in wild populations. Here, we combine…”
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Variation in recombination frequency and distribution across eukaryotes: patterns and processes by Stapley, Jessica, Feulner, Philine G. D., Johnston, Susan E., Santure, Anna W., Smadja, Carole M.

“…Recombination, the exchange of DNA between maternal and paternal chromosomes during meiosis, is an essential feature of sexual reproduction in nearly all…”
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The Drug Repurposing Hub: a next-generation drug library and information resource by Corsello, Steven M, Bittker, Joshua A, Liu, Zihan, Gould, Joshua, McCarren, Patrick, Hirschman, Jodi E, Johnston, Stephen E, Vrcic, Anita, Wong, Bang, Khan, Mariya, Asiedu, Jacob, Narayan, Rajiv, Mader, Christopher C, Subramanian, Aravind, Golub, Todd R

“…Drug repurposing, the application of an existing therapeutic to a new disease indication, holds promise of rapid clinical impact at a lower cost than de novo…”
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Enhanced Photoluminescence Emission and Thermal Stability from Introduced Cation Disorder in Phosphors by Lin, Chun Che, Tsai, Yi-Ting, Johnston, Hannah E, Fang, Mu-Huai, Yu, Fengjiao, Zhou, Wuzong, Whitfield, Pamela, Li, Ye, Wang, Jing, Liu, Ru-Shi, Attfield, J. Paul

“…Optimizing properties of phosphors for use in white-light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) is an important materials challenge. Most phosphors have a low level of…”
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Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Tools: From Research to Practice (A Workshop Summary) by Clements, Andrea L, Griswold, William G, Rs, Abhijit, Johnston, Jill E, Herting, Megan M, Thorson, Jacob, Collier-Oxandale, Ashley, Hannigan, Michael

“…In May 2017, a two-day workshop was held in Los Angeles (California, U.S.A.) to gather practitioners who work with low-cost sensors used to make air quality…”
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Coastal urban lighting has ecological consequences for multiple trophic levels under the sea by Bolton, D., Mayer-Pinto, M., Clark, G.F., Dafforn, K.A., Brassil, W.A., Becker, A., Johnston, E.L.

“…Urban land and seascapes are increasingly exposed to artificial lighting at night (ALAN), which is a significant source of light pollution. A broad range of…”
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Authenticity and the Potability of Coconut Water - a Critical Review by Burns, D Thorburn, Johnston, E -L, Walker, Michael J

“…Abstract Background The content of the endosperm of the coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) contains “coconut water”. This practically sterile liquid which is prized…”
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Video game training enhances cognitive control in older adults by Anguera, J. A., Boccanfuso, J., Rintoul, J. L., Al-Hashimi, O., Faraji, F., Janowich, J., Kong, E., Larraburo, Y., Rolle, C., Johnston, E., Gazzaley, A.

“…Training with a multitasking video game is shown to improve cognitive control abilities that decline with age, revealing the plasticity of the ageing brain;…”
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Twin-beam sub-shot-noise raster-scanning microscope by Sabines-Chesterking, J., McMillan, A. R., Moreau, P. A., Joshi, S. K., Knauer, S., Johnston, E., Rarity, J. G., Matthews, J. C. F.

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Lead and Arsenic in Shed Deciduous Teeth of Children Living Near a Lead-Acid Battery Smelter by Johnston, Jill E, Franklin, Meredith, Roh, Hannah, Austin, Christine, Arora, Manish

“…Lead (Pb) is a potent neurotoxicant with no safe level of exposure. Elevated levels of Pb and arsenic (As) are found in the air and soil near facilities that…”
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Combining role-play with interactive simulation to motivate informed climate action: Evidence from the World Climate simulation by Rooney-Varga, J N, Sterman, J D, Fracassi, E, Franck, T, Kapmeier, F, Kurker, V, Johnston, E, Jones, A P, Rath, K

“…Climate change communication efforts grounded in the information deficit model have largely failed to close the gap between scientific and public understanding…”
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Wastewater effluents cause microbial community shifts and change trophic status by Ruprecht, J.E., Birrer, S.C., Dafforn, K.A., Mitrovic, S.M., Crane, S.L., Johnston, E.L., Wemheuer, F., Navarro, A., Harrison, A.J., Turner, I.L., Glamore, W.C.

“…•Microbes are sensitive to environmental stressors, such as wastewater pollution.•This study combined novel methods of microbial ecotoxicology in the field and…”
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Life history trade-offs at a single locus maintain sexually selected genetic variation by Johnston, Susan E., Gratten, Jacob, Berenos, Camillo, Pilkington, Jill G., Clutton-Brock, Tim H., Pemberton, Josephine M., Slate, Jon

“…Wild Soay sheep rams with large horns have more offspring, yet there is considerable genetic variation at RXFP2 , a locus strongly implicated in horn size…”
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Structural and conformational determinants of macrocycle cell permeability by Over, Björn, Matsson, Pär, Tyrchan, Christian, Artursson, Per, Doak, Bradley C, Foley, Michael A, Hilgendorf, Constanze, Johnston, Stephen E, Lee, Maurice D, Lewis, Richard J, McCarren, Patrick, Muncipinto, Giovanni, Norinder, Ulf, Perry, Matthew W D, Duvall, Jeremy R, Kihlberg, Jan

“…Detailed computational and structural analysis of a large data set of non-peptidic macrocycles revealed particular functional groups, substituents and…”
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy pathology in a neurodegenerative disorders brain bank by Bieniek, Kevin F., Ross, Owen A., Cormier, Kerry A., Walton, Ronald L., Soto-Ortolaza, Alexandra, Johnston, Amelia E., DeSaro, Pamela, Boylan, Kevin B., Graff-Radford, Neill R., Wszolek, Zbigniew K., Rademakers, Rosa, Boeve, Bradley F., McKee, Ann C., Dickson, Dennis W.

“…Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder linked to repetitive traumatic brain injury (TBI) and characterized by…”
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Genetic architecture of individual meiotic crossover rate and distribution in Atlantic Salmon by Brekke, Cathrine, Johnston, Susan E., Knutsen, Tim M., Berg, Peer

“…Meiotic recombination through chromosomal crossovers ensures proper segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis, while also breaking down linkage…”
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Maternal cadmium levels during pregnancy associated with lower birth weight in infants in a North Carolina cohort by Johnston, Jill E, Valentiner, Ellis, Maxson, Pamela, Miranda, Marie Lynn, Fry, Rebecca C

“…Cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant, a known carcinogen, and understudied as a developmental toxicant. In the present study, we examined the…”
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Taking quantitative genomics into the wild by Johnston, Susan E, Chen, Nancy, Josephs, Emily B

“…We organized this special issue to highlight new work and review recent advances at the cutting edge of 'wild quantitative genomics'. In this editorial, we…”
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After decades of stressor research in urban estuarine ecosystems the focus is still on single stressors: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis by O'Brien, A.L., Dafforn, K.A., Chariton, A.A., Johnston, E.L., Mayer-Pinto, M.

“…Natural systems are threatened by a variety of anthropogenic stressors and so understanding the interactive threats posed by multiple stressors is essential…”
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