Background: The current outbreak of Ebola has been declared a public health emergency of
international concern. We performed a rigorous and rapid needs assessment to identify the …

Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

M. Sc. Eartha M. Dupuis N atural Resource Sciences Many producers in North America are
finding it profitable to make the transition from conventional farming to organic agriculture. …

Today we find ourselves at a crossroads of two powerful, unrelenting currents that are completely
at odds with one another. The movement for legal recognition of same-sex unions has …

How wellness is understood and its links to leisure in the long-term care (LTC) context have
been rarely considered, particularly from the perspectives of residents. Using participatory …

Immune response differs between women and men at many levels. In general, females
mount stronger innate and adaptive immune responses in comparison to males. In particular, …

Powassan virus, a member of the tick-borne encephalitis group of flaviviruses, encompasses
2 lineages with separate enzootic cycles. The prototype lineage of Powassan virus (POWV) …

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope
(JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the …

Zika (ZIKV) and dengue (DENV) virus infections elicit a robust but cross-reactive antibody
response against the viral envelope protein, while antibody responses against non-structural …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has substantial heritability, in part shared with fronto-temporal
dementia (FTD). We show that ALS heritability is enriched in splicing variants and in …