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October 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Malignant colorectal cancer

October 3, 2017

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Due to the large variability of biological tissue, machine learning techniques have shown superior performance over conventional image processing methods. Here, researchers present a deep neural network-based approach for segmentation and classification of glands in tissue of benign and malignant colorectal cancer.

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October 13, 2017

The intervals method: a new approach to analyse finite element outputs using multivariate statistics

Jordi Marcé-Nogué, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Thomas A. Püschel, Josep Fortuny

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3793 PubMed 29043107

October 27, 2017

Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits

Ara S. Winter, Jennifer J.M. Hathaway, Jason C. Kimble, Debbie C. Buecher, Ernest W. Valdez, Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Jesse M. Young, Kaitlyn J.H. Read, Diana E. Northup

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3944 PubMed 29093998

October 27, 2017

Inorganic, organic, and encapsulated minerals in vegetable meal based diets for Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)

David Domínguez, Simona Rimoldi, Lidia E. Robaina, Silvia Torrecillas, Genciana Terova, María J. Zamorano, Vasileios Karalazos, Kristin Hamre, Marisol Izquierdo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3710 PubMed 29093992

October 2, 2017

Comparative study of Cd uptake and tolerance of two Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) cultivars

Zhigang Fang, Laiqing Lou, Zhenglan Tai, Yufeng Wang, Lei Yang, Zhubing Hu, Qingsheng Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3621 PubMed 29018594

October 5, 2017

Assessing the living and dead proportions of cold-water coral colonies: implications for deep-water Marine Protected Area monitoring in a changing ocean

Johanne Vad, Covadonga Orejas, Juan Moreno-Navas, Helen S. Findlay, J. Murray Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3705 PubMed 29018595

October 3, 2017

Assessment on the coupling effects of drip irrigation and organic fertilization based on entropy weight coefficient model

Fenglin Zhong, Maomao Hou, Bizhu He, Iouzen Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3855 PubMed 29018603

October 27, 2017

Respiratory syncytial virus genotypes NA1, ON1, and BA9 are prevalent in Thailand, 2012–2015

Ilada Thongpan, John Mauleekoonphairoj, Preeyaporn Vichiwattana, Sumeth Korkong, Rujipat Wasitthankasem, Sompong Vongpunsawad, Yong Poovorawan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3970 PubMed 29085762

October 26, 2017

Evaluation of genetic variability among “Early Mature” Juglans regia using microsatellite markers and morphological traits

Aziz Ebrahimi, Abdolkarim Zarei, Mojtaba Zamani Fardadonbeh, Shaneka Lawson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3834 PubMed 29085742

October 6, 2017

Enhanced conflict monitoring via a short-duration, video-assisted deep breathing in healthy young adults: an event-related potential approach through the Go/NoGo paradigm

Kok Suen Cheng, Yun Fah Chang, Ray P.S. Han, Poh Foong Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3857 PubMed 29018605

October 26, 2017

Constructing stage-structured matrix population models from life tables: comparison of methods

Masami Fujiwara, Jasmin Diaz-Lopez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3971 PubMed 29085763

October 5, 2017

New whaitsioids (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Teekloof Formation of South Africa and therocephalian diversity during the end-Guadalupian extinction

Adam K. Huttenlocker, Roger M.H. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3868 PubMed 29018609

October 31, 2017

Water absorption through salivary gland type I acini in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis

Donghun Kim, Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz, Ludek Zurek, Yoonseong Park

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3984 PubMed 29104829

October 3, 2017

A preliminary survey of zoantharian endosymbionts shows high genetic variation over small geographic scales on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan

Hatsuko Noda, John Everett Parkinson, Sung-Yin Yang, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3740 PubMed 29018596

October 31, 2017

Male-male competition and female choice are differentially affected by male call acoustics in the serrate-legged small treefrog, Kurixalus odontotarsus

Bicheng Zhu, Jichao Wang, Longhui Zhao, Qinghua Chen, Zhixin Sun, Yue Yang, Steven E. Brauth, Yezhong Tang, Jianguo Cui

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3980 PubMed 29104826

October 26, 2017

Indigenous Australian household structure: a simple data collection tool and implications for close contact transmission of communicable diseases

Thiripura Vino, Gurmeet R. Singh, Belinda Davison, Patricia T. Campbell, Michael J. Lydeamore, Andrew Robinson, Jodie McVernon, Steven Y.C. Tong, Nicholas Geard

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3958 PubMed 29085755

October 16, 2017

Microbial community diversity patterns are related to physical and chemical differences among temperate lakes near Beaver Island, MI

Miranda H. Hengy, Dean J. Horton, Donald G. Uzarski, Deric R. Learman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3937 PubMed 29062609

October 6, 2017

Genome methylation and regulatory functions for hypoxic adaptation in Tibetan chicken embryos

Yawen Zhang, Wenyu Gou, Jun Ma, Hongliang Zhang, Ying Zhang, Hao Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3891 PubMed 29018624

October 9, 2017

Comparison of human papillomavirus (HPV) detection in urine and cervical swab samples using the HPV GenoArray Diagnostic assay

Pornjarim Nilyanimit, Jira Chansaenroj, Anant Karalak, Piyawat Laowahutanont, Pairoj Junyangdikul, Yong Poovorawan