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January 2019

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Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Representing one of the first times that medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction methods have been applied to a large skull of a marine reptile, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. The unusual three-dimensional preservation of the specimen permitted computed tomography (CT) scanning of individual braincase elements as well as the entire reassembled skull.

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January 9, 2019

The gut microbiome correlates with conspecific aggression in a small population of rescued dogs (Canis familiaris)

Nicole S. Kirchoff, Monique A.R. Udell, Thomas J. Sharpton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6103 PubMed 30643689

January 28, 2019

Breast cancer detection using deep convolutional neural networks and support vector machines

Dina A. Ragab, Maha Sharkas, Stephen Marshall, Jinchang Ren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6201 PubMed 30713814

January 25, 2019

A scalable discrete-time survival model for neural networks

Michael F. Gensheimer, Balasubramanian Narasimhan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6257 PubMed 30701130

January 4, 2019

Phylogeny of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates reassessed through revision and expansion of the largest published relevant data matrix

David Marjanović, Michel Laurin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5565 PubMed 30631641

January 28, 2019

Designing online species identification tools for biological recording: the impact on data quality and citizen science learning

Nirwan Sharma, Laura Colucci-Gray, Advaith Siddharthan, Richard Comont, René van der Wal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5965 PubMed 30713813

January 31, 2019

Recent updates on metabolite composition and medicinal benefits of mangosteen plant

Wan Mohd Aizat, Ili Nadhirah Jamil, Faridda Hannim Ahmad-Hashim, Normah Mohd Noor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6324 PubMed 30755827

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) including computed tomography and digital reconstruction of a three-dimensional skull

Dean R. Lomax, Laura B. Porro, Nigel R. Larkin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6112 PubMed 30643690

January 18, 2019

Review of the ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species M. mosalahi sp. n. from Oman

Mostafa R. Sharaf, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6287 PubMed 30687589

January 4, 2019

Identifying accurate metagenome and amplicon software via a meta-analysis of sequence to taxonomy benchmarking studies

Paul P. Gardner, Renee J. Watson, Xochitl C. Morgan, Jenny L. Draper, Robert D. Finn, Sergio E. Morales, Matthew B. Stott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6160 PubMed 30631651

January 3, 2019

The role of Central American barriers in shaping the evolutionary history of the northernmost glassfrog, Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Anura: Centrolenidae)

Angela M. Mendoza, Wilmar Bolívar-García, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez, Roberto Ibáñez, Gabriela Parra Olea

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6115 PubMed 30627486

January 3, 2019

A Tournaisian (earliest Carboniferous) conglomerate-preserved non-marine faunal assemblage and its environmental and sedimentological context

Jennifer A. Clack, Carys E. Bennett, Sarah J. Davies, Andrew C. Scott, Janet E. Sherwin, Timothy R. Smithson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5972 PubMed 30627480

January 14, 2019

Method for the quantitative evaluation of ecosystem services in coastal regions

Tomonari Okada, Yugo Mito, Erina Iseri, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Takanori Sugano, Yoshihiro B. Akiyama, Kenta Watanabe, Toko Tanaya, Hiroaki Sugino, Kanae Tokunaga, Takahiro Kubo, Tomohiro Kuwae

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6234 PubMed 30671289

January 9, 2019

Fluoxetine-induced alteration of murine gut microbial community structure: evidence for a microbial endocrinology-based mechanism of action responsible for fluoxetine-induced side effects

Mark Lyte, Karrie M. Daniels, Stephan Schmitz-Esser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6199 PubMed 30643701

January 8, 2019

The origin of exotic pet sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) kept in the United States of America

Catriona D. Campbell, Jill Pecon-Slattery, Rebecca Pollak, Leo Joseph, Clare E. Holleley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6180 PubMed 30643698

January 16, 2019

Effects of table tennis multi-ball training on dynamic posture control

Yaodong Gu, Changxiao Yu, Shirui Shao, Julien S. Baker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6262 PubMed 30671292

January 22, 2019

Antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence genes of clinical and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Siew Mun Liew, Ganeswrei Rajasekaram, SD Ampalam Puthucheary, Kek Heng Chua

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6217 PubMed 30697478

January 10, 2019

Different ecological processes determined the alpha and beta components of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity for plant communities in dryland regions of Northwest China

Jianming Wang, Chen Chen, Jingwen Li, Yiming Feng, Qi Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6220 PubMed 30648001

January 7, 2019

Intestinal parasitic infection alters bacterial gut microbiota in children

Miguel A. Toro-Londono, Katherine Bedoya-Urrego, Gisela M. Garcia-Montoya, Ana L. Galvan-Diaz, Juan F. Alzate

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6200 PubMed 30643702

January 25, 2019

Food-burying behavior in red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Wenquan Qin, Xuan Chen, Linda M. Hooper-Bùi, Jiacheng Cai, Lei Wang, Zhaohui Sun, Xiujun Wen, Cai Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6349 PubMed 30701141

January 14, 2019

Variation in wild pea (Pisum sativum subsp. elatius) seed dormancy and its relationship to the environment and seed coat traits

Iveta Hradilová, Martin Duchoslav, Jan Brus, Vilém Pechanec, Miroslav Hýbl, Pavel Kopecký, Lucie Smržová, Nikola Štefelová, Tadeáš Vaclávek, Michael Bariotakis, Jitka Machalová, Karel Hron, Stergios Pirintsos, Petr Smýkal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6263 PubMed 30656074

January 9, 2019

Carabid community structure in northern China grassland ecosystems: Effects of local habitat on species richness, species composition and functional diversity

Noelline Tsafack, François Rebaudo, Hui Wang, Dávid D. Nagy, Yingzhong Xie, Xinpu Wang, Simone Fattorini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6197 PubMed 30643684

January 22, 2019

Shifting faunal baselines through the Quaternary revealed by cave fossils of eastern Australia

Gilbert J. Price, Julien Louys, Garry K. Smith, Jonathan Cramb

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6099 PubMed 30697475

January 3, 2019

Polyphasic evaluation of key cyanobacteria in biocrusts from the most arid region in Europe

Beatriz Roncero-Ramos, M. Ángeles Muñoz-Martín, Sonia Chamizo, Lara Fernández-Valbuena, Diego Mendoza, Elvira Perona, Yolanda Cantón, Pilar Mateo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6169 PubMed 30627491

January 10, 2019

Checklist to the Elatostema (Urticaceae) of Vietnam including 19 new records, ten new combinations, two new names and four new synonyms

Long-Fei Fu, Alex Monro, Truong Van Do, Maxim S. Nuraliev, Leonid V. Averyanov, Fang Wen, Zi-Bing Xin, Tatiana V. Maisak, Andrey N. Kuznetsov, Svetlana P. Kuznetsova, Khang Sinh Nguyen, Yi-Gang Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6188 PubMed 30648016

January 14, 2019

Application of built-in adjuvants for epitope-based vaccines

Yao Lei, Furong Zhao, Junjun Shao, Yangfan Li, Shifang Li, Huiyun Chang, Yongguang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6185 PubMed 30656066