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November 2020

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

November 6, 2020

Deep learning prediction of likelihood of ICU admission and mortality in COVID-19 patients using clinical variables

Xiaoran Li, Peilin Ge, Jocelyn Zhu, Haifang Li, James Graham, Adam Singer, Paul S. Richman, Tim Q. Duong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10337 PubMed 33194455

November 13, 2020

Combined application of biochar and nitrogen fertilizer improves rice yield, microbial activity and N-metabolism in a pot experiment

Izhar Ali, Saif Ullah, Liang He, Quan Zhao, Anas Iqbal, Shangqing Wei, Tariq Shah, Niyaz Ali, Yan Bo, Muhammad Adnan, Amanullah, Ligeng Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10311 PubMed 33240639

November 16, 2020

Nitrogen fertilization affects maize grain yield through regulating nitrogen uptake, radiation and water use efficiency, photosynthesis and root distribution

Wennan Su, Shakeel Ahmad, Irshad Ahmad, Qingfang Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10291 PubMed 33240631

November 2, 2020

The efficacy of IL-6 inhibitor Tocilizumab in reducing severe COVID-19 mortality: a systematic review

Avi Gurion Kaye, Robert Siegel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10322 PubMed 33194450

November 26, 2020

The m6A reader protein YTHDC2 is a potential biomarker and associated with immune infiltration in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Yang Li, Ji-Na Zheng, En-Hao Wang, Chan-Juan Gong, Keng-Fu Lan, XiaoJun Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10385 PubMed 33304653

November 11, 2020

Improving decolorization of dyes by laccase from Bacillus licheniformis by random and site-directed mutagenesis

Tongliang Bu, Rui Yang, YanJun Zhang, Yuntao Cai, Zizhong Tang, Chenglei Li, Qi Wu, Hui Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10267 PubMed 33240620

November 16, 2020

Acetate correlates with disability and immune response in multiple sclerosis

Silvia Pérez-Pérez, María Inmaculada Domínguez-Mozo, Aitana Alonso-Gómez, Silvia Medina, Noelia Villarrubia, Jose Ignacio Fernández-Velasco, María Ángel García-Martínez, Estefanía García-Calvo, Héctor Estévez, Lucienne Costa-Frossard, Jose C. Alvarez-Cermeño, Jose L. Luque-Garcia, Rafael Arroyo, Luisa M. Villar, Roberto Alvarez-Lafuente

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10220 PubMed 33240608

November 5, 2020

Deep-learning convolutional neural networks with transfer learning accurately classify COVID-19 lung infection on portable chest radiographs

Shreeja Kikkisetti, Jocelyn Zhu, Beiyi Shen, Haifang Li, Tim Q. Duong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10309 PubMed 33194447

November 27, 2020

Data quantity is more important than its spatial bias for predictive species distribution modelling

Willson Gaul, Dinara Sadykova, Hannah J. White, Lupe Leon-Sanchez, Paul Caplat, Mark C. Emmerson, Jon M. Yearsley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10411 PubMed 33312769

November 30, 2020

Repurposing FDA-approved phytomedicines, natural products, antivirals and cell protectives against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

Mahmoud Kandeel, Yukio Kitade, Abdullah Almubarak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10480 PubMed 33335812

November 20, 2020

The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography

Stephan N.F. Spiekman, James M. Neenan, Nicholas C. Fraser, Vincent Fernandez, Olivier Rieppel, Stefania Nosotti, Torsten M. Scheyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10299 PubMed 33240633

November 24, 2020

The paleobiology and paleoecology of South African Lystrosaurus

Jennifer Botha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10408 PubMed 33282563

November 10, 2020

A new genus of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) with three new species from montane cloud forests, western Andean cordillera of Colombia and Ecuador

Jorge Brito, Claudia Koch, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Nicolás Tinoco, Marcelo Weksler, C. Miguel Pinto, Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10247 PubMed 33240614

November 5, 2020

Trait differences among discrete morphs of a color polymorphic lizard, Podarcis erhardii

Kinsey M. Brock, Simon Baeckens, Colin M. Donihue, José Martín, Panayiotis Pafilis, Danielle L. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10284 PubMed 33194436

November 12, 2020

The frequency of combined IFITM3 haplotype involving the reference alleles of both rs12252 and rs34481144 is in line with COVID-19 standardized mortality ratio of ethnic groups in England

Dimitris Nikoloudis, Dimitrios Kountouras, Asimina Hiona

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10402 PubMed 33240681

November 25, 2020

Antibacterial activity of human defensins against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

Albert Bolatchiev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10455 PubMed 33304659

November 13, 2020

The optimal platelet concentration in platelet-rich plasma for proliferation of human cells in vitro—diversity, biases, and possible basic experimental principles for further research in the field: A review

Olav K. Straum

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10303 PubMed 33240635

November 9, 2020

Integrated analysis of lncRNA and mRNA reveals novel insights into cashmere fineness in Tibetan cashmere goats

Xuefeng Fu, Bingru Zhao, Kechuan Tian, Yujiang Wu, Langda Suo, Gui Ba, Deji Ciren, Ji De, Cuoji Awang, Shuangbao Gun, Bohui Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10217 PubMed 33240606

November 23, 2020

Two new species of Tardigrada from moss cushions (Grimmia sp.) in a xerothermic habitat in northeast Tennessee (USA, North America), with the first identification of males in the genus Viridiscus

Diane R. Nelson, Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Roberto Guidetti, Milena Roszkowska, Daria Grobys, Łukasz Kaczmarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10251 PubMed 33282552

November 18, 2020

Solid state fermentation of Moringa oleifera leaf meal by mixed strains for the protein enrichment and the improvement of nutritional value

Honghui Shi, Bin Su, Xiaoyang Chen, Ruiqi Pian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10358 PubMed 33240663

November 5, 2020

Diversity of the gut microbiome in three grasshopper species using 16S rRNA and determination of cellulose digestibility

Jian-Mei Wang, Jing Bai, Fang-Yuan Zheng, Yao Ling, Xiang Li, Jing Wang, Yong-Chao Zhi, Xin-Jiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10194 PubMed 33194406

November 2, 2020

Optimizing and purifying extracellular amylase from soil bacteria to inhibit clinical biofilm-forming bacteria

Rokaia Elamary, Wesam M. Salem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10288 PubMed 33194439

November 11, 2020

Fire weather effects on flammability of indigenous and invasive alien plants in coastal fynbos and thicket shrublands (Cape Floristic Region)

Samukelisiwe T. Msweli, Alastair J. Potts, Herve Fritz, Tineke Kraaij

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10161 PubMed 33240598

November 18, 2020

Stem cell imaging through convolutional neural networks: current issues and future directions in artificial intelligence technology

Ramanaesh Rao Ramakrishna, Zariyantey Abd Hamid, Wan Mimi Diyana Wan Zaki, Aqilah Baseri Huddin, Ramya Mathialagan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10346 PubMed 33240655

November 2, 2020

In vitro anti-diabetic effects and phytochemical profiling of novel varieties of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (L.) extracts

W.A. Niroshani M. Wariyapperuma, Sagarika Kannangara, Yasanandana S. Wijayasinghe, Sri Subramanium, Bimali Jayawardena

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10070 PubMed 33194379

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