Implications of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net Fishing in Lower Income Countries

Posted on January 8, 2021

RYAN – Implications of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net Fishing in Lower Income Countries David A. Larsen, Joseph Makaure, Sadie J. Ryan, Donald Stewart, Adrianne Traub, Rick Welsh, Deirdre H. Love, and Joseph H. Bisesi Jr Article first published online: 8 JAN 2021 Environmental Health Perspectives DOI: 10.1289/EHP7001 ABSTRACT: Introduction: Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are highly effective […]

Modeling and Analysis of Excess Commuting with Trip Chains

Posted on January 4, 2021

HU – Modeling and Analysis of Excess Commuting with Trip Chains Yujie Hu, Xiaopeng Li Article first published online: 04 JAN 2021 Annals of the American Association of Geographers DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2020.1835461 ABSTRACT: Commuting, like other types of human travel, is complex in nature, such as trip-chaining behavior involving making stops of multiple purposes between two […]

Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010

Posted on December 30, 2020

HARO-CARRIÓN, SOUTHWORTH, WAYLEN – Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010 Xavier Haro-Carrión, Peter Waylen, & Jane Southworth Article first published online: 30 DEC 2020 Journal of Land Use Science DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2020.1866705 ABSTRACT: The tropics are greening, but little is known about greening patterns in the tropical Andes. Using Normalized […]

Understanding the relationship between land use and land cover and malaria in Nepal

Posted on December 29, 2020

BHATTARAI – Understanding the relationship between land use and land cover and malaria in Nepal Shreejana Bhattarai, Korine N. Kolivras, Kabita Ghimire, Yang Shao Article first published online: 29 DEC 2020 Geospatial Health DOI: 10.4081/gh.2020.855 ABSTRACT: Malaria is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally. Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) change have been found to affect […]

Convergent evolution of diverse Bacillus anthracis outbreak strains toward altered surface oligosaccharides that modulate anthrax pathogenesis

Posted on December 28, 2020

BLACKBURN, NORRIS – Convergent evolution of diverse Bacillus anthracis outbreak strains toward altered surface oligosaccharides that modulate anthrax pathogenesis Michael H. Norris, Alexander Kirpich, Andrew P. Bluhm, Diansy Zincke, Ted Hadfield, Jose Miguel Ponciano, Jason K. Blackburn Article first published online: 28 DEC 2021 PLOS Biology DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001052 ABSTRACT: Bacillus anthracis, a spore-forming gram-positive bacterium, […]

Collision Course: Development Pushes Amazonia Toward Its Tipping Point

Posted on December 23, 2020

WALKER – Collision Course: Development Pushes Amazonia Toward Its Tipping Point Robert Toovey Walker Article first published online: 23 DEC 2020 Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842711 ABSTRACT: Shortly after the turn of the millennium, effective environmental policies in Brazil reduced deforestation rates in the Amazon Basin. Unfortunately, these policies began to […]

Human-Dog Relationships across Communities Surrounding Ranomafana and Andasibe-Mantadia National Parks, Madagascar

Posted on December 18, 2020

KSHIRSAGAR – Human-Dog Relationships across Communities Surrounding Ranomafana and Andasibe-Mantadia National Parks, Madagascar Akhil R. Kshirsagar, Jennifer W. Applebaum, Zoavina Randriana, Tsiky Rajaonarivelo, Radoniaina R. Rafaliarison, Zach J. Farris, Kim Valenta Article first published online: 18 DEC 2020 Journal of Ethnobiology DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-40.4.483 ABSTRACT: Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are estimated to be one of […]

“Perception bias”: Deciphering a mismatch between urban crime and perception of safety

Posted on December 17, 2020

HU – “Perception bias”: Deciphering a mismatch between urban crime and perception of safety Fan Zhang, Zhuangyuan Fan, Yuhao Kangab, Yujie Hu, and Carlo Rattia Article first published online: 17 DEC 2020 Landscape and Urban Planning DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.104003 ABSTRACT: Crime and perception of safety are two intertwined concepts affecting the quality of life and the […]

Identification of antiviral antihistamines for COVID-19 repurposing

Posted on December 3, 2020

BLUHM, NORRIS – Identification of antiviral antihistamines for COVID-19 repurposing Leah R.Reznikova, Michael H.Norris, Rohit Vashisht, Andrew P. Bluhm, Danmeng Li, Yan-Shin J. Liaoa, Ashley Browne, Atul J.Butte, and David A.Ostrov Article first published online: 3 DEC 2020 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.11.095 ABSTRACT: There is an urgent need to identify therapies that […]

Building resilience to mosquito-borne diseases in the Caribbean

Posted on November 24, 2020

RYAN – Building resilience to mosquito-borne diseases in the Caribbean Rachel Lowe, Sadie J. Ryan, Roché Mahon, Cedric J. Van Meerbeeck, Adrian R. Trotman, Laura-Lee G. Boodram, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra Article first published online: 24 NOV 2020 PLOS Biology DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000791 ABSTRACT: Small island developing states in the Caribbean are among the […]

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