Submissions from 2014
Pravastatin Improves Glucose Regulation and Biocompatibility of Agarose Encapsulated Porcine Islets following Transplantation into Pancreatectomized Dogs, Lawrence S. Gazda, Horatiu V. Vinerean, Melissa A. Laramore, Richard D. Hall, Joseph W. Carraway, and Barry H. Smith
Oxidative Stress is Associated with Increased Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure in Humans, Nima Ghasemzadeh, Riyaz S. Patel, Danny J. Eapen, Emir Veledar, Hatem Al Kassem, Pankaj Manocha, Mohamed Khayata, A. Maziar Zafari, Laurence Sperling, Dean P. Jones, and Arshed A. Quyyumi
Combined Economic and Emission Dispatch Incorporating Renewable Energy Sources and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Amin Gholami, Mahdi Jamei, Javad Ansari, and Arif I. Sarwat
Introduction to Personalized Medicine in Diabetes Mellitus, Harry S. Glauber, Naphtali Rishe, and Eddy Karnieli
Science Cafe Course: An Innovative Means of Improving Communication Skills of Undergraduate Biology Majors, Anna Goldina and Ophelia I. Weeks
A phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia: an RNA-seq approach, Vanessa L. Gonzàlez, Sonia C. S. Andrade, Rudiger Bieler, Timothy M. Collins, Casey W. Dunn, Paula M. Mikkelsen, John D. Taylor, and Gonzalo Giribet
A Low-Interaction Automatic 3D Liver Segmentation Method Using Computed Tomography for Selective Internal Radiation Therapy, Mohammed Goryawala, Seza Gulec, Ruchir Bhatt, Anthony J. McGoron, and Malek Adjouadi
Seasonal Fish Dispersal in Ephemeral Wetlands of the Florida Everglades, Charles W. Goss, William F. Loftus, and Joel C. Trexler
Evaluating Effects of Everglades Restoration on American Crocodile Populations in South Florida Using a Spatially-Explicit, Stage-Based Population Model, Timothy W. Green, Daniel H. Slone, Eric D. Swain, Michael S. Cherkiss, Melinda Lohman, Frank J. Mazzotti, and Kenneth G. Rice
Ecological Homogenization of Urban USA, Peter M. Groffman, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Neil D. Bettez, J Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jennifer L. Morse, Christopher Neill, Kristen Nelson, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Laura Ogden, Diane E. Pataki, Colin Polsky, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, and Meredith K. Steele
FMR1 Premutation Is an Uncommon Explanation for Premature Ovarian Failure in Han Chinese, Ting Guo, Yingying Qin, Xue Jiao, Guangyu Li, Joe Leigh Simpson, and Zi-Jiang Chen
Timescales for Detecting a Significant Acceleration in Sea Level Rise, Ivan D. Haigh, Thomas Wahl, Eelco J. Rohling, René M. Price, Charitha B. Pattiaratchi, Francisco M. Calafat, and Sönke Dangendorf
US Coast and Geodetic Survey Aerial Photos from 1927, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1952 and 1954 Covering South Florida, Peter Harlem
Genetic Evidence for Multiple Sources of the Non-Native Fish Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther; Mayan Cichlids) in Southern Florida, Elizabeth Harrison, Joel C. Trexler, Timothy M. Collins, Ella Vazquez-Domínguez, Ulises Razo-Mendivil, Wilfredo A. Maramoros, and Christian Barrientos
Assessing Source Contributions to Particulate Organic Matter in a Subtropical Estuary: A biomarker approach, Ding He, Ralph N. Mead, Olivia Pisani, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Seagrasses in the age of sea turtle conservation and shark overfishing, Michael R. Heithaus, Teresa Allcoverro, Rohan Arthur, Derek Burkholder, Kathryn A. Coates, Marjolijn J.A. Christianen, Nachiket Kelkar, Sarah A. Manuel, Aaron J. Wirsing, W. Judson Kenworthy, and James W. Fourqurean
Photosynthetic activity buffers ocean acidification in seagrass meadows, I. E. Hendriks, Y. S. Olsen, L. Ramajo, L. Basso, T. S. Moore, J. Howard, and C. M. Duarte
Computational model of human ventilation for electrical stimulation following cervical spinal cord injury, Brian K Hillen and Ranu Jung
INPP4B suppresses prostate cancer cell invasion, Myles C. Hodgson, Elena I. Deryugina, Egla Suarez, Sandra M. Lopez, Dong Lin, Hui Xue, Ivan P. Gorlov, Yuzhuo Wang, and Irina U. Agoulnik
Targeted therapy in advanced metastatic colorectal cancer: Current concepts and perspectives, Florian Hohla, Thomas Winder, Richard Greil, Ferenc g. Rick, Norman L. Block, and Andrew V. Schally
Immuno Nanoparticles Integrated Electrical Control of Targeted Cancer Cell Development Using Whole Cell Bioelectronic Device, Evangelia Hondroulis, Rui Zhang, Chengxiao Zhang, Chunying Chen, Kosuke Ino, Tomokazu Matsue, and Chen-zhong Li
Cigarette smoking worsens systemic inflammation in persons with metabolic syndrome, Omar Jamal, Ehimen C. Aneni, Sameer Shaharyar, Shozab S. Ali, Don Parris, John W. McEvoy, Emir Veledar, Michael J. Blaha, Roger S. Blumenthal, Arthur Agatston, Raquel D. Conceicao, Theodore Feldman, Jose A. Carvalho, Raul D. Santos, and Khurram Nasir
Analysis and Simulation of Propagule Dispersal and Salinity Intrusion from Storm Surge on the Movement of a Marsh–Mangrove Ecotone in South Florida, Jiang Jiang, Donald L. DeAngelis, Gordon H. Anderson, and Thomas J. Smith III
Synthesis and structure of undoped and indium-doped thermoelectric lead telluride nanoparticles, Kamel Kadel, Latha Kumari, Xuewen Wang, Wenzhi Li, Jian Yu Huang, and Paula Polyak Provencio
Distributing CMS Data between the Florida T2 and T3 Centers using Lustre and Xrootd-fs, Gary Kaganas, Jorge Luis Rodriguez, Mengxing Chen, P. Avery, D. Bourilkov, Y. Fu, and J. Palencia
Novel method for the high-throughput processing of slides for the comet assay, Mahsa Karbaschi and Marcus Cooke
Inferential Statistics from Black Hispanic Breast Cancer Survival Data, Hafiz M.R. Khan, Anshul Saxena, Elizabeth Ross, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, and Diana Sheehan
The influence of accuracy constraints on EMG and kinetic variables during gait initiation, Hyeong-Dong Kim, Denis Brunt, and Hyung Dong Je
Qualitative assessment of Tongue Drive System by people with high-level spinal cord injury, Jeonghee Kim, Hangue Park, Joy Bruce, Diane Rowles, Jaimee Holbrook, Beatrice Nardone, Dennis P. West, Anne E. Laumann, Elliot Roth, Emir Veledar, and Maysam Ghovanloo
Non-Invasive Clinical Parameters for the Prediction of Urodynamic Bladder Outlet Obstruction: Analysis Using Causal Bayesian Networks, Myong Kim, Abhilash Cheeti, Changwon Yoo, Minsoo Choo, Jae-Seung Paick, and Seung-June Oh
Factors Influencing Nonabsolute Indications for Surgery in Patients With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Suggestive of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Analysis Using Causal Bayesian Networks, Myong Kim, Luis Ramirez, Changwon Yoo, Minsoo Choo, Jae-Seung Paick, and Seung-June Oh
Recent Fish Introductions Into Everglades National Park: An Unforeseen Consequence of Water Management?, Jeffrey L. Kline, William F. Loftus, Kevin Kotun, Joel C. Trexler, Jennifer S. Rehage, Jerome J. Lorenz, and Michelle Robinson
Depression and anxiety and their association with healthcare utilization in pediatric lupus and mixed connective tissue disease patients: a cross-sectional study, Andrea Knight, Pamela Wise, Knashawn Morales, Marsha Gerdes, Allyson Gutstein, Michelle Vickery, and Ron Keren
Cyclic AMP Signaling: A Molecular Determinant of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Eric Knott, Mazen Assi, and Damien D. Pearse
Examining Seasonally Pulsed Detrital Transport in the Coastal Everglades Using a Sediment Tracing Technique, Gregory R. Koch, Scot Hagerthey, Daniel L. Childers, and Evelyn E. Gaiser
Taylor Slough Hydrology, Kevin Kotun and Amy Renshaw
Association Between Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Twin Study, Ambar Kulshreshtha, Abhinav Goyal, Emir Veledar, William McClellan, Suzanne Judd, Silvia C. Eufinger, J. Douglas Bremner, Jack Goldberg, and Viola Vaccarino
Endothelial dysfunction is associated with occult coronary artery disease detected by positron emission tomography, Ambar Kulshreshtha, Yan Zheng, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Emir Veledar, John Votaw, Irina Uphoff, J. Douglas Bremmer, Jack Goldberg, and Viola Vaccarino
Dynamic treatment regimes: Technical challenges and applications, Eric B. Laber, Daniel J. Lizotte, Min Qian, William E. Pelham, and Susan A. Murphy
Rejoinder of “Dynamic treatment regimes: Technical challenges and applications", Eric B. Laber, Daniel J. Lizotte, Min Qian, William Pelham, and Susan A. Murphy
Morphological and physiological responses of seagrasses (Alismatales) to grazers (Testudines: Cheloniidae) and the role of these responses as grazing patch abandonment cues, Elizabeth A. Lacey, Ligia Collado-Vides, and James W. Fourqurean
Estimating Major Ion and Nutrient Concentrations in Mangrove Estuaries in Everglades National Park Using Leaf and Satellite Reflectance, David Lagomasino, René M. Price, Dean Whitman, Petya K.E. Campbell, and Assefa M. Melesse
Spatial and temporal variability in spectral-based surface energy evapotranspiration measured from Landsat 5TM across two mangrove ecotones, David Lagomasino, René M. Price, Dean Whitman, Assefa M. Melesse, and Steven F. Oberbauer
Base Excision Repair of Chemotherapeutically-Induced Alkylated DNA Damage Predominantly Causes Contractions of Expanded GAA Repeats Associated with Friedreich's Ataxia, Yanhao Lai, Jill M. Beaver, Karla Lorente, Jonathan Melo, Shyama Ramjagsingh, Irina U. Agoulnik, Zunzhen Zhang, and Yuan Liu
Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences, Morgan G. I. Langille, Jesse Zaneveld, J. Gregory Caporaso, Daniel McDonald, Dan Knights, Joshua A. Reyes, Jose C. Clemente, Deron E. Burkepile, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, Rob Knight, Robert G. Beiko, and Curtis Huttenhower
Provision of ecosystem services by human-made structures in a highly impacted estuary, Craig A. Layman, Zachary R. Jud, Stephanie K. Archer, and David Riera
Morphology and Typification of Mastogloia Smithii and M. Lacustris, with Descriptions of Two New Species from the Florida Everglades and the Caribbean Region, Sylvia S. Lee, Evelyn E. Gaiser, Bart Van De Vijver, Mark B. Edlund, and Sarah A. Spaulding
Near-infrared dye loaded polymeric nanoparticles for cancer imaging and therapy and cellular response after laser-induced heating, Tingjun Lei, Alicia Fernandez-Fernandez, Romila Manchanda, Yen-Chih Huang, and Anthony J. McGoron
Variable effects of temperature on insect herbivory, Nathan P. Lemoine, Deron E. Burkepile, and John D. Parker
Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease, Thomas J. Littlejohns, William E. Henley, Iain A. Lang, Cedric Annweiler, Olivier Beauchet, Paulo H.M. Chaves, Linda Fried, Bryan C. Kestenbaum, Lewis H. Kuller, Kenneth M. Langa, Oscar L. Lopez, Katarina Kos, Maya Soni, and David J. Llewellyn
Live Cell Integrated Surface Plasmon Resonance BiosensingApproach to Mimic the Regulation of Angiogenic Switch upon Anti-CancerDrug Exposure, Chang Liu, Subbiah Alwarappan, Haitham A. Badr, Rui Zhang, Hongyun Liu, Jun-Jie Zhu, and Chen-Zhong Li
Benthic Exchange of C, N, and P Along the Estuarine Ecotone of Lower Taylor Slough, Florida (USA): Effect of Seasonal Flows and Phosphorus Availability, Kung Jen Liu, Hsuiu Ping Li, and Stephen E. Davis III
Flood extent mapping for Namibia using change detection and thresholding with SAR, Stephanie Long, Temilola E. Fatoyinbo, and Frederick Policello
A Review of the Effects of Altered Hydrology and Salinity on Vertebrate Fauna and Their Habitats in Northeastern Florida Bay, Jerome J. Lorenz
ItchyQoL Bands: Pilot Clinical Interpretation of Scores, Elyse M. Love, Gerardo A. Marrazzo, Seema Kini, Emir Veledar, and Suephy C. Chen
Effects of Land Use on Sources and Ages of Inorganic and Organic Carbon in Temperate Headwater Streams, Yue Han Lu, James E. Bauer, Elizabeth A. Canuel, R. M. Chambers, Youhei Yamashita, Rudolf Jaffe´, and Amy Barrett
HIV testing among pregnant women living with HIV in India: are private healthcare providers routinely violating women’s human rights?, Purnima Madhivanan, Karl Krupp, Vinay Kulkarni, Sanjeevani Kulkarni, Neha Vaidya, Reshma Shaheen, Sean Philpott, and Celia Fisher
Performance of BVBlue Rapid Test in Detecting Bacterial Vaginosis among Women in Mysore, India, Purnima Madhivanan, Karl Krupp, Tan Li, Kavitha Ravi, Julia Selezneva, Vijaya Srinivas, Anjali Arun, and Jeffrey D. Klausner
The Six Competencies of a CEO, Modesto A. Maidique, Candace Atamanik, and Ruthann B. Perez
Dissolved Organic Matter Dynamics in the Oligo/Meso-Haline Zone of Wetland-Influenced Coastal Rivers, Nagamitsu Maie, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Akira Watanabe, Kiyoshi Tsitsuki, Youhei Yamashita, Lulie Melling, Kaelin M. Cawley, Eikichi Shima, and Rudolf Jaffe´
Seasonal Patterns in Energy Partitioning of Two Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida Everglades, Sparkle L. Malone, Christina L. Staudhammer, Henry W. Loescher, Paulo Olivas, Steven F. Oberbauer, Michael G. Ryan, Jessica Schedlbauer, and Gregory Starr
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Enhances CO2 Exchange Rates in Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida Everglades, Sparkle L. Malone, Christina L. Staudhammer, Steve F. Oberbauer, Paulo Olivas, Michael G. Ryan, Jessice L. Schedlbauer, Henry W. Loescher, and Gregory Starr
El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Enhances CO2 Exchange Rates in Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida Everglades, Sparkle L. Malone, Christina L. Staudhammer, Steven F. Oberbauer, Paulo Olivas, Michael G. Ryan, Jessica L. Schedlbauer, Henry W. Loescher, and Gregory Starr
Design of a Small Modified Minkowski Fractal Antenna for Passive Deep Brain Stimulation Implants, Sara Manafi and Hai Deng
Delayed Pion Spectroscopy of Hypernuclei, Amur Margaryan, Patrick Achenbach, Robert Ajvazyan, John Annand, Franco Garibaldi, Nersik Grigoryan, Yuu Fuji, Osamu Hashimoto, Lubomir Majling, Satoshi N. Nakamura, Josef Pochodzalla, Joerg Reinhold, Liguang Tang, Kyo Tsukuda, Henrik Vardanyan, and Simon Zhamkochyan
Risk of symptomatic dengue for foreign visitors to the 2014 FIFA WorldCup in Brazil, Eduardo Massad, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Raphael Ximenes, Marcos Amaku, Luis Fernandez Lopez, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, Giovanini Evelim Coelho, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, Claudio Jose Struchiner, and Marcelo Nascimento Burattini
Multi-Tissue Stable Isotope Analysis and Acoustic Telemetry Reveal Seasonal Variability in the Trophic Interactions of Juvenile Bull Sharks in a Coastal Estuary, Philip Matich and Michael R. Heithaus
Newcomer status as a protective factor among Hispanic migrant workers for HIV risk, H. Virginia McCoy, Nancy Shehadeh, Muni Rubens, and Christi M. Navarro
Capacity Analysis of LTE-Advanced HetNets with Reduced Power Subframes and Range Expansion, Arvind Merwaday, Ismail Guvenc, and Sayandev Mukherjee
Random Sample Community-Based Health Surveys: Does the Effort to Reach Participants Matter?, Antoine Messiah, Grettel Castro, Pura Rodríguez de la Vega, and Juan M. Acuna
Random sample community-based health surveys: does the effort to reach participants matter?, Antoine Messiah, Grettel Castro, Pura Rodríguez de la Vega, and Juan M. Acuna
Alcohol, Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Obesity among People Living with HIV, Maria Jose Miguez-Burbano, Luis Espinoza, Robert L. Cook, Mayra Mayra, Diego Bueno, John E. Lewis, and Deshratan Asthana
Mood Disorders and BDNF Relationship with Alcohol Drinking Trajectories among PLWH Receiving Care, Maria Jose Miguez-Burbano, Luis Espinoza, Mayra Vargas, and Diana LaForest
Gender Differences in the Association of Hazardous Alcohol Use with Hypertension in an Urban Cohort of People Living with HIV in South Florida, María José Míguez-Burbano, Clery Quiros, John E. Lewis, Luis Espinoza, Robert Cook, Allison B. Trainor, Erika Richardson, and Deshratn Asthana
Are Serotonin Alterations the Link between Thrombocytopenia and Poor Immune Status among HIV Infected Individuals?, Maria Jose Miguez-Burbano, Allan Rodriguez, Mayra Vargas, Gabriella Tantalean, Ranjini Valiathan, and Wenyaw Chan
Role of innate immunity in the pathogenesis of otitis media, Rahul Mittal, Joyson Kodiyan, Robert Gerring, Kalai Mathee, Jiang-Dong Li, M'hamed Grati, and Xue Zhong Liu
Does language dominance affect cognitive performance in bilinguals? Lifespan evidence from preschoolers through older adults on card sorting, Simon, and metalinguistic tasks, Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Enlli M. Thomas, Ivan Kennedy, Cynog Prys, Nia Young, Nestor Vinas Guasch, Emily J. Roberts, Emma K. Hughes, and Leah Jones
Does language dominance affect cognitive performance in bilinguals? Lifespan evidence from preschoolers through older adults on card sorting, Simon, and metalinguistic tasks, Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Enlli M. Thomas, Ivan Kennedy, Cynog Prys, Nia Young, Nestor Vinas Guasch, Emily J. Roberts, Emma J. Roberts, and Leah Jones
Perceived Risk of Predation Affects Reproductive Life - History Traits in Gambusia holbrooki, but Not in Heterandria formosa, Shomen Mukherjee, Michael R. Heithaus, Joel C. Trexler, Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee, and Jeremy Vaudo
Distribution of Diatoms Along Environmental Gradients in the Charlotte Harbor, Florida (USA), Estuary and Its Watershed: Implications for Bioassessment of Salinity and Nutrient Concentrations, Emily R. Nodine and Evelyn E. Gaiser
Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in Insects: What Is New, What Do We Know, and What Questions Remain?, Fernando G. Noriega
Evidence of Recent Phosphorus Enrichment in Surface Soils of Taylor Slough and Northeast Everglades National Park, T. Z. Osborne, K. R. Reddy, L. R. Ellis, N. G. Aumen, D. D. Surratt, M. S. Zimmerman, and J. Sadle
Associations of Alcohol Consumption and Chronic Diseases With Sleep Apnea Among US Adults, Yue Pan, Weize Wang, and Ke-Sheng Wang
Screening of cyanobacteria and microalgae for their ability to synthesize silver nanoparticles with antibacterial activity, Vijay Patel, David Berthold, Pravin Puranik, and Miroslav Gantar
Unprecedented evidence for high viral abundance and lytic activity in coral reef waters of the South Pacific Ocean, Jerome P. Payet, Ryan McMinds, Deron E. Burkepile, and Rebecca L. Thurber Vega
Starvation Increases Insulin Sensitivity and Reduces Juvenile Hormone Synthesis in Mosquitoes, Meritxell Perez-Hedo, Crisalejandra Rivera-Perez, and Fernando G. Noriega
Antagonistic analogs of growth hormone-releasing hormone increase the efficacy of treatment of triple negative breast cancer in nude mice with doxorubicin; A preclinical study, Roberto Perez, Andrew V. Schally, Petra Popovics, Renzhi Cai, Wei Sha, Ricardo Rincon, and Ferenc G. Rick
Perceptions and Preferences of Commercial Fishers for Dedicated Access Privilege Framework in a Multispecies Fishery, Brett Pierce and Pallab Mozumder
The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection, S. L. Pimm, C. N. Jenkins, R. Abell, T. M. Brooks, J. L. Gittleman, L. N. Joppa, P. H. Raven, C. M. Roberts, and J. O. Sexton
Targeted cytotoxic analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), AEZS-108 (AN-152), inhibits the growth of DU-145 human castration-resistant prostate cancer in vivo and in vitro through elevating p21 and ROS levels, Petra Popovics, Andrew V. Schally, Luca Szalontay, Norman L. Block, and Ferenc G. Rick
Pb, Sr, and Nd isotopic characteristics of a variety of lithologies from the Guerrero composite terrane, west-central Mexico: constraints on their origin, Adriana Potra, Rosemary Hickey-Vargas, Andrew W. Macfarlane, and Vincent J.M. Salters
Uphill battle: The saga of hCG research that led to a paradigm shift, C. V. Rao
β-Amyloid1-42, HIV-1Ba-L (Clade B) Infection and Drugs of Abuse Induced Degeneration in Human Neuronal Cells and Protective Effects of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) and Its Constituent Withanolide A, Kesava Rao Venkata Kurapati, Thangavel Samikkannu, Venkata Atluri, Elena Kaftanovskaya, Adriana Yndart, and Madhavan Nair
Turning Passive Detection Systems into Field Experiments: An Application Using Wetland Fishes and Enclosures to Track Fine-Scale Movement and Habitat Choice, Jennifer S. Rehage, Ross E. Boucek, E. A. Cline, M. I. Cook, R. M. Kobza, and Amartya Saha
Fish Community Responses to the Combined Effects of Decreased Hydroperiod and Nonnative Fish Invasions in a Karst Wetland: Are Everglades Solution Holes Sinks for Native Fishes?, Jennifer S. Rehage, S. E. Liston, K. J. Dunker, and W. F. Loftus
Fish Community Responses to the Combined Effects of Decreased Hydroperiod and Nonnative Fish Invasions in a Karst Wetland: Are Everglades Solution Holes Sinks for Native Fishes?, Jennifer S. Rehage, S. E. Liston, K. J. Dunker, and W. F. Loftus
Neural correlates of intersensory processing in 5-month-old infants, Greg D. Reynolds, Lorraine E. Bahrick, Robert Lickliter, and Maggie W. Guy
Ecology and Physiology of the Pathogenic Cyanobacterium Roseofilum reptotaenium, Laurie L. Richardson, Dina Stanic, Amanda May, Abigael Brownell, Miroslav Gantar, and Shawn R. Campagna
A methodology for fast assessments to the electrical activity of barrel fields in vivo: from population inputs to single unit outputs, Jorge Riera, Takakuni Goto, and Ryuta Kawashima