Laura G. van Galen, Gabriel Reuben Smith, Andrew J. Margenot, Mark P. Waldrop et al.
Soil microbes drive ecosystem function and play a critical role in how ecosystems respond to global change. Research surrounding soil microbial communities has rapidly increased in recent decades, and substantial data relating to phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and potential enzyme activity have be...
Jordan Cates, Helen Powell, James A Platts-Mills, Dilruba Nasrin et al.
BACKGROUND: Quantitative molecular assays are increasingly used for detection of enteric viruses. METHODS: We compared the clinical severity using the modified Vesikari score (mVS) of enteric viruses detected by conventional assays (enzyme immunoassays [EIAs] for rotavirus and adenovirus 40/41 and c...
Jordan Cates, Jacqueline E. Tate, Umesh D. Parashar, Sara Mirza et al.
Abstract Background Viruses are a leading cause of pediatric diarrheal illness, resulting in over 200,000 childhood deaths annually worldwide. Rotavirus is the most common viral cause of moderate-to-severe diarrhea in low to middle-income countries, but adenovirus 40/41, norovirus, sapovirus, and as...
Kathyleen G Wyatt
This article is based on research conducted by this author (Wyatt, 2016) concerning the challenges involved in optimizing student success in a 4-year degree program. The study confirms the perceptions presented in the District Effectiveness Report, by Bowers (2010), who focused on the roles, practic...