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16S Microbiome fastq Sequences From Adult I. scapularis Ticks Collected Across Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin During The Summer in 2017-2019
No full textUntangling how factors such as environment, host, associations among bacterial species and dispersal predict microbial composition is a fundamental challenge. In this study, we use complementary machine-learning approaches to quantify the relative role of these factors in shaping microbiome variation of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis. I. scapularis is the most important vector for Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent for Lyme disease) in the U.S. as well as a range of other important zoonotic pathogens. Yet the relative role of the interactions between pathogens and symbionts compared to other ecological forces is unknown. We found that positive associations between microbes where the occurrence of one microbe increases the probability of observing another, including between both pathogens and symbionts, was by far the most important factor shaping the tick microbiome. Microclimate and host factors played an important role for a subset of the tick microbiome including Borrelia (Borreliella) and Ralstonia, but for the majority of microbes, environmental and host variables were poor predictors at a regional scale. This study provides new hypotheses on how pathogens and symbionts might interact within tick species, as well as valuable predictions for how some taxa may respond to changing climate.Khoo, Benedict S; Oliver, Jonathan D; Fountain-Jones, Nick; Burton, Erin. (2023). 16S Microbiome fastq Sequences From Adult I. scapularis Ticks Collected Across Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin During The Summer in 2017-2019. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://doi.org/10.13020/efgb-9b37
The Ministry of The Sisters of the Order St. Benedict in the Province of Alberta 1955 to 2011
No full textNotes - A history of the Sisters of the Order St. Benedict in Oyen, AB from 1955 to 2011 (2 pages
Interview with Benedict Anderson
No full textOn October 1, 2008, Benedict Anderson presented a talk at Columbia University in which he discussed his upcoming book, a biography of the Chinese-Indonesian journalist Kwee Thiam Tjing. Having found a book of Kwee’s writings in a second-hand bookshop in Indonesia in 1962, Anderson describes his surprise that no one could identify the pseudonymous author, who wrote what Anderson considers to be “the greatest piece of prose written in the first half of the 20th century by anybody in Indonesia.” For years after Kwee’s death, Anderson explains, details of the journalist’s life and work were forgotten. It was only recently that Anderson was himself able to write about the author, in the process considering the role of cosmopolitanism in the life of the colonial subject
Jones Junior High School fifth grade students, Toledo, Ohio, 1961
No full textTerms associated with the photograph are: Jones Junior High School (Toledo, Ohio) | junior high schools | class portraits | 1961-1962 | fifth grade | students | Abel, Kristine | Robinson, Dayletha | Mann, Richard | Maki, Patricia | Edwards, Leta | Dauer, Nancy | Williams, Ted | Wartz, Donna | Chase, Susan | Coleman, Tonie | Holman, Donald | Fox, David | Tanicals, Benedict | Myers, Richard | Smeltzer, Anthony | Orzechowski, Ronnie | Rolf, Donald | Baker, Tommie | Johnson, David | Fortney, Gloria | Carrothers, Janean | Massey, Barbara | Asher, Iris | Bormer, Patricia | Reitz, Richard | Mitchell, Vanya | Justus, Linda | Couperthiwaite, Mary Alyce | teachers | Meyer, Bernic
Jones Junior High School sixth grade students, Toledo, Ohio, 1962
No full textTerms associated with the photograph are: Jones Junior High School (Toledo, Ohio) | junior high schools | class portraits | 1962-1963 | sixth grade | students | Hamilton, Tyrone | Whittle, Lee | Robinson, Dayletha | Mann, Richard | Coleman, Tonie | Hawkins, Robert | Flores, John | Wilson, Ronald | Rankin, Dennis | Fox, David | Luginbuhl, Terry | Zanicola, Benedict | Smith, Leroy | Miller, David | Davis, Sherron | Massey, Barbara | Reitz, Richard | Asher, Iris | Riddle, James | Ballard, Linda | Rodriquez, Ricardo | Disher, Judy | Carothers, Janean | teachers | Walbolt, Elizabet
Is pathogen disgust increased on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high? Evidence from a between-subjects study using estimated progesterone levels
No full textThe Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis proposes that women will show increased pathogen disgust at points in the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high, compensating for the immunosuppressive effects of progesterone. However, evidence for the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis from studies that used longitudinal designs to investigate whether pathogen disgust tracks changes in progesterone is mixed. It was recently proposed that longitudinal designs may be poorly suited to testing the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis because carry-over effects when women are tested repeatedly in within-subject designs might obscure the effects of progesterone and pathogen disgust. Consequently, we used a between-subjects design to test for a positive relationship between scores on the pathogen disgust subscale of the Three Domain Disgust Scale and progesterone levels imputed from menstrual cycle data using actuarial tables. Methods: We employed a between-subject design on N = 1346 women using the Three Domains of Disgust Scale (TDDS). Results: We found no evidence for a positive effect of progesterone on pathogen disgust, suggesting that null results for the hypothesized relationship between progesterone and pathogen disgust are not limited to studies using designs that may be subject to carry-over effects caused by repeated testing. Conclusion: Our results add to a growing body of research that does not support the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis
Facial, Olfactory, and Vocal Cues to Female Reproductive Value
No full textFacial, olfactory, and vocal cues may advertise women's fertility. However, most of the evidence for this proposal has come from studies of changes in young adult women's attractiveness over the menstrual cycle. By contrast with this emphasis on changes in attractiveness over the menstrual cycle, possible changes in women's attractiveness over their lifespan have received little attention. The present study investigated men's ratings of young girls' (11-15 years old), adult women's (19-30 years old) and circum-menopausal women's (50-65 years old) facial, body odor, and vocal attractiveness and femininity. Faces and voices, but not body odors, of young girls and adult women were perceived to be significantly more attractive and feminine than those of circum-menopausal women. These data suggest that facial and vocal cues may be cues to women's reproductive value, but that body odor cues do not necessarily advertise this information
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