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Correction: ESPRAS Survey: National and European Societies for Plastic Surgeons
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In: Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V.... - 1439-3980. ; 56:2, s. e2-
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Related herbivore species show similar temporal dynamics
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In: Journal of Animal Ecology. - : Wiley. - 0021-8790 .- 1365-2656. ; 87:3, s. 801-812
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- 1. Within natural communities, different taxa display different dynamics in time. Why this is the case we do not fully know. This thwarts our ability to predict changes in community structure, which is important for both the conservation of rare species in natural communities and for the prediction of pest outbreaks in agriculture. 2. Species sharing phylogeny, natural enemies and/or life-history traits have been hypothesized to share similar temporal dynamics. We operationalized these concepts into testing whether feeding guild, voltinism, similarity in parasitoid community and/or phylogenetic relatedness explained similarities in temporal dynamics among herbivorous community members. 3. Focusing on two similar datasets from different geographical regions (Finland and Japan), we used asymmetric eigenvector maps as temporal variables to characterize species-and community-level dynamics of specialist insect herbivores on oak (Quercus). We then assessed whether feeding guild, voltinism, similarity in parasitoid community and/or phylogenetic relatedness explained similarities in temporal dynamics among taxa. 4. Species-specific temporal dynamics varied widely, ranging from directional decline or increase to more complex patterns. Phylogeny was a clear predictor of similarity in temporal dynamics at the Finnish site, whereas for the Japanese site, the data were uninformative regarding a phylogenetic imprint. Voltinism, feeding guild and parasitoid overlap explained little variation at either location. Despite the rapid temporal dynamics observed at the level of individual species, these changes did not translate into any consistent temporal changes at the community level in either Finland or Japan. 5. Overall, our findings offer no direct support for the notion that species sharing natural enemies and/or life-history traits would be characterized by similar temporal dynamics, but reveal a strong imprint of phylogenetic relatedness. As this phylogenetic signal cannot be attributed to guild, voltinism or parasitoids, it will likely derive from shared microhabitat, microclimate, anatomy, physiology or behaviour. This has important implications for predicting insect outbreaks and for informing insect conservation. We hope that future studies will assess the generality of our findings across plant-feeding insect communities and beyond, and establish the more precise mechanism(s) underlying the phylogenetic imprint.
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Early familial dilated cardiomyopathy : identification with determination of disease state parameter from cine MR image data
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In: Radiology. - : Radiological Society of North America, Inc. - 0033-8419 .- 1527-1315. ; 249:1, s. 88-96
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- PURPOSE: To characterize early changes in cardiac anatomy and function for lamin A/C gene (LMNA) mutation carriers by using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and to develop tools to analyze and visualize the findings.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The ethical review board of the institution approved the study, and informed written consent was obtained. The patient group consisted of 12 subjects, seven women (mean age, 36 years; age range, 18-54 years) and five men (mean age, 28 years; age range, 18-39 years) of Finnish origin, who were each heterozygotes with one LMNA mutation that may cause familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). All the subjects were judged to be healthy with transthoracic echocardiography. The control group consisted of 14 healthy subjects, 11 women (mean age, 41 years; range, 23-54 years) and three men (mean age, 45 years; range, 34-57 years), of Finnish origin. Cine steady state free precession MR imaging was performed with a 1.5-T system. The volumes, wall thickness, and wall motion of both left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle were assessed. A method combining multiple MR image parameters was used to generate a global cardiac function index, the disease state parameter (DSP). A visual fingerprint was generated to assess the severity of familial DCM.RESULTS: The mean DSP of the patient group (0.69 +/- 0.15 [standard deviation]) was significantly higher than that of the control group (0.32 +/- 0.13) (P = .00002). One subject had an enlarged LV.CONCLUSION: Subclinical familial DCM was identified by determination of the DSP with MR imaging, and this method might be used to recognize familial DCM at an early stage.
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