Sentences with phrase «on host populations»

We've long recognised the dramatic toll chytrid fungus is taking on amphibians globally — but believed the disease's impact on host populations would quickly become apparent.»

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Delta became the first Atlanta company and U.S. airline to host honey bee hives built and supported by Bee Downtown, an innovative startup focused on stabilizing a healthy honey bee population.

Band Together Bay Area, a benefit concert hosted at iconic AT&T Park on November 9, mobilized the Bay Area in a show of support for the most vulnerable populations affected by this crisis.

On December 7, 2017, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy's Midwest Early Recovery Fund hosted the webinar, «Wildfires & Vulnerable Populations,» to address the devastating 2017 wildfire season and what funders can do to help Midwest communities recover.

But on July 29, the team of mostly 13 - year - olds «'' along with potentially the entire population of Lemoore «'' hopes to be traveling to the same town it sent Granada home to: Livermore, the host city for the first Little League Intermediate 50/70 International World Series.

On one hand, on a host of social issues, Muslim immigrants in Europe tend to be more conservative than native born populations, and tend not to be particularly socialistic in their economic policy viewOn one hand, on a host of social issues, Muslim immigrants in Europe tend to be more conservative than native born populations, and tend not to be particularly socialistic in their economic policy viewon a host of social issues, Muslim immigrants in Europe tend to be more conservative than native born populations, and tend not to be particularly socialistic in their economic policy views.

But as Mr. de Blasio suffers criticism on a host of fronts — the city's ballooning homeless population, his recent handling of a Legionnaire's disease outbreak, every single dig from Gov. Andrew Cuomo — there have been relatively few Democrats who he can consistently count on to preach the gospel of de Blasio.

Rothenburg further said that on the population level, this is probably the best - known example for a host - virus coevolution in nature, but it lacked a molecular explanation until this study.

Because traditional rigid implanted probes are invariably unstable, he explained, researchers and clinicians rely on decoding what they call the «population average» — essentially taking a host of neural signals and applying complex computational tools to determine what they mean.

«Populations of T. cristinae on the two host plants have evolved many differences in their physical form while still exchanging genes,» said Egan, a Huxley Faculty Fellow in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice.

A smattering of studies have linked the condition, known as obstructive sleep apnea, to a host of serious health risks, such as cardiovascular disease, obesity and even accidents — but long - term, population - based data on mortality overall have been lacking.

These results suggest that some mite populations are better able to survive and reproduce on hosts from certain geographic regions.

From hosting a webinar series on the use of specific scientific methods to support human rights research, to the development of teaching materials to integrate human rights into STEM curricula, from assessing the extent to which marginalized populations are represented in STEM fields, to cultivating a human rights interest group within a member organization, there are many ways in which Coalition members can further the mission of the Coalition within their communities, organizations and in collaboration with others.

The team looked at an outer surface protein of B. burgdorferi found in ticks — which can give clues about the vertebrate host — as well as the probabilities that different host species transmit the microbe during a tick bite, the number of larvae feeding on the animals, and population densities.

Using population - level data, we show that measles has a more prolonged effect on host resistance, extending over 2 to 3 years.

«Viruses «piggyback» on host microbes» success: Rather than killing off their hosts in a rapidly growing microbial population, viruses opt to rise with the tide.»

Climate change effects on physiology and population processes of hosts and vectors that influence the spread of hemipteran - borne plant viruses.

The focus is on molecular microbiology and virology, and includes topics such as genomics, the gamut of plant and animal host - pathogen interactions, host immune responses, characterization and evolution of virulence determinants, cell cycle and differentiation, symbiosis in plant and animal associations, environmental microbiology, biodiversity and evolution, population dynamics, sex and mutagenesis, antibiotic resistance and production, drug and vaccine targets, as well as aspects of prion diseases and of fungal and protozoan biology.

Her laboratory focuses on (1) the use of next generation sequencing to define the microbiome and host immunologic features in patients with human diseases and (2) developing custom computational tools for the identification of novel human commensals and pathogens in these inpatient populations, and (3) using statistical and functional biological methods to understand the complex interplay between the human microbiome and host biology.

He has particular interests in (1) the use of ancient DNA methods to document changes in genetic variation through time and phylogenetic relationships of extinct or endangered organisms (especially of the recently extinct Hawaiian avifauna); (2) the use of highly variable genetic markers to measure genetic structure and relatedness, and to ascertain mating systems, in natural populations, and (3) the use of genetics to study the evolutionary interactions between hosts, vectors and infectious disease organisms (e.g., major projects on introduced avian malaria in native Hawaiian birds and invasive chytrid fungus in amphibians).

Omnipresent and mysterious, heavy metals are either the starting point to a host of ailments, or a scapegoat for a population who feels stalled on the route to wellness.

On average, charters outperform their host districts in math and English, and they are doing so with larger populations of low - income students and students of color.

In late 2017, the American Youth Policy Forum hosted a webinar on SEL and underserved populations.

Over time, Minnesota would come to host some 30 charter schools focused on students from specific ethnic or immigrant groups, such as Somali, Ethiopian, Hmong, and Latino populations.37

Community Conversation: School Finance In March 2017, The Mind Trust and UNCF hosted a «community conversation» on the topic of «School Finance,» which engaged the local community in conversations about how schools are funded and how funding varies across school type and based on the population of students served.

June 4, 2015 (Hartford)- Educators 4 Excellence - Connecticut, a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, hosted a conversation at Real Art Ways with Hartford Superintendent of Schools Beth Schiavino - Narvaez, Ed.D. on improving academic services for unique student populations.

All fleas won't be found, but comb counts allow for reasonable estimations of on - host populations.

& Beyond Mnemba Island has a small yet stable population of these enormous crabs and recently hosted researchers from Sweden's Gothenburg University in Sweden, who conducted a study of the coconut crabs on Mnemba and nearby Chumbe Island (the first study of its kind conducted in Africa).

Though I believe that population growth is exacerbating a host of problems on our planet, I find it difficult, maybe even impossible, to get even reasonable people to worry much about it.

Countries with outsize older populations are already grappling with a host of challenges — from finding ways to substitute robots for young workers to refining and advancing new specialties in medicine focused on the dying part of living.

Drawing on a host of data sets, the authors conclude that a combination of slowing population growth, moderated demand for land - intensive food (meat, for instance) and more efficient farming methods have resulted in a substantial «decoupling» of acreage and human appetites.

His talk focused on the relentless waves of amphibian die - offs in Central America, where hosts of unique populations were blinking out with each few miles of new territory affected by the fungus.

As John Broder reported on our Green blog, Putin is a big fan of tigers and hosts a Web site on Russia's Amur population.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.

It focuses on two pilot sites on the island of Sumatra, namely Tripa swamp and the mountain forests of Batang Toru, both hosting significant orangutan populations.

The body which aims to dictate climate policy to the world's population, then, is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which hosts annual farces — Committee of Parties (COP) meetings — that fail to deliver, in spite of being a meeting that excludes critical opposition.

While a host of dangerous climate change impacts have already begun to cause death and destruction and to exact a toll on human populations across the globe — a fact that Mr. Tillerson has been unwilling to acknowledge — there is no doubt that it is our children, their children, and future generations that will bear the brunt of suffering as a result of our increasingly climate - disrupted world.

Rarely doing what they promise regarding a host of global issues affecting climate, pollution and even their own survival... government decisions are often unhealthy when they feel the people can be easily controlled or diverted... and as humans What we want for the earth and its systems has been ignored for a very long time... as a global population every individual needs a choice on the future of humanity and earth's remaining species.

In conclusion, if this Mt Bodangora Wind Development is approved, it is inevitable that it will have a serious adverse effect on the health of the surrounding population out to at least 10 km, and may even drive some families, including wind turbine hosts, out of their homes over the life of the project, because of the cumulative effects of chronic exposure to ILFN.

«The campaigns are also organised at micro level like road shows, seminars etc across villages as well as through village level entrepreneurs under the Common Service Centre (CSC) programme that enables the rural population to appreciate the benefits of the insurance,» he said, Sasikumar Adidamu, chief technical officer, non-motor, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, said the company hosts regular sessions on Google + which is aimed at demystifying insurance.

In late 2017, the American Youth Policy Forum hosted a webinar on SEL and underserved populations.

On our first episode of the «Real Insight» podcast series, host T.J. Doyle explores the growing rate of urban populations with an expert panel to get their insights on the changing urban environmenOn our first episode of the «Real Insight» podcast series, host T.J. Doyle explores the growing rate of urban populations with an expert panel to get their insights on the changing urban environmenon the changing urban environment.