This study aimed to analyse the spatial distribution of human (2007-2013) and canine (2013) visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the city of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and identify the socio-environmental factors related to their occurrence. The spatial distribution of human and canine cases was analysed by kernel density estimation (KDE) and the K function. The KDE values were analysed for corre...

By decomposing the Coulomb interaction into a long-distance component appropriate for mean-field theory, and a non-mean-field short distance component, we compute the counterion density near a charged surface for all values of the counterion coupling parameter. A modified strong-coupling expansion that is manifestly finite at all coupling strengths is used to treat the short-distance component....

The title compound, C(13)H(14)OS, crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The unit cell contains three voids of 197 Å(3), but the residual electron density (highest peak = 0.24 e Å(-3) and deepest hole = -0.18 e Å(-3)) in the difference Fourier map suggests no solvent mol-ecule occupies this void. The crystal structure is stabilized by π-π inter-actions between the ...

Understanding the factors that affect dispersal is a fundamental question in ecology and conservation biology, particularly as populations are faced with increasing anthropogenic impacts. Here we collected georeferenced genetic samples (n = 2,540) from three generations of black bears (Ursus americanus) harvested in a large (47,739 km2), geographically isolated population and used parentage ana...

Combining dispersion measures, distances and emission measures for 157 pulsars lying above | b |> 5 and between 60 < l < 360 we find the mean volume filling factor (f̄v) of the diffused ionized gas in the Milky Way. This filling factor is inversely related to the mean electron density (n̄c) in the clouds, f̄v = (0.0184± 0.0014)n̄c , implying a nearly constant average electron density distribution w...

Negative density dependence (NDD) of recruitment is pervasive in tropical tree species. We tested the hypotheses that seed dispersal is NDD, due to intraspecific competition for dispersers, and that this contributes to NDD of recruitment. We compared dispersal in the palm Attalea butyracea across a wide range of population density on Barro Colorado Island in Panama and assessed its consequences...

1. Understanding the effects of individual and population factors on variation in breeding dispersal (the movement of individuals between successive breeding sites) is key to identifying the strategies behind breeders' movements. Dispersal is often influenced by multiple factors and these can be confounded with each other. We used 13 years of data on the locations, mates, breeding success and a...