Afsaneh Koochek ([email protected]) Parvin Mirmiran ([email protected]) Kristina Sundquist ([email protected]) Firoozeh Hosseini ([email protected]) Tohid Azizi ([email protected]) Ali S Moeini ([email protected]) Sven-Erik Johansson ([email protected]) Brita Karlström ([email protected]) Fereidoun Azizi ([email protected]) Jan Sundquist (Jan.Sundqu...

BACKGROUND An accessory to modern developing economies includes a shift from traditional, laborious lifestyles and cuisine to more sedentary careers, recreation and convenience-based foodstuffs. Similar changes in the developed western world have led to harmful health consequences. Minimization of this effect in current transitional cultures could be met by placing value on the maintenance of h...

Pitcher plant bogs, or carnivorous plant wetlands, have experienced extensive habitat loss and fragmentation throughout the southeastern United States Coastal Plain, resulting in an estimated reduction to <3% of their former range. This situation has lead to increased management attention of these habitats and their carnivorous plant species. However, conservation priorities focus primarily on ...

The leaves of Nepenthes pitcher plants are specialized pitfall traps which capture and digest arthropod prey. In many species, insects become trapped by 'aquaplaning' on the wet pitcher rim (peristome). Here we investigate the ecological implications of this capture mechanism in Nepenthes rafflesiana var. typica. We combine meteorological data and continuous field measurements of peristome wetn...

BACKGROUND Ulnar collateral ligament injury and its subsequent surgical reconstruction are some of the most common issues among Major League Baseball (MLB) players. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to determine factors predictive of ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR) among MLB pitchers. The hypothesis was that pitchers who underwent UCLR would have higher preinjur...

Darlingtonia californica is a carnivorous plant with a patchy distribution in coastal Oregon and northern California, USA. A number of arthropod species inhabit and exploit its fluid-filled pitchers; among these is a hististomatid mite, Sarraceniopus darlingtonia, an obligate inhabitant that feeds on the rich microbial growth associated with decomposing arthropods captured by the pitcher. Males...