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• A DNA barcode library for the butterflies of North America.

  Authors:Jacopo D'Ercole, Vlad DincÄ, Paul A. Opler, Norbert Kondla, Christian Schmidt, Jarrett D. Phillips, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 20219,062 words Article 1430LAlthough the butterflies of North America have received considerable taxonomic attention, overlooked species and instances of hybridization continue to be revealed. The present study assembles a DNA barcode reference...

• Mycelial compatibility, anastomosis, and nucleus numbers of eight Mexican Hirsutella citriformis strains isolated from Diaphorina citri.

  Authors:Orquídea Pérez-González, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, and Patricia Tamez-GuerraFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 20214,473 words Article 1460LBackground Among entomopathogenic fungi, H. citriformis has been recognized as potential biocontrol agent against the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae). Nevertheless, this fungus is poorly...

• Historical effective population size of North American hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) and challenges to estimating trends in contemporary effective breeding population size from archived samples.

  Authors:Robert S. Cornman, Jennifer A. Fike, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, and Paul M. CryanFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 202112,495 words Article 1530LBackground Hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) are among the bat species most commonly killed by wind turbine strikes in the midwestern United States. The impact of this mortality on species census size is not understood,...

• Semidry acid hydrolysis of cellulose sustained by autoclaving for production of reducing sugars for bacterial biohydrogen generation from various cellulose feedstock.

  Authors:Fatthy Mohamed Morsy, Medhat Elbadry, and Yasser ElbahloulFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 20217,466 words Article 1580LCellulosic biowastes are one of the cheapest and most abundant renewable organic materials on earth that can be, subsequent to hydrolysis, utilized as an organic carbon source for several fermentation biotechnologies....

• Diabetic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes: a review of pathogenic mechanisms, patient-related factors and therapeutic options.

  Authors:Louise Woodhams, Tin Fei Sim, Leanne Chalmers, Bu Yeap, Daniel Green, Markus Schlaich, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 202115,818 words Article 1380LThe global prevalence of diabetic kidney disease is rapidly accelerating due to an increasing number of people living with type 2 diabetes. It has become a significant global problem, increasing human and financial...

• Elatostema qinzhouense (Urticaceae), a new species from limestone karst in Guangxi, China.

  Authors:Longfei Fu, Alexandre K. Monro, Tiange Yang, Fang Wen, Bo Pan, Zibing Xin, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 20215,054 words Article 1300LElatostema qinzhouense L.F. Fu, A.K. Monro & Y.G. Wei, a new species from Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. Morphologically, E. qinzhouense is most similar to E. hezhouense from which it differs by having...

• Improving the gnomonic approach with the gnomonicM R-package to estimate natural mortality throughout different life stages.

  Authors:Josymar Torrejón-Magallanes, Enrique Morales-Bojórquez, and Francisco Arreguín-SánchezFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 20218,271 words Report 1480LNatural mortality (M) is defined as the rate of loss that occurs in a fish stock due to natural (non-fishing) causes and can be influenced by density-dependent or density-independent factors. Different methods have been...

• FNDC5 expression closely correlates with muscle fiber types in porcine longissimus dorsi muscle and regulates myosin heavy chains (MyHCs) mRNA expression in C2C12 cells.

  Authors:Xiao-Ming Men, Zi-Wei Xu, Xin Tao, Bo Deng, and Ke-Ke QiFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 20215,093 words Article 1410LBackground Irisin (a glycosylated protein) is cleaved from fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5), which is expressed mainly in animal muscle tissues and has multiple metabolic regulatory activities....

• Geology and taphonomy of a unique tyrannosaurid bonebed from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah: implications for tyrannosaurid gregariousness.

  Authors:Alan L. Titus, Katja Knoll, Joseph J.W. Sertich, Daigo Yamamura, Celina A. Suarez, Ian J. Glasspool, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 202119,404 words Article 1560LTyrannosaurids are hypothesized to be gregarious, possibly parasocial carnivores engaging in cooperative hunting and extended parental care. A tyrannosaurid (cf. Teratophoneus curriei) bonebed in the late Campanian age...

• Neural network analysis of clinical variables predicts escalated care in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study.

  Authors:Joyce Q. Lu, Benjamin Musheyev, Qi Peng, and Tim Q. DuongFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19, 20216,020 words Report 1460LThis study sought to identify the most important clinical variables that can be used to determine which COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the general floor will need escalated care early on using neural networks (NNs)....