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• Confidence intervals for the difference between the coefficients of variation of Weibull distributions for analyzing wind speed dispersion.

  Authors:Manussaya La-ongkaew, Sa-Aat Niwitpong, and Suparat NiwitpongFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 20216,896 words Article 1810LWind energy is an important renewable energy source for generating electricity that has the potential to replace fossil fuels. Herein, we propose confidence intervals for the difference between the coefficients of...

• Repression of ZCT1, ZCT2 and ZCT3 affects expression of terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthetic and regulatory genes.

  Authors:Chun Yao Li and Susan I. GibsonFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 20219,400 words Article 1510LTerpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs) include several valuable pharmaceuticals. As Catharanthus roseus remains the primary source of these TIA pharmaceuticals, several research groups have devoted substantial efforts to...

• Cytological analysis of tracheal wash and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in health and respiratory disease in dromedary camels.

  Authors:Turke Shawaf, Abdullah Almubarak, Naser Alhumam, Faisal Almathen, and Jamal HussenFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 20216,431 words Article 1410LBackground Tracheal wash (TW) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) have proven to be useful tools for the identification of disease-associated changes in the respiratory tract in human and different animal species. In the...

• CGRP overexpression does not alter depression-like behavior in mice.

  Authors:Narumi Hashikawa-Hobara, Ami Otsuka, Chihiro Okujima, and Naoya HashikawaFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 20216,625 words Article 1410LBackground The calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a neuropeptide that is released from capsaicin-sensitive nerves as a potent vasodilator involved in nociceptive transmission. While CGRP has been rigorously...

• Application of different building representation techniques in HEC-RAS 2-D for urban flood modeling using the Toce River experimental case.

  Authors:Andam Mustafa and Michal SzydlowskiFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 202111,353 words Article 1470LThis paper presents the impact of the choice of building representation techniques and hydrodynamic models on urban flood simulations using HEC-RAS 2-D for the Toce River physical model. To this end, eight numerical...

• Description of three species of ophioplinthacids, including a new species, from a deep seamount in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.

  Authors:Wanying Chen, Jieying Na, and Dongsheng ZhangFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 20218,328 words Article 1390LFive specimens of brittle star were collected from a deep-sea seamount in the Northwest Pacific, and identified into three species. One which is new to science, Ophioplinthaca grandisquama n. sp., can be easily...

• Genome-wide analysis of genetic diversity and artificial selection in Large White pigs in Russia.

  Authors:Siroj Bakoev, Lyubov Getmantseva, Olga Kostyunina, Nekruz Bakoev, Yuri Prytkov, Alexander Usatov, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 20216,862 words Article 1290LBreeding practices adopted at different farms are aimed at maximizing the profitability of pig farming. In this work, we have analyzed the genetic diversity of Large White pigs in Russia. We compared genomes of historic...

• Phosphate solubilizing rhizobacteria isolated from jujube ziziphus lotus plant stimulate wheat germination rate and seedlings growth.

  Authors:Nidal Fahsi, Ismail Mahdi, Abdelhalem Mesfioui, Latefa Biskri, and Abdelmounaaim AllaouiFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2, 20218,885 words Article 1370LJujube plant (Ziziphus lotus (L.) Desf.) can survive in arid climates and tolerates both biotic and abiotic stresses. Here, we isolated, for the first time in Morocco, nine phosphate solubilizing bacteria strains from...