A comparison of reserve selection algorithms using data on terrestrial vertebrates in Oregon

B Csuti, S Polasky, PH Williams, RL Pressey… - Biological …, 1997 - Elsevier
We compare the number of species represented and the spatial pattern of reserve networks
derived using five types of reserve selection algorithms on a set of vertebrate distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity-Associated GNAS Mutations and the Melanocortin Pathway

E Mendes de Oliveira, JM Keogh, F Talbot… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background GNAS encodes the Gαs (stimulatory G-protein alpha subunit) protein, which
mediates G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. GNAS mutations cause …

A worldwide perspective on COVID-19 and diabetes management in 22,820 children from the SWEET project: diabetic ketoacidosis rates increase and glycemic …

T Danne, S Lanzinger, M de Bock… - Diabetes technology …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Aims: To investigate the short-term effects of the first wave of COVID-19 on clinical
parameters in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) from 82 worldwide centers participating in …

[HTML][HTML] Presentation of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes in children and young people during COVID-19: a national UK survey

SM Ng, K Woodger, F Regan, A Soni… - BMJ Paediatrics …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the UK, there have been reports of significant reductions in paediatric emergency
attendances and visits to the general practitioners due to COVID-19. A national survey …

Phenotypic severity of homozygous GCK mutations causing neonatal or childhood-onset diabetes is primarily mediated through effects on protein stability

A Raimondo, AJ Chakera, SK Thomsen… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in glucokinase (GCK) cause a spectrum of glycemic disorders. Heterozygous loss-
of-function mutations cause mild fasting hyperglycemia irrespective of mutation severity due …

Extinction risk and rarity on an ecological timescale

GM Mace, M Kershaw - The Biology of Rarity: Causes and consequences …, 1997 - Springer
The concept of rarity continues to have many different applications in the biological
literature. It has long been recognized that rarity can be measured on several different axes …

Hemoglobin A1c trajectories in the first 18 months after diabetes diagnosis in the SWEET diabetes registry

P Prahalad, A Schwandt, S Besançon… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A majority of youth with type 1 diabetes do not meet recommended hemoglobin A1c
(HbA1c) targets. The SWEET diabetes registry is a multi‐national registry of youth with …

Threatened status, rarity, and diversity as alternative selection measures for protected areas: a test using Afrotropical antelopes

M Kershaw, GM Mace, PH Williams - Conservation Biology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
A major aim of conservation today is the maintenance of biodiversity. Practically, this pursuit
might involve protecting a representative sample of the current biotic diversity (where …

Undesignated sites in Mexico qualifying as wetlands of international importance

A Pérez-Arteaga, KJ Gaston, M Kershaw - Biological Conservation, 2002 - Elsevier
Those sites designated under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat constitute the most important wetland …

Causes, patterns and severity of androgen excess in 487 consecutively recruited pre-and post-pubertal children

J Idkowiak, YS Elhassan, P Mannion… - European journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Androgen excess in childhood is a common presentation and may signify sinister
underlying pathology. Data describing its patterns and severity are scarce, limiting the …