The skin microbiome in healthy and allergic dogs.

BACKGROUND: Changes in the microbial populations on the skin of animals have traditionally been evaluated using conventional microbiology techniques.The sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes has revealed that the human skin is inhabited by a highly diverse and variable microbiome that had previously not been demonstrated by culture-based methods.T

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Addressing Ebola-related Stigma: Lessons Learned from HIV/AIDS

Background: HIV/AIDS and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are contemporary epidemics associated with significant social stigma in which communities affected suffer from social rejection, violence, and diminished quality of life.Objective: To compare and contrast stigma related to HIV/AIDS and EVD, and strategically think how lessons learned from HIV stigm

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Development of the Nonstationary Incremental Analysis Update Algorithm for Sequential Data Assimilation System

This study introduces a modified version of the incremental analysis updates (IAU), called the nonstationary IAU (NIAU) method, to improve the assimilation accuracy of the IAU while keeping the continuity of the analysis.Similar to the IAU, the NIAU is designed to add analysis increments at every model time step to NAIL LACQUER 1973 improve the con

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