Efficacy of environmental DNA to detect and quantify brook trout populations in headwater streams of the Adirondack Mountains, New York

…, LA Sporn, SD George, JA Ball - Transactions of the …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is rapidly evolving as a tool for monitoring the distributions
of aquatic species. Detection of species’ populations in streams may be challenging …

Recommended reporting items for epidemic forecasting and prediction research: The EPIFORGE 2020 guidelines

…, R Sippy, TM Quandelacy, JJ Morgan, J Ball… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The importance of infectious disease epidemic forecasting and prediction
research is underscored by decades of communicable disease outbreaks, including COVID-19. …

[HTML][HTML] The common antidiabetic drug metformin reduces odds of developing age-related macular degeneration

EE Brown, JD Ball, Z Chen, GS Khurshid… - … & Visual Science, 2019 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: AMD is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in older individuals in the Western
world, and there are currently no therapies to halt disease progression. Studies suggest …

Lumbar spine injuries in sports: review of the literature and current treatment recommendations

JR Ball, CB Harris, J Lee, MJ Vives - Sports medicine-open, 2019 - Springer
Low back pain is one of the most prevalent complaints of athletes at all levels of competition.
The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of sport-specific injuries and …

Prefrontal Cortex-Mediated Impairments in a Genetic Model of NMDA Receptor Hypofunction Are Reversed by the Novel M1 PAM VU6004256

…, CA Mielnik, SP Moran, RW Gould, J Ball… - ACS chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Abnormalities in the signaling of the N-methyl-d-aspartate subtype of the glutamate receptor
(NMDAR) within cortical and limbic brain regions are thought to underlie many of the …

Clinical and epidemiologic patterns of chikungunya virus infection and coincident arboviral disease in a school cohort in Haiti, 2014–2015

JD Ball, MA Elbadry, T Telisma, SK White… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Beginning in December 2013, an epidemic of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection
spread across the Caribbean and into virtually all countries in the Western hemisphere, …

Cognitive enhancement and antipsychotic-like activity following repeated dosing with the selective M4 PAM VU0467154

RW Gould, MD Grannan, BW Gunter, J Ball… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although selective activation of the M 1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) subtype
has been shown to improve cognitive function in animal models of neuropsychiatric …

The Eidsfjord shear zone, Lofoten–Vesterålen, north Norway: An Early Devonian, paleoseismogenic low-angle normal fault

MG Steltenpohl, D Moecher, A Andresen, J Ball… - Journal of Structural …, 2011 - Elsevier
We report structural and 40 Ar/ 39 Ar isotopic information on the Eidsfjord shear zone that
document it to be a seismogenic, tops-west (hinterland directed), Devonian ductile low angle (…

Community-based reports of morbidity, mortality, and health-seeking behaviours in four Monrovia communities during the West African Ebola epidemic

KE McLean, SA Abramowitz, JD Ball, J Monger… - Global Public …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of this study was to assess morbidity, mortality, and health-seeking behaviours
during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia. This study examined commonly reported …

Biomimetic substrate to probe dynamic interplay of topography and stiffness on cardiac fibroblast activation

Z Cao, JK Ball, AH Lateef, CP Virgile, EA Corbin - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Materials with the ability to change properties can expand the capabilities of in vitro models
of biological processes and diseases as it has become increasingly clear that static, stiff …