Publications by authors named "A Oveta Fuller"
Background: Epilepsy is a chronic condition that confers social stigma, reduced engagement in work and social activities, increased risks of comorbidities, and premature death. It is often treated with medications, but in about a third of patients, epilepsy may be refractory to medications. It is estimated that each year 211,456 new individuals across Africa meet criteria for surgically treatable epilepsy, and the current volume of surgically treatable epilepsy is 1,819,067 cases across the region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score (ETVSS) is a useful decision-making heuristic when considering the probability of surgical success, defined traditionally as no repeat cerebrospinal fluid diversion surgery needed within 6 months. Nonetheless, the performance of the logistic regression (LR) model in the original 2009 study was modest, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.68.
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- Heat stress (HS) negatively affects water balance in broiler chickens by disrupting kidney function, specifically the aquaporins (AQPs) that help regulate water permeability.
- The study evaluated the expression of kidney AQPs and blood composition in broilers under different conditions, including thermoneutral settings and cyclic heat stress, with and without glucose supplementation.
- Results showed higher expressions of AQPs in heat-stressed birds, increased water consumption, and elevated blood glucose levels, indicating that AQPs play a crucial role in water management during heat stress in chickens.
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- - Species interactions significantly impact biodiversity and wildlife dynamics, but current models often overlook the importance of population size, focusing instead on occupancy states.
- - The research illustrates that using occupancy data can lead to incorrect inferences about species interactions, and therefore proposes a new modeling framework that incorporates abundance for more accurate results.
- - Through simulations and a case study involving coyotes, fishers, and American martens, the study shows that understanding interactions based on abundance can reveal hidden dynamics and transform ecological research approaches.