Publications by authors named "B D Shepherd"

A new species of (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) is described from four specimens collected between 95 and 110 m depth in mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Maldives, Indian Ocean. can be distinguished from all of its congeners by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays XIII, 12-13; anal-fin rays II,11-12; pectoral-fin rays 17-18; tubed lateral-line scales 17; gill rakers 7+17-18 = 24-25; pearly white body with a large black marking covering the anterior two-thirds of the anal fin. The closest DNA barcode sequence (5.

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Observational databases provide unprecedented opportunities for secondary use in biomedical research. However, these data can be error-prone and must be validated before use. It is usually unrealistic to validate the whole database because of resource constraints.

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Background: People live longer, and frailty has become an important problem in the acute hospital setting. Increasingly the association between frailty and hospital-acquired complications has been reported. However, the overall burden of frailty in this setting has not been described.

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  • - This study focuses on the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, specifically right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, in people living with HIV (PLWH) in northwest Nigeria, emphasizing the need for more research in low- and middle-income settings.
  • - Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of 330 adults, including HIV-positive individuals and age- and sex-matched HIV-negative controls, using advanced imaging techniques to evaluate heart function.
  • - Results indicated that 14.5% of HIV-positive participants showed signs of RV dysfunction, linked to factors like age and left ventricular ejection fraction, while no HIV-negative participants exhibited such dysfunction.
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Genetic variation at the 19q13.3 KLK locus is linked with prostate cancer susceptibility in men. The non-synonymous KLK3 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs17632542 (c.

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