Publications by authors named "D W Seal"
Background: Over the last two decades, houselessness and drug-related epidemics both have expanded from urban to rural regions across the United States (US). However, our understanding of the relationship between rural houselessness, drug use, and drug-related harms has not kept pace. The current study addresses this gap by describing houselessness among a large cohort of people who use drugs (PWUD) from rural communities across 10 states.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenome editing: A novel approach to manage insect vectors of plant viruses.
Insect Biochem Mol Biol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Insect vectors pose a major threat to global agriculture by spreading plant viruses, with current control methods, including insecticides and genetic engineering, failing to provide complete protection.
- Recent advancements in genomic technologies have produced genomes and transcriptomes of insect vectors, but a lack of understanding of gene functions limits the effectiveness of new control strategies.
- RNA interference (RNAi) has been used to study gene functions, but its inconsistency makes it less reliable, while genome editing shows promise as a more effective tool to explore virus-vector interactions and improve vector management, despite challenges in editing target genes.
Background: Uric acid (UA) and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) are endogenous biomarkers implicated in metabolic disorders and dysfunction.
Objectives: To investigate the structural associations between sugar-sweetened beverage intake (SSB), UA, HOMA-IR and adolescent latent MetS construct (MetsC) representing paediatric metabolic syndrome (MetS).
Methods: A population-based representative adolescent cohort (n = 1454) was evaluated for risk profiles of MetS.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the distribution of the pepper weevil, an important pest affecting pepper crops, in Miami Dade County, Florida.
- Researchers used 144 sample points across seven fields and applied three geospatial techniques to analyze the infestation patterns.
- Findings show that the pepper weevil tends to cluster in specific areas, with this aggregation becoming more uniform over the growing season.