Publications by authors named "G A Chalmers"

Coastal wetland rehabilitation can provide nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation. The high carbon accumulation rate and carbon secured, potentially for several millennia, as soil organic carbon (SOC), is among the reasons. Measuring SOC storage and accrual over time are the main tools to understand rehabilitation success.

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Cattle produce Abs with an H chain ultralong CDR3 (40-70 aa). These Abs have been shown to have features such as broad neutralization of viruses and are investigated as human therapeutics. A common issue in sequencing the bovine BCR repertoire is the sequence length required to capture variable (V) and isotype gene information.

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Introduction: Spillover events of have devastating effects on the wild sheep populations. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is used to monitor spillover events and the spread of between the sheep populations. Most studies involving the typing of have used Sanger sequencing.

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Hindfoot, midfoot, and forefoot motion during the stance phase of walking provide insights into the forward progression of the body over the feet via the rocker mechanisms. These segmental motions are affected by walking speed. Increases in walking speed are accomplished by increasing step length and cadence.

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  • Extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) are crucial antimicrobials used to combat multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections, but resistance against them is rising, mainly due to certain β-lactamases produced by Enterobacterales.
  • This study focused on analyzing Escherichia coli strains with resistance genes collected from Canada, France, and Germany over a 14-year period, employing advanced sequencing techniques to examine the transmission of these resistance genes via plasmids.
  • Five distinct plasmid subtypes linked to the spread of ESC resistance genes were identified, with varying prevalence across geographic regions and host species, highlighting the role of plasmid diversity in the global issue of antibiotic resistance.
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