Publications by authors named "J Eggers"
Despite the fundamental role of bacterial strain variation in gut microbiota function, the number of unique strains of a species that can stably colonize the human intestine is still unknown for almost all species. Here we determine the strain richness (SR) of common gut species using thousands of sequenced bacterial isolates with paired metagenomes. We show that SR varies across species, is transferable by faecal microbiota transplantation, and is uniquely low in the gut compared with soil and lake environments.
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- Land use intensification is putting pressure on protected areas, especially nonforested rangelands, which comprise about 40% of these areas and face issues like overgrazing and land conversion.
- A study in the southern Caucasus assessed the effectiveness of 52 protected areas in mitigating land-use pressures and found that, overall, these areas failed to prevent green vegetation loss, with losses being greater inside protected zones in most countries.
- The study revealed that livestock overgrazing is a major driver of the ineffectiveness, particularly in multiple-use protected areas, and emphasizes the need for better integration of conservation efforts that consider nonforest ecosystems.
Alterations to the gut microbiome and exposure to metals during pregnancy have been suggested to impact inflammatory bowel disease. Nonetheless, how prenatal exposure to metals eventually results in long-term effects on the gut microbiome, leading to subclinical intestinal inflammation, particularly during late childhood, has not been studied. It is also unknown whether such an interactive effect drives a specific subgroup of children toward elevated susceptibility to intestinal inflammation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe theoretically determine the effective forces on hard disks near walls embedded inside active nematic liquid crystals. When the disks are sufficiently close to the wall and the flows are sufficiently slow, we can obtain exact expressions for the effective forces. We find these forces and the dynamics of disks near the wall depend both on the properties of the active nematic and on the anchoring conditions on the disks and the wall.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) identifies acute stroke patients with arterial occlusion where treatment may not effectively open the blocked vessel. This study aimed to examine the clinical utility and prognostic value of TCD flow findings in patients enrolled in a multicenter prospective study (CLOTBUST-PRO).
Methods: Patients enrolled with intracranial occlusion on computed tomography angiography (CTA) who underwent urgent TCD evaluation before intravenous thrombolysis was included in this analysis.