Infestation of wild bay scallops Argopecten irradians on Nantucket Island by the shell-boring polychaete Polydora neocaeca.

Shell-boring polychaete worms can severely impact shellfish aquaculture by reducing growth rates and compromising tissue quality of their molluscan hosts. In this study we report the first known instance of shell-infestation of commercially important scallops on Nantucket Island by the cryptogenic polydorid Polydora neocaeca. Additional analyses indicate a high level of genetic connectivity between worms from Nantucket Island and the US mainland, forming a distinct haploclade which is genetically isolated from populations from South Africa and Japan.

Special Education Disparities Are Social Determinants of Health: A Role For Medical-Legal Partnerships.

Problem: Education is a key social determinant of health. The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) purportedly affords children the right to a free and appropriate education. Yet, racial, ethnic, and economic disparities exist regarding appropriate identification and classification of children with needs for special education, and access to services.

Lyme Disease Transmission Risk: Seasonal Variation in the Built Environment.

Seasonal variation in spatial distribution and pathogen prevalence of in blacklegged ticks () influences human population risk of Lyme disease in peri-urban built environments. Parks, gardens, playgrounds, school campuses and neighborhoods represent a significant risk for Lyme disease transmission. From June 2012 through May 2014, ticks were collected using 1 m² corduroy cloths dragged over low-lying vegetation parallel to walkways with high human foot traffic.

Ethnic differences in inter- and intra-situational blood pressure variation: Comparisons among African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, and European-American women.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the daily inter- and intra-situational ambulatory blood pressure (BP) variation by ethnicity in women.

Methods: The African-American (N = 82; Age = 39.7 + 8.

Daily environmental differences in blood pressure and heart rate variability in healthy premenopausal women.

Objectives: As daily environments change, behavior and activity also change and as blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) are allostatically tied to these factors, one might expect that environments that elicit the greatest behavioral/activity variation should also evince the highest BP and HR variability [standard deviation (SD) or coefficient of variation (CV)]. The purpose of this study was to evaluate this premise.

Methods: Two hundred and six women (age = 37.