Urban wall lizards are resilient to high levels of blood lead.

Living in urban environments presents many challenges to wildlife, including exposure to potentially toxic pollutants. For example, the heavy metal lead (Pb) introduces numerous health problems to all animals, including humans. The little work that has been conducted on lead toxicity in reptiles suggests that lizards may be extraordinarily resilient to very high levels of lead pollution, by either avoiding or mitigating the toxicity.

Sex Diversity and Equity Among Fellows of the American Orthopaedic Association.

Background: We hypothesized that women are underrepresented among fellows of the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) relative to their prevalence among faculty at departments of orthopaedic surgery.

Methods: Clinical faculty at departments of orthopaedic surgery that are affiliated with residency training programs were analyzed for AOA membership. Participation-to-prevalence ratios (PPRs) were calculated for men and women with AOA membership relative to their prevalence among orthopaedic surgeon faculty.

Epidemiology and survival factors for sarcoma patients in minority populations: a SEER-retrospective study.

Background: Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated race as a predictor of worse oncological outcomes. To better understand the effect of race on oncological outcomes, we utilized the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to determine what treatment courses are provided to minority patients and how this impacts survival.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of bone and soft tissue sarcoma cases was performed using the SEER database for a minimum 5-year survival rate (SR) using Kaplan-Meier curves.

Influential literature regarding proximal junctional kyphosis: A bibliometric review.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Objective: This bibliometric review summarizes the publication trends and critical information about the most cited Proximal Junction Kyphosis (PJK) articles.

Background: Data: Proximal junctional kyphosis is frequently diagnosed after spinal fusion surgery.

Trends in Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Diversity Among Hand Surgery Fellows From 2007 to 2021.

Purpose: There is a paucity of research on the demographic trends of orthopedic and plastic hand surgery fellows. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the current state of racial and gender demographic trends in hand surgery fellowship from 2007 to 2021.

Methods: We analyzed fellowship demographic data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education public database from 2007-2008 through 2020-2021.

Projected losses of ecosystem services in the US disproportionately affect non-white and lower-income populations.

Addressing how ecosystem services (ES) are distributed among groups of people is critical for making conservation and environmental policy-making more equitable. Here, we evaluate the distribution and equity of changes in ES benefits across demographic and socioeconomic groups in the United States (US) between 2020 and 2100. Specifically, we use land cover and population projections to model potential shifts in the supply, demand, and benefits of the following ES: provision of clean air, protection against a vector-borne disease (West Nile virus), and crop pollination.

Investigating the regulation of one-carbon metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Serine (Ser) biosynthesis in C(3) plants can occur via several pathways. One major route involves the tetrahydrofolate (THF)-dependent activities of the glycine decarboxylase complex (GDC, EC 2.1.