Distribution and characterization of serotypes isolated from January 2015 to June 2020 from diseased pigs in Québec, Canada.

is one of the most important swine bacterial pathogens causing economic losses. This report presents the serotype distribution of recovered from diseased pigs in Québec from January 2015 to June 2020. Serotypes 1/2 and 2 predominated, followed by serotypes 7, 3, 5, 4, 9, 1, and 14.

Short-Term Effects of an Obesity Prevention Program Among Low-Income Hispanic Families With Preschoolers.

Objective: To assess the short-term effects of an obesity prevention program promoting eating self-regulation and healthy food preferences in low-income Hispanic children.

Design: Randomized controlled trial with pretest, posttest, and 6- and 12-month assessments.

Setting And Participants: Head Start and similar early learning institutions in Houston, TX, and Pasco, WA.

Distribution and status of living colonies of spp. in the reef crests of a protected marine area of the Caribbean (Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba).

The reef crests of the Jardines de la Reina National Park (JRNP) are largely formed by , but colonies of and the hybrid are also present. This study shows spatial distribution of colonies, thickets and live fragments of these species in the fore reefs. Snorkeling was used to perform the direct observations.

Emotion regulation strategies and childhood obesity in high risk preschoolers.

The current study examined the relationships between the specific strategies that preschool children use to regulate their emotions and childhood weight status to see if emotion regulation strategies would predict childhood weight status over and above measures of eating self-regulation. 185 4- to 5-year-old Latino children were recruited through Head Start centers in a large city in the southeastern U.S.

Plastics and microplastics on recreational beaches in Punta del Este (Uruguay): Unseen critical residents?

Beaches are social-ecological systems that provide several services improving human well-being. However, as one of the major coastal interfaces they are subject to plastic pollution, one of the most significant global environmental threats at present. For the first time for Uruguayan beaches, this study assessed and quantified the accumulation of plastic and microplastic debris on sandy beaches of the major touristic destination Punta del Este during the austral spring of 2013.