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Our study provides evidence for partner effects on breeding phenology in a long-distance migrant while uncovering the potential causal pathways underlying the observed effects and raising awareness for confounding effects resulting from assortative mating or other common environmental effects.AbstractSexually selected ornaments range from highly dynamic traits to those that are fixed during development and relatively static throughout sexual maturity. Ornaments along this continuum differ in the information they provide about the qualities of potential mates, such as their parasite resistance. Dynamic ornaments enable real-time assessment of the bearer's condition they can reflect an individual's current infection status, or they can reflect resistance to recent infections. Static ornaments, however, are not affected by recent infection but may instead indicate an individual's genetically determined resistance, even in the absence of infection. Given the typically aggregated distribution of parasites among hosts, infection is unlikely to affect the ornaments of the vast majority of individuals in a population static ornaments may therefore be the more reliable indicators of parasite resistance. To test this hypothesis, we quantified the ornaments of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) before experimentally infecting them with Gyrodactylus turnbulli. Males with more left-right symmetrical black coloration and those with larger areas of orange coloration, both static ornaments, were more resistant. However, males with more saturated orange coloration, a dynamic ornament, were less resistant. Female guppies often prefer symmetrical males with larger orange ornaments, suggesting that parasite-mediated natural and sexual selection act in concert on these traits.Background Although numerous programs have evolved to develop leadership skills in women, few have conducted rigorous longitudinal evaluation of program outcomes. The purpose of this evaluation study is to measure the continuing impact of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM®) program in its third decade of operation and to compare outcomes for graduates across the two programs (ELAM and Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science [ELATES at Drexel®]), using a revised Leadership Learning and Career Development (LLCD) Survey. Methods The LLCD survey was administered to program graduates between 2013 and 2016 upon entry, immediately after graduation, and 2 years after program completion. Two-way mixed effects analysis of variances were used to analyze differences between programs and changes over time. Descriptive statistics and narrative responses were analyzed for trends and themes. Results Of 287 graduates, 69% responded to all three survey adminislso provide practical direction for leadership professional development curricula and institutional support that can help to decrease the gender gap in academic leadership.

Cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality among Zimbabwean women. Many patients present with stage IIIB disease. Although definitive concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT) is the standard of care, there is a paucity of data on the effect(s) of this intervention in resource-constrained and high HIV-prevalence settings. We investigated the differences in CCRT initiation practices, tolerability, and outcomes in this group.

We performed a retrospective analysis of data from hospital records for patients with stage IIIB disease who were treated over a 2-year period at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. Outcome measures were documented treatment-related adverse events and early clinical tumor response.

One hundred twenty-eight (37%) of 346 patients received CCRT, and 65 (51%) of 128 patients were infected with HIV. CCRT was prescribed mostly in patients with less extensive disease-not involving lower third vaginal walls, minimal pelvic sidewall involvement (

= .002), and higher CD4factors contribute, low CCRT uptake is mostly attributed to financial barriers. selleck kinase inhibitor Well-selected patients tolerate the treatment and have good early clinical tumor response as expected. The role of CCRT for this patient group (and methods to make it available in resource-limited settings) must be further evaluated.

Assessing an individual's capacity to consent to treatment is a complex and challenging task for psychiatrists and health-care professionals. Diminished capacity to consent to pharmacological treatment is a common concern in individuals with schizophrenia. The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T) is the most common tool used in individuals with schizophrenia to evaluate the decision-making abilities for judgments about competence to consent to treatment. This instrument assesses patients' competence to make treatment decisions by examining their capacities in 4 areas understanding information relevant to their condition and the recommended treatment, reasoning about the potential risks and benefits of their choices, appreciating the nature of their situation and the consequences of their choices, and expressing a choice. Despite its importance, there is no French version of this scale. Furthermore, its factor structure has never been explored, although validated measures are strongled 50.03% of the total score variation. Component 1 included all subparts of "understanding." Component 2 included all subparts of "appreciation" and "reasoning" and was therefore labeled "reflexivity." After Bonferroni corrections, decision-making capacity was positively associated with insight and the severity of psychotic symptoms but not with sociodemographic variables except for education.

The MacCAT-T demonstrated a high degree of inter-rater reliability and strong psychometric properties. The French version of the MacCAT-T is a valid instrument to assess the decision-making capacity to consent to treatment in a French sample of individuals with schizophrenia.

The MacCAT-T demonstrated a high degree of inter-rater reliability and strong psychometric properties. The French version of the MacCAT-T is a valid instrument to assess the decision-making capacity to consent to treatment in a French sample of individuals with schizophrenia.