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Biology & Life Sciences PLOS iGEM 2015
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Medicine & Health malERA – A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication
The Malaria Eradication Research Agenda (malERA) initiative complements existing research agendas, which are primarily aimed at reducing the global burden of morbidity and mortality due to malaria by…
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Physics Chemistry & Materials Nanomaterials
This collection showcases a range of published articles from the breadth of the PLOS journals on nanomaterials, featuring the fabrication and application of nanosized materials and structures. As the…
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Earth & Environment Participatory Monitoring for Forests, Climate and REDD+
The studies in this PLOS ONE collection investigate community participation in measuring, reporting and verifying (PMRV) initiatives as a contribution to international, national and project level…
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Biology & Life Sciences RosettaCon 2014
The Rosetta macromolecular modeling software is a versatile, rapidly developing set of tools that are now being routinely utilized to address state-of-the-art research challenges in academia and…
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Biology & Life Sciences Epidemiological Investigations of North American Zoo Elephant Welfare
Our society has become increasingly interested in understanding how living in zoos affects animal well-being. This is particularly true for long-lived, socially-complex species such as elephants. This…
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Biology & Life Sciences The Global Burden of Norovirus & Prospects for Vaccine Development
Each year, norovirus causes over 200,000 deaths and a global economic burden of more than $60 billion. A highly contagious virus that most people will contract 5 times in their lifetime, the most…
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Biology & Life Sciences GLBIO/CCBC 2016 – Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
The first joint Great Lakes Bioinformatics (GLBio) and the Canadian Computational Biology Conference 2016 (GLBIO/CCBC) took place in Toronto from May 16th to 19th. The conference was organized by the…
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Medicine & Health Blue Marble Health: the mismatch between national wealth and population health
'Blue marble health' is a recent concept that recognizes a paradoxical disease burden among poor people living in G20 and other wealthier countries. Socioeconomic disparities caused by income…
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Medicine & Health Maternal Health Task Force Year 3: Integrating Health Care to Meet the Needs of the Mother-Infant Pair
The theme of the Year 3 Collection was chosen with the aim of strengthening the evidence for approaches to providing integrated care, from preconception; through pregnancy, childbirth and the…