[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic size and fat content in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of imaging studies

TS Garcia, TH Rech, CB Leitão - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Imaging studies are expected to produce reliable information regarding the size
and fat content of the pancreas. However, the available studies have produced inconclusive …

A meta-analysis of the effects of pesticides and fertilizers on survival and growth of amphibians

NJ Baker, BA Bancroft, TS Garcia - Science of the total environment, 2013 - Elsevier
The input of agrochemicals has contributed to alteration of community composition in
managed and associated natural systems, including amphibian biodiversity. Pesticides and …

Invasion complexities: the diverse impacts of nonnative species on amphibians

GM Bucciarelli, AR Blaustein, TS Garcia, LB Kats - Copeia, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Since the first documented declines of amphibian species, researchers have learned how
nonnative species can depress amphibian populations and lead to local extinctions. Here, we …

Color change and color-dependent behavior in response to predation risk in the salamander sister species Ambystoma barbouri and Ambystoma texanum

TS Garcia, A Sih - Oecologia, 2003 - Springer
… Both species become darker when exposed to UVR (Garcia et al. 2003b). Also, both species
tend to be lighter at night than in the day (Garcia and Sih, unpublished data), due perhaps …

Testing the link between species interactions and species co‐occurrence in a trophic network

LL Thurman, AK Barner, TS Garcia, T Chestnut - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Species interactions are dynamic processes that vary across environmental and ecological
contexts, and operate across scale boundaries, making them difficult to quantify. …

Larval amphibians seek warm temperatures and do not avoid harmful UVB radiation

BA Bancroft, NJ Baker, CL Searle, TS Garcia… - Behavioral …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Habitat use by animals often reflects the balance between conflicting demands such as
foraging and avoiding predation. Environmental stressors such as temperature can also affect …

Pulmonary diseases with imaging findings mimicking aspergilloma

…, LC Severo, E Marchiori, MD Guimaraes, TS Garcia… - Lung, 2014 - Springer
Patients with preexisting lung cavities are at risk of developing intracavitary fungal colonization.
Because Aspergillus spp. are the most commonly implicated fungi, these fungal masses …

[HTML][HTML] Organizing pneumonia: A late phase complication of COVID-19 responding dramatically to corticosteroids

…, JP da Rosa Barbato, TS Garcia… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Organizing pneumonia emerges as a late phase complication of COVID-19. Corticosteroids
are standard therapy for organizing pneumonia, but the question of whether an approach …

Survival of three species of anuran metamorphs exposed to UV-B radiation and the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

TS Garcia, JM Romansic, AR Blaustein - Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2006 - int-res.com
When exploring the possible factors contributing to population declines, it is necessary to
consider multiple, interacting environmental stressors. Here, we investigate the impact of 2 …

Wells and Geneva scores are not reliable predictors of pulmonary embolism in critically ill patients: a retrospective study

AM Girardi, RS Bettiol, TS Garcia… - Journal of intensive …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Critically ill patients are at high risk for pulmonary embolism (PE). Specific PE
prediction rules have not been validated in this population. The present study assessed the …