User profiles for M. P. O'Connor

Megan P. O'Connor

CEO and Co-Founder of Nth Cycle
Verified email at nthcycle.com
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Environmental and ecological factors that shape the gut bacterial communities of fish: a meta‐analysis

…, SD Essinger, CA Lozupone, MP O'CONNOR… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Symbiotic bacteria often help their hosts acquire nutrients from their diet, showing trends of
co‐evolution and independent acquisition by hosts from the same trophic levels. While these …

Metabolism of leatherback turtles, gigantothermy, and thermoregulation of dinosaurs

FV Paladino, MP O'Connor, JR Spotila - Nature, 1990 - nature.com
LEATHERBACKS (Dermochelys coriacea) are among the largest living reptiles (>900 kg) 1,
2 and range from the tropics to north of the Arctic Circle 3, 4 . They maintain elevated body …

Diet quality and prey selectivity correlate with life histories and predation regime in Trinidadian guppies

…, A López‐Sepulcre, MP O'Connor… - Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Life histories evolve as a response to multiple agents of selection, such as age‐specific
mortality, resource availability or environmental fluctuations. Predators can affect life‐history …

Indications of transformation products from hydraulic fracturing additives in shale-gas wastewater

…, RK Nelson, BD Drollette, MP O'Connor… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) generates large volumes of wastewater,
the detailed composition of which must be known for adequate risk assessment and treatment…

Does getting defensive get you anywhere?—Seasonal balancing selection, temperature, and parasitoids shape real‐world, protective endosymbiont dynamics in the …

AH Smith, MP O'Connor, B Deal, C Kotzer… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Facultative, heritable endosymbionts are found at intermediate prevalence within most insect
species, playing frequent roles in their hosts’ defence against environmental pressures. …

Elevated levels of diesel range organic compounds in groundwater near Marcellus gas operations are derived from surface activities

…, TH Darrah, O Karatum, MP O'Connor… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Hundreds of organic chemicals are used during natural gas extraction via high-volume
hydraulic fracturing (HVHF). However, it is unclear whether these chemicals, injected into deep …

[BOOK][B] An introduction to Biblical Hebrew syntax

BK Waltke, MP O'Connor - 1990 - books.google.com
Meeting the need for a textbook for classroom use after first year Hebrew grammar, Waltke
and O'Connor integrate the results of modern linguistic study of Hebrew and years of …

Thermal biology

JR Spotila, MP O'Connor… - The Biology of Sea …, 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The biology of sea turtles is intimately tied to the thermal constraints of their environment. From
the time a hatchling enters the water, a sea turtle lives in an environment that is thermally …

[BOOK][B] Hebrew verse structure

MP O'Connor - 1980 - books.google.com
… applied in discussing putative cases of alliteration in some Phoenician and Hebrew texts
in O'Connor 1977; the same point is made concerning some allegations regarding Homeric …

Protection against peroxynitrite-induced fibroblast injury and arthritis development by inhibition of poly (ADP-ribose) synthase

…, GS Scott, P Hake, MP O'Connor… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
Peroxynitrite, a cytotoxic oxidant formed from nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide, induces
DNA strand breakage, which activates the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) synthase (PARS; …