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Marie-Caroline Lefort

Postdoctoral Fellow @ Lincoln University (NZ) - Lecturer @ Unitec Institute of Technology …
Verified email at lincolnuni.ac.nz
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Impact of intraspecific variation in insect microbiomes on host phenotype and evolution

C Lange, S Boyer, TM Bezemer, MC Lefort… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Microbes can be an important source of phenotypic plasticity in insects. Insect physiology,
behaviour, and ecology are influenced by individual variation in the microbial communities …

Spider: An R package for the analysis of species identity and evolution, with particular reference to DNA barcoding

…, RA Collins, S Boyer, MC LEFORT… - Molecular ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Spider: SPecies IDentity and Evolution in R is a new R package implementing a number of
useful analyses for DNA barcoding studies and associated research into species delimitation …

Food webs and biological control: A review of molecular tools used to reveal trophic interactions in agricultural systems

M González-Chang, SD Wratten, MC Lefort, S Boyer - Food Webs, 2016 - Elsevier
Modern monocultural agro-ecosystems can be perceived as a simplification of natural
ecosystems, where a single plant species is usually grown over vast areas. In these systems, it …

What is the place of electroneuromyographic studies in the diagnosis and management of pudendal neuralgia related to entrapment syndrome?

…, P Lacroix, D Lagauche, E Lapeyre, M Lefort… - Neurophysiologie …, 2007 - Elsevier
Entrapment of the pudendal nerve may be at the origin of chronic perineal pain. This syndrome
must be diagnosed because this can result in the indication of surgical decompression of …

Automated segmentation of the aorta from phase contrast MR images: validation against expert tracing in healthy volunteers and in patients with a dilated aorta

…, N Kachenoura, M Lefort, M Bensalah… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… manual −0.66 [mm]) and the Bland–Altman plot resulted in a small mean bias m = −0.39
mm and a standard deviation (SD) = 1.15 mm. The Bland–Altman plot shows that differences …

Hearts and minds: linking vascular rigidity and aerobic fitness with cognitive aging

CJ Gauthier, M Lefort, S Mekary… - Neurobiology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Human aging is accompanied by both vascular and cognitive changes. Although arteries
throughout the body are known to become stiffer with age, this vessel hardening is believed to …

[HTML][HTML] Consistency of aortic distensibility and pulse wave velocity estimates with respect to the Bramwell-Hill theoretical model: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance …

A Dogui, N Kachenoura, F Frouin, M Lefort… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Arterial stiffness is considered as an independent predictor of cardiovascular
mortality, and is increasingly used in clinical practice. This study aimed at evaluating the …

Measurement of aortic arch pulse wave velocity in cardiovascular MR: comparison of transit time estimators and description of a new approach

A Dogui, A Redheuil, M Lefort… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… Muriel Lefort BS … Muriel Lefort BS … This study reports for subjects between 30 and 50
years (n = 46) a mean value of arch-PWV equal to 4.75 ± 1.25 m/s. …

[HTML][HTML] Automated left ventricular diastolic function evaluation from phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance and comparison with Doppler …

…, C Defrance, L Perdrix, M Ladouceur, M Lefort… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background Early detection of diastolic dysfunction is crucial for patients with incipient heart
failure. Although this evaluation could be performed from phase-contrast (PC) …

N-aryl heterocycles via coupling reactions with arylboronic acids

WWKR Mederski, M Lefort, M Germann, D Kux - Tetrahedron, 1999 - Elsevier
Compounds having a partial 2-pyridone structure or 3-pyridazinones can be selectively N-arylated
with phenylboronic acids according to the procedure described by Chan and Lam. …