Challenging the public stigma of mental illness: a meta-analysis of outcome studies

PW Corrigan, SB Morris, PJ Michaels… - Psychiatric …, 2012 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective Public stigma and discrimination have pernicious effects on the lives of people
with serious mental illnesses. Given a plethora of research on changing the stigma of mental …

Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens

…, ML Lyra, JLA Paijmans, M Preick… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Millions of scientific specimens are housed in museum collections, a large part of which are
fluid preserved. The use of formaldehyde as fixative and subsequent storage in ethanol is …

Optimized DNA sampling of ancient bones using Computed Tomography scans

…, JLA Paijmans, N Basler, M Preick… - Molecular ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of contaminant microbial DNA in ancient bone samples represents the
principal limiting factor for palaeogenomic studies, as it may comprise more than 99% of DNA …

Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena

MV Westbury, S Hartmann, A Barlow, M Preick… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The genus Crocuta (African spotted and Eurasian cave hyenas) includes several closely
related extinct and extant lineages. The relationships among these lineages, however, are …

[HTML][HTML] An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: Integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa …

…, G KÖHLER, SH NDRIANTSOA, A OHLER, M PREICK… - Megataxa, 2022 - mapress.com
Malagasy frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis in the mantellid frog genus Mantidactylus
currently comprise 14 described species of mostly brown, riparian frogs. Data from DNA …

Mitochondrial genomes of Late Pleistocene caballine horses from China belong to a separate clade

J Yuan, G Sheng, M Preick, B Sun, X Hou… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
There were several species of Equus in northern China during the Late Pleistocene, including
Equus przewalskii and Equus dalianensis. A number of morphological studies have been …

Genome Sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus Seeds Reveals Use of a Bitter-Fleshed Species Prior to Watermelon Domestication

…, P Ryan, M Nesbitt, MV Silber, M Preick… - Molecular biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Iconographic evidence from Egypt suggests that watermelon pulp was consumed there as a
dessert by 4,360 BP. Earlier archaeobotanical evidence comes from seeds from Neolithic …

Changing heat-related mortality in the United States.

…, PC Knappenberger, PJ Michaels… - Environmental …, 2003 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Heat is the primary weather-related cause of death in the United States. Increasing heat and
humidity, at least partially related to anthropogenic climate change, suggest that a long-term …

Self‐stigma and coming out about one's mental illness

…, J Rafacz, A Wassel, P Michaels… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐stigma can undermine self‐esteem and self‐efficacy of people with serious mental illness.
Coming out may be one way of handling self‐stigma and it was expected that coming out …

[HTML][HTML] 'Barcode fishing'for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species

…, AP Raselimanana, A Ohler, M Preick… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Taxonomic progress is often hindered by intrinsic factors, such as morphologically cryptic
species that require a broad suite of methods to distinguish, and extrinsic factors, such as …