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Even when taking into account forest degradation and forest die-back due to drought, tropical forests overall still represent a persistent global gross carbon sink (Pan et al. 2011).

Whether the apparent low concentrations of prions amplifiable from the obex of the urine/feces recipients could represent a persistent non-pathogenic prion carrier state, or rather (perhaps more likely) indicates that an observation period far exceeding 19 months would be required to reveal ultimately pathogenic prion infections in these animals, remains undetermined.

It has been suggested that sleep abnormalities would represent a persistent trait or vulnerability marker, rather than being a state dependent feature of depression in adolescents [ 19, 20].

Regardless of the apparently functional immune protection of these asymptomatic carriers, they do represent a persistent source of P. falciparum infections [ 29] in Amazonian settings.

Although these data are consistent with a limited origin for the epidemic, whether these strains represent a persistent clone in the river environment or a new strain in Haiti is unknown.

It is known that clinical outcome of an HPV infection is the result of a complex balance between immune system responses and viral immune evasion mechanisms; our data suggest that CIN2 (particularly when associated with a non-HPV16 type) may represent a persistent poorly controlled HPV infection rather than a true preneoplastic lesion.

However, the bump persists after removal of the stimulus, so that the bump represents a persistent spatially localised activity state [ 12, 24, 33].

While it may be painful for parents to acknowledge that their daughters face these risks, the reality is that sexual violence represents a persistent public health crisis.

Despite the massive global spend on biology-driven drug discovery, tackling the issue of side effects and adverse events resulting from drug promiscuity represents a persistent challenge.

One, Sean Bell, representing a persistent nightmare, a dream deferred if you will, that haunts black men in this country.

A first peak of behavioral response to pain (typically licking behavior of the formalin-injected paw) during the first 5 minute interval, reflects the behavioral response to acute pain; whereas the second part of the curve represents a persistent pain [18].