Results 171 to 180 of about 563,790 (314)

A Tale of Appendages: Investigating Limb and Tail Variation in Salamanders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We analyzed limb and tail proportions in 44% of known salamander species using a phylogenetic comparative approach. Our results revealed significant variation among families and ecological groups, with aquatic species showing longer limbs and basal lineages having shorter tails.
Giacomo Rosa, Andrea Costa, Matteo Bozzo, Sebastiano Salvidio, Sara Ferrando   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Perceptions and Practices in Trachoma Prevention: A Descriptive and Correlational Analysis Using the Health Belief Model in Rural Ethiopia. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Asmare ZA, Yeshiwas AG, Bayeh GM, Tsega TD, Tsega SS, Gebeyehu AA, Yemata GA, Anteneh RM, Ejigu AG, Ahmed AF, Yigzaw ZA, Temesgen A, Kebede AM, Mekonen H, Enawgaw AS, Yirdaw G, Mekonnen BA, Alemayehu MA, Gashu ZE, Yenew C.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

Epigenetic and polygenic contributions to body mass index: a validation study of predictive models. [PDF]

Clin Epigenetics
Marszałek K, Wróbel M, Subramanian B, Jaworska K, Pisarek-Pacek A, Piniewska-Róg D, Makiel K, Suder A, Michalczyk M, Wysocka B, Sitek A, Spólnicka M, Ossowski A, Branicki W, Pośpiech E.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Questioning of Special Items During Conference Calls: High Quality or Highly Questionable? Réexaminer des éléments exceptionnels lors des conférences téléphoniques : une pratique d'excellence ou très contestable?

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Accounting standards require firms to distinguish recurring revenues and expenses from nonrecurring gains and losses, which are often referred to as special items. However, not all special items are genuinely nonrecurring. Exploiting the setting of earnings conference calls, we explore whether analysts can identify opportunistic special items,
Jiajia Fu, Yuan Ji, James Potepa
wiley   +1 more source

BA 624 Sannwald Fall 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
Sannwald, William
core  

The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The past decade has seen a marked shift as many previously liberal democratic states have backslidden, taking authoritarian turns. How should liberal actors respond to democratic backsliding by others? Although it might seem that it is vital for liberal actors to react robustly to avoid complicity or to maintain their liberal integrity, this ...
James Pattison
wiley   +1 more source

Flangeless, flapless, fibrin-glue-less, fully covered, fully tucked (5F) ISHF. [PDF]

Indian J Ophthalmol
Jacob S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Genome‐wide association and interaction analysis for proliferative retinopathy in adults with type 2 diabetes born during famine: The DOLCE study in Ukraine

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is one of the leading causes of blindness in working‐age adults. We have previously shown that the risk of PDR is significantly elevated in individuals with intrauterine exposure to famine. However, the genetic mechanisms mediating this association remain unknown.
Olena Fedotkina, Most Champa Begum, Xuan Tung Trinh, Turkuler Özgumus, Mikael Åkerlund, Peter Nilsson, Leticia Maria Spindola, Valeriya Lyssenko   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic Risk Factors for Incomplete Vaccination in Swedish Two‐Year‐Olds—A Nationwide, Population‐Based Cohort Study

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To analyse the association between specific socioeconomic measures and the risk of incomplete vaccination for diphtheria‐tetanus‐pertussis (DTP) and measles‐containing vaccine (MCV) in Swedish two‐year‐olds. Methods This nationwide, population‐based cohort study included 227 457 children born in Sweden during 2014–2015.
Cecilia Chrapkowska Almqvist, Ilias Galanis, Tiia Lepp, Malin Kark, Sharon Kühlmann‐Berenzon, Anna Nilsson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source