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Trophic complexity and the adaptive value of damage-induced plant volatiles.

PLoS Biology, 2012
Indirect plant defenses are those facilitating the action of carnivores in ridding plants of their herbivorous consumers, as opposed to directly poisoning or repelling them.
Ian Kaplan
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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An Improved Image Watermarking by Modifying Selected DWT-DCT Coefficients

IEEE Access, 2021
Digital images can be easily copied or manipulated by irresponsible persons. The right property needs to be secured and protected from illegal copies and piracy. Digital watermarking is one of the solutions to protect the intellectual property of digital
Ferda Ernawan, Dhani Ariatmanto, Ahmad Firdaus   +2 more
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The adaptive value of stubborn goals

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Humans exhibit a striking tendency to persist with chosen goals. This strong attachment to goals can often appear irrational - a perspective captured by terms such as perseverance or sunk-cost biases. In this review, we explore how goal commitment could stem from several adaptive mechanisms, including those that optimise cognitive resources, shield ...
Eleanor Holton, Yael Niv, Jill X. O’Reilly   +2 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Understanding IT value : a multilevel, complex, and adaptive system perspective [PDF]

, 2013
One remaining difficulty in the Information Technology (IT) business value evaluation domain is the direct linkage between IT value and the underlying determinants of IT value or surrogates of IT value.
Zhang, Meng
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The MAORY first-light adaptive optics module for E-ELT [PDF]

, 2015
The MAORY adaptive optics module is part of the first light instrumentation suite for the E-ELT. The MAORY project phase B is going to start soon.
Ragazzoni R., De Caprio V., Agapito G., Cortecchia F., Delboulbe A., Henault F., Riva M., Giro E., Bonaglia M., Lauria M., Pareschi G., Biliotti V., Briguglio R., Verinaud C., Esposito S., Busoni L., Spano P., Giordano C., Rochat S., Ramsay S., Bregoli G., Oberti S., Ferruzzi D., Ventura N., Arcidiacono C., Lafrasse S., Baruffolo A., Cascone E., Rabou P., Carbonaro L., Felini C., Schreiber L., Bellazzini M., Foppiani I., Xompero M., Roussel F., De Rosa A., Fiorentino G., De Pascale M., Ciliegi P., Ghigo M., Sztefek M. -H., Saracco P., Spavone M., Fini L., Magnard Y., Maurel D., Puglisi A., Roux A., Maiorano E., Le Coarer E., Di Rico G., Riccardi A., Morgante G., Cosentino G., Mapelli M., Moulin T., Fantinel D., Butler R. C., Jocou L., Lombini M., Marchetti E., Gluck L., Michaud L., Feautrier P., Zerbi F. M., Carlotti A., Diolaiti E., Ricciardi S., Abicca R., Mannucci F., Salasnich B., Zins G., Correia J. -J., Patti M., Stadler E., Casali M., Kerber F., Brissaud O., Del Vecchio C., FOPPIANI, ITALO, FIORENTINO, Giuliana, MANNUCCI, FILIPPO, Michaud, Laurence, MAPELLI, MICHELA, DIOLAITI, EMILIANO, Casali, Mark, PUGLISI, Alfio Timothy, Sztefek, Marie-Hélène, Stadler, Eric, Feautrier, Philippe, DI RICO, Gianluca, Hénault, François, ABICCA, Renata, LOMBINI, MATTEO, RIVA, Marco, FERRUZZI, Debora, Roussel, Frédéric, Marchetti, Enrico, Ramsay, Suzanne, Moulin, Thibaut, XOMPERO, MARCO, GHIGO, Mauro, Giordano, Christophe, Rochat, Sylvain, Antichi, Jacopo, Ventura, Noël, Carlotti, Alexis, SCHREIBER, LAURA, LAURIA, MIMMA, Oberti, Sylvain, Gluck, Laurence, CASCONE, Enrico, BONAGLIA, MARCO, DE CAPRIO, VINCENZO, SALASNICH, Bernardo, CORTECCHIA, Fausto, CILIEGI, Paolo, BUSONI, LORENZO, Patti, Mauro, ZERBI, Filippo Maria, DEL VECCHIO, Ciro, FANTINEL, Daniela, Lafrasse, Sylvain, Jocou, Laurent, Magnard, Yves, Roux, Alain, Kerber, Florian, BRIGUGLIO PELLEGRINO, RUNA ANTONIO, DE ROSA, ADRIANO GIUSEPPE, ESPOSITO, Simone, Rabou, Patrick, DE PASCALE, Marco, Brissaud, Olivier, GIRO, Enrico, Vérinaud, Christophe, FINI, Luca, MORGANTE, GIANLUCA, RICCIARDI, SARA, De Rosa, Adriano, BUTLER, REGINALD CHRISTOPHER, Cosentino, Giuseppe, ARCIDIACONO, CARMELO, Zins, Gérard, SPAVONE, MARILENA, AGAPITO, GUIDO, MAIORANO, Elisabetta, PARESCHI, Giovanni, Felini, Corrado, le Coarer, Etienne, BREGOLI, Giovanni, Spano, Paolo, BARUFFOLO, Andrea, CARBONARO, LUCA, Maurel, Didier, BELLAZZINI, Michele, Delboulbé, Alain, RICCARDI, Armando, Correia, Jean-Jacques, SARACCO, Paolo, RAGAZZONI, Roberto   +160 more
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Comparative Drug Response Profiling in Neuroblastoma Cell Lines and Patient‐Derived Tumor Organoids

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐risk neuroblastoma remains a leading cause of pediatric cancer mortality, and improved preclinical models are needed to guide therapeutic developments. We screened seven high‐risk neuroblastoma cell lines and three patient‐derived tumor organoids with 528 compounds alongside bone marrow controls, and compared them with external datasets ...
Krzysztof Wierbiłowicz, Se Whee Sammy Park, Aironas Los, Ernest Liu, Nona Struyf, Tom Erkers, Sören Lehmann, Jan J. Molenaar, Jakob Stenman, Olli Kallioniemi, Päivi Östling, Brinton Seashore‐Ludlow, Kasper Karlsson   +12 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Exploring the value of online adaptive image-guided radiotherapy: A scoping review

Health Sciences Review
To facilitate informed decision-making, it is important to understand what value online adaptive image-guided radiotherapy (ART) provides for patients, professionals and society. This review aimed to summarize how the value of online ART is described and
Marike J Ulehake, Janneke PC Grutters, Marcel Verheij, Ellen JL Brunenberg   +3 more
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