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Comparison of kinship‐identification methods for robust stock assessment using close‐kin mark–recapture data for Pacific bluefin tuna

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
In this study, we compared three methods for kinship identification using different algorithms in samples of wild Pacific bluefin tuna and generated genotyping data. The three methods resulted in different numbers of inferred kinship pairs for both generated and actual data. Particularly for the half‐sibling pairs, considerable number of false‐positive
Yohei Tsukahara   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Portrait of the Animal as a Young Artist: Animality, Instinct, and Cognition in Joyce’s Early Prose

open access: yesHumanities, 2017
This essay situates James Joyce within the competing discourses of Catholic theology, evolutionary biology, and Nietzsche’s philosophy, with emphasis on their attitudes towards the body and the animal-human boundary.
John S. Rickard
doaj   +1 more source

Cryptosporidium spp. infections in livestock and wild animals in Azerbaijan territory

open access: yesJournal of Water and Health, 2021
Cryptosporidium is an intracellular protozoan parasite, globally distributed and capable of infecting various vertebrate species, including humans as well as domestic and wild animals.
S. Mamedova, P. Karanis
doaj   +1 more source

Extremal $\{p, q\}$-Animals [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
An animal is a planar shape formed by attaching congruent regular polygons, known as tiles, along their edges. In this paper, we study extremal animals defined on regular tessellations of the plane. In 1976, Harary and Harborth studied animals in the Euclidean cases, finding extremal values for their vertices, edges, and tiles, when any one of these ...
arxiv  

Diagnosis of centrocestus formosanus infection in zebrafish (Danio rerio) in Italy: A window to a new globalization-derived invasive microorganism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Centrocestus formosanus is a digenetic trematode with a complex life cycle, involving invertebrate and vertebrate hosts, humans included. In particular, it causes gill lesions and mortality in freshwater fish species, and gastrointestinal symptoms in ...
Aceto, S.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015
Significance Antimicrobials are used in livestock production to maintain health and productivity. These practices contribute to the spread of drug-resistant pathogens in both livestock and humans, posing a significant public health threat. We present the
T. V. Van Boeckel   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dendritic cells steering antigen and leukocyte traffic in lymph nodes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Dendritic cells are key players in the activation of T cells and their commitment to effector function. In this In a Nutshell Review, we will discuss how dendritic cells guide the trafficking of antigen and leukocytes in the lymph node, thus influencing T‐cell activation processes. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in initiating and shaping the
Enrico Dotta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Deaths on Screen: Film & Ethics

open access: yesRelations, 2014
Do animals understand death? How does the cinema represent death? The concept of death has played a crucial role in anthropocentric discussions of the representation of human/animal relationships in cultural practices.
Barbara Creed
doaj   +1 more source

Reduced number of IFN‐γ producing cells in peripheral blood is a biomarker for patients with renal cell carcinoma

open access: yesImmunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2022
Renal cell cancer (RCC) is the most lethal of all the common urologic cancers and constitutes 2.2% of all malignancy diagnoses. The incidence of RCC has been steadily increasing in recent decades.
Kun‐Jin Wu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

4D Agnostic Real-Time Facial Animation Pipeline for Desktop Scenarios [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
We present a high-precision real-time facial animation pipeline suitable for animators to use on their desktops. This pipeline is about to be launched in FACEGOOD's Avatary\footnote{https://www.avatary.com/} software, which will accelerate animators' productivity.
arxiv  

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