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One or two pups - optimal reproduction strategies of common noctule females
BMC Zoology, 2022 Background The success of animal reproduction is impacted by a trade-off between energetic costs and mortality associated with immediate vs. future reproductive attempts.
Katerina Zukalova +6 more
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Blood Parasites and Health Status of Hibernating and Non-Hibernating Noctule Bats (Nyctalus noctula)
Microorganisms, 2022 Co-existence of bats with a wide range of infectious agents relates to their co-evolutionary history and specific physiology. Here, we examined blood samples collected during hibernation and the post-hibernation period to assess the influence of ...
Petr Linhart +14 more
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International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, EarlyView., 2023 Summary In this contribution, we propose a detailed study of interpolation‐based data‐driven methods that are of relevance in the model reduction and also in the systems and control communities. The data are given by samples of the transfer function of the underlying (unknown) model, that is, we analyze frequency‐response data.
Quirin Aumann, Ion Victor Gosea
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Phagocyte activity reflects mammalian homeo- and hetero-thermic physiological states
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Emergence of both viral zoonoses from bats and diseases that threaten bat populations has highlighted the necessity for greater insights into the functioning of the bat immune system.
Jiri Pikula +8 more
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Scaling Deep Decarbonization Technologies
Earth's Future, 2021 The 2020s represent an unprecedented time to address climate change in the United States given the opportunities provided by its large renewable resource base and decreasing technology costs, and the threat to humans and ecosystems due to rapidly ...
K. J. Holmes +3 more
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Agriculture, 2023 The honey bee obtains food from bee forage, which comprises crops grown in multi-hectare agricultural fields where various types of plant protection products such as pesticides are used. Some of these negatively affect the honey bee organism.
Paweł Migdał +6 more
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Deciphering acidogenic process towards biohydrogen, biohythane, and short chain fatty acids production: multi-output optimization strategy [PDF]
Biofuel Research Journal, 2016 Optimization of process parameters is crucial to understand the acidogenic fermentation process and its regulation towards the production of specific metabolites, viz., biohydrogen (H2), methane (CH4), biohythane (H2+CH4), and volatile fatty acids (VFA).
Omprakash Sarkar, S. Venkata Mohan
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 BackgroundFilarial infections have been understudied in bats. Likewise, little is known about pathogens associated with the reproductive system in chiropterans.
Jiri Pikula +13 more
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Appropriate market is key to success of dairying in Imperial Valley
California Agriculture, 1997 Growth and development pressures and environmental regulations are forcing dairy enterprises in the Chino Valley to relocate. Alternative areas for producing raw milk for the Los Angeles–San Diego basin will be needed.
L.J. (Bees) Butler, Javier Ekboir
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2018 The regulatory periodic safety inspection system is one of the most important methods for confirming the safety of nuclear power plants and the defense in depth in nuclear safety is the most important basic means for accident prevention and mitigation ...
Jihan Lim, Hyungjin Kim, Younwon Park
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