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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Despite frogs avoiding low temperatures, examination of four salamander species revealed that none avoided cold and all possessed cold tolerance. Functional analysis of TRPM8, a cold sensor, showed that all salamander TRPM8s had lost their cold sensitivity.
Tadahiro Sawao +3 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Farmland birds are facing a gradual decline in their population globally due to various anthropogenic threats. Understanding farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and perception towards the conservation of farmland birds is crucial to understand distribution ...
Hem Bahadur Katuwal +4 more
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The inordinate unpopularity of changing all eponymous bird and other organismal names
BionominaA proposal by Foley & Rutter (2020) to eliminate all eponymous English bird names was published in the Washington Post, a Washington D.C. newspaper. Fears (2021) reported in this same newspaper that a racist and colonialist history is perpetuated in some
Kevin Winker
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Evaluating the effect of γ‐oryzanol on MASLD pathology using a medaka fish model
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This study explores a liver disease called MASLD, which is increasing worldwide and can lead to serious damage. Researchers used medaka fish instead of rodents to test a food compound, γ‐oryzanol. Fish fed this compound had less liver fat and healthier gut bacteria.
Yukako Ito +7 more
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The Trumpeters of Bemersyde: at Scottish Placename Reconsidered
Names, 1999 The placename Bemersyde in the Scottish county of Berwickshire is usually explained as “hillside or seat of the trumpeter,” from the Old English words bēmere “trumpeter” and sīde “hillside” or “seat.” This would represent an unusual type of formation ...
Carole Hough
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020 Background The loss of traditional ecological knowledge in endangered language communities is a cause of concern worldwide. Given the state of current knowledge, it is difficult to say whether language and TEK transmission levels are correlated, i.e ...
Aung Si
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Castlemaine Naturalist, 1995 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Adult Learning in STEM Disciplines
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) are reshaping adult learning in STEM by providing adaptive, data‐driven instruction across classrooms, workplaces, and informal environments. In the context of ITS, this article compares generative AI, which creates personalized explanations and practice materials, with explainable AI, which focuses on ...
Jill Zarestky, Amanda R. Lager Gleason
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Likeability of Garden Birds: Importance of Species Knowledge & Richness in Connecting People to Nature. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Interacting with nature is widely recognised as providing many health and well-being benefits. As people live increasingly urbanised lifestyles, the provision of food for garden birds may create a vital link for connecting people to nature and enabling ...
Daniel T C Cox, Kevin J Gaston
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Standardising English names for Australian bird subspecies as a conservation tool
Bird conservation international, 2017 Summary Over the last 25 years subspecies have become an important unit of bird conservation in Australia. Some have evocative common English names which have allowed the subspecies to be vested with meaning among conservation advocates, evoking feelings
G. Ehmke, J. Fitzsimons, S. Garnett
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