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Cyclical changes in seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions: endemic and epidemic disease in one host species?

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007
Background Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease infecting a broad range of mammalian hosts, and is re-emerging globally. California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) have experienced recurrent outbreaks of leptospirosis since 1970, but it is unknown ...
St Leger Judy, Palmer Lauren, Ghneim George S, Hietala Sharon, Greig Denise J, Lloyd-Smith James O, Grenfell Bryan T, Gulland Frances MD   +7 more
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Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 1996 [PDF]

, 1996
(PDF contains 96 pages.

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Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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An Eye-Opening Experience [PDF]

, 2014
2014 essay contest winner Kevin Romero\u27s An Eye-Opening ...
Romero, Kevin
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An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin, Laura Morabito, Hannah Leighton, Tahani AlMahmoud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microhaplotype Methods Enable Relationship Inference in a Bottlenecked Mammalian Species

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are among the most genetically depauperate mammals in the world. A near‐total population bottleneck in the 19th century, coupled with the breeding system of extreme polygyny, has challenged efforts to estimate individual reproductive success with genetic methods.
Keith M. Hernandez, Anthony J. Clemento, Juliette E. Linossier, Daniel E. Crocker, Daniel P. Costa, Colleen Reichmuth, John Carlos Garza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, October 26, 1951 [PDF]

, 1948
Volume 40, Issue 23https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/11610/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Optimized Design and Propulsion Performance of the Robotic Sea Lion Foreflipper

Proceedings
Otariidae are the only marine mammals that use their foreflippers for propulsion, and the combination of hydrofoil and paddle propulsion makes them excellent hunters and swimmers. Therefore, it is of great scientific significance and engineering value to
Zeyi Zhang, Yuhong Liu, Houcun Li, Jinyang Du, Wenchao Wang, Huan Bai   +5 more
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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw, Stephen Merkel, Andrew Woods, Jane Evans, Vanessa Pashley, Simon Chenery   +5 more
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Fine-scale site fidelity in California sea lions, Zalophus californianus, in the colony at Los Islotes, La Paz Bay, Mexico

Ciencias Marinas, 2019
Fine-scale site fidelity in polygynous pinnipeds influences individual interactions, social stability, and gene flow; over time, demographic processes may be altered, and local extinction of some colonies may occur.
Andrea Rayas-Estrada, Claudia Janetl Hernández-Camacho   +1 more
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