Effects of 34 Weeks of Military Service on Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Military Cadets of Angola [PDF]
Military personnel need physical fitness to effectively carry out operational military activities within their specific field of operation. This research investigates the effects of a 34-week training program on Angolan cadets’ body composition, muscle ...
Manuel Coge +5 more
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Environmental Heterogeneity as a Differential Driver for Density of Two Sympatric Rodent Species [PDF]
Environmental heterogeneity acts as a differential driver for the densities of two sympatric rodent species, Apodemus flavicollis (specialist) and A. sylvaticus (generalist), along a heterogeneity gradient in a deciduous oak forest. Through a three‐year trapping campaign and analysis of forest overstorey and understorey components, we show that species
Stefania Gasperini +6 more
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MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration [PDF]
We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross‐species database facilitates comparative research into the eco‐evolutionary drivers of animal behaviour. We describe its management and share its resources as a replicable
Delphine De Moor +91 more
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Food Globalization in the Early Modern Period: Isotopic Evidence of Maize Introduction and Dietary Diversification on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain (16th–18th CE) [PDF]
Isotopic values of Gran Canaria's Early Modern Human Population. (A) Measured human δ13Ccollagen versus δ15Ncollagen values from Gran Canaria during the Early Modern period (16th–18th centuries). The graph includes the mean values and standard deviations of each period; (B) violin plot of the δ13Ccollagen values by chronological period; (C) violin plot
Jonathan Santana +10 more
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Genomic signatures of climate adaptation in bank voles [PDF]
We investigated adaptive differences in 12 bank vole populations across Europe in conjunction with geographic climate variation. We used multiple genotype‐environment associations, found that mean annual temperature was a shaping factor, and identified signatures of selection in candidate genes related to lipid metabolism and the immune system.
Remco Folkertsma +11 more
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A bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira (Belas, Portugal) [PDF]
Abstract An unpublished turtle shell from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira, near Belas (Lisbon District, Portugal), is recognized by us as collected in 1880 under the direction of Carlos Ribeiro. No turtle remains from that region had so far been figured, described or discussed from a systematic point of view.
Miguel Telles Antunes +1 more
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Sweet Femininities: Women and the Confectionery Trade in Eighteenth‐Century Barcelona
Abstract This article examines the intersections between sweetness, femininity and the confectionery trade in eighteenth‐century Barcelona, at a time of growing consumption of sugar and slavery. Drawing on a range of underexplored archival material, this study traces the stories of women of different social groups, namely, elite housewives, nuns and ...
Marta Manzanares Mileo
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Condannati al riuso. Mercato immobiliare e forme della riqualificazione edilizia e urbana
Urban regeneration strategies are different and depend on developers’ expectations. The study considers two in particular: the demolition and reconstruction of obsolete buildings and the reuse of existing assets.
Alessia Mangialardo, Ezio Micelli
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Diabetic Macular Edema With and Without Subfoveal Neuroretinal Detachment: Two Different Morphologic and Functional Entities [PDF]
To assess specific morphologic and functional characteristics in eyes with diabetic macular edema (DME) with subfoveal neuroretinal detachment (SND+) vs DME without SND (SND-)
Berton, Marianna +5 more
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Abstract Although existing studies have documented the capacity of migration city networks (CNs) to mobilize on the vertical/intergovernmental dimension, there is less evidence of how CNs can contribute to scaling up network governance with societal actors beyond local jurisdictions and favour the emergence of multilevel governance arrangements.
Tiziana Caponio
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