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Determinants and constraints of feather growth

PLOS ONE, 2020
Abstract During the periodic moult of the plumage of birds, a fast regrowth of feathers would shorten the time of reduced plumage functionality. However, it has long been known that feather growth-rate is limited and that long feathers take disproportionally longer to grow than small feathers, which has severe consequences on moult duration and the ...
Jenni, Lukas, Ganz, Kathrin, Milanesi, Pietro, Winkler, Raffael   +3 more
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Determinants of Population Growth in Pakistan

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDORSING HEALTH SCIENCE RESEARCH (IJEHSR), 2014
Population growth is a major problem of developing countries, which adversely affect economic growth and development. Today world population is 7.2 billion almost double of 1960 population. Pakistan is the 6th populous country with population of 188.2 million. Population growth in Pakistan is 1.95 almost double of world population growth.
Shams ul Huda
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The Effect of the Alcoholic Extract of Black Cumin (Nigella Sativa) on Stone Size in Patients with Oxalate Calcium Kidney Stones [PDF]

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2022
Background: Nephrolithiasis (kidney stone) is a systemic disease associated with metabolic disorders. Regarding the beneficial properties of Nigella sativa, including diuretic and its inhibitory effects of calcium oxalate crystals deposition, this study ...
Zohreh Aghamirei, Sepideh Hajian, Eesa Mohamadi-Zeidi, Alireza Ferasat, Aliakbar Karami, Maryam Javadi   +5 more
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Robust Growth Determinants [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
This paper investigates the robustness of determinants of economic growth in the presence of model uncertainty, parameter heterogeneity and outliers. The robust model averaging approach introduced in the paper uses a flexible and parsimonious mixture modeling that allows for fat-tailed errors compared to the normal benchmark case. Applying robust model
Doppelhofer, Gernot, Weeks, Melvyn
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Jointness of growth determinants [PDF]

Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007
AbstractThis paper introduces a new measure of dependence or jointness among explanatory variables. Jointness is based on the joint posterior distribution of variables over the model space, thereby taking model uncertainty into account. By looking beyond marginal measures of variable importance, jointness reveals generally unknown forms of dependence ...
Gernot Doppelhofer, Melvyn Weeks
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Sleep Hygiene Practices and Their Relation to Sleep Quality in Medical Students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences [PDF]

Journal of Caring Sciences, 2016
Introduction: Poor quality of sleep is a distressing and worrying condition that can disturb academic performance of medical students. Sleep hygiene practices are one of the important variables that affect sleep quality. The objective of this
Zohreh Yazdi, Ziba Loukzadeh, Parichehr Moghaddam, Shabnam Jalilolghadr   +3 more
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Determinants of City Growth in Brazil [PDF]

Journal of Urban Economics, 2005
In this paper, we examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. We consider a model of a city, which combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures. For the empirical analysis, we constructed a dataset of 123 Brazilian agglomerations, and estimate aspects of the demand and supply side ...
Daniel da Mata, U. Deichmann, J. Vernon Henderson, Somik V. Lall, H.G. Wang   +4 more
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Effectiveness of Theory-Based Intervention on Knowledge Level, Psychological Constructs, Metabolic Index and Physical Activity Status in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Application of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) Model

Clinical Diabetology, 2023
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the educational intervention based on the health action process approach (HAPA) model on the level of knowledge, metabolic indicators, psychological constructs and physical activity status in
Fatemeh Zanjanchi Neko, Isa Mohammadi Zeidi, Hadi Morshedi, Banafsheh Mohammadi Zeidi, Mohammad Reza Maleki, Amir Pakpoor Hajia   +5 more
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Determination of Free Growth Hormone [PDF]

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2008
AbstractContext: Approximately 50% of circulating GH is bound to the high-affinity GH-binding protein (GHBP), which is known to affect the pharmacokinetics, bioactivity, and quantitative determination of GH. Nevertheless, the presence of GHBP is rarely taken into account in the clinical use of GH measurements.Objective: Our objective was to develop an ...
Frystyk, Jan, Andreasen, Caroline Marie, Fisker, Sanne   +2 more
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Evaluation of Relationship between Serum Liver Enzymes and Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Data from Rafsanjan Cohort Study

International Journal of Hypertension, 2022
Background. Hypertension as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases is among the leading causes of death worldwide. The relationship between elevated serum levels of liver enzymes and hypertension has been reported in limited studies, and to the ...
Parvin Khalili, Saeedeh Abdollahpoor, Fatemeh Ayoobi, Alireza Vakilian, Hamid Hakimi, Zohreh Rajabi, Zahra Jamali   +6 more
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