Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Function among Older Community-Dwelling Adults. [PDF]
, 2018 Diet may be an important modifiable risk factor for maintenance of cognitive health in later life. This study aimed at examining associations between common dietary indices and dietary patterns defined by factor analysis and cognitive function in older ...
Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth +5 more
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Isotopic analysis reveals landscape patterns in the diet of a subsidized predator, the common raven
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2021 Anthropogenic subsidies to native predators can have cascading effects on sensitive prey populations, but the spatial mechanisms behind these effects are often unknown.
Seth Harju +3 more
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Deciduous enamel 3D microwear texture analysis as an indicator of childhood diet in medieval Canterbury, England [PDF]
, 2016 This study conducted the first three dimensional microwear texture analysis of human deciduous teeth to reconstruct the physical properties of medieval childhood diet (age 1-8yrs) at St Gregory's Priory and Cemetery (11th to 16th century AD) in ...
Deter, Chris +7 more
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Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 In mammals, the gut microbiome is vertically transmitted during maternal lactation at birth. In this study, we investigated the gut microbiome and diets of muskox, a large herbivore inhabiting in the high Arctic.
Ji‐Yeon Cheon +5 more
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Functional Traits of Fish Species: Adjusting Resolution to Accurately Express Resource Partitioning
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 One of the core challenges of functional diversity is the identification of traits that can accurately be linked to ecological processes. Trait-based metrics have been used to detect and quantify the effects of deterministic processes, such as niche ...
Victor E. L. da Silva +6 more
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Environmental DNA, 2023 The study of carnivores' diet is a key component to enhance knowledge on the ecology of predators and their effect on prey populations. Although molecular approaches to detect prey DNA in carnivore scats are improving, the validation of their accuracy, a
Cecilia Di Bernardi +5 more
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Benefits of thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing an open posterior component separation for abdominal herniorrhaphy [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: The implementation of open posterior component separation (PCS) surgery has led to improved outcomes for complex hernias. While the PCS technique has been shown to decrease recurrence rates, and provide a feasible option to repair hernias ...
Sellers, Austin
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Systematic Review of Crop Pests in the Diets of Four Bat Species Found as Wind Turbine Fatalities
DiversityAlthough the ultimate drivers of bat fatalities at wind turbines are still not well understood, the foraging behavior of insectivorous bats puts them at increased risk of collision with rotating blades.
Amanda M. Hale +3 more
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Feeding and foraging ecology of Trindade petrels Pterodroma arminjoniana during the breeding period in the South Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
, 2017 Seabirds breeding in tropical environments experience high energetic demands, when foraging in an oligotrophic environment. The globally threatened Trindade petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana has its largest colony in Trindade Island (20°30′S–29°19′W) inside
Bugoni, Leandro +4 more
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Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy with and without major chronic disease – a cohort study
Scientific ReportsHealth behaviors affect life expectancy, but whether disease is present can greatly impact both the individual and society. How health behavior is reflected in the utilization of health care services is yet to be investigated to support the impact of ...
Anne Kirstine Eriksen +5 more
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