, 2021 Ecological research is often hampered by the inability to quantify animal diets. Diet composition can be tracked through DNA metabarcoding of faecal samples, but whether (complex) diets can be quantitatively determined with metabarcoding is still debated and needs validation using free-living animals.
Yvonne Verkuil +8 more
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Cephalopods from the stomachs of sperm whales taken off California [PDF]
, 1989 Cephalopod remains (beaks, bodies, and parts of bodies) were collected from the stomachs of 157 sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) taken off central California (lat. 37°-39°N).
Fiscus, Clifford H. +2 more
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Urinary and faecal N-methylhistamine concentrations do not serve as markers for mast cell activation or clinical disease activity in dogs with chronic enteropathies [PDF]
, 2014 This study sought to correlate faecal and urinary N-methylhistamine (NMH) concentrations with resting versus degranulated duodenal mast cell numbers in dogs with chronic enteropathies (CE), and investigate correlations between intestinal mast cell ...
Allenspach, K +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Due to the multifaceted nature of Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs), setting a diet for these patients is complicated and time-consuming. In this study, a clinical decision support system based on fuzzy logic was modeled and evaluated to aid dietitians ...
Leila Marashi-Hosseini +2 more
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Explorations in anatomy: the remains from Royal London Hospital [PDF]
, 2014 This paper considers the faunal remains from recent excavations at the Royal London Hospital. The remains date to the beginning of the 19th century and offer an insight into the life of the hospital's patients and practices of the attached medical school.
Armitage P. +17 more
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Fish and amphibians as bat predators [PDF]
, 2015 Although bats (Chiroptera) belong to the most diverse mammalian orders, study of diversity of their natural predators has been seriously neglected for a long time.
Mikula, Peter
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Diet and fertility among Kalahari Bushmen [PDF]
, 1979 African Studies Center Working Paper No ...
Wilmsen, Edwin N.
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BLEEDING AND STARVING: fasting and delayed refeeding after upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Arquivos de GastroenterologiaContextEarly refeeding after nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding is safe and reduces hospital stay/costs.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was obtaining objective data on refeeding after nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.MethodsFrom 1 ...
Jorge FONSECA +3 more
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Composition and Host-Use Patterns of a Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Community Inhabiting the Canopy of a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Southern Venezuela [PDF]
, 2019 The adult scarab beetle fauna of the canopy in a lowland tropical rainforest in southern Venezuela was observed and collected by means of a 42 m-tall tower crane for a complete year.
Kirmse, Susan, Ratcliffe, Brett C.
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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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