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Factors Driving Background Choice in Scorpionfish
Ecology and EvolutionFor a successful hunt, marine ambush predators such as scorpionfish need to be well camouflaged to deceive their prey. When the natural environment is heterogeneous, one strategy to maintain camouflage is choosing backgrounds to achieve better crypsis ...
Leonie John +2 more
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Assessing Snow Phenology and Its Environmental Driving Factors in Northeast China
Remote Sensing, 2022 Snow cover is an important water source and even an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) as defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Hui Guo +3 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving maintenance dialysis, driven by calcium and phosphate metabolism disturbances. Calcimimetics are central to the management of SHPT by enhancing calcium‐sensing receptor sensitivity and reducing parathyroid hormone secretion.
Fumihiko Koiwa +3 more
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Driving prevalence and factors associated with driving among patients with epilepsy
Epilepsy & Behavior, 2006 The goal of the work described here was to determine the prevalence of driving and associated variables among patients followed at a level 4 epilepsy center.A survey was mailed out to patients seen at the University of Florida/Jacksonville Comprehensive Epilepsy Program.The study population comprised 308 respondents.
Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, University of Florida Health Sciences Center/Jacksonville West Eighth Street, Tower One, Ninth Floor, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA ( host institution ) +2 more
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What Factors Drive Analyst Forecasts? [PDF]
Financial Analysts Journal, 2011 Using survey data to judge how analyst forecasts are related to evaluations of companies’ industry competitiveness, strategic choices, and internal capabilities, the authors found that analyst forecasts are associated with many of the factors that money managers rate as important in their assessments of analyst contributions.
Groysberg, Boris +3 more
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Fuel Consumption Tabulation in Laboratory Conditions [PDF]
, 2014 Environmental degradation has come about for a number of factors including the use of fossil fuels in vehicles for everyday use. This paper attempts to understand the relationship between fuel consumption and various engine performance parameters under ...
Alghadhi, Mostafa +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Exploring the spatial and temporal dynamic characteristics of regional forest net primary productivity (NPP) in the context of global climate change can not only provide a theoretical basis for terrestrial carbon cycle studies, but also provide data ...
Tao Li, Mingyang Li, Fang Ren, Lei Tian
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mSystems, 2021 As a key microbial community component with important ecological roles, archaea merit the attention of biologists and ecologists. The mechanisms controlling microbial community diversity, composition, and biogeography are central to microbial ecology but
Zhi‐Feng Zhang +3 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) carries substantial mortality. The role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) remains uncertain. Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients with AOSD‐MAS treated with TPE at a single‐center.
Masataka Ueda +15 more
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The psychosocial characteristics and on-road behaviour of unlicensed drivers [PDF]
, 2004 Unlicensed driving remains a serious problem for road safety, despite ongoing improvements in traffic law enforcement practices and technology. While it does not play a direct causative role in road crashes, unlicensed driving undermines the integrity of
Watson, Barry Craig
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