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Quantifying Optically Derived Two-Dimensional Wave-Averaged Currents in the Surf Zone

Remote Sensing, 2021
Complex two-dimensional nearshore current patterns are generated by feedbacks between sub-aqueous morphology and momentum imparted on the water column by breaking waves, winds, and tides.
Dylan Anderson, A. Spicer Bak, Katherine L. Brodie, Nicholas Cohn, Rob A. Holman, John Stanley   +5 more
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Spatial Variability of Coastal Foredune Evolution, Part A: Timescales of Months to Years

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019
Coastal foredunes are topographically high features that can reduce vulnerability to storm-related flooding hazards. While the dominant aeolian, hydrodynamic, and ecological processes leading to dune growth and erosion are fairly well-understood ...
Katherine Brodie, Ian Conery, Nicholas Cohn, Nicholas Spore, Margaret Palmsten   +4 more
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Detection of antibodies to Duck Tembusu Virus in human population with or without the history of contact with ducks.

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2021
Duck tembusu virus (DTMUV) is an emerging duck pathogen in China and other Asian countries. It is unclear whether this emerging zoonotic infection poses a threat to humans.
Rojjanaporn Pulmanausahakul, K. Ketsuwan, Thitigun Jaimipuk, Duncan R. Smith, P. Auewarakul, T. Songserm   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative genomics in chicken and Pekin duck using FISH mapping and microarray analysis [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The availability of the complete chicken (Gallus gallus) genome sequence as well as a large number of chicken probes for fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) and microarray resources facilitate comparative genomic studies between chicken ...
Skinner, B., Robertson, L., Tempest, H., Langley, E., Ioannou, D., Fowler, K., Crooijmans, R., Hall, A., Griffin, D., Völker, M., Skinner, B., Robertson, L., Tempest, H., Langley, E., Ioannou, D., Fowler, K., Crooijmans, R., Hall, A., Griffin, D., Völker, M.   +19 more
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Altered Germinal-Center Metabolism in B Cells in Autoimmunity

Metabolites, 2022
B lymphocytes play an important role in the pathophysiology of many autoimmune disorders by producing autoantibodies, secreting cytokines, and presenting antigens. B cells undergo extreme physiological changes as they develop and differentiate.
Ashton K. Shiraz, Eric J. Panther, Christopher M. Reilly   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Characteristics and Zoonotic Potential of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) Isolates from Chicken and Duck in South Korea

Microorganisms, 2021
Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) causes colibacillosis, which is an economically important disease in the poultry industry worldwide. The present study investigated O-serogroups, phylogenetic groups, antimicrobial resistance, and the existence of
Jiyeon Jeong, Ji-Youn Lee, Min-Su Kang, Hye-Jin Lee, Seong-Il Kang, O. Lee, Y. Kwon, Jin-Hyun Kim   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of Alfalfa Meal on Growth Performance and Gastrointestinal Tract Development of Growing Ducks [PDF]

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2012
A study was conducted to evaluate effects of alfalfa meal on growth performance and gastrointestinal tract development of growing layer ducks to provide evidence for application of alfalfa meal in the duck industry.
J. F. Jiang, X. M. Song, X. Huang, W. D. Zhou, J. L. Wu, Z. G. Zhu, H. C. Zheng, Y. Q. Jiang   +7 more
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Effects of Bit Chewing on Gastric Emptying, Small Intestinal Transit, and Orocecal Transit Times in Clinically Normal Horses

Animals, 2023
Ileus is a common life-threatening problem in horses, and currently available treatments may be ineffective. The purpose of this study was to determine whether bit chewing, a form of sham feeding, decreases the gastric emptying time (GET), small ...
Molly E. Patton, Frank M. Andrews, Sophie H. Bogers, David Wong, Harold C. McKenzie, Stephen R. Werre, Christopher R. Byron   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coastal Topo-Bathymetry from a Single-Pass Satellite Video: Insights in Space-Videos for Coastal Monitoring at Duck Beach (NC, USA)

Remote Sensing, 2022
At the interface between land and sea, the shoreface of sandy coasts extends from the dune (up to tens of meters above the sea level) to below the depth of the closure (often tens of meters below sea level).
Rafael Almar, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Katherine L. Brodie, Andrew Spicer Bak, Stephanie Artigues, Solange Lemai-Chenevier, Guillaume Cesbron, Jean-Marc Delvit   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Survival of Adult Female Mottled Ducks [PDF]

, 2017
The mottled duck (Anas fulgivula) is a non‐migratory duck dependent on coastal habitats to meet all of its life cycle requirements in the Western Gulf Coast (WGC) of Texas and Louisiana, USA.
Conway, Warren C., Haukos, David A., Moon, Jena A.   +2 more
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