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Post‐hatching development of the remote‐tactile bill‐tip organ in precocial shorebirds (Scolopacidae)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Juvenile scolopacid shorebirds possess well‐developed osteological correlates of tactile bill‐tip organs, indicating sensory systems for remote‐touch foraging are present from early life. Ontogenetic changes in bill‐tip morphology suggest ecological specialisation and interspecific variation develop later, after fledging in these highly precocial ...
Carla J. du Toit, Anyaise Green, Daniel J. Field   +2 more
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Evidence of goose circovirus identified in Muscovy ducks. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Zhang M, Chen Y, Tian Z, Huang Y, Wan C, Yin G, Chen Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Factors That Influence the Implementation of Animal‐Assisted Intervention for People With Dementia in Community Care Settings: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the factors that influence the implementation of animal‐assisted intervention (AAI) for people with dementia in community care settings in Ireland. Design Descriptive qualitative study. Methods Semi‐structured interviews were carried out with 13 people with dementia, 11 care partners and 18 health and social care practitioners ...
Dou Zhang, Marita Hennessy, Nuala Paley, Gerry Paley, Catherine Houghton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

<i>In vitro</i> induction of <i>de novo</i> thyroid hormone synthesis in Muscovy ducks (<i>Carirana moschata</i>), common ducks (<i>Anas platyrhynchos domesticus</i>), and mule ducks by ovine thyroid-stimulating hormone. [PDF]

J Poult Sci
Chuang H, Lin JC, Weng CF, Tang PC, Huang WT.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Differential impacts of dietary distillers' dried grains with solubles levels on Cherry Valley ducks: Insights into meat quality and intestinal health. [PDF]

Anim Nutr
Liu Y, Deng J, Xie Y, Chang J, Zhao H, Chen X, Liu G, Tang J, Tian G, Cai J, Jia G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Medical students' experiences in providing medical care to older patients: A rich picture study

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction With an ageing population, future doctors must be prepared to care for older patients facing complex and often chronic needs. Despite curricular efforts, medical students often report less positive attitudes towards providing this care—shaped not only by knowledge gaps but also by cultural norms and the hidden curriculum.
Emma J. Draper, Anne de la Croix, Ariadne A. Meiboom, Nynke van Dijk, Rashmi A. Kusurkar, Martin Smalbrugge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The optimal dietary Zn requirement in meat ducks from 22 to 42 days of age: effects on growth performance, tibial characteristics, and feather follicle development. [PDF]

Poult Sci
Lu Z, Cao Q, Zhu K, Qu S, Chang Y, Ding X, Liu J, Sun G, Jiang X, Zhang H, Zhu Y.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Secrecy: An Epistemological Account

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the ethical and political implications of secrecy are significant, I argue here that its fundamental nature is epistemological and that any account of its nature must be based on its epistemological profile. In particular, I propose examining secrecy within the framework of social and political epistemology, considering secrets as ...
Jesús Navarro
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of marine-derived Enterococcus durans YQ-6 on growth performance, intestinal health and microbial community of Leizhou black ducks. [PDF]

Poult Sci
Gou Y, Wu J, Yao Q, Zhao N, Wu H, Chen Z.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“Strange can be quite normal”: How the environmental crisis becomes present in Han Kang's and Samanta Schweblin's “constructively alienating” environmental fiction

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents the concept “constructive alienation” as a response to the oversaturation of apocalyptic environmental fiction that has contributed to deep‐seated desensitization toward the climate crisis, resulting in crisis of imagination (Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate change and the unthinkable, 2016; Solnit, If you win the ...
Agnethe Brounbjerg Bennedsgaard
wiley   +1 more source