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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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African Elephants, Roan Antelope, Language and Rock Art
Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2019 Linguistic and ethological data regarding elephants are examined in relation to southern African rock art, with special reference to the behaviour of these large tusked animals which become especially dangerous and aggressive when wounded, as in the case
J. Francis Thackeray
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The Elephant in the Room [PDF]
Anesthesiology, 2009 Arul, G Suren, Thies, Karl-Christian
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Utterance evolution: the road to generative, combinatorial communicators
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Language has long been considered uniquely complex in the animal kingdom; however, animal research over the last decade has begun to challenge some long‐standing premises about exactly which language capacities are uniquely human. The task of resolving why and how complex communication systems evolve, particularly human language, has ...
Catherine Crockford +2 more
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CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik +8 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceWelfare is a fundamental aspect of animal management and conservation. In light of growing public awareness and welfare concerns about captive elephants, there is an urgent need for comprehensive, globally coordinated efforts for Asian elephants (Elephas
Raman Ghimire +9 more
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Surveiller les animaux, conserver l’espèce
Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2017 By taking into consideration the surveillance of elephant tuberculosis implemented in Laos since 2013, this article aims to report on the issues and challenges of animal disease surveillance in a global context of species conservation.
Nicolas Lainé
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Two Central Nervous System Tumors in One Catheter Lab: Time to Rethink Radiation Protection
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Very little research has been done on the possible effects that repeated, frequent, and low‐dose ionizing radiation exposure has on the long‐term health of interventional cardiologists. Aims Following the diagnosis in the same year of two central nervous system tumors in two operators working in the same catheter laboratory, we ...
James R. Bentham, John D. R. Thomson
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Photoreversible Polyurea Actuators With Spatiotemporal Control and Adaptive Mechanics
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.A light–thermal responsive polyurea network incorporating reversibly dimerizable anthracene units enables spatiotemporal modulation of cross‐linking density and nearly 400‐fold stiffness tuning. Integrating programmable anisotropy, photopatterning, self‐healing, and photowelding within a single framework, this bioinspired “one network–multifunction ...
Zhiwen Song +7 more
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Elephant tuberculosis as a reverse zoonosis
Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2018 In the last twenty years, a growing number of captive elephants have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB) in various institutions worldwide, causing public health concerns.
Nicolas Lainé
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