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Social interactions dominate speed control in driving natural flocks toward criticality

open access: yes, 2013
Flocks of birds exhibit a remarkable degree of coordination and collective response. It is not just that thousands of individuals fly, on average, in the same direction and at the same speed, but that even the fluctuations around the mean velocity are ...
Bialek, William   +7 more
core   +1 more source

The MedSupport Multilevel Intervention to Enhance Support for Pediatric Medication Adherence: Development and Feasibility Testing

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We developed MedSupport, a multilevel medication adherence intervention designed to address root barriers to medication adherence. This study sought to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MedSupport intervention strategies to support a future full‐scale randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth G. Bouchard   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of social and physical environmental variation on antipredator behavior in mixed-species parid flocks.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) and tufted titmice (Baeolophus bicolor) regularly form flocks with multiple species through the winter months, including white-breasted nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis).
Colton B Adams   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review: Managing sheep and goats for sustainable high yield production

open access: yesAnimal, 2021
This review discusses the most relevant aspects of nutritional, reproductive and health management, the three pillars of flock efficiency, production and sustainability regarding the intensification of production in sheep and goats.
J. Simões   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of a Simple Model for Within-Flock Transmission of Scrapie. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Genetic control programs for scrapie in sheep build on solid knowledge of how susceptibility to scrapie is modulated by the prion protein genotype at the level of an individual sheep. In order to satisfactorily analyze the effectivity of control programs
Thomas J Hagenaars, Jack J Windig
doaj   +1 more source

Nineteenth century reflection of gender in selected songs from Frauenliebe und Leben and Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper focuses on six of the sixteen songs in Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love) to demonstrate how Schumann has used gender and sexuality to provide a masculine perspective.
Flock, Jeremy D.
core   +2 more sources

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the variable capacity property of CC/DS-CDMA systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A complete complementary code based direct sequence code division multiple access (CC/DS-CDMA) system has been proposed recently as a potential candidate for beyond third generation (B3G) wireless communications.
Chen, HH, Song, YH, Wang, LP, Yang, Y
core   +1 more source

Flocking ferromagnetic colloids [PDF]

open access: yesScience Advances, 2017
Energized by a vertical alternating magnetic field, colloidal particles roll and flock together.
Kaiser, Andreas   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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