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Culture and Geographic Variation in Orangutan Behavior [PDF]

Current Biology, 2011
Although geographic variation in an organism's traits is often seen as a consequence of selection on locally adaptive genotypes accompanied by canalized development [1], developmental plasticity may also play a role [2, 3], especially in behavior [4].
Krützen, M, Willems, E P, van Schaik, C P   +2 more
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Geographic Variation in Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation [PDF]

, 2023
BACKGROUND: There is marked geographic variation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) initiation, ranging from 10% to 40% of eligible patients at the state level.
Meredith S. Duncan, Wernke, Steven, Beatty, Alexis, Justin M. Bachmann, Thomas, Randal, Whooley, Mary, Randal J. Thomas, Mary A. Whooley, Steven A. Wernke, Freiberg, Matthew, Robbins, Natalie, Greevy, Robert, Bachmann, Justin, Matthew S. Freiberg, Robert A. Greevy, Alexis L. Beatty, Sandra L. Jackson, Natalie N. Robbins, Duncan, Meredith, Jackson, Sandra   +19 more
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Geographic variation in forest trees.

Silva Fennica, 1980
Planting of forest trees takes place in USSR on millions of hectares but without permanent forest seed bases having yet been established in every region of the country.
Prokazin, E.
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Morphological variation of the Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara Jacquin, 1787) in the Central Balkans [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2010
The variation in some of the morphometric, meristic and qualitative characters of the Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) in five population samples from mountains of the Central Balkans was analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistics.
Ljubisavljević Katarina, Jović D., Džukić G.   +2 more
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Geographic Linkage and Variation in Cryptosporidium hominis

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
UK Cryptosporidium hominis isolates have previously shown slight PCR fragment length polymorphism at multiple loci. To further investigate transmission, we conducted a case–control study and sequenced the GP60 locus from 115 isolates.
Rachel M. Chalmers, Stephen J. Hadfield, Colin J. Jackson, Kristin Elwin, Lihua Xiao, Paul Hunter   +5 more
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Geographic Variation in the Quality of Prescribing [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2010
To assess U.S. geographic variation in the management of medication in elderly patients, the authors examined performance on two quality measures: the use of medications considered to be high-risk for the elderly and potentially harmful drug–disease interactions.
Yuting, Zhang, Katherine, Baicker, Joseph P, Newhouse   +2 more
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Geographic Variation in Salt Marsh Structure and Function for Nekton: a Guide to Finding Commonality Across Multiple Scales

, 2021
Coastal salt marshes are distributed widely across the globe and are considered essential habitat for many fish and crustacean species. Yet, the literature on fishery support by salt marshes has largely been based on a few geographically distinct model ...
Ziegler, SL, Baker, R, Barbeau, MA, Mallick, D, Reinhardt, JF, Martin, CW, Colombano, DD, Connolly, RM, Gilby, BL, Nelson, JA, Crosby, SC, Simenstad, CA, Cebrian, J, Deegan, LA, et al.   +14 more
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Geographic variation within the military health system

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background This study seeks to quantify variation in healthcare utilization and per capita costs using system-defined geographic regions based on enrollee residence within the Military Health System (MHS).
Linda Kimsey, Samuel Olaiya, Chad Smith, Andrew Hoburg, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Tracey Koehlmoos, Louis L. Nguyen, Joel S. Weissman   +7 more
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Geographic variation in the statin trials: Underrepresentation of Asian populations

, 2020
Background: Globalisation has seen a shift towards international multicentre randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The amalgamation of heterogenous patient populations is thought to be responsible for the geographic variation in treatment effect noted in ...
Singh, Kuljit, Adams, C, Singh, K, Adams, Cobi   +3 more
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Predicting Geographic Variation in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Colombia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Approximately 6,000 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis are reported annually in Colombia, a greater than twofold increase since the 1980s. Such reports certainly underestimate true incidence, and their geographic distribution is likely biased by local ...
Raymond J. King, Diarmid H. Campbell-Lendrum, Clive R. Davies   +2 more
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