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Key message We provide a set of allometric models for wild cherry trees (Prunus avium L.) established in agroforestry systems. A total of 70 trees in southwestern Germany were surveyed using terrestrial laser scanning and analysed using quantitative ...
Zoe Schindler +3 more
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Growth hormone nadir during oral glucose load depends on waist circumference, gender and age: normative data in 231 healthy subjects. [PDF]
Objective (i) To analyse the predictors of GH suppression after standard glucose load (oGTT) in the healthy population and (ii) to establish the 97th percentile of GH nadir post-oGTT according to these variables.
AURIEMMA, RENATA SIMONA +7 more
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Minipuberty of human infancy – A window of opportunity to evaluate hypogonadism and differences of sex development? [PDF]
Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis happens in 3 phases during life. The first phase is during fetal life and is only separated from the second phase, called minipuberty, by the high concentration of placental hormones at birth ...
Christoffer Højrup Renault +5 more
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Growth hormone outgrows growth [PDF]
Growth hormone (GH) replacement has been offered to GH-deficient (GHD) children for approximately 40 years whereas it has only been a licensed indication for the treatment of GHD adults since 1996. Nonetheless, the advent of GH replacement for adult GHD patients (Jorgensen et al., 1989; Salomon et al., 1989) has proved informative about the overall ...
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Magnetization and ac-susceptibility measurements are used to characterize the mixed phase of the high-temperature cuprate superconductor La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ over a large range of doping (0.075 $\leq x\leq$ 0.20).
Abrikosov +47 more
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Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) are classified as either seminomas or nonseminomas. Both tumors originate from carcinoma in situ (CIS) cells, which are derived from transformed fetal gonocytes.
Martin Blomberg Jensen +6 more
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AbstractOver a 40‐year period, 1940 through the present, human growth research has increased from a minimal to a major part of physical anthropology. Such research, originally conducted at the major American growth centers, has become more diverse and more specialized, extending to National Probability Samplings, nutritional surveys, studies of twins ...
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Modelling hematopoiesis mediated by growth factors with applications to periodic hematological diseases [PDF]
Hematopoiesis is a complex biological process that leads to the production and regulation of blood cells. It is based upon differentiation of stem cells under the action of growth factors.
Adimy, Mostafa +2 more
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Background Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Chalkiness, the opaque part in the kernel endosperm formed by loosely piled starch and protein bodies. Chalkiness is a complex quantitative trait regulated by multiple genes and various environmental factors ...
Qin Xie +9 more
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Asthma is driven by an inflammatory response that may impact testicular function. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the association between self-reported asthma and testicular function (semen parameters, reproductive hormone levels), and ...
Marc K. Pedersen +6 more
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