Environmentally induced phenotypic variation in wild yellow-bellied marmots [PDF]
, 2016 We thank all the marmoteers who helped in data collection and 2 anonymous reviewers who helped us to clarify our message. AM-C was supported by a Fulbright Fellowship, and JGAM was supported by Fond Québécois de Recherche sur la Nature et les ...
Armitage, Kenneth B. +4 more
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Experimental evidence for beneficial effects of projected climate change on hibernating amphibians [PDF]
, 2016 Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrates today, experiencing worldwide declines. In recent years considerable effort was invested in exposing the causes of these declines.
Bókony, Veronika +5 more
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Life, The Universe, and Nothing: Life and Death in an Ever-Expanding Universe [PDF]
, 1999 Current evidence suggests that the cosmological constant is not zero, or that we live in an open universe. We examine the implications for the future under these assumptions, and find that they are striking.
Krauss, Lawrence M., Starkman, Glenn D.
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Life after eruption, II : the eclipsing old nova V728 Scorpii [PDF]
, 2013 The old nova V728 Sco has been recently recovered via photometric and spectroscopic observations, 150 yr after the nova eruption. The spectral properties pointed to a high-inclination system with a comparatively low mass-transfer rate.
Ederoclite, Alessandro +4 more
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Seasonal temperature acclimatization in a semi-fossorial mammal and the role of burrows as thermal refuges. [PDF]
, 2018 Small mammals in habitats with strong seasonal variation in the thermal environment often exhibit physiological and behavioral adaptations for coping with thermal extremes and reducing thermoregulatory costs.
Camp, Meghan J +7 more
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Are physiological oscillations physiological?
The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract figure legend Mechanisms and functions of physiological oscillations. Abstract Despite widespread and striking examples of physiological oscillations, their functional role is often unclear. Even glycolysis, the paradigm example of oscillatory biochemistry, has seen questions about its oscillatory function.
Lingyun (Ivy) Xiong, Alan Garfinkel
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Hibernus: sustaining computation during intermittent supply for energy-harvesting systems [PDF]
, 2015 A key challenge to the future of energy-harvesting systems is the discontinuous power supply that is often generated. We propose a new approach, Hibernus, which enables computation to be sustained during intermittent supply. The approach has a low energy
Al-Hashimi, Bashir M. +5 more
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A Bag-of-Tasks Scheduler Tolerant to Temporal Failures in Clouds
, 2018 Cloud platforms have emerged as a prominent environment to execute high performance computing (HPC) applications providing on-demand resources as well as scalability.
Arantes, Luciana +3 more
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Can hibernators sense and evade fires? Olfactory acuity and locomotor performance during deep torpor. [PDF]
, 2016 Increased habitat fragmentation, global warming and other human activities have caused a rise in the frequency of wildfires worldwide. To reduce the risks of uncontrollable fires, prescribed burns are generally conducted during the colder months of the ...
AD Rojas +31 more
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Classification modelling of physiological stages in captive Balkan whip snakes using blood biochemistry parameters [PDF]
, 2011 Captive Balkan whip snakes (Hierophis gemonensis) were studied to determine blood biochemical parameters that are useful indicators of physiological status during different periods of the biological cycle, including pre- and post-hibernation, hibernation,
Jadan, Margita +7 more
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