Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae: Amblyomminae)
Gulf Coast ticks are found in grass prairies and coastal uplands throughout much of the western hemisphere. The ticks are ectoparasites that feed on a variety of birds and mammals, and will readily bite humans. Gulf Coast ticks are of increasing concern
Jeffrey C. Hertz, Phillip E. Kaufman
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Determining the timing of pubertal onset via a multicohort analysis of growth [PDF]
Objective Growth-based determination of pubertal onset timing would be cheap and practical. We aimed to determine this timing based on pubertal growth markers.
Hutri-Kahonen, Nina +13 more
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Resolvent estimates for high-contrast elliptic problems with periodic coefficients. [PDF]
We study the asymptotic behaviour of the resolvents (Aε+I)−1 of elliptic second-order differential operators Aε in Rd with periodic rapidly oscillating coefficients, as the period ε goes to zero.
Cherednichenko, K. D., Cooper, S.
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Affective Bureaucratic Relations:File Practices in a European Deportation Unit and Criminal Court [PDF]
Indifference has long been acknowledged as a crucial affect to the continuation of bureaucratic practices. Recently, the production of more diverse and layered affective modes in bureaucratic institutions is increasingly highlighted. However, how affects
van Oorschot, I., Wissink, L.
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Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions that aim to reduce the risk, either directly or indirectly, of overweight and obesity in infancy and early childhood [PDF]
The risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity are known and can be identified antenatally or during infancy, however, the majority of effective interventions are designed for older children. This review identified interventions designed to reduce
Edmonds, Barrie +6 more
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Effects of COVID-19 on cognition and brain health [PDF]
COVID-19 is associated with a range of neurological, cognitive, and mental health symptoms both acutely and chronically that can persist for many months after infection in people with long-COVID syndrome.
Hampshire, Adam +3 more
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Anne of Kiev (c.1024-c.1075) and a reassessment of maternal power in the minority kingship of Philip I of France [PDF]
This article could not have been produced without the financial support provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in funding my PhD research.This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from Wiley via http://dx.doi.org/10.
Ward, Emily Joan
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Climate Process Team on Internal-Wave Driven Ocean Mixing [PDF]
Diapycnal mixing plays a primary role in the thermodynamic balance of the ocean, and consequently, in oceanic heat and carbon uptake and storage. Though observed mixing rates are on average consistent with values required by inverse models, recent ...
Alford, Matthew H. +35 more
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An Eulerian two-phase model for steady sheet flow using large-eddy simulation methodology [PDF]
Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2017. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here under a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license granted to WHOI. It is made available for personal use, not for redistribution.
Chauchat, Julien +2 more
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The Functional, Metabolic, and Anabolic Responses to Exercise Training in Renal Transplant and Hemodialysis Patients [PDF]
BACKGROUND.: Exercise intolerance is common in hemodialysis (HD) and renal transplant (RTx) patients and is related to muscle weakness. Its pathogenesis may vary between these groups leading to a different response to exercise.
Akkermans, M.A. +12 more
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