Background Antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (SP) and the prevalence of meticillin‐resistant SP (MRSP) is increasing in dogs worldwide. Objectives To evaluate the influence of hospital size on antimicrobial resistance of SP and whether restricted use of antimicrobials based on antibiograms could reduce the identification of ...
Keita Iyori +5 more
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The distinction between semantics and pragmatics: The point of view of semiotics [PDF]
In this paper I will try to outline the reasons why, in order to understand the life and the nature ofmeaning, the semiotic tradition has always thought that it was better not to separate semantics and pragmatics.
CLAUDIO PAOLUCCI
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Anisotropies in the diffuse gamma-ray background measured by the Fermi-LAT [PDF]
The small angular scale fluctuations of the (on large scale) isotropic gamma-ray background (IGRB) carry information about the presence of unresolved source classes.
Cuoco, A. +5 more
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Clara Law's Floating Life and Hong Kong-Australian 'flexible citizenship' [PDF]
Clara Law's film Floating Life was the first Australian film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, and the first Australian film to deal with migrant Hong Kong Chinese identities 'from inside'.
Mitchell, T
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Uptake and translocation of 134Cs by maize roots as affected by heterogeneous distribution of 134Cs [PDF]
Structure-induced non-uniform water flow induces a heterogeneous distribution of surface-applied radionuclides in the soil profile. This study was conducted to assess the amount of 134Cs which can be taken up by a single root growing in an area enriched ...
Centofanti, T., Frossard, E.
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Clinical applications of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing [PDF]
Many claims have been made in recent years regarding the utility of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration measurements in the diagnosis, risk stratification and monitoring of patients with heart failure.
Cowie, M.R. +10 more
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Are stable isotope ratios and oscillations consistent in all baleen plates along the filtering apparatus? Validation of an increasingly used methodology [PDF]
Rationale Baleen plates are anatomical structures composed of inert tissue that hang from the upper jaw in mysticetes. Baleen plates may differ in size and in coloration between different segments of the filtering row or between sides of the mouth ...
Aguilar, Àlex +4 more
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Life history of Aptesis nigrocincta (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) a cocoon parasitoid of the apple sawfly, Hoplocampa testudinea (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) [PDF]
Aptesis nigrocincta Gravenhorst is a bivoltine ectoparasitoid of apple sawfly cocoons, hosts that must be found and parasitized by females at a depth of 10-25 cm in the soil. Females are significantly smaller than males and nearly wingless.
Babendreier, D.
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Evaluation of Regional Climate Models Using Regionally Optimized GRACE Mascons in the Amery and Getz Ice Shelves Basins, Antarctica [PDF]
We develop regionally optimized Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) solutions to evaluate the mass balance of the drainage basins of Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, and Getz Ice Shelf, West Antarctica.
Mohajerani, Y, Rignot, E, Velicogna, I
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Inhibitory effect of cyclophilin A from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis on the growth of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina [PDF]
Supplementary Figures, table, figuresHaemaphysalis longicornis is known as one of the most important ticks transmitting Babesia parasites in East Asian countries, including Babesia ovata and Babesia gibsoni, as well as Theileria parasites. H. longicornis
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