Defensive plats responses induced by Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera:Miridae) on tomato plants [PDF]
, 2015 In the last decade, biological control programs for greenhouse tomatoes and other crops have been successfully implemented using zoophytophagous plant bugs (Miridae), which can feed on both plant tissues and insect prey.
Flors, Victor +4 more
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An approach to task-based parallel programming for undergraduate students [PDF]
, 2018 This paper presents the description of a compulsory parallel programming course in the bachelor degree in Informatics Engineering at the Barcelona School of Informatics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC-BarcelonaTech. The main focus of the course
Ayguadé Parra, Eduard +1 more
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Homogeneous Group Formation in Collaborative Learning Scenarios: An Approach Based on Personality Traits and Genetic Algorithms [PDF]
, 2021 The incorporation of collaborative work in the educational field grows day after day, as does the research associated with this topic. One of the most recurring problems faced by teachers who want to employ this learning strategy is the good students ...
Collazos Ordoñez, César A +3 more
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When should animals share food? Game theory applied to kleptoparasitic populations with food sharing [PDF]
, 2012 Animals adopt varied foraging tactics in order to survive. Kleptoparasitism, where animals attempt to steal food already discovered by others, is very common among animal species.
Axelrod +59 more
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Predictors of response rates of safety culture questionnaires in healthcare : a systematic review and analysis [PDF]
, 2022 Objectives: Safety culture questionnaires are widely used in healthcare to understand how staff feel at work, their attitudes and views, and the influence this has on safe and high-quality patient care.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey +6 more
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Meanings of knowledge and Identity in public health nursing in a time of transition : interpretations of public health nurses' narratives. [PDF]
, 2015 Background: A changing healthcare system affects the professional identity of nursing groups. Public health nursing has experienced challenges in balancing the paternalistic expert ideology and the empowerment participation ideology.
Clancy, Anne, Dahl, Berit Misund
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Are small-sided games an effective training methodology for improving fitness in hurling players? A comparative study of training methodologies [PDF]
, 2017 The current investigation compared the effects of specific small-sided games training versus generic continuous aerobic training on team sport related exercise performances. Forty-eight hurling players (age: 25 ± 6.4 years; height: 180.2 ± 20.4 cm; mass:
Collins, Kieran +2 more
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Dynamic random testing of web services: a methodology and evaluation [PDF]
, 2019 In recent years, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been increasingly adopted to develop distributed applications in the context of the Internet.
Cai, Kai-Yuan +5 more
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The comparability of bioassessments: A review of conceptual and methodological issues [PDF]
, 2011 Differences in the raw data used in bioassessments and choices regarding how those data are analyzed and summarized can affect inferences regarding the status of ecological resources and, thus, the degree to which we can trust individual ecological ...
Cao, Y., Hawkins, C. P.
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Parallel grid library for rapid and flexible simulation development
, 2012 We present an easy to use and flexible grid library for developing highly scalable parallel simulations. The distributed cartesian cell-refinable grid (dccrg) supports adaptive mesh refinement and allows an arbitrary C++ class to be used as cell data ...
Honkonen, I. +4 more
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