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Software: Practice and Experience, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Application programming interfaces (APIs) help distributed systems and microservices to expose their functionalities and serve as a means for communication among them. Understandability and readability of APIs are important for effectively comprehending and using APIs.
Krishno Dey +3 more
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Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the inter‐rater reliability of a canine adaptation of the modified Ashworth scale (CaMAS) for the assessment of muscle tone in dogs. Methods Dogs presented to the neurology service of a single referral centre between November 2023 and October 2024 underwent a muscle tone evaluation by two independent ...
Albert Aguilera‐Padros +6 more
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Estimating crippling loss from hunting with multistate models: a case study on northern bobwhites
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Hunting as a recreational pursuit provides an important ecosystem service worldwide. Harvest management plays a vital role in regulating wildlife take to ensure long‐term population sustainability and meet value‐based objectives (e.g. hunter satisfaction). However, managers rarely have complete control or observability of harvest mortality.
Amanda S. Cramer +10 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Many clinical signs of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white‐tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus are consistent with those of chronic stress including hyperexcitability, head tremors, teeth grinding, pacing, excessive salivation, drinking, and urination. Deer with CWD‐positive (CWD+) status are more likely to exhibit poor body condition and to die, and
Cameron G. Mitchell +6 more
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In agriculture, production technologies are often characterised by non‐linearities and stochastic dependence between outputs, particularly between desirable and undesirable outputs. This paper combines the copula‐based semi‐parametric framework for modelling heterogeneous dependence with the by‐production stochastic frontier approach and ...
Kofivi Dzegle, Ioannis Skevas
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Firearm sexual homicide offenders: Criminal careers, psychopathology, and offense conduct
Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Most homicides are firearm‐perpetrated, but in sexual homicide, offenders are more likely to utilize personal weapons (e.g., hands and feet), contact weapons (e.g., blunt object), or edged weapons (e.g., knife) to comport with their fantasy life, motivational states, and psychopathology.
Matt DeLisi +3 more
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Responses of Soil Arthropod Communities to Varying Shading Levels in Agriphotovoltaic Systems
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Soil fauna was primarily influenced by crop type and season rather than AgriPhotovoltaic (APV) panels. Elevated panels increased soil temperature and soil organic matter in early wheat stages, while shading enhanced soil moisture for tomatoes, benefiting moisture‐sensitive taxa.
Cristina Menta +8 more
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Managing Procurement Auction Failure: Bid Requirements or Reserve Prices?
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines bid requirements, where the government may cancel a procurement contract unless two or more bids are received. Using a first‐price auction model with endogenous entry, we compare the bid requirement and reserve price mechanisms in terms of auction failure and procurement costs.
Jun Ma, Vadim Marmer, Pai Xu
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Periodically driven systems are ubiquitous in nature, and their stability against perturbations such as the introduction of a novel pathogens or invasive species is often a major concern. To better understand and control these systems, it is common to assess the sensitivity to changes in the model parameters of stability threshold quantities ...
Wee Hao Ng +3 more
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.Wild‐sourced wildlife trade is not only increasing in volume but also changing in network structure. Using three decades of CITES trade records, we found that the wild‐sourced wildlife trade has become increasingly connected and taxonomically uneven, with Anthozoa contributing a growing share.
Jing Wang +3 more
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