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An investigation of vitamin D metabolism in kiwi (Apteryx mantelli), tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) and New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) and the relationship of vitamin D metabolism with their life history characteristics : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Veterinary Studies at Massey University, Turitea, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin, has a wide range of functions in vertebrates. The aim of the study was to determine if the evolutionary history of different animal species affects their predominant route of vitamin D metabolism.
Kale, Madhumita Sanjay
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Release of Mast Cell Tryptase into Saliva: A Tool to Diagnose Food Allergy by a Mucosal Challenge Test? [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Our aim was to examine whether measurement of the saliva mast cell tryptase (MCT) concentrations before and after a mucosal challenge test with the offending food would be helpful in diagnosing food allergy.
Alexander Arnold +11 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan +2 more
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ConservationWandering dogs are a threat to Aotearoa New Zealand’s endemic kiwi bird species because kiwi have not evolved defenses against mammalian predators. New Zealanders can protect kiwi by reporting wandering dogs, and this also protects the dogs themselves ...
Anne C. Macaskill +2 more
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Interface of gender and culture [PDF]
, 1993 I greet you in the soothing waters of the Pacific. The birth waters of Hawai’i to the North, island of the dream time, and Aotearoa, to the south. Papua New Guinea to the West and Marquesas to the East.
Tamasese, Kiwi
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Dietary and biomarker‐guided strategies as supportive measures in the fragile X syndrome
Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract The fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects males, often resulting in an IQ below 55, while about two‐thirds of females also experience intellectual disability. Physical features may include an elongated face, prominent ears, finger joint laxity, and enlarged testes in males.
Jailan E. El Halawani, Reem R. AlOlaby
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PLoS ONE, 2013 Three families of probe-foraging birds, Scolopacidae (sandpipers and snipes), Apterygidae (kiwi), and Threskiornithidae (ibises, including spoonbills) have independently evolved long, narrow bills containing clusters of vibration-sensitive ...
Susan J Cunningham +6 more
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Reason Maintenance - State of the Art [PDF]
, 2008 This paper describes state of the art in reason maintenance with a focus on its future usage in the KiWi project. To give a bigger picture of the field, it also mentions closely related issues such as non-monotonic logic and paraconsistency. The paper is
Bry, François, Kotowski, Jakub
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Bajra‐based functional laddu—Standardization, nutritional profiling, molecular characterization
Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract The bajra laddu experimental formulations consisted of composite flour containing varying proportions of bajra flour and gram flours viz, T0‐0:100, T1‐25:75, T2‐50:50, T3‐75:25, and T4‐100:0, respectively. The sensory acceptability of the standardized product was assessed by semitrained panelists using a nine‐point hedonic scale, which ...
Mridula Pandey +5 more
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Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.The review critically evaluated and compared the selected superfruit phytochemistry, their bioactive composition and the key health benefits majorly emphasizing the antioxidant potential. It has highlighted the translational challenges in formulating functional foods by addressing the issues related to delivery system, bioavailability mechanism and the
Sharath Kumar Nagaraja +3 more
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