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Polyandrous females avoid costs of inbreeding [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Why do females typically mate with more than one male? Female mating patterns have broad implications for sexual selection, speciation and conflicts of interest between the sexes, and yet they are poorly understood. Matings inevitably have costs, and for
A Keil   +31 more
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Influência do método de extração nos teores de metilxantinas em erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis a. St.-Hil., aquifoliaceae) Influence of the extraction methodology on the methylxanthines content of maté (Ilex paraguariensis a. St.-Hil., aquifoliaceae)

open access: yesQuímica Nova, 2007
Ilex paraguariensis A. St. -Hil. is a native species of southern South America. The caffeine content in Ilex paraguariensis leaves has been considered an important quality parameter for maté-derived products. In this work different extraction methods for
Simone C. B. Gnoatto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voice pitch preferences of adolescents: Do changes across time indicate a shift towards potentially adaptive adult-like preferences? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
An evolutionary approach to attractiveness judgments emphasises that many human trait preferences exist in order to assist adaptive mate choice. Here we test an adaptive development hypothesis, whereby voice pitch preferences indicating potential mate ...
DeBruine, Lisa   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Effects of Different Extraction Methods and Conditions on the Phenolic Composition of Mate Tea Extracts

open access: yesMolecules, 2012
A simple and rapid HPLC method for determination of chlorogenic acid (5-O-caffeoylquinic acid) in mate tea extracts was developed and validated. The chromatography used isocratic elution with a mobile phase of aqueous 1.5% acetic acid-methanol (85:15, v ...
Jelena Vladic   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carp Breeding in the Carpathian Basin with a Sustainable Utilization of Renewable Natural Resources

open access: yesLife, 2022
In the Central European region, there is a long tradition of breeding fish in artificially constructed ponds. As the area belongs to the temperate zone, farmed fish need to survive cold winter periods.
Laszló Horváth   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of the Intention of Learning in Higher Education: Motivation, Self-Handicapping, Executive Function, Parents’ Education and School Achievement

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
Learning motivation, self-handicapping, executive function, and school achievement are interrelated variables affecting students’ intension of learning in higher education.
Gabriella Józsa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the size of planarly connected crossing graphs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We prove that if an $n$-vertex graph $G$ can be drawn in the plane such that each pair of crossing edges is independent and there is a crossing-free edge that connects their endpoints, then $G$ has $O(n)$ edges.
Ackerman, Eyal   +2 more
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Stalemate and 'DTS' depth to stalemate endgame tables [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Stalemating the opponent in chess has given rise to various opinions as to the nature of that result and the reward it should properly receive. Here, following Lasker and Reti, we propose that ‘stalemate’ is a secondary goal, superior to a draw by ...
Haworth, Guy, Müller, Karsten
core   +1 more source

Description of the Mate Industrial Agglomerate of the Alto Vale Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

open access: yesFloresta e Ambiente
The mate (Ilex paraguariensis) market of Rio Grande do Sul has experienced the structuring of a productive chain of mate, from the implantation of the herbs, through industrialization, until they reach the final consumer.
Henrique Piton Greff   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estudo comparativo de dellineamentos experimentais para estimativas de parâmetros genéticos em erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St. - Hil.) Experimetal designs to estimate genetic paramenters in maté (Ilex paraguariensis A. St. - Hil.)

open access: yesRevista Árvore, 2004
O presente trabalho teve por objetivo comparar a eficiência do látice em relação aos delineamentos em blocos casualizados (DBC) e inteiramente casualizados (DIC) quanto aos caracteres altura e produção de massa verde em erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis A ...
José Sebastião Cunha Fernandes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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