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Ontogenetic changes and sexual dimorphism in the cranium and mandible of the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx, Oliver Kersten, Youri van den Hurk, Brenna A. Frasier, Richard Sabin, Bastiaan Star, James H. Barrett   +6 more
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Outraged, yet moderate and impartial. The rise of Amnesty International in the Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s

BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, 2017
This article contributes to the recent historiography on human rights by analysing the rise of Amnesty International in the Netherlands. It uses the Dutch section’s archives extensively for the first time and explores how, despite the first section’s ...
Bastiaan Bouwman
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Genetic Diversity, Adaptation, Wild Introgression, and Coat Color Mutation of Golden Yak

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Genetic diversity, adaptation, wild introgression, and coat color mutation of golden yak from two populations on the Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau. ABSTRACT The golden yak lives on the Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau with a golden coat and adapts to high altitudes and strong ultraviolet environment. The golden coat is a prominent phenotype in many domesticated species,
Huixuan Yan, Jialei Chen, Chuzhao Lei, Fengwei Zhang, Shunzhong He, Weiru Song, Hongyan Ma, Shuling Li, Guomei Li, Laba Yongcuo, Jianlin Han, Johannes A. Lenstra, Qiang Zhang, Rende Song, Basang Wangdui, Ningbo Chen   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

'The claims of Asia and the Far East’: India and the FAO in the age of ambivalent internationalism [PDF]

, 2018
If any nation were poised to actualize the developmental promises that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) extended to the international community, it was India.
Siegel, Benjamin
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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Knee Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To examine whether concentrations of specific per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and a mixture of PFAS relate to incident knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and knee pain progression. Methods Among a case‐cohort sample from the OA Initiative (n = 1,878), we examined associations of serum concentrations of eight PFAS with odds of developing ...
Jeffrey B. Driban, Lisa B. Rokoff, Bing Lu, Timothy E. McAlindon, Charles B. Eaton, Mary B. Roberts, Diana Mathes, Colleen Lestician, Zhijin Carrie Xu, Zhihua Tina Fan, Shawn P. O'Leary, Ida K. Haugen, Jérémie Sellam, Alice Courties, Abby F. Fleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Databases as policy instruments. About extending networks as evidence-based policy

BMC Health Services Research, 2007
Background This article seeks to identify the role of databases in health policy. Access to information and communication technologies has changed traditional relationships between the state and professionals, creating new systems of surveillance and ...
Stoevelaar Herman, de Bont Antoinette, Bal Roland   +2 more
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Tacrolimus exposure during pregnancy in kidney and liver transplantation recipients: A comparison between whole blood and plasma concentration‐to‐dose ratios

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim Tacrolimus monitoring is generally performed in whole blood (WB). Most (>85%) of circulating tacrolimus is bound to red blood cells. During pregnancy, WB monitoring might be suboptimal because of physiological changes including increased plasma volume and decreased haematocrit.
Jildau R. Meinderts, Paola Mian, Frederike G. I. van Vilsteren, Karien M. H. van de Wetering, Jelmer R. Prins, Stefan P. Berger, Daan J. Touw, Margriet F. C. de Jong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

GRAIN – a Global Registry of Agricultural Irrigation Networks [PDF]

Earth System Science Data
Despite supporting roughly 40 % of the world's agricultural output, irrigation canal networks remain a critical data gap in global geospatial archives.
S. Suresh, F. Hossain, V. Mishra, N. Hossain   +3 more
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The Liberation of Groningen: The Diary Account of Theo Polman [PDF]

, 2017
The city of Groningen in the Netherlands was liberated by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during the final month of the Second World War. While the battle was not significant to the outcome of the war, the combat was nonetheless significant for both ...
Sennema, Greg
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Genetic diversity of Brazilian isolates of feline immunodeficiency virus [PDF]

, 2010
We isolated Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) from three adult domestic cats, originating from two open shelters in Brazil. Viruses were isolated from PBMC following co-cultivation with the feline T-lymphoblastoid cell line MYA-1.
A Duarte, A Reche Jr, AN Martins, B. J. Willett, BJ Willett, BJ Willett, BM Teixeira, Bruno Marques Teixeira, C Palmer, DL Lerner, DL Sodora, EA Weaver, EJ Verschoor, F Reggeti, FA Caxito, G Pancino, G Ryan, GA Dean, J. C. M. Cruz, J. K. P. Reis, JH Elder, JJ Hayward, JK Yamamoto, KH Siebelink, L. J. Richtzenhain, M Goodenow, M Torten, M. J. Hosie, M. K. Hagiwara, MA Rigby, MJ Hosie, MJ Hosie, MJ Hosie, MR Pecoraro, MT Kyaw-Tanner, MW Cho, N. Logan, NC Pedersen, P. E. Brandão, R Kann, RA Olmsted, RL Talbott, RV English, S Kakinuma, S Lombardi, T Hohdatsu, T Hohdatsu, T Miyazawa, TA Hall, W Huisman, WK Greene   +50 more
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