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Behavioral and Thermoregulatory Responses to Changes in Ambient Temperature and Wheel Running Availability in Octodon degus

open access: yesFrontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2021
Octodon degus is primarily a diurnal species, however, in laboratory conditions, it can switch from diurnal to nocturnal in response to wheel running availability.
Beatriz Bano-Otalora   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of Contactless Respiratory Rate Monitoring by Albus HomeTM, an Automated System for Nocturnal Monitoring at Home: A Validation Study

open access: yesSensors, 2022
Respiratory rate (RR) is a clinically important predictor of cardio-respiratory deteriorations. The mainstay of clinical measurement comprises the manual counting of chest movements, which is variable between clinicians and limited to sporadic readings ...
William Do   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multimodal nocturnal seizure detection: Do we need to adapt algorithms for children?

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, 2022
Objective To assess the performance of a multimodal seizure detection device, first tested in adults (sensitivity 86%, PPV 49%), in a pediatric cohort living at home or residential care.
Richard H.C. Lazeron   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nocturnal asthma

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 2021
Nocturnal asthma has unique pathophysiological mechanisms, comorbid diseases, and intervention. Even though the treatments for asthma have been highly developed, there are a high number of patients with asthma whose symptoms are not well controlled, particularly those with nocturnal asthma in which symptoms occur during the night and interfere with ...
Chalaywan, Pinyochotiwong   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Prevalence and characteristics of isolated nocturnal hypertension in the general population [PDF]

open access: yesThe Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021
Background/Aims Ascertaining the prevalence of isolated nocturnal hypertension (INHT) in the general population and identifying the characteristics of patients with INHT may be important to determine patients who should receive 24- hour ambulatory blood ...
Moo-Yong Rhee   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cabinet of Curiosities: Venom Systems and Their Ecological Function in Mammals, with a Focus on Primates

open access: yesToxins, 2015
Venom delivery systems (VDS) are common in the animal kingdom, but rare amongst mammals. New definitions of venom allow us to reconsider its diversity amongst mammals by reviewing the VDS of Chiroptera, Eulipotyphla, Monotremata, and Primates. All orders
Johanna E. Rode-Margono   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Venom in Furs: Facial Masks as Aposematic Signals in a Venomous Mammal

open access: yesToxins, 2019
The function of colouration in animals includes concealment, communication and signaling, such as the use of aposematism as a warning signal. Aposematism is unusual in mammals, and exceptions help us to understand its ecology and evolution.
K. Anne-Isola Nekaris   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Overview of the Penguin Visual System

open access: yesVision, 2023
Penguins require vision that is adequate for both subaerial and submarine environments under a wide range of illumination. Here we provide a structured overview of what is known about their visual system with an emphasis on how and how well they achieve ...
Peter W. Hadden, Jie Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Traditions, taboos and trade in slow lorises in Sundanese communities in southern Java, Indonesia

open access: yesEndangered Species Research, 2014
For endangered species management a shared understanding of the different beliefs, opinions and factual knowledge that local people hold towards the target species is imperative.
V Nijman, KAI Nekaris
doaj   +1 more source

A review of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of ten new species

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2023
Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 is the largest genus of subfamily Ophioninae (Ichneumonidae) with more than 700 extant species worldwide that are mostly nocturnal and parasitoids of larvae of Lepidoptera.
Nhi Thi Pham   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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