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Are Hand Preference and Sexual Orientation Possible Predicting Factors for Finasteride Adverse Effects in Male Androgenic Alopecia? [PDF]

, 2016
Sexual side effects of finasteride seem to be redoubtable, being encountered not only during therapy but also after treatment cessation. Consequently, any possible clinical/paraclinical elements that might predict these adverse effects would be useful in
Berglund, Hu, Irwig, Mondaini, Motofei, Motofei, Motofei, Savic, Savic   +8 more
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Thematic review series: Skin Lipids. Sebaceous gland lipids: friend or foe?

Journal of Lipid Research, 2008
Sebaceous glands are intriguing glands that are found throughout the human body except on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The true function of these glands has yet to be determined, but there are several theories, including antioxidant ...
K.R. Smith, D.M. Thiboutot
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Is swarm intelligence able to create mazes? [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper, the idea of applying Computational Intelligence in the process of creation board games, in particular mazes, is presented. For two different algorithms the proposed idea has been examined.
Napoli, Christian, Polap, Dawid, Tramontana, Emiliano, Wozniak, Marcin   +3 more
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Genetic and non-genetic determinants of aggression in combat sports

Open Life Sciences, 2014
Human aggression/impulsivity-related traits are influenced by complex genetic and non-genetic factors. The aggression/anxiety relationship is controlled by highly conserved brain regions including the amygdala, hypothalamus and periaqueductal gray of the
Gronek Piotr, Wieliński Dariusz, Gronek Joanna   +2 more
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Modelling and Analysis Using GROOVE [PDF]

, 2010
In this paper we present case studies that describe how the graph transformation tool GROOVE has been used to model problems from a wide variety of domains.
Ghamarian, Amir Hossein, Mol, Maarten de, Rensink, Arend, Zambon, Eduardo, Zimakova, Maria   +4 more
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Expression and Immunostaining Analyses Suggest that Pneumocystis Primary Homothallism Involves Trophic Cells Displaying Both Plus and Minus Pheromone Receptors

mBio, 2019
The genus Pneumocystis encompasses fungal species that colonize mammals’ lungs with host specificity. Should the host immune system weaken, the fungal species can cause severe pneumonia.
A. Luraschi, S. Richard, J. M. G. C. F. Almeida, M. Pagni, M. T. Cushion, P. M. Hauser   +5 more
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Biopesticides as a promising alternative to synthetic pesticides: A case for microbial pesticides, phytopesticides, and nanobiopesticides

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Over the years, synthetic pesticides like herbicides, algicides, miticides, bactericides, fumigants, termiticides, repellents, insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides, and pheromones have been used to improve crop yield.
Modupe S. Ayilara, Modupe S. Ayilara, Bartholomew S. Adeleke, Bartholomew S. Adeleke, Saheed A. Akinola, Saheed A. Akinola, Chris A. Fayose, Uswat T. Adeyemi, Lanre A. Gbadegesin, Richard K. Omole, Richard K. Omole, Remilekun M. Johnson, Qudus O. Uthman, Olubukola O. Babalola   +13 more
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Urban Swarms: A new approach for autonomous waste management [PDF]

, 2018
Modern cities are growing ecosystems that face new challenges due to the increasing population demands. One of the many problems they face nowadays is waste management, which has become a pressing issue requiring new solutions.
Alfeo, Antonio Luca, Carrillo, Yago Lizarribar, Cimino, Mario G. C. A., Dorigo, Marco, Ferrer, Eduardo Castelló, Grignard, Arnaud, Larson, Kent, Lepri, Bruno, Pastor, Luis Alonso, Pentland, Alex `Sandy', Sleeper, Dylan T., Vaglini, Gigliola   +11 more
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Search and Rescue in a Maze-like Environment with Ant and Dijkstra Algorithms

Drones, 2022
With the growing reliability of modern ad hoc networks, it is encouraging to analyze the potential involvement of autonomous ad hoc agents in critical situations where human involvement could be perilous.
Zainab Husain, Amna Al Zaabi, Hanno Hildmann, Fabrice Saffre, Dymitr Ruta, A. F. Isakovic   +5 more
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Spermine in semen of male sea lamprey acts as a sex pheromone.

PLoS Biology, 2019
Semen is fundamental for sexual reproduction. The non-sperm part of ejaculated semen, or seminal plasma, facilitates the delivery of sperm to the eggs.
Anne M Scott, Zhe Zhang, Liang Jia, Ke Li, Qinghua Zhang, Thomas Dexheimer, Edmund Ellsworth, Jianfeng Ren, Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson, Yao Zu, Richard R Neubig, Weiming Li   +11 more
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