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MtDNA genetic diversity and phylogeographic insights into giant domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) breeds: connections between Central Europe and the Middle East

Poultry Science
: Humans have selectively bred domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) to create breeds with a diversity of shapes, colors and other attributes. Since Darwin, the domestic pigeon has always been a popular model species for scientific research because ...
K. Balog, A.S. Wadday, B.A. Al-Hasan, G. Wanjala, Sz. Kusza, P. Fehér, V. Stéger, Z. Bagi   +7 more
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Fit for purpose? Analysis of the relationship between skull, beak shape and feeding ecology in Psittaciformes

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Psittaciformes exhibit high levels of morphological diversity, particularly in skull and beak structure, previously linked to diet and body size. Although there were some levels of significance between diet and beak shape, body mass was a much stronger co‐variate. Diet is not determining beak shape within the clade.
Shannon L. Harrison, Gregory P. Sutton, D. Charles Deeming   +2 more
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The Ambiguous Ecologies of Agri‐Alternatives: Exploring the Calculus of Social Reproduction in Rural India

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper advances scholarship on agri‐alternatives by probing the gap between romanticised narratives of how alternative farming transitions ought to be and the actual practices farmers enact in their fields. Focusing on moments when such alternatives encounter on‐the‐ground realities, we propose ambiguous ecologies as a lens to explore the ...
Arianna Tozzi, Enid Still
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Chronic insomnia, REM sleep instability and emotional dysregulation: A pathway to anxiety and depression?

Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025.
Summary The world‐wide prevalence of insomnia disorder reaches up to 10% of the adult population. Women are more often afflicted than men, and insomnia disorder is a risk factor for somatic and mental illness, especially depression and anxiety disorders.
Dieter Riemann, Raphael J. Dressle, Fee Benz, Kai Spiegelhalder, Anna F. Johann, Christoph Nissen, Elisabeth Hertenstein, Chiara Baglioni, Laura Palagini, Lukas Krone, Michael L. Perlis, Katharina Domschke, Mathias Berger, Bernd Feige   +13 more
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Questionner les défis du numérique par la géographie des risques et la géopolitique

VertigO, 2023
Patrick Pigeon
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Comparative Anatomical and Histological Study of the Stomach in Two Iraqi Birds (Columba palumbus and Tyto alba)

Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences, 2017
The present study aimed to investigate the anatomical and histological, aspects of the stomach in two different Iraqi birds, (common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus (herbivorous) and the barn owl, Tyto alba (carnivorous).
Rasha W. Al-Juboory, Hussain A.M. Dauod, Ali S. Al-arajy   +2 more
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Intensive Sleep Retraining and Total Sleep Deprivation for Treating Chronic Insomnia: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of intensive sleep retraining (ISR) and total sleep deprivation (TSD) against a no‐treatment control condition for treating chronic insomnia and examine two potential mechanisms: the resolution of conditioned insomnia and the increase in homeostatic sleep drive produced by sleep deprivation ...
J. Le Bouthillier, H. Ivers, C. M. Morin
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Colin Jerolmack, The Global Pigeon (University of Chicago Press, 2013)

, 2021
Romain Lecler
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Pairs of pigeons act as behavioural units during route learning and co-navigational leadership conflicts [PDF]

, 2013
Andrea Flack, Robin Freeman, Tim Guilford, Dora Biro   +3 more
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Exploring the Relationship Between General Motor Activity and Optimal Actigraphy Sleep Configurations: A Systematic Review

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to determine the optimal configuration of wrist actigraphy for detecting sleep–wake patterns in adults with varying categories of general motor activity (Aim 1), and to assess its validity in relation to polysomnography (Aim 2).
Agnes M. Baarsen, Naomi A. A. M. van den Broek, Thessa I. M. Hilgenkamp, Dederieke A. M. Maes‐Festen, Roy G. Elbers, Sylvia A. Huisman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source