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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 In many areas, domestic cats are the most abundant predators of small vertebrates. Due to the potential impact on prey populations by cats, there are calls to investigate the effectiveness of visual and acoustic cues as measures to reduce the cat’s ...
Madeleine Geiger +9 more
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Metabolites with Antioxidant Activity from Marine Macroalgae
Antioxidants, 2021 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) attack biological molecules, such as lipids, proteins, enzymes, DNA, and RNA, causing cellular and tissue damage. Hence, the disturbance of cellular antioxidant homeostasis can lead to oxidative stress and the onset of a ...
Leto-Aikaterini Tziveleka +4 more
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Nozzle Design of Plug-and-Play Passive Pre-Chamber Ignition Systems for Natural Gas Engines
Applied Sciences, 2023 To evaluate the significance of the geometrical parameters of a passive pre-chamber on engine performance, this study investigated the design of a plug-and-play passive pre-chamber in a 15 L heavy-duty natural gas engine.
Wei Li +4 more
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Scavenging of Black Carbon Aerosols by Radiation Fog in Urban Central China
Atmosphere, 2022 Radiation fog episodes are characterized by aerosol radiative properties measured at Hefei in urban central China, which hopefully benefits numerical weather prediction and air quality improvement for local governments. In this study, a high mean aerosol
Xiaolin Zhang +6 more
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Chemical Compositions of Rainfall Water in Nyingchi City, Tibet
Atmosphere, 2022 Understanding precipitation chemistry is highlighted as important worldwide due to its close relationship with air quality and impacts on ecosystems.
Wei Wang +4 more
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In-Cylinder Heat Transfer Model Proposal Compatible with 1D Simulations in Uniflow Scavenged Engines
Applied Sciences, 2023 Advanced two-stroke engines are considered as powertrains for range extenders in hybrid electric vehicles due to size, simplicity, cost, and power density advantages.
Héctor Climent +3 more
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Uncovering Forensic Taphonomic Agents: Animal Scavenging in the European Context
Biology, 2022 Animal scavenging by vertebrates can significantly alter human bodies and their deposition site. For instance, vertebrate animals can cause postmortem modification to a body, alter perimortem trauma, influence decomposition rates, disarticulate and ...
Lara Indra +3 more
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The impact of scavenging: perspective from casework in forensic anthropology
Forensic Sciences Research, 2020 Forensic anthropology casework frequently encounters evidence of animal scavenging associated with fragmentation and loss of skeletal material. Published research demonstrates that patterns of destruction in bone can suggest the size and type of animal ...
Douglas H. Ubelaker +1 more
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Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Today, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra Atoll is home to about 100 000 giant tortoises, Aldabrachelys gigantea, whose fossil record goes back to the Late Pleistocene. New Late Pleistocene fossils (age ca.
Torsten M. Scheyer +5 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 Brown Mongoose Herpestes fuscus is crepuscular in habit and rarely encountered. Information on its natural history and ecology is limited and consequently its conservation requirements are not well understood. We report observations of a Brown Mongoose
Vignesh Kamath, Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri
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