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Diversity measurement combining relative abundances and taxonomic distinctiveness of species

Diversity and Distributions, 2006
ABSTRACTWe discuss a diversity measure combining information of relative abundances and taxonomic distinctiveness suggested by Ricotta (2004). We show that Ricotta's measure violates weak species monotonicity, a condition that requires that the addition of a species should always increase a diversity index if abundances change only marginally.
Weikard, H.P., Punt, M.J., Wesseler, J.H.H.   +2 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Can land use indicate wetland floristic quality and taxonomic distinctness?

Ecological Indicators, 2017
Abstract Biological integrity is continuously threatened by human activity. Impacts to biological health may be inferred directly (i.e. bioassessment), or estimated indirectly using rapidly collected field data or computer-based data layer analysis. This study tests whether surrounding land cover alteration (crops, pasture, and development in 200-m ...
Suneeti K. Jog, Jason T. Bried, Xiao Feng, Andrew R. Dzialowski, Monica Papeş, Craig A. Davis   +5 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
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Amphibian diversity in Polish cities: Taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness

Basic and Applied Ecology, 2020
Abstract As a process affecting animal communities, urbanization has been the subject of numerous studies. However, amphibians are still among the least studied vertebrate groups in urbanized landscapes. Generally, it has been found that the process of loss of amphibian diversity is nonrandom, with species from older evolutionary lines at greater ...
Mikołaj Kaczmarski, Yanina Benedetti, Federico Morelli   +2 more
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Dexamethasone for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Prevention in Pediatric Patients: International Consensus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi, Paula D. Robinson, Shana Jacobs, L. Lee Dupuis, the International Pediatric Dexamethasone Panel, Sameer Bakhshi, Tiene Bauters, Eva Brack, Simone Cesaro, Claire Fosbrook, Jason Freedman, Tamara MacDonald, Eloise Neumann, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Rod Rassekh, Florian Slimano, Johnathan Soggee, Joel Thompson, Marianne van de Wetering, Milena Villarroel, Jasper Wong   +20 more
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Patterns in freshwater diatom taxonomic distinctness along an eutrophication gradient

Freshwater Biology, 2008
Summary1. A variety of species richness measures have been used to assess the effects of environmental degradation on biodiversity. Such measures can be highly influenced by sample size, sampling effort, habitat type or complexity, however, and typically do not show monotonic responses to human impact.
Chen, G., Dalton, C., Leira Campos, Antón Manoel, Taylor, David, Irvine, Kenneth   +4 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
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Association of IUCN-threatened Indian mangroves: A novel data-driven rule filtering approach for restoration strategy

Ecological Informatics
Restoring biodiversity is crucial for ecological sustainability. This study introduces a novel data-driven rule-filtering framework that adopts domain knowledge of taxonomic distinctness and proposes a new metric, total taxonomic distinctness, to ...
Moumita Ghosh, Sourav Mondal, Rohmatul Fajriyah, Kartick Chandra Mondal, Anirban Roy   +4 more
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Diversity and space-time dynamics of fish assemblages in a coastal lagoon, western Atlantic [PDF]

Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2019
The knowledge of the temporal and spatial dynamics in the composition of fish fauna makes it possible to identify patterns of occupation of ecosystems, providing a basis for evaluation and preservation of the local biodiversity.
André Pereira Cattani, Gisela Costa Ribeiro, Olímpio Rafael Cardoso, Maíra Gnoatto Afonso, Maurício Hostim-Silva, Helen Audrey Pichler, Henry Louis Spach   +6 more
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