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FIGEMPA, 2023 El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar y comprender el estado de situación del ecosistema de la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) del Ecuador, para lo que se define una metodología de medición del estado de la IA aplicado a los países líderes en este ...
Xavier Barragán-Martínez
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Spatial learning and memory in the tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) [PDF]
, 2007 A single tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) was trained in an eight-arm radial maze, with the apparatus and general procedures modeled on those used to demonstrate spatial learning in rats.
Chan, H.M., Hall, G., Wilkinson, A.
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Virus Discovery in Desert Tortoise Fecal Samples: Novel Circular Single-Stranded DNA Viruses
Viruses, 2020 The Sonoran Desert tortoise Gopherus morafkai is adapted to the desert, and plays an important ecological role in this environment. There is limited information on the viral diversity associated with tortoises (family Testudinidae), and to date no DNA ...
J. P. Orton +10 more
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Functional behavior of tortoise hemoglobin Geochelone denticulata [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2002 The hemolysate from Geochelone denticulata contains two main hemoglobin components, as shown by ion exchange chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE).
M. A. TORSONI +3 more
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Jingmen Tick Virus in Ticks from Kenya
Viruses, 2022 Jingmen tick virus (JMTV) is an arbovirus with a multisegmented genome related to those of unsegmented flaviviruses. The virus first described in Rhipicephalus microplus ticks collected in Jingmen city (Hubei Province, China) in 2010 is associated with ...
Edwin O. Ogola +11 more
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Lies, Lyres, and Laughter: Surplus Potential in the \u3ci\u3eHomeric Hymn to Hermes\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2011 This paper seeks to reevaluate scholarly responses to the laughter in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. Using Zupančič\u27s recent work on comedy, I argue that Hermes intentionally exploits surplus potentials that emerge from splits in the perceived unity and ...
Bungard, Christopher
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Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise
Movement Ecology, 2020 Background Preserving corridors for movement and gene flow among populations can assist in the recovery of threatened and endangered species. As human activity continues to fragment habitats, characterizing natural corridors is important in establishing ...
S. J. Hromada +8 more
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Host species, pathogens and disease associated with divergent nasal microbial communities in tortoises [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Diverse bacterial communities are found on every surface of macro-organisms, and they play important roles in maintaining normal physiological functions in their hosts. While the study of microbiomes has expanded with the influx of data enabled by recent
Chava L. Weitzman +2 more
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Antibodies against Two Testudinid Herpesviruses in Pet Tortoises in Europe
Animals, 2022 Herpesviruses are important pathogens of tortoises, and several serologically and genetically distinct virus types have been described in these animals. Virus neutralization testing is commonly used in Europe to determine previous infection with the two ...
Christoph Leineweber +1 more
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Animals, 2020 Simple Summary The trading and collection of wildlife for pets is one of the main threats for the conservation of some species worldwide. Assessing the human dimension of it is essential to improve our understanding of its drivers, which may help inform ...
Amalia Segura +2 more
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