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Explorations in anatomy: the remains from Royal London Hospital [PDF]

, 2014
This paper considers the faunal remains from recent excavations at the Royal London Hospital. The remains date to the beginning of the 19th century and offer an insight into the life of the hospital's patients and practices of the attached medical school.
Armitage P., Auden R. R., Bailey J. B., Basil-Holmes I. M., Clark-Kennedy A. E., Cooper A., Fowler L, Howard J., KalofL., Lansbury C., Millard A., Morris J., Morris J., Pipe A., Rixson D., Thomas R., Walters A. N., Wise S.   +17 more
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves, Denis Valle, Aline S. Tavares, Thais Q. Morcatty, Marcelo D. Vidal, Tatiana Schor, Eduardo M. von Mühlen, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
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Hawking Radiation via Gravitational Anomalies in Non-spherical Topologies

, 2009
We study the method of calculating the Hawking radiation via gravitational anomalies in gravitational backgrounds of constant negative curvature. We apply the method to topological black holes and also to topological black holes conformally coupled to a ...
Eleftherios Papantonopoulos, K. Fujikawa, Petros Skamagoulis, R. Banerjee, R. A. Bertlmann   +4 more
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Environmental Contaminant Accumulation in Freshwater Turtles Inhabiting Three Rivers of the Permian Basin, New Mexico, USA

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are valuable sentinels of aquatic systems due to their long lifespans and resilience in environments impacted by contaminants. The Permian Basin, dominated by the oil and gas sector, spans western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA, including the Pecos River and its tributaries, the Delaware and Black Rivers.
Ana G. G. Sapp, W. Gregory Cope, Christopher E. Moorman, Frank X. Weber, Ivana Mali   +4 more
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Exploration of tortoise shell structure mechanical characteristics

Journal of Measurement Science and Instrumentation, 2016
As one of the oldest creatures on the earth,the tortoises have formed a nearly perfect shell structure after millions of years of evolution.In this paper,Chinese tortoise shell is studied.Firstly,the scanning model of the tortoise shell is established by
ZHANG Zhi-tao, LIANG Zeng-you
doaj  

Trace Elements in Hermann’s Tortoises (Testudo hermanni) According to Sex, Season, and Sampling Region in Central Europe

Animals
Some trace elements are essential for the health of vertebrates, but little is known about their function, the amounts required, and the factors influencing their metabolism in tortoises.
Christoph Leineweber, Gregor Geisler, Michael Pees, Sabine Öfner, Rachel E. Marschang   +4 more
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Linking Eco-Energetics and Eco-Hydrology to Select Sites for the Assisted Colonization of Australia’s Rarest Reptile

Biology, 2012
Assisted colonization—the deliberate translocation of species from unsuitable to suitable regions—is a controversial management tool that aims to prevent the extinction of populations that are unable to migrate in response to climate change or to survive
Nicola Mitchell, Matthew R. Hipsey, Sophie Arnall, Gavan McGrath, Hasnein Bin Tareque, Gerald Kuchling, Ryan Vogwill, Murugesu Sivapalan, Warren P. Porter, Michael R. Kearney   +9 more
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Fatal and disseminated infection by Entamoeba invadens in a red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria)

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2023
Amebiasis is an important parasitosis that can affect reptiles, specially caused by protozoas of the genus Entamoeba, which include pathogenic or commensal species.
Juliana Keiko Louriçal Firmo Nishihara, Eduardo Ferreira-Machado, Pedro Enrique Navas-Suarez, Ticiana Brasil Ervedosa, Jamile Macedo Garcia, Isis Paixão de Jesus, Julia de Carvalho, Ketlyn Bolsachini Figueiredo, Ana Carolina Souza Ramos de Carvalho, Mayra Frediani, Natália Coelho Couto de Azevedo Fernandes, Juliana Mariotti Guerra   +11 more
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Dermatophilosis in Captive Tortoises [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 1999
ogenesis of canine parvovirus enteritis: sequential virus distribution and passive immunization. Vet Pathol 22:617–624. 12. Olsen CW: 1993, A review of feline infectious peritonitis virus: molecular biology, immunopathogenesis, clinical aspects, and vaccination. Vet Microbiol 36:1–37. 13.
D A, Bemis, C S, Patton, E C, Ramsay
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Wildlife temporal behaviors in response to human activity changes during and following COVID‐19 park closures

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
With urbanization reducing the amount of available wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation increasing the human activity within wildlife habitats, it is important to understand the effects of human activity on animal behavior. This study examined how the reduction in human presence in urban parks in Gainesville, Florida, affected the temporal ...
Maya Fives, Matthew Hallett
wiley   +1 more source