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The complete mitochondrial genome of Megaderma lyra (Indian false vampire)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018 The Indian false vampire (Megaderma lyra), known as the greater false vampire bat, the Indian false vampire bat, and the greater false-vampire, is typical echolocation mammals. It has been listed in the IUCN Red List of threatened species and included in
Mengjia Liu, Yanhong Lan, Yi Cao
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We integrated short‐read and long‐read RNA‐seq data from cochlear tissues of echolocating and non‐echolocating bats to disentangle transcriptional and post‐transcriptional regulation. Echolocating bats showed neural‐function enrichment among differentially expressed genes, while alternatively spliced genes were linked to epigenetic regulation. Overlaps
Jianyu Wu +3 more
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Dementia, Advance Directives, and Second‐Order Volitions
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the ongoing debate over the authority of advance directives in cases where patients with dementia express desires that conflict with their earlier wishes. Drawing on Harry Frankfurt's concept of second‐order volitions, I argue that the preferences of the pre‐dementia self (the “then‐self”) should, in most cases, take ...
Rand Hirmiz
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThe article considers the claims of Western academics like Frayling (1992) that the literary vampire began with Polidori’s The Vampyre (1819). Crawford (2016) identifies a German literary vampire tradition existing one hundred years before Polidori, yet ...
A. J. Dalton
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Video Game Narratives: Pandemic Themes in Covid Times
Interlitteraria, 2022 This article explores the relationship between Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and its influence on video game narratives. Video game sales have increased significantly since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vanessa L. Haddad
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Development of a new running gear for the Spectrum intermodal vehicle [PDF]
, 2016 The European Union (EU) Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) project Spectrum [12] set out to develop a freight vehicle which would facilitate the exploitation of the low density, high value (LDHV) goods market.
Bezin, Yann +4 more
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Automating the analysis of public saliency and attitudes toward biodiversity from digital media
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Measuring public attitudes toward wildlife provides crucial insights into human relationships with nature and helps monitor progress toward Global Biodiversity Framework targets. Yet, conducting such assessments at a global scale presents challenges.
Noah Giebink +8 more
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Classification of human breathing sounds by the common vampire bat,
BMC Biology, 2006 Background The common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus is one of three bat species that feed exclusively on the blood of mammals often more than 1000 times its size. Vampire bats even feed on human blood.
Wiegrebe Lutz, Gröger Udo
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The role of past experience in development of feeding behavior in common vampire bats [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The life history strategy of common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) suggests that learning might play a role in development of their foraging skills.
Jineth Berrío-Martínez +4 more
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