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Riesgo de extinción en función al nicho climático: ¿qué sabemos y qué necesitamos saber?

Marcela N. Jiménez Zacur, Pastor Enmanuel Pérez-Estigarribia, Alberto Esquivel Mattos · 2023 · Reportes científicos de la FACEN

Ante el cambio climático, las especies pueden perder representación de su nicho en el biotopo, viéndose afectado el riesgo de extinción. Esta breve revisión de la literatura pretende establecer las bases del estado del conocimiento sobre…

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Did a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage sales ban reduce anxiety-related sugar-sweetened beverage consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Laurie M Jacobs, Laura A Schmidt, Dean Schillinger et al. · 2024 · Public Health Nutrition

Abstract Objective: Workplace sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) sales bans can reduce SSB consumption. Because stress and anxiety can promote sugar consumption, we examined whether anxiety among hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic…

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Human Valve Interstitial Cells Demonstrate Transdifferentiation Potential

Najma Latif, Padmini Sarathchandra, Adrian H Chester et al. · 2012 · QScience Proceedings

Abstract Aortic stenosis and valvular degeneration is characterized by lipid accumulation, presence of cartilage and calcification. The identity and cellular origins of the cells mediating these effects are unknown. We have investigated…

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Freeze-dried jaboticaba peel powder rich in anthocyanins did not reduce weight gain and lipid content in mice and rats

Anne Y. Castro Marques, Nathalia Romanelli Dragano, Sabrina Alves Lenquiste et al. · 2026 · Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición

Jaboticaba, a native fruit from Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is an important source of anthocyanins. Anthocyanins have been recently identified as modulators of lipid metabolism and energy expenditure ‘in vivo’. The purpose of this study was…

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Did the periodic intensification of routine immunisation strategy (Intensified mission Indradhanush) reduce the demand for pediatric antibiotic formulations in India?

Habib Hasan Farooqui, Anup Karan, Aashna Mehta et al. · 2025 · BMC Infectious Diseases

Abstract Background Recent research has indicated an increase in antibiotic utilisation, particularly pediatric formulations. Furthermore, an increasing trend in antimicrobial resistance rates has also been reported. Empirical evidence…

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This is Going to Sound Crazy, But What If We Used Large Language Models to Boost Automatic Database Tuning Algorithms By Leveraging Prior History? We Will Find Better Configurations More Quickly Than Retraining From Scratch!

William Zhang, Wan Shen Lim, Andrew Pavlo · 2026 · Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data

Tuning database management systems (DBMSs) is challenging due to trillions of possible configurations and evolving workloads. Recent advances in tuning have led to breakthroughs in optimizing over the possible configurations. However, due…

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Simulated Annealing with Tsallis Weights - A Numerical Comparison

Ulrich H. E. Hansmann · 1997 · arXiv

We discuss the use of Tsallis generalized mechanics in simulated annealing algorithms. For a small peptide it is shown that older implementations are not more effective than regular simulated annealing in finding ground state configurations. We propose a new implementation which leads to an improvement over regular simulated annealing.

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موقف عمر بن الخطاب من كتب الفرس: أأمر بإتلافها أم استفاد منها؟ تحليل نقدي تاريخي لأخبار تاريخية متعارضة.

عبدالله العبيد · 2024 · المجلة العربية للعلوم الإنسانية

تسعى هذه الدراسة إلى التحقق من ثلاثة أخبار متعارضة وردت في ثلاثة مصادر ويصعب الجمع بينها. أحدها يشير إلى مجالسة عمر بن الخطاب للعجم في المدينة المنورة واستفادته من كتب الفرس، وأول من أورد هذا الخبر المؤرخ والفيلسوف مسكويه (421هـ/ 1030م) في…

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Extending the interval from presynch to initiation of ovsynch in a presynch-ovsynch protocol did not reduce fertility of lactating dairy cows not detected in estrus that received timed artificial insemination

M. J. Thomas, J. O. Giordano, M. D. Curler et al. · 2015 · American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings

Remarkably, no large scale field study has been conducted to evaluate the reproductive performance of cows synchronized with Presynch-Ovsynch with a 12 versus a 14 d interval from Presynch to the beginning of Ovsynch when cows are…

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Championship interseason period did not reduce knee peak moment: A 10-years retrospective study of 467 elite soccer players

Robson Dias Scoz, Ricardo Lima Burigo, Isabella Christina Ferreira et al. · 2022 · Biomedical Human Kinetics

Abstract Study aim : To compare knee moment profiles of professional soccer players from different playing positions before and after an interseason period. Material and methods : Retrospective study of 467 healthy, professional elite…

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How Can We Find Out What Indigenous Children and Their Families Need to Manage Weight? Lessons from Formative Nutrition Intervention Research with First Australians

Lauren T. Williams, Mari Somerville, Fiona Wright et al. · 2023 · Nutrients

In Australia, Indigenous children have rates of overweight and obesity 1.5 times those of non-Indigenous children. Culturally safe and effective nutrition interventions are needed for this group. This paper aims to describe a…

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«Vi henter litt her og stjeler litt der og setter sammen»

Ronny Johansen · 2024 · Acta Didactica Norden

This is a small-scale qualitative study investigating what influences teachers' design of beginner reading and writing instruction. Research on teachers’ planning practices and their use of teaching aids are scarce in research literature…

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We Set the Policies but Find Your Way Out: Teachers' and Students' Perspectives on Using Inclusive Curricula and Pedagogies in Cross‐Disciplinary Classrooms

David Kyei‐Nuamah, Ziyue Ma, Lisha Chen et al. · 2026 · European Journal of Education

ABSTRACT Higher education institutions are increasingly promoting cross‐disciplinary learning between the natural sciences and humanities. Several institutions have enacted policies that allow students to choose courses across disciplines…

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Higher penalties, broader definitions, and national standards: Did harmonized Australian workplace health and safety laws reduce workers' compensation receipt?

Anam Bilgrami, Henry Cutler, Kompal Sinha · 2024 · Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society

Abstract A quasi‐experiment was created in Australian policy between 2012 and 2013 when workplace health and safety laws were harmonized in all but two jurisdictions. This reform expanded definitions for duty of care, introduced criminal…

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When young adults preparing to enter the workforce find task support stressful: an investigation on individual differences and implications for human resource management

Krzysztof Nowak · 2023 · Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship

Purpose When young employees enter the workforce, young employees typically require extensive task support to perform well and adjust to the workplace setting. However, this support often incorporates controlling supervisor behaviors that…

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A search fails to find any evidence for the continuing presence of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons) in south-western New South Wales

Michael Swinbourne, David Taggart, Bertram Ostendorf · 2019 · Australian Mammalogy

Following up on two reports from the 1990s, we undertook a ground survey and analysed satellite imagery in order to determine whether there are any extant colonies of southern hairy-nosed wombats in south-western New South Wales. No…

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