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    Cognitive impairment in young adults with post COVID-19 syndrome

    In this study, we aimed to examine different cognitive domains in a large sample of patients with post COVID-19 syndrome. Two hundred and fourteen patients, 85.04% women, ranged 26 to 64 years (mean = 47.48 ye...

    Elena Herrera, María del Carmen Pérez-Sánchez in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Focal and asymmetric triceps brachii weakness: a rare but possible myasthenia gravis presentation

    Filipa Dourado Sotero, Isabel Castro, Miguel Oliveira Santos in Neurological Sciences (2022)

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    Precision as a metric for acoustic survey design using occupancy or spatial capture-recapture

    Passive acoustic surveys provide a convenient and cost-effective way to monitor animal populations, and methods for conducting and analysing such surveys are undergoing rapid development. However, no standard ...

    Julius Juodakis, Isabel Castro, Stephen Marsland in Environmental and Ecological Statistics (2021)

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    Captivity reduces diversity and shifts composition of the Brown Kiwi microbiome

    Captive rearing is often critical for animals that are vulnerable to extinction in the wild. However, few studies have investigated the extent to which captivity impacts hosts and their gut microbiota, despite...

    Priscilla A. San Juan, Isabel Castro, Manpreet K. Dhami in Animal Microbiome (2021)

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    Aspects of the development of Ixodes anatis under different environmental conditions in the laboratory and in the field

    Numerous laboratory and fewer field-based studies have found that ixodid ticks develop more quickly and survive better at temperatures between 18 °C and 26 °C and relative humidity (RH) between 75 and 94%. Ixodes...

    Natasha Bansal, William E. Pomroy, Allen C. G. Heath, Isabel Castro in Parasites & Vectors (2021)

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    Asymmetric flows and drivers of herbaceous plant invasion success among Mediterranean-climate regions

    Understanding the mechanisms that support the arrival, establishment and spread of species over an introduced range is crucial in invasion ecology. We analysed the unintentionally introduced herbaceous species...

    Miguel A. Casado, Irene Martín-Forés, Isabel Castro in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    Ecotypic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity combine to enhance the invasiveness of the most widespread daisy in Chile, Leontodon saxatilis

    Dispersal and reproductive traits of successful plant invaders are expected to undergo strong selection during biological invasions. Numerous Asteraceae are invasive and display dimorphic fruits within a singl...

    Irene Martín-Forés, Marta Avilés, Belén Acosta-Gallo, Martin F. Breed in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    The diagnostic accuracy of Sudoscan in TTR-FAP

    Jose Castro, Isabel Conceicao, Isabel Castro in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases (2015)

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    From Spain to Chile: environmental filters and success of herbaceous species in Mediterranean-climate regions

    In central Chile, many exotic species associated with cereal culture and livestock activities were introduced during Spanish colonization. Nowadays, Chilean semi-natural grasslands are a mixture of native spec...

    Irene Martín-Forés, Laura Sánchez-Jardón, Belén Acosta-Gallo in Biological Invasions (2015)

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    Drug-related visits to the emergency department in a Spanish university hospital

    Background Negative outcomes of medications (NOMs) are a major public health problem that impact on patients’ quality of life. As many NOMs are avoidable, it is necessary to determine their cause...

    Isabel Castro, José Mª Guardiola, Laura Tuneu in International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy (2013)

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    Cloacal erection promotes vent apposition during forced copulation in the New Zealand stitchbird (hihi): implications for copulation efficiency in other species

    Cloacal protuberances (CP) in male birds result from spermatic engorgement of storage tubules around the cloaca during the breeding season. We examined seasonal changes in the volume and orientation of the CP ...

    Matthew Low, Isabel Castro, Åsa Berggren in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2005)

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    Effect of Extra-Pair Paternity on Effective Population Size in a Reintroduced Population of the Endangered Hihi, and Potential for Behavioural Management

    We collected genetic and behavioural data on hihi (Notiomysts cincta, an endangered New Zealand bird) after reintroduction to Mokoia Island to assess the effect of extrapair copulation on effective population siz...

    Isabel Castro, Karen M. Mason, Doug P. Armstrong, David M. Lambert in Conservation Genetics (2004)

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    Herbaceous plant richness and vegetation cover in Mediterranean grasslands and shrublands

    Different types of relationship between herbaceous species richness and several parameters indicating abundance of plant material (herbaceous, woody plants, litter and bare ground cover) are presented. The dat...

    Miguel A. Casado, Isabel Castro, Lucía Ramírez-Sanz in Plant Ecology (2004)

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    Why Spanish science is at a standstill

    Angel Baltanás, Isabel Castro in Nature (1999)

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    Potentiometric study of the formation of hydroxo complexes of [Cu(terpy)]2+. Synthesis and crystal structure of [Cu(terpy) (H2O)](CF3SO3)2

    Two complexes of formula [Cu(terpy)(H2O)](CF3SO3)2 (1) and [Cu(terpy)(OH)]BPh4 (2) (terpy=2,2′∶6′,2″-terpyridine and BPh4=tetraphenylborate anion) have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic techniqu...

    Isabel Castro, Juan Faus, Miguel Julve in Transition Metal Chemistry (1992)

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    A solution study of complex formation between iron(III) and oxalate in dimethylsulphoxide

    The complex formation between iron(III) and oxalic acid (ethanedioic acid, H2ox) has been studied by potentiometry in dimethylsulphoxide (dmso) solution. H2ox behaves as a weak diprotic acid in such a solvent, wi...

    Miguel Mollar, Isabel Castro, Francesc Lloret, Migueli Julve in Transition Metal Chemistry (1991)

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    Study of the interaction of [Cu(bipy)]2+ with oxalate and squarate in aqueous solution

    A study of the formation of complexes between [Cu(bipy)]2+ and ox2− and sq2− in aqueous solution, (bipy being 2,2′-bipyridine and ox2− and sq2− the dianions of ethanedioic acid and 3,4-dihydroxy-3-cyclobutene-1,2...

    Isabel Castro, Juan Faus, Miguel Julve in Transition Metal Chemistry (1988)

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    Multi-species pattern analysis of Mediterranean pastures in three stages of ecological succession

    Multi-species patterns were analyzed in three stages of ecological succession in oligotrophic pastures in Central Spain using a new method of analysis. The method is based on plotting the species coordinates o...

    Isabel Castro, Agustina Sterling, Eladio F. Galiano in Vegetatio (1986)

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    A girl with an interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 3 studied with a high-resolution banding technique

    A girl with delayed growth in body height and weight, retarded psychomotor development, facial dysmorphism, high-arched palate, extension defects of elbows, and a probable hearing impairment is presented. A ch...

    Zhang Sichong, The-Hung Bui, Isabel Castro, Lennart Iselius in Human Genetics (1981)