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Cue recognition and behavioural responses in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) under risk of fish predation
To effectively respond to predation risk, prey must assess the risk associated with different predation cues. Predation cues can stem either from the predator or from conspecifics and indicate different predat...
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Analyzing Students Reviews of Teacher Performance Using Support Vector Machines by a Proposed Model
Sentiment Analysis arises from areas such as natural language processing and data mining, it has become a key area for society because it is possible to identify emotions expressed in texts. Teacher evaluatio...
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Open AccessA posteriori error analysis of a fully-mixed formulation for the Brinkman–Darcy problem
We develop the a posteriori error analysis for a mixed finite element method applied to the coupling of Brinkman and Darcy equations in 3D, modelling the interaction of viscous and non-viscous flow effects acr...
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Open AccessImproving sperm banking efficiency in endangered species through the use of a sperm selection method in brown bear (Ursus arctos) thawed sperm
Sperm selection methods such as Single Layer Centrifugation (SLC) have been demonstrated to be a useful tool to improve the quality of sperm samples and therefore to increase the efficiency of other artificial...
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System of Evaluation for Reading Based on Eye Tracking
The present work aims to develop a non-invasive interactive system by using an eye sensor known as Tobii Eye Tracking to evaluate students in environments such as reading or visual appreciation. Finally, the r...
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A Hierarchical K-Nearest Neighbor Approach for Volume of Tissue Activated Estimation
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical technique used to treat movement disorders. The volume of tissue activated (VTA) is a concept that partly explains the effects of DBS. Its visualization as part of an...
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A Kernel-Based Approach for DBS Parameter Estimation
The volume of tissue activated (VTA) is commonly used as a tool to explain the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS). The VTA allows visualizing the anatomically accurate reconstructions of the brain structu...
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Concurrent radiotherapy plus epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in patients with human papillomavirus-related head and neck cancer
Concurrent radio-chemotherapy (RT-CT) is the standard treatment for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC), but RT plus epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors is an effec...
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Immunohistochemical expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in patients with advanced cancer of the larynx who have undergone induction chemotherapy with the intention of preserving phonation
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) is an enzyme that plays a role in different stages of the carcinogenic process and has prognostic and predictive values that have not yet been established. The objective of this study w...
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CYP2D6 genotype and debrisoquine hydroxylation phenotype in Cubans and Nicaraguans
CYP2D6 genotype and debrisoquine metabolic ratio (MR) were analyzed in 133 Nicaraguan Mestizos (NMs) and 260 Cubans divided into Cuban Mestizos (CMs) and White Cubans (WCs). The frequencies of poor metabolizers (...
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Open AccessDefining criteria to select reference sites in Mediterranean streams
The European Water Framework Directive establishes the need to define stream type-specific reference conditions to identify “high ecological status”. Methods for selecting reference sites using a priori criter...
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Photophysical and laser emission studies of 8-polyphenylene-substituted BODIPY dyes in liquid solution and in solid polymeric matrices
In our search for efficient and photostable laser dyes, four new dyes with the basic structure of the commercial BODIPY laser dye PM567, with either an 8-diphenylene or an 8-p-triphenylene group, both substituted...
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Polycrystalline lead selenide: the resurgence of an old infrared detector
The existing technology for uncooled MWIR photon detectors based on polycrystalline lead salts is stigmatized for being a 50-year-old technology. It has been traditionally relegated to single-element detectors...
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Linear and cross-linked polymeric solid-state dye lasers based on 8-substituted alkyl analogues of pyrromethene 567
The lasing properties of analogues of the commercial laser dye pyrromethene 567 (PM567) incorporated (dissolved or copolymerized) into polymeric matrices have been studied using both linear and cross-linked me...
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Diagnostic imaging in sheep hepatic fascioliasis: ultrasound, computer tomography and magnetic resonance findings
Radiological features and biochemical changes were investigated during the parenchymal and ductal phases of chronic Fasciola hepatica infection in sheep. The activities of plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST),...
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A Stellar Library of H and He Line Absorption Profiles at High Resolution
We show preliminary spectra obtained in the frame of the LEPE (Librería Espectroscópica para Poblaciones Estelares) project, whose aim is to build a stellar library of Balmer and He high resolution absorption lin...
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Control of Acinetobacter Outbreaks with Oral Polymyxin
Acinetobacter (A.) baumannii has emerged in recent years as an important nosocomial pathogen, both because it frequently causes severe infections [1, 2] with multidrug-resistant strains [3–8...
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Prevalence and Viral Persistence of TT Virus in Patients on Hemodialysis
The aim of this study was toevaluate the prevalence of TT virus (TTV) in 107 hemodialysis patients and 100 healthy individuals. Sixteen percent of hemodialysis patients and 2% of the control population were T...
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Interobserver variability of the measurement of the mortality probability models (MPM II) in the assessment of severity of illness
Objective: To assess the interobserver variability of the measurement of the MPM II system.¶Design: Random sample of an inception cohort.¶Setting: Fifteen adult medical and surgical intensive care units (ICUs) i...
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Commissioning of the pion beam facility at SIS-GSF
A secondary pion beam facility has recently been installed and commissioned at the SIS-GSI (Darmstadt) 18Tm synchrotron. Pions are produced in the collision of light heavy-ion beams from the SIS onto a thick p...
