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Adolescent polycystic ovary syndrome without obesity: HOTAIR rs1443512 genotype relates to fat mass and to the redistribution of fat mass on low-dose pioglitazone
Adolescent polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by androgen excess and oligo-amenorrhea, and often results from ectopic lipid storage due to a mismatch between early adipogenesis and later lipogen...
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CONCERTO at APEX: Installation and Technical Commissioning
We describe the deployment and first tests on sky of CONCERTO, a large field-of-view (18.6 arc-min) spectral-imaging instrument. The instrument operates in the range 130–310 GHz from the APEX 12-metres telesco...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Effects of climate variation on bird escape distances modulate community responses to global change
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Open AccessEffects of climate variation on bird escape distances modulate community responses to global change
Climate and land use are rapidly changing environmental conditions. Behavioral responses to such global perturbations can be used to incorporate interspecific interactions into predictive models of population ...
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Open AccessPerformance evaluation of a multi-branch gas–liquid pipe separator using computational fluid dynamics
The present paper aims to evaluate the performance of a multi-branch gas–liquid pipe separator by means of 3D computational fluid dynamics. This type of separator is attractive for deepwater subsea hydrocarbon...
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Independent contributions of threat and popularity to conservation translocations
Species translocations are popular tools in conservation, but may be increasingly motivated by species’ popularity, rather than their threat status. We analyzed relative contributions of threat status (a surro...
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GLP-1 and IGF-I levels are elevated in late infancy in low birth weight infants, independently of GLP-1 receptor polymorphisms and neonatal nutrition
Low birth weight followed by rapid postnatal weight gain is associated with increased risks for obesity and diabetes in adulthood. Modulation of glucagon-like-peptide 1 (GLP-1) secretion by (epi)genetic mechan...
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Fragmentation modifies seed trait effects on scatter-hoarders’ foraging decisions
Scatter-hoarding animals are crucial in seed dispersal of nut-bearing plants. We used the holm oak Quercus ilex—wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus mutualism as a model system to evaluate the relative importance of se...
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Liver volume and hepatic adiposity in childhood: relations to body growth and visceral fat
The sequence of prenatal growth restraint and postnatal catch-up growth may lead to hepato-visceral adiposity, insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation before the onset of puberty. In prepubertal children...
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Functional outcomes of clinically high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a multi-institutional analysis
To ascertain 3-year urinary continence (UC) and sexual function (SF) recovery following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for clinically high-risk prostate cancer (PCa).
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Open AccessESICM LIVES 2016: part three
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Understanding the simultaneous biodegradation of thiocyanate and salicylic acid by Paracoccus thiocyanatus and Pseudomonas putida
Phenolic and cyanide compounds, which frequently appear mixed in several industrial effluents, are difficult to be biodegraded under certain conditions. In this work, salicylic acid (SA) and thiocyanate (SCN−) we...
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Circulating GLP-1 in infants born small-for-gestational-age: breast-feeding versus formula-feeding
Prenatal growth restraint associates with the risk for later diabetes, particularly if such restraint is followed by postnatal formula-feeding (FOF) rather than breast-feeding (BRF). Circulating incretins can ...
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Circulating FGF19 and FGF21 surge in early infancy from infra- to supra-adult concentrations
Fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) and 21 (FGF21) have been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in adults. We assessed the circulating concentrations of these factors in human neonates and infants, and thei...
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Using trait-based approaches to study phytoplankton seasonal succession in a subtropical reservoir in arid central western Argentina
The application of trait-based approaches has become a widely applied tool to analyse community assembly processes and dynamics in phytoplankton communities. Its advantages include summarizing information of m...
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Work instability in rheumatoid arthritis patients from Argentina: prevalence and associated factors
To determine the prevalence of and associated factors to work instability (WI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Argentinean patients. Observational cross-sectional study that assessing employment status in current...
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CUBES: cassegrain U-band Brazil-ESO spectrograph
CUBES is a high-efficiency, medium-resolution (R∼20,000) ground based UV (300–400 nm) spectrograph, to be installed in the cassegrain focus of one of ESO’s VLT unit telescopes in 2017/18. The CUBES project is a j...
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Influence of Biofilm on Activated Carbon on the Adsorption and Biodegradation of Salicylic Acid in Wastewater
This paper presents a study of the combined process of adsorption and biodegradation in solid biologically activated carbon (AC) for the removal of salicylic acid aimed at determining the influence of the pres...
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Nest site selection by the Argentine ant and suitability of artificial nests as a control tool
The Argentine ant is an invasive species that has been introduced worldwide causing devastating effects on entire ecosystems. Control strategies might be focused on slowing its rate of spread to limit its esta...
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Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light
Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of Earth-based gravitational wave observatories1,2,3,4 is seeking to directly detect this faint radiation usi...
