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Automatic detection of moistures in different construction materials from thermographic images
Moisture is a pathology that damages all type of construction materials, from materials of building envelopes to materials of bridges. Its presence can negatively affect the users’ conditions of indoor comfort...
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Macrobotanical remains and shell-midden formation processes, are they related? The case of Poças de São Bento (Portugal)
The analysis of plant macroremains from Poças de São Bento, a shell-midden in the Sado Valley (Portugal), has provided interesting insights into the shell-midden formation processes and the presence of resourc...
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Open AccessThe CD14 (−159 C/T) SNP is associated with sCD14 levels and allergic asthma, but not with CD14 expression on monocytes
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Characterization of four species of Trichuris (Nematoda: Enoplida) by their second internal transcribed spacer ribosomal DNA sequence
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Characterization of Chabertia ovina by isoenzyme gel electrophoresis: comparative study with Oesophagostomum venulosum
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Morphologic, biometric, and isoenzyme characterization of Trichuris suis
Trichuris suis isolates were collected from the cecum of Sus scrofa domestica (pig) and S. s. scrofa (wild boar). Morphology and biometry studies were carried out. Morphology studies showed the existence of typi...
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Mesolithic burials in los canes cave (Asturias, Spain)
Los Canes is a small cave situated half way up the abrupt southern slope of Cuera range, near the village of Arangas (Eastern Asturias, Spain). Three funerary structures have been discovered in the entrance of...
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Malic dehydrogenase isoenzymatic pattern in lung-nematode parasite species
The malic dehydrogenase (MDH) isoenzymatic pattern of Dictyocaulus viviparus, Protostrongylus rufescens, and Slovakian and Spanish isolates of D. filaria was studied. The MDH isoenzymatic pattern in both isolates...
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Hypothalamic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone content and serum luteinizing hormone levels in male rats during wallerian degeneration of sympathetic nerve terminals after superior cervical ganglionectomy
The main hypothesis of this study was that sympathetic neurons located at the superior cervical ganglia (SCG) control luteinizing hormone (LH) releasing mechanisms by acting at a hypothalamic site. To test thi...
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Characterization of insulin resistance in type I diabetes
Insulin sensitivity was assessed using the euglycaemic clamp technique in eight type I diabetic patients (after overnight blood glucose normalization with an artificial pancreas) and in six healthy subjects. B...
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The biological potency of semisynthetic human insulin (Actrapid HM, Novo) and purified pork insulin (Actrapid MC, Novo) was assessed in normal and diabetic subjects. The blood glucose lowering effect and the r...
