Raising Extra Offspring Is Costly In Spotless Starlings
One of the principles of behavioral ecology is that resources are limited, and thus, allocation decisions have to be made to make ends meet. For…
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Revealing The Cynodonts Missing Braincase – How Mammals Evolved With Cartilage Braincases
Imagine animals without an ossified braincase. Animals in which the brain is encapsulated by soft cartilage instead of hard bone. These animals did exist, and…
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Investigating Low-load Resistance Training With Blood Flow Restriction
The KAATSU training method, now better known as blood flow restriction (BFR) training was created in 1966 by Japanese sports scientist and bodybuilder Yoshiaki Sato….
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Yolk / Shell Nanocrystals: A Novel Approach To Catalysis and Drug Release
Yolk/shell (Y–S) hybrid nanocrystals (HNCs) has become an emerging hot-spot material towards space-confined nanocatalysis, nanoreactors, drug release, and energy conversion, storage applications. The interior voids…
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The Importance Of Physiology On Insect Geographical Distribution: The Role Of Desiccation Resistance For The Geographical Distribution Of Chagas Disease Vectors
Why do we not find polar bears in the tropics? Why are fewer insect species at higher latitudes (e.g., closer to the poles) or altitudes…
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Using Green Solvents To Extract Oil From Wet Yeast Cells
As a young boy, I have always had an innate curiosity to understand the world around me. From my time in academia I was able…
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Estimating Ground Motions In The Largest Crustal Earthquakes
Earthquakes cause many deaths and injuries worldwide. For example, the 2015 Nepal earthquake is thought to have killed nearly 9,000 people. This event was only…
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The Bioelectrochemically Assisted Electrodialysis
The microbial electrolysis cells are innovative technologies that utilize “electroactive microorganisms” as biocatalysts into an electrochemical device; these electroactive microorganisms can exchange electrons with a…
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Costs And Benefits Of Bioenergy Alternatives For Birds
A predicament the United States faces is the simultaneous threat of climate change and the rising energy demands of its growing population. This, in combination…
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Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysts For Size- And Shape-selective Reactions
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a unique class of porous materials constructed using metal nodes and organic linkers, they exhibit many noticeable features which make them…
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The Kinetics Of Melting And Recrystallization Using Normal Differential Scanning Calorimeter
The Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is a widely applied tool to study the thermal behavior of various materials, including melting and recrystallization. However, it is…
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