INTRA- AND INTER-SPECIFIC TERRITORIAL RESPONSE OF DIURNAL RAPTORS IN THE TROPICAL DRY FOREST OF WESTERN MEXICO

Intra- and inter-specific territorial response of diurnal raptors in the tropical dry forest of western Mexico

Little is known of intra- and inter-specific territoriality in Neotropical raptors that may defend territories throughout the year, and face greater inter-specific competition for resources.We evaluated intra- and inter-specific territorial responses of four species of Neotropical raptors in the tropical dry forest of the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere

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Bidirectional Enhancement of Cell Proliferation Between Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Labeled Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Choroid Plexus in a Cell-Based Therapy Model of Ischemic Stroke

Menq-Rong Wu,1,2 Chia-Hsun Lee,1 Jong-Kai Hsiao1,3 1Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei Tzuchi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu-Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 23142, Taiwan; 2Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; 3School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, TaiwanCorrespondence: Jong-Kai

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When imagining future wealth influences risky decision making

The body of literature on the relationship between risk aversion and wealth is extensive.However, little attention has been given to examining how future realizations Saucer Sets of wealth might affect (current) risk decisions.Using paired lottery choice experiments and exposing subjects experimentally to imagined future wealth frames, I find that

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Histology and transcriptomic analyses of barnacles with different base materials and habitats shed lights on the duplication and chemical diversification of barnacle cement proteins

Abstract Background Barnacles Bus Bins are sessile crustaceans that attach to underwater surfaces using barnacle cement proteins.Barnacles have a calcareous or chitinous membranous base, and their substratum varies from biotic (e.g.corals/sponges) to abiotic surfaces.In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the cement protein (CP) composition a

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