Mechanical problem solving by plush-crested jays: are tools special after all? by Jimena Lois-Milevicich, Lauriane Rat-Fischer, María Alicia de la Colina, Raúl Orencio Gómez, Juan Carlos Reboreda, Alex Kacelnik

“…We tested jays in two tasks of apparent similar manipulative complexity and incentive, one involving a tool (T) and the other not (NT). …”
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The healing hand: the role of women in ancient medicine by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… In contrast with the struggle of 19th and 20th century women all over the world to be admitted to medical schools, women in ancient Greece and Rome were apparently increasingly at liberty to practise medicine from the 4th century BC onwards. …”
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Alimentary Canal of the Adult Blow Fly, Chrysomya megacephala (F.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)—Part I: Ultrastructure of Salivary Glands by Worachote Boonsriwong, Kabkaew L. Sukontason, Tarinee Chaiwong, Urai Chaisri, Roy C. Vogtsberger, Kom Sukontason

“…Ultrastructurally, the salivary gland is enclosed within the basal lamina, and interdigitation cytoplasmic extensions were apparent between the adjacent gland cells. The basement membrane appeared infoldings that is similar to the complex of the labyrinth channel. …”
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VSS Degradation Kinetics in High Temperature Aerobic Digestion and Microbial Community Characteristics by Yunfen Shi, Huimin Ren

“…In the empirical model, the apparent activation energy was 2.827 kJ·mol−1. The exponentials for the initial VSS concentration, aeration rate, and stirring rate were 1.0587, −0.0976, and −0.1618, respectively. …”
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Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Back: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Laura Stone McGuire, Danny Yakoub, Mecker G. Möller, Andrew Rosenberg, Alan Livingstone

“…The primary tumor recurred within six months of the original wide local excision and with satellite lesions apparent at twelve months, and the mass was diagnosed using the histological criteria established by Fanburg-Smith et al. for malignant granular cell tumors. …”
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Reducing Water Losses in Potable Water Distribution Systems: A Case Study of Kocaeli by Burak Kızılöz

“…Thirdly, the replacement of end-of-life water meters has contributed to reduce apparent losses in isolated area. In conclusion, the water loss which was 45.40% in 2014 could be reduced to 29.50 % in İzmit district in 2019. …”
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Inhibition of Murine Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cell Apoptosis Promotes Recovery of Barrier Function under Septic Conditions by Lefeng Wang, Sanjay Mehta, Michael Brock, Sean E. Gill

“…PMVEC apoptosis, as reflected by caspase activation, DNA fragmentation, and loss of membrane polarity, was first apparent at 8 h after cytomix. Pretreatment of PMVEC with the pan-caspase inhibitor Q-VD significantly decreased septic PMVEC apoptosis and was associated with reestablishment of PMVEC barrier function at 16 and 24 h after stimulation but had no effect on septic PMVEC barrier dysfunction over the first 8 h. …”
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Ambivalence and Ambiguity in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Monica Michlin

“…This close reading of the text highlights how Miss Jane, in her double role as protagonist and narrator, shows considerable ambivalence towards friend and foe alike, with the result that the apparently transparent ideological meaning of entire episodes is blurred by what some critics have merely put down to “conservatism.” …”
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Serous cystadenoma of the ovary. A case report by José Carlos Aíras Cañizares, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja

“…A case of a 35-year-old patient with a history of apparent health, who went to the Surgery Emergency Room of the Dr. …”
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Optical properties of Eu3+ doped calcium sodium bismuth borosilicate glasses via melt quenching method by Nakka Praveenkumar, K.V. Madhuri, Anju Babu, D.V. Krishna Reddy

“…Emission bands in the visible range of 540–740 nm are apparent in luminescence spectra. At 577, 591, 612, 652, and 701 nm, emission peaks are linked to the 5D0→7F0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 transitions. …”
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Neurologic Complications Associated with Sjögren’s Disease: Case Reports and Modern Pathogenic Dilemma by Michele Colaci, Giulia Cassone, Andreina Manfredi, Marco Sebastiani, Dilia Giuggioli, Clodoveo Ferri

“…Neurological manifestations may precede the clinical onset of SS; therefore, in patients with apparently isolated cranial nerve involvement, a correct diagnosis of the underlying SS is often delayed or overlooked entirely; in these instances, standard clinicoserological assessment is recommendable.…”
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Association of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Calcium in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Ghaith Hamza Kamil, Mohammed Mezher Hussein, Raya Ezzat Maroof

“…One hundred blood samples (57males and 43 females) from CKD patients have been gathered from Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad Teaching Hospital and Al-Karama Teaching Hospital during the period from December 2021 to March 2022 besides 50 samples as apparently healthy control. The age range in the current study was at 33-75 years for CKD patient and 30-65 years for control. …”
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Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach by David R Daversa, Ella Baxter, Gonçalo M Rosa, Chris Sergeant, Trenton WJ Garner

“…Examining individual responses to handling, toe clipping and visible implant elastomer (VIE) injection over 21 days showed that handling and marking elicited increased newt activity and hesitancy to feed compared to animals that did not get handled or marked. These effects were apparent even when animals were handled only (not marked), and marking did not further increase the magnitude of responses. …”
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Spatiotemporal variation in size-dependent growth rates in small isolated populations of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) by Elizabeth A. Mittell, Camille A. Leblanc, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Moira M. Ferguson, Katja Räsänen, Michael B. Morrissey

“…This fine-scale spatiotemporal variation emphasizes the importance of local conditions and highlights the potential for spatiotemporal variation in a size-dependent life-history trait, even when environmental conditions are apparently very similar.…”
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Metagenomic Detection of Multiple Viruses in Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) in Australia by Babu Kanti Nath, Suman Das Gupta, Saranika talukder, Nasrin Sultana Tonu, Shane R. Raidal, Jade K. Forwood, Subir Sarker

“…Objectives This study was aimed to determine the faecal virome of a group of apparently healthy Monk parakeet using high‐throughput sequencing. …”
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High Levels of Proinflammatory Cytokines, but Not Markers of Tissue Injury, in Unaffected Intestinal Areas from Patients with IBD by Alberto J. León, Emma Gómez, Jose A. Garrote, David Bernardo, Asterio Barrera, Jose L. Marcos, Luis Fernández-Salazar, Benito Velayos, Alfredo Blanco-Quirós, Eduardo Arranz

“…Additionally, increased immune activation has been found in the adjacent intestinal areas without displaying any apparent histological alterations, however, the regulatory environment is not well established. …”
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Empirical mode decomposition/Hilbert transform analysis of postural responses to small amplitude anterior-posterior sinusoidal translations of varying frequencies by Rakesh Pilkar, Erik M. Bollt, Charles Robinson

“…The combined Hilbert Spectrum of these modes shows that this phase-lock behavior of APCoP is more apparent for 0.5, 0.625, 0.75 and 1 Hz perturbation intervals. …”
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Prediction of Production Performance of Refractured Shale Gas Well considering Coupled Multiscale Gas Flow and Geomechanics by Zhiqiang Li, Zhilin Qi, Wende Yan, Zuping Xiang, Xiang Ao, Xiaoliang Huang, Fei Mo

“…The complex transport mechanisms due to multiple physics, including gas adsorption/desorption, slip flow, Knudsen diffusion, surface diffusion, stress sensitivity, and adsorption layer are fully considered in this model. The apparent permeability is used to describe the multiple physics occurring in the matrix. …”
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In Vivo Optical Molecular Imaging of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity following Celecoxib Therapy for Colorectal Cancer by Rahul A. Sheth, Alexandra Kunin, Lars Stangenberg, Mark Sinnamon, Kenneth E. Hung, Raju Kucherlapati, Umar Mahmood

“…Moreover, treated animals exhibited only a 7.6% (SEM 9%) increase in MMP activity versus 106% (SEM 8%) for untreated animals. There was an apparent linear relationship ( r = .91) between measured MMP activity and tumor growth rate. …”
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Archaeological survey at Balama Byzantine Castle in Pisidia (southwest Turkey): a preliminary report by Hüseyin Metin, Abdulhadi Durukan

“…The walls, constructed of rubble stone, lime mortar, and broken bricks, suggest that the fortifications were constructed in no specific order. The main goal was apparently to quickly build defensive structures to protect the region. …”
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