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University of Coimbra
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About: University of Coimbra is a education organization based out in Coimbra, Portugal. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Mitochondrion. The organization has 14318 authors who have published 43067 publications receiving 994733 citations. The organization is also known as: UC & Universidade dos Estudos Gerais.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the role of oxidative stress in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease in a triple-transgenic mouse model and showed that the levels of antioxidants, namely, reduced glutathione and vitamin E, are decreased and the extent of lipid peroxidation is increased.
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17 Aug 2000TL;DR: John Holm examines the structure of these pidgins and creoles, the social history of their speakers, and the theories put forward to explain how their vocabularies, sound systems and grammars evolved, allowing a wide-ranging assessment of the nature of restructured languages worldwide.
Abstract: This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Long misunderstood as 'bad' versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized as distinct languages in their own right. John Holm examines the structure of these pidgins and creoles, the social history of their speakers, and the theories put forward to explain how their vocabularies, sound systems and grammars evolved. His new findings on structural typology, including non-Atlantic creoles, permit a wide-ranging assessment of the nature of restructured languages worldwide. This much-needed book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, sociolinguistics, western European languages, anthropology and sociology.
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University of Geneva1, University College Dublin2, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology3, Instituto Superior de Agronomia4, Institut national de la recherche agronomique5, University of Coimbra6, University of Milano-Bicocca7, Naturalis8, Queen Mary University of London9, University of Cantabria10, Trinity College, Dublin11, University of Salento12, International Sleep Products Association13, American Museum of Natural History14, Free University of Berlin15, University of Duisburg-Essen16, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences17
TL;DR: The main advantages and pitfalls of metabarcoding approaches to assess parameters such as richness, abundance, taxonomic composition and species ecological values, to be used for calculation of biotic indices are discussed.
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University of Antwerp1, Franklin & Marshall College2, Russian Academy of Sciences3, University of Valencia4, University of Łódź5, Institut national de la recherche agronomique6, Cornell University7, University of Northern British Columbia8, University of Turku9, University of Burgundy10, Spanish National Research Council11, University of Gloucestershire12, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology13, University of Montpellier14, Macquarie University15, Uppsala University16, Polish Academy of Sciences17, University of Latvia18, National Scientific and Technical Research Council19, Lancaster University20, University of Tartu21, University of Palermo22, Centre national de la recherche scientifique23, Swiss Ornithological Institute24, Lund University25, University of Coimbra26, University of Oulu27, Forest Research Institute28, Palacký University, Olomouc29, University of Bern30, National Taiwan University31, University of Gothenburg32, University of Oslo33, University of Sussex34, University of Kentucky35, Illinois State University36, Eötvös Loránd University37, University of Life Sciences in Poznań38
TL;DR: The types of descriptive data that should be included in the methods sections of relevant manuscripts are listed to improve the reliability and usefulness of research based on long-term studies of any secondary hole-nesting species using artificial nestboxes for breeding or roosting.
Abstract: The widespread use of artificial nestboxes has led to significant advances in our knowledge of the ecology, behaviour and physiology of cavity nesting birds, especially small passerines. Nestboxes have made it easier to perform routine monitoring and experimental manipulation of eggs or nestlings, and also repeatedly to capture, identify and manipulate the parents. However, when comparing results across study sites the use of nestboxes may also introduce a potentially significant confounding variable in the form of differences in nestbox design amongst studies, such as their physical dimensions, placement height, and the way in which they are constructed and maintained. However, the use of nestboxes may also introduce an unconsidered and potentially significant confounding variable due to differences in nestbox design amongst studies, such as their physical dimensions, placement height, and the way in which they are constructed and maintained. Here we review to what extent the characteristics of artificial nestboxes (e.g. size, shape, construction material, colour) are documented in the 'methods' sections of publications involving hole-nesting passer- ine birds using natural or excavated cavities or artificial nestboxes for reproduction and roosting. Despite explicit previ- ous recommendations that authors describe in detail the characteristics of the nestboxes used, we found that the description of nestbox characteristics in most recent publications remains poor and insufficient. We therefore list the types of descriptive data that should be included in the methods sections of relevant manuscripts and justify this by discussing how variation in nestbox characteristics can affect or confound conclusions from nestbox studies. We also propose several recommendations to improve the reliability and usefulness of research based on long-term studies of any secondary hole-nesting species using artificial nestboxes for breeding or roosting.
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TL;DR: The FTIR and FT-RAMAN spectra of carrageenan and agar, obtained by alkaline extraction from different seaweeds, were recorded in order to identify the type of phycocolloid produced, with special emphasis given to the 500-1500 cm(-1) region, which presents several vibrational modes, sensitive to thetype of polysaccharide and to the types of glycosidic linkage.
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P. Chang | 170 | 2154 | 151783 |
Yang Gao | 168 | 2047 | 146301 |
Bin Liu | 138 | 2181 | 87085 |
P. Sinervo | 138 | 1516 | 99215 |
Filipe Veloso | 128 | 887 | 75496 |
Panagiotis Kokkas | 128 | 1234 | 81051 |
Nuno Filipe Castro | 128 | 960 | 76945 |
Robert Gardner | 128 | 1015 | 77619 |
Francois Corriveau | 128 | 1022 | 75729 |
Peter Krieger | 128 | 1171 | 81368 |
João Carvalho | 126 | 1278 | 77017 |
Helmut Wolters | 126 | 851 | 75721 |
Nicola Venturi | 126 | 796 | 69518 |
Sai-Juan Chen | 121 | 1211 | 73991 |
Harinder Singh Bawa | 120 | 798 | 66120 |