DENSITY-DEPENDENCE OF NESTLING IMMUNE FUNCTION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN SEMI-PRECOCIAL COLONIAL BIRD: A CROSS-FOSTERING EXPERIMENT

Density-dependence of nestling immune function and physiological condition in semi-precocial colonial bird: a cross-fostering experiment

Abstract Background Nesting in large aggregations provides several important advantages for colonially breeding egmont birds.However, it also imposes certain costs, associated with facilitated pathogen transmission and social stress.The cost-benefit ratio is not similar for all the birds in a colony and it might be mediated by nest density.To inves

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Decreased ubiquitin modifying enzyme A20 associated with hyper-responsiveness to ovalbumin challenge following intrauterine growth restriction

Abstract Background Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is strongly correlated with an increased risk of asthma later in life.Farm dust protects mice from developing house dust mite-induced asthma, and loss Soccer Balls of ubiquitin modifying enzyme A20 in lung epithelium would abolish this protective effect.However, the mechanisms of A20 in the

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Cavity assisted measurements of heat and work in optical lattices

We propose a method to experimentally LOW POO DELIGHT measure the internal energy of a system of ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices by coupling them to the fields of two optical cavities.We show that the tunnelling and self-interaction terms of the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian can be mapped to the field and photon number of eac

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Intraoperative diagnosis of central nervous system lesions: Comparison of squash smear, touch imprint, and frozen section

Background: Intraoperative diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) lesions is of utmost importance for neurosurgeons to modify the approach at the time of surgery and to decide on further plan of management.The intraoperative diagnosis is challenging for neuropathologists.Aims: The study was undertaken to determine Soccer Balls the accuracy of cy

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