Introduction: A repeat pregnancy at adolescent age often comes with much stress and complications. It feeds into a cycle of psychological trauma and socio-economic deprivation that compromises the life of the young mo...
Machine learning has been extensively applied in behavioural and social computing,encompassing a spectrum of applications such as social network analysis,click stream analysis,recommendation of points of interest,and ...
The cashew stem girdler, Analeptes trifasciata Fabricius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), damages cashew by its girdling activities in the stem thereby causing huge economic losses. The stem girdler is managed through cult...
the financial support of the SICODE project(Ref.US-1380581)funded by the I+D+i FEDER project in Andalusia 2014-2020;the CONFORES project(Ref.TED2021-130659B-I00)funded by Proyectos de Transición Ecológica y Transicion Digital.
Since indoor clothing insulation is a key element in thermal comfort models,the aim of the present study is proposing an approach for predicting it,which could assist the occupants of a building in terms of recommenda...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272926);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(ASTIP-IAS07,Beijing,China).
Background The tongue-rolling behaviour of cows is regarded as an outward sign of stressed animals in a low welfare status.The primary aim of this observational study was to evaluate the association between the freque...
The relationship between habitat and behaviour provides important information for species management.For large,free roaming,marine animals satellite tags provide high resolution information on movement,but such datase...
Meningitis is a possible complication of pneumococcal infection concerning acute otitis media and sinusitis.It might compromise cognitive function,both for the infection itself and the vascular events that sometimes f...
The engagement of students is a recognised challenge for teachers.Technology offers some practical student engagement tools,and this paper examines the use of low-stakes online tests and immediate dialogic feedback to...
funded by the State Scholarship Fund(201908500062)of China Scholarship Council。
Males of Platycnemis latipes (Platycnemididae, Odonata) have enlarged tibiae (fans) and patrol using a special longitudinal zig-zag flight. By means of focal observations and experimental manipulations of the colour o...
Introduction: Wise prescription of antibiotics is an ethical duty of physicians in view of rising antimicrobial resistance in the community, it should be balanced between the health requirements of the patients and re...