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morphometry, etc ; carcinogenicity; catenas; databases; human health; linear models; pollution; prediction; risk; risk assessment; soil; support vector machines; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Determining the levels and spatial distribution of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is essential in designing mitigating strategies to remediate contaminated areas. Efficient prediction of PTEs is difficult due to high spatial variability and multiple sources of contamination. The use of machine learning algorithms is an alternative for the improvement of the predictions. Objective of the study w ...
Milena V. Freitas; Celma G. Lemos; Raquel B. Ariede; John F.G. Agudelo; Rubens R.O. Neto; Carolina H.S. Borges; Vito A. Mastrochirico-Filho; Fábio Porto-Foresti; Rogério L. Iope; Fabrício M. Batista; José R.F. Brega; Diogo T. Hashimoto
... Deep learning (DL) is a cutting-edge technology that enables high-throughput phenotyping in aquaculture. The routine application of DL offers new opportunities for the genetic selection of appearance traits, especially those related to body shape. The criteria currently used for the trait selection of commercial interest, such as rapid growth and weight gain, can directly influence the animal's ap ...
morphometry, etc ; DNA; Oreochromis niloticus; aquaculture; blood glucose; chromatin; diet; digestible energy; digestible protein; enterocytes; fish; gonadosomatic index; hepatosomatic index; high density lipoprotein; lipid content; lipid metabolism; liver; muscles; nucleotides; testes; triacylglycerols; visceral fat; viscosity; Show all 23 Subjects
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... In this study, we assessed the health, growth, sperm characteristics, and intestinal, liver, and testicular morphology of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) males fed rations containing purified nucleotides (NT). A total of 420 females (286 ± 7.15 g) and 140 males (536 ± 13.4 g) were used. Fish were fed on extruded ration (280 g digestible protein kg⁻¹; 11.72 M joule (MJ) of digestible energy kg ...
... On Mars, the three large volcanoes of Tharsis (Arsia, Pavonis, and Ascraeus Montes) are aligned with other smaller edifices, conforming the ‘Alignment 3’ defined in previous works. These volcanoes show a wide variation in morphologies despite being formed by the same migrating mantle plume under the lithosphere. In this work, the volcanic edifices associated with the Alignment 3 were examined in t ...
... The role of possible controlling factors in influencing the geomorphology of submarine canyons has been investigated using a database of 282 globally distributed modern examples collated from the literature and open-source worldwide bathymetry. Canyon geomorphology has been characterised quantitatively in terms of maximum and average canyon dimensions, canyon sinuosity, average canyon thalweg grad ...
... Morphometric characteristics play an important role in the classification and modelling of fluvial systems. With increasing numbers of detailed surveys of subaquatic canyon and channel systems in lakes, reservoirs, oceans and extra-terrestrial systems, previous research has repeatedly tried to draw parallels between poorly understood subaquatic and extra-terrestrial systems and much studied subaer ...
Mariana Díaz-Santana-Iturrios; Viridiana Zepeda-Benitez; Renata Pacheco-Ovando; Claudio F. Cornejo; José Miguel Cerda; César Augusto Salinas-Zavala; Jasmín Granados-Amores
... Cephalopods have upper and lower chitinous beaks, and their shape can be used to identify species. However, the morphological attributes of beaks are commonly obtained from sources that contain little information on shape, compromising the determination of taxa. Thus, in this study, we used geometric morphometrics to analyze inter-specific differences in beak shape of six octopus species from the ...
... Traditionally, morphological characters are widely used to distinguish between interspecies and intraspecies. In addition to the size of morphological characters, shape has also been used as an indicator in the last decades. We evaluated the geometric morphometry and morphometric of the bill of Chukar Partridge, Alectoris chukar from captive and wild populations to determine the bill variation and ...
... The authors undertook to examine and analyse the changes in the relief in Łódź city centre over a period of over one hundred years. Archival cartographic resources containing morphometric information and contemporary laser scanning data (LIDAR) are used to analyse changes. This required appropriate transformation of these data to generate a differential relief map. Information on the geographical ...
... River deltas which are among the most variable and vulnerable geographic objects may be considered as effective indicators of large-scale global and regional, natural and anthropogenic changes of environment. The up-to-date state of deltas of the main rivers in Russia and all over the world are described in the Register which is presented in this paper. The Register includes geographic characteris ...
Gordon R. Osinski; Richard A.F. Grieve; Ludovic Ferrière; Ania Losiak; Annemarie E. Pickersgill; Aaron J. Cavosie; Shannon M. Hibbard; Patrick J.A. Hill; Juan Jaimes Bermudez; Cassandra L. Marion; Jennifer D. Newman; Sarah L. Simpson
... Over the past few decades, it has become increasingly clear that the impact of interplanetary bodies on other planetary bodies is one of the most ubiquitous and important geological processes in the Solar System. This impact process has played a fundamental role throughout the history of the Earth and other planetary bodies, resulting in both destructive and beneficial effects. The impact craterin ...
... The aim of this research was to contribute to the study of the doming geometry of Testudo carapace as an unstable point of equilibrium when animals are overturned. We performed this research using geometric morphometric using a sample of 64 Testudo individuals belonging to different species (T. hermannin = 30, T. graecan = 3, T. marginata n = 13 and T. horsfieldii n = 18), sexes and ages. A set of ...
Manuel Tiburtini; Giovanni Astuti; Fabrizio Bartolucci; Gabriele Casazza; Lucia Varaldo; Daniele De Luca; Maria Vittoria Bottigliero; Gianluigi Bacchetta; Marco Porceddu; Gianniantonio Domina; Simone Orsenigo; Lorenzo Peruzzi
morphometry, etc ; Armeria; molecular systematics; Italy; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Three subspecies of Armeria arenaria are reported from Italy, two of which are considered endemic to the Apennines. The taxonomic value of these two taxa (A. arenaria subsp. marginata and A. arenaria subsp. apennina) is unclear. Moreover, the relationships between A. arenaria subsp. praecox and Northern Italian populations—currently ascribed to A. arenaria subsp. arenaria—have never been addressed ...
... BACKGROUND: The morphometric studies of the atrioventricular valves are still limited in the horse. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the anatomy of the atrioventricular valves in the horse, focusing on the morphometric features of the valvular leaflets and the tendinous cords. We hypothesised that accessory leaflets occur commonly and exist as independent structures in the atrioventricular valves of the ...
morphometry, etc ; asymmetry; automation; research; sediments; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Barchan morphometric data have been used as proxies of meteorological and topographical data in environments where this data is lacking (such as other planetary bodies), gaining insights into barchan dune field dynamics such as barchan collision and sediment dynamics, and estimating migration speeds. However, manual extraction of this data is time-consuming which can impose limits on the spatial e ...
morphometry, etc ; Amphora; epiphytes; research; seagrasses; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... An amphoroid diatom epiphytic on seagrass leaves from Hainan Province, southern China was identified as Amphora lunulata Wachnicka & Gaiser. It is characterized by a semi-elliptical valve with acute apices, ventral striae interrupted at the centre, and an axial area, which is well developed on the dorsal side but narrower at the centre, in accordance with its original description. However, as seen ...
morphometry, etc ; epithelium; histology; keratinization; rats; tongue; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The mammalian tongue plays a fundamental role in various physiological and behavioral activities. Significant morphological variations have been recorded in the tongue of several species. This study aims to obtain detailed histological and morphometric information about the filiform papillae on the surface of rat tongue. The tongues of five 10-month-old Wistar rats were utilized, which were later ...
morphometry, etc ; Phlebotominae; spermatozoa; state parks; Brazil; Show all 5 Subjects
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... In an investigation carried out at the headquarters of Jequitibá in Três Picos State Park, the presence of the sandfly Migonemyia vaniae Galati, Fonseca & Marassá, 2007 was observed. Morphometric analyzes of the sperm pump and aedeagal ducts and photographs of the structures were performed to compare the differences between Migonemyia vaniae and Migonemyia migonei (França, 1920). Since its descrip ...
morphometry, etc ; data collection; honey bees; hybrids; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Four models based on convolutional neural networks were used to investigate whether image recognition techniques applied to honey bee wings could be used to discriminate among honey bee subspecies. A dataset consisting of 9887 wing images belonging to 7 subspecies and one hybrid was analysed with ResNet 50, MobileNet V2, Inception Net V3, and Inception ResNet V2. Accuracy values of classification ...
morphometry, etc ; Delphinidae; Physeteridae; Ziphiidae; aorta; histology; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This study analyses the aortic wall structure in nine cetacean species with deep diving habits belonging to four Odontoceti families: Ziphiidae, Kogiidae, Physteridae, and Delphinidae. Samples of ascending, thoracic and abdominal aorta were processed for histological and morphometric studies. The elastic component was higher in the proximal aortic segments, and the muscular elements increased dist ...