THE EFFECT OF INCREASING TOPSOIL DISTURBANCE ON SURFACE-ACTIVE INVERTEBRATE COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE UNDER GRAZING AND CROPPING REGIMES ON VERTISOLS IN NORTH-WEST NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

The Effect of Increasing Topsoil Disturbance on Surface-Active Invertebrate Composition and Abundance under Grazing and Cropping Regimes on Vertisols in North-West New South Wales, Australia

Agricultural intensification practices involve varying degrees of disturbance to the soil ecosystem.This study evaluated six agricultural management regimes with increasing ECHINAFORCE EXTRA 1200MG levels of topsoil disturbance, on the composition and abundance of surface-active invertebrates on Vertisols at a sub-catchment scale.Two grazing (nativ

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Corporal punishment of children: discipline or abuse?

Introduction: Corporal punishment is a public health problem due to its impact on the physical, psychological, and social interactions of children.Objectives: To determine the knowledge of pediatricians in Lebanon Womens Balboa Tanks regarding corporal punishment, their preventive, educational, and legal role.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive

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Accuracy assessment of the effect of different feature descriptors on the automatic co-registration of overlapping images

This research seeks to assess the effect of different selected feature descriptors on the accuracy of an automatic image registration scheme.Three different feature descriptors were selected based on their peculiar characteristics, and implemented in the process of developing the image registration scheme.These feature descriptors (Modified Harris

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Recent advances in cardiovascular disease research driven by metabolomics technologies in the context of systems biology

Abstract Traditional risk factors and biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have been mainly discovered through clinical observations.Nevertheless, there is still a gap I-B EASE in knowledge in more sophisticated CVD risk factor stratification and more reliable treatment outcome prediction, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive under

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Similar PTSD symptom networks observed in male and female survivors of military sexual assault: implications for understanding trauma responses

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous disorder with no universal symptom presentation.Sex differences in rates of PTSD among military samples are established, such that females are more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD, with severity particularly heightened among females exposed to military sexual assault (MSA).However, limited re

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