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A contribution to age determination of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) based on radiographic analysis of the skull and postcranial morphology.
(2019)The aim of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to present comprehensive information about the age-dependent change of skeletal characteristics in captive cheetahs with known age and to assess the benefit of these ... -
A Governing Convention?
(2013)In this essay I argue that one can understand the relationship between those who rule and those who are ruled in civil society as an implicit contractual relationship or contract by convention. I use variations of the ... -
A new lipoxygenase from the agaric fungus Agrocybe aegerita: Biochemical characterization and kinetic properties
(2019)Oxylipins are metabolites with a variety of biological functions. However, the biosynthetic pathway is widely unknown. It is considered that the first step is the oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids like linoleic ... -
A Stochastic Model of the Co-evolution of Networks and Strategies
(2009)We consider a theoretical model of co-evolution of networks and strategies whose components are exclusively supported by experimental observations. We can show that a particular kind of sophisticated behavior (anticipatory ... -
Achieving Pareto-Optimality: Invisible Hands, Social Contracts, and Rational Deliberation
(2013)I begin with two simple, similar interactions. In one, maximizing agents will reach a Pareto-optimal equilibrium, in the other, they won't. The first shows the working of the Invisible Hand; the second, its limitations. ... -
Acute stress hyporesponsive period in nestling Thin-billed prions Pachyptila belcheri
(2009)When confronted with acute stressors, vertebrates show a highly conserved evolved sequence of physiological, hormonal and behavioural responses, including the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Many ... -
Additive Traits Lead to Feeding Advantage and Reproductive Isolation, Promoting Homoploid Hybrid Speciation
(2019-04-26)Speciation through homoploid hybridization (HHS) is considered extremely rare in animals. This is mainly because the establishment of reproductive isolation as a product of hybridization is uncommon. Additionally, many ... -
Affective Social Ties—Missing Link in Governance Theory
(2012)Although governance is about interpersonal relationships, it appears that the antecedents and consequences of affective bonds (social ties) in social groups dealing with commonpool resources and public goods have been ... -
Anarchy, State, and Property
(2014)The fundamental function of the state is safeguarding the safety of its citizens. The combination of Nozick's invisible hand explanation with his theory of justice implies that individuals can have full private property ... -
Are acoustical parameters of begging call elements of thin-billed prions related to chick condition?
(2010)Chicks of burrowing petrels use begging calls to advertise their hunger levels when parents arrived at the nest. In a previous study, adult thin-billed prions Pachyptila belcheri responded to higher begging call rates of ... -
Aspects of the breeding biology of the southern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes c. chrysocome and new consideration on the intrinsic capacity of the A-egg
(2008)The rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome have recently been split into the northern E. moseleyi and the southern E. chrysocome rockhopper penguin. It is therefore crucial to have a comprehensive understanding of the ... -
,Aus ökonomischer Sicht ...‘
(2009)Economists, and notably health economists, very often add to their policy recommendations the formula ,from an economic point of view‘. The contribution starts by exploring what the message of this clause to non-economists ... -
Automatic Actions: Challenging Causalism
(2011)I argue that so-called automatic actions—routine performances that we successfully and effortlessly complete without thinking such as turning a door handle, downshifting to 4th gear, or lighting up a cigarette—pose a ... -
Awards: A Disregarded Source of Motivation
(2009)Awards are prevalent in all societies and at all times. So far, however, they have escaped the attention of economists. This paper presents a first analysis of awards, distinguishing them from purely monetary forms of ... -
Ästhetische Reminiszenzen. Ägyptische Einflüsse im Werk Wassily Kandinskys und sein Verhältnis zum ,Orient‘ mit einem vergleichbaren Beispiel von Henri Matisse
(2021-07-05)Urelemente, Urwesenheiten und Ursprünglichkeiten sind fragliche Begriffe, die von dem Anthroposophen Rudolf Steiner verwendet und später von Künstlern der klassischen Moderne in Bezug auf die fern- und nahöstlichen Künste ... -
Birds from the endangered Monte, the steppes and coastal biomes of the province of Río Negro, northern Patagonia, Argentina
(2011)The main ecosystem in northern Patagonia, Argentina, is the Monte, a semi-desert scrubland home to a high biodiversity. Monte is the most endangered ecosystem of southern South America, with an annual rate of clearance of ... -
Blood and Intestinal Parasites in Wild Psittaciformes: A Case Study of Burrowing Parrots (Cyanoliseus Patagonus)
(2006)Quantifying parasites is essential for understanding the ecological and evolutionary implications of parasites on their hosts. It is also crucial for many conservation attempts carried out in endangered groups of birds, ...