EVOLUTIONARY AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PENGUINS (SPHENISCIFORMES): REVIEW OF THE DISPERSAL PATTERNS AND ADAPTATIONS IN A GEOLOGIC AND PALEOECOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Evolutionary and Biogeographical History of Penguins (Sphenisciformes): Review of the Dispersal Patterns and Adaptations in a Geologic and Paleoecological Context

Despite its current low diversity, the penguin clade (Sphenisciformes) is one of the groups of birds with the most complete fossil record.Likewise, from the evolutionary point of view, it is an interesting group given the adaptations developed for marine life and the extreme climatic occupation capacity that some species have shown.In the present c

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Rainfall Erosion Damage of Residual Soil Slope in Intermittently Frozen Area Based on Discrete Element Method

This study developed a discrete element simulation model based on the 2D particle flow code (PFC2D), of which the mesoscopic parameters were calibrated Me Fall Sweater by the indoor experiments, to investigate the rainfall erosion damage of residual soil slope in the intermittently frozen area.It is to be noted that the runoff scouring action was s

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Agrarian Reform and Colonization as the Foundations for the Legitimate Rule of the Yugoslav Socialist Government : The Gateway towards Collectivization in Slavonia and Vojvodina

This paper analyses the agrarian reform and colonization in Slavonia and Vojvodina from 1945 to 1948.This process can be viewed as the culmination of the processes of land redistribution which started in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.However, land redistribution and colonization PRO PB7+ after World War II took place in vastly different

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Addressing the Common Pathway Underlying Hypertension and Diabetes in People Who Are Obese by Maximizing Health: The Ultimate Knowledge Translation Gap

In accordance with the WHO definition of health, this article examines the alarming discord between the epidemiology of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and obesity and the low profile of noninvasive (nondrug) compared with invasive (drug) interventions with respect to their prevention, reversal and management.Herein lies the ultimate

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