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Role of olfaction and vision cues in feeding behavior and alarm reaction in the catfish pintado, Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
(SPRINGER TOKYO, 2010)
Experiments were performed to investigate senses that are essential for mediating fright reaction and food behavior in Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, pintado. The dilemma ""to feed or to flee"" was also analyzed in fishes ...
Efficient solutions to factored MDPs with imprecise transition probabilities
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2011)
When modeling real-world decision-theoretic planning problems in the Markov Decision Process (MDP) framework, it is often impossible to obtain a completely accurate estimate of transition probabilities. For example, natural ...
The role of prominence in Spanish sentence comprehension: An ERP study
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2015-08)
Prominence is the hierarchical relation among arguments that allows us to understand ?Who did what to whom? in a sentence. The present study aimed to provide evidence about the role of prominence information for the ...
Inhibitory ryanodine prevents ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca2+ release without affecting endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content in primary hippocampal neurons
(Academic Press Inc., 2015)
© 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Ryanodine is a cell permeant plant alkaloid that binds selectively and with high affinity to ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca2+ release channels. Sub-micromolar ryanodine concentrations ...
Characteristics of hydroxamic acid induction in wheat triggered by aphid infestation
(Springer New York LLC, 1997)
Hydroxamic acids (Hx) are natural products of Gramineae that are associated with cereal resistance to pests. We aimed at characterizing the induction of Hx accumulation in seedlings of wheat. Triticum aestivum, by short-term ...
Defense mechanism of citrus limon seedlings against fungal pathogens: signal transduction and pal gene
(1997)
Citrus limon seedlings respond to fungat attack inducing the phenylpropanoid pathway producing phytoalexins. The de nero synthesis of one of the main enzymes, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), is accomplished after 24 ...
Aldose reductase induced by hyperosmotic stress mediates cardiomyocyte apoptosis - Differential effects of sorbitol and mannitol
(AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC, 2003-10-03)
Cells adapt to hyperosmotic conditions by several mechanisms, including accumulation of sorbitol via induction of the polyol pathway. Failure to adapt to osmotic stress can result in apoptotic cell death. In the present ...
Estudo da viabilidade da aplicação de gamificação para a gerência de projetos em fábrica de software
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáMedianeiraBrasilCiência da ComputaçãoUTFPR, 2021-08-13)
This work aimed to carry out a feasibility study in applying the concepts of Gamification, also known as Ludification, for the possibility of obtaining more engagement in performing task control in Software factories. In ...
Tools and technologies for computer-aided speech and language therapy
This paper addresses the problem of Computer-Aided Speech and Language Therapy (CASLT). The goal of the work described in the paper is to develop and evaluate a semi-automated system for providing interactive speech therapy ...
Metalinguistic knowledge and correct use of accent mark
(Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, 2013)
Spelling success supposes the proper use of specific information. Non-experts orthographic correctors lack this information or they do have deficiencies, when using it. Overcoming this condition seems simple: the experts ...