The development of fisheries in the oceans, and other human drivers such as climate warming, have led to changes in species abundance, assemblages, trophic interactions, and ultimately in the functioning of marine food webs. Here, using a trophodynamic approach and global databases of catches and life history traits of marine species, we tested the hypothesis that anthropogenic ecological impac...

The consistency/variability of error substitution patterns may hold important implications for subgrouping children with speech disorders, as well as for relationships between learning and generalization patterns. There is a need to quantify and examine the range of consistency/variability within the speech disordered population as it relates to system-wide change. This investigation compared t...

The current studies were designed to investigate if the emotion context insensitivity hypothesis (ECI; Rottenberg & Gotlib, 2004) is applicable across the time course of emotion. Recent affective science research has pointed to the importance of considering anticipation and maintenance of emotion. In the current studies, we assessed emotion responses among college students with depression sympt...

Cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) is a high-molecular-mass glycoprotein that is used as a tumor marker to monitor disease progression and response to therapy and in early detection of recurrence after treatment for ovarian cancer. The Access 2 (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA), ADVIA Centaur (Bayer Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY), ARCHITECT i2000 (Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, IL), AxSYM (Abbott Diagnostics...

Measurement of estradiol is useful in assisted reproduction, evaluation of infertility, menopause, and male feminization. The analytic performance of 8 estradiol immunoassays was evaluated. The imprecision and accuracy of the Access, ADVIA Centaur, ARCHITECT i2000, AutoDELFIA, Elecsys 2010, IMMULITE 2000, and Vitros ECi estradiol assays (see text for proprietary information) were evaluated by u...

In this study, we explore whether more complex economies are better shielded against exogenous shocks. We contribute to the literature on determinants of output volatility with a relatively new index productive capabilities export goods, Economic Complexity Index (ECI), developed by Hausmann et al. [Hausmann, R., C. A. Hidalgo, S. Bustos, M. Coscia, Simoes, and Yildirim. 2014. The Atlas Complex...

Em termos de avanço da educação, a qualidade educação Básica e as politicas públicas avaliação têm ganhado espaço nos debates nacionais internacionais. Uma análise condição no Brasil vem sendo executada, partir 2007, junto à formação do Índice Desenvolvimento Educação Básica- IDEB nas escolas propondo o intuito compreender monitorar crescimento básica, Simultaneamente, indagação cientifica tem ...

In this analysis of European high-tech companies, the authors focus on the innovation front-end, since during the early stages of the innovation process, customer consideration can greatly affect innovation success. Focusing on specific manufacturer goals for early customer integration (ECI), the authors derive necessary customer contributions, then develop a conceptual framework for ECI. Based...