Description of the Nymphal Stages of <i>Hoplopleura affinis</i> (Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the Striped Field Mouse <i>Apodemus agrarius</i> with a Global Checklist of <i>Hoplo... by Paulina Kozina, Joanna N. Izdebska, Rafał Łopucki

“…The genus <i>Hoplopleura</i> is the most speciose genus of sucking lice observed parasitizing rodents and lagomorphs (pikas). Despite the fact that the majority of Anoplura are believed to be monoxenic, many species within <i>Hoplopleura</i> may be oligoxenic. …”
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Grazing Impact on Plant Seed Production in Southern Mongolia by Christine Bläß, Katrin Ronnenberg, Isabell Hensen, Karsten Wesche

“…However, grazing pressure is plant-speci fi c; both livestock and small mammals have feeding preferences, and pikas ( Ochotona pallasi ) prefer taxa such as Stipa spp. …”
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Antibiotic resistance genes in plague ecosystems: Threatening the emergence of resistant plague by Yixin Ma, Shixiong Li, Jingpeng Liu, Yuechen Sun, Yi Wu, Huangliang Chen, Meihan Mao, Wenlong Zhao, Chengcheng Deng, Jiefei Gao, Qitao Zhang, Jinrou Quan, Rui Qi

“…Tetracycline resistance genes were found to be dominant, with multidrug and tetracycline resistance ARGs primarily associated with marmots and ecological soil, while pikas predominantly harbored β-lactam resistance ARGs. …”
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Improving Design Quality by Contractor Involvement: An Empirical Study on Effects by Eelon Lappalainen, Petteri Uusitalo, Ergo Pikas, Olli Seppänen, Antti Peltokorpi, Petri Uusitalo, Ana Reinbold, Nikolai Menzhinskii

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Quality and accuracy of digital twin models for the neighbourhood level building energy performance calculations by Parts Egert-Ronald, Pikas Ergo, Parts Tuule Mall, Arumägi Endrik, Liiv Innar, Kalamees Targo

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Animal models of human disease 2.0 by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel

“…A total of twenty-two papers were published, including two comprehensive reviews on the use of diverse animal models to advance translational research and twenty original research papers using more common and conventional laboratory animal models (mice, rats, rabbits) or other less frequent comparative models (dogs and plateau pikas). Findings reported in this Special Topic provide significant new information on fundamental pathobiological mechanisms and clinical markers of chronic and acute human pathologies and investigate exposome effects on human health. …”
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Construction with digital twin information systems by Rafael Sacks, Ioannis Brilakis, Ergo Pikas, Haiyan Sally Xie, Mark Girolami

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Analysis of Morphological Traits, Mineralization, and Mechanical Properties of Femoral Bones in Young and Adult European Hares (<i>Lepus europaeus</i>) by Cezary Osiak-Wicha, Ewa Tomaszewska, Siemowit Muszyński, Marian Flis, Marcin B. Arciszewski

“…Lagomorphs, which include hares, rabbits, and pikas, are herbivorous animals renowned for their exceptional running abilities. …”
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Himalayan wolf foraging ecology and the importance of wild prey by Geraldine Werhahn, Naresh Kusi, Xiaoyu Li, Cheng Chen, Lu Zhi, Raquel Lázaro Martín, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, David W. Macdonald

“…Tibetan gazelle was consistently selected for by the Himalayan wolf and smaller mammals such as Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana), woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) and pikas (Ochotona spp.) are important supplementary food resources. …”
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Growth responses to elevated environmental humidity vary between phenological forms of Picea abies by Arne Sellin, Katrin Heinsoo, Katrin Heinsoo, Priit Kupper, Riho Meier, Eele Õunapuu-Pikas, Taavi Reinthal, Katrin Rosenvald, Arvo Tullus

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Growth ranking of hybrid aspen genotypes and its linkage to leaf gas exchange by Ott Kangur, Reeno Sopp, Arvo Tullus, Priit Kupper, Eele Õunapuu-Pikas, Hardi Tullus, Reimo Lutter

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Communication is the Key Skill for Reference Librarians. A review of: Taylor, Robert S. “Question‐Negotiation and Information Seeking in Libraries.” College & Research Libraries 29... by Christina K. Pikas

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The Education Inspectorate in the face of conflict and against school violence by Juan Jiménez Castillo

“…Estas estrategias aplicables, para cada nivel de intervención, vienen cumplidamente detalladas por José Mª Avilés (2002:48-50), entre las cuales y para el nivel terciario de intervención contra el bulling se encuentran el método Pikas, el método de no inculpación, el círculo de amigos y los tribunales escolares.  …”
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