Search Results - "O’Brien, Devin"
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Selection on an extreme weapon in the frog-legged leaf beetle (Sagra femorata)
Published in Evolution (01-11-2017)“…Biologists have been fascinated with the extreme products of sexual selection for decades. However, relatively few studies have characterized patterns of…”
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Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Stent Deployed in the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-12-2022)“…The Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent (AMDS) has proved to promote false lumen closure at the distal anastomosis in type A dissection repairs. During the past…”
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Variation in the allometry of exaggerated rhinoceros beetle horns
Published in Animal behaviour (01-11-2015)“…Exaggerated horns are a characteristic feature of many male rhinoceros beetles. We surveyed and compared the scaling relationships of these sexually selected…”
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Expression Analysis in a Dispersal-Fecundity Polyphenism Identifies Growth Regulators and Effectors
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (29-10-2022)“…Polyphenism allows organisms to respond to varying environmental conditions by adopting alternative collections of morphological traits, often leading to…”
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Muscle mass drives cost in sexually selected arthropod weapons
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (26-06-2019)“…Sexually selected weapons often function as honest signals of fighting ability. If poor-quality individuals produce high-quality weapons, then receivers should…”
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Morphological and functional analyses for investigation of sexually selected legs in the frog legged beetle Sagra femorata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Published in Arthropod structure & development (01-05-2024)“…Mate choice and male–male combat over successful mating often cause disproportionate exaggeration of male trait relative to body size. However, the…”
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Selective Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Denervation for Painful Arthritis: Clinical Outcomes and Cadaveric Study
Published in The Journal of hand surgery (American ed.) (01-01-2019)“…To determine the innervation pattern to the thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint and assess the safety and efficacy of selective joint denervation for the…”
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Fleur-de-Lis Abdominoplasty: A Safe Alternative to Traditional Abdominoplasty for the Massive Weight Loss Patient
Published in Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) (01-05-2010)“…Traditional abdominoplasty techniques often fail to adequately correct the complex contour deformities in the massive weight loss patient. To address these…”
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Right ventricular laceration caused by sternal wire fracture following cardiac surgery: a case report
Published in Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-07-2022)“…Sternal dehiscence and sternal wire fractures are of significant concern for patients post cardiac surgery. Right ventricular laceration resulting from injury…”
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Hereditary Coagulopathies: Practical Diagnosis and Management for the Plastic Surgeon
Published in Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) (01-05-2010)“…Venous thromboembolism is a devastating complication representing one of the major causes of postoperative death in plastic surgery. Within the scope of…”
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Fragrance Skin Sensitization Evaluation and Human Testing: 30-Year Experience
Published in Dermatitis (01-09-2021)“…The human repeated insult patch test (HRIPT) has a history of use in the fragrance industry as a component of safety evaluation, exclusively to confirm the…”
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Variation in allometry along the weapon-signal continuum
Published in Evolutionary ecology (01-08-2022)“…Structures used in intrasexual competition span a continuum, with pure weapons that are used exclusively in physical fights at one extreme and pure aggressive…”
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Clustering a Chemical Inventory for Safety Assessment of Fragrance Ingredients: Identifying Read-Across Analogs to Address Data Gaps
Published in Chemical research in toxicology (20-07-2020)“…A valuable approach to chemical safety assessment is the use of read-across chemicals to provide safety data to support the assessment of structurally similar…”
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Overcoming mechanical adversity in extreme hindleg weapons
Published in PloS one (07-11-2018)“…The size of sexually selected weapons and their performance in battle are both critical to reproductive success, yet these traits are often in opposition…”
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Variability in Medicaid Coverage for Gender-affirming Surgeries Across U.S. States
Published in Annals of surgery (01-03-2024)“…To describe the current Medicaid coverage landscape for gender-affirming surgery across the United States at the procedure level and identify factors…”
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Bedside 3D ultrasound fistula maturation assessment by non-expert sonographers provides equivalent accuracy to formal duplex sonography: A prospective clinical trial
Published in The journal of vascular access (06-10-2024)“…EchoSure is an automated point-of-care 3D ultrasound (3DUS) designed to be used by dialysis technicians without advanced ultrasound training. The…”
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The Use of the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair Reduces Distal Anastomotic New Entry Tear
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-03-2024)“…A distal anastomotic new entry tear (DANE) can occur at the time of surgical repair for acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). This study aimed to compare the…”
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Characterizing the Level of Autonomy in Canadian Cardiac Surgery Residents
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Fragrances Categorized According to Relative Human Skin Sensitization Potency
Published in Dermatitis (01-09-2017)“…The development of non-animal alternatives for skin sensitization potency prediction is dependent upon the availability of a sufficient dataset whose human…”
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