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Modelling of South African Hypertension: Application of Panel Quantile Regression by Kuhudzai, Anesu Gelfand, Van Hal, Guido, Van Dongen, Stefan, Hoque, Muhammad Ehsanul

“…Hypertension is one of the crucial risk factors for morbidity and mortality around the world, and South Africa has a significant unmet need for hypertension…”
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Population size and social structure of lions in a west African protected area by Gueye, Malle, Pellaton, Raoul, Van Cauteren, Dorien, Mengual, Lisa, Van Dongen, Stefan, Leirs, Herwig, Bertola, Laura D., Faye, Papa Mor, Diop, Babacar, Diop, Maniang Mamadoune, Kanté, Abdoulaye, Iongh, Hans

“…To inform the conservation of the Regionally Critically Endangered West African lion, we studied lion population size and social structure in Niokolo Koba…”
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Can orbital angle morphology distinguish dogs from wolves? by Janssens, Luc, Spanoghe, Inge, Miller, Rebecca, Van Dongen, Stefan

“…For more than a century, the orbital angle has been studied by many authors to distinguish dog skulls from their progenitor, the wolf. In early studies, the…”
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Lack of Correlation between Facial Sexual Dimorphism, Fluctuating Asymmetry and Self-Perceived Attractiveness in Men and Women by Van Dongen, Stefan, Ekrami, Omid, Claes, Peter

“…Human morphological sexual dimorphism and fluctuating asymmetry have been suggested to signal ‘individual quality’ and are therefore expected to covary as well…”
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The morphology of the mandibular coronoid process does not indicate that Canis lupus chanco is the progenitor to dogs by Janssens, Luc, Miller, Rebecca, Van Dongen, Stefan

“…The domestication of wolves is currently under debate. Where, when and from which wolf sub-species dogs originated are being investigated both by…”
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Evaluating Complex Mixtures in the Zebrafish Embryo by Reconstituting Field Water Samples: A Metal Pollution Case Study by Michiels, Ellen D G, Vergauwen, Lucia, Hagenaars, An, Fransen, Erik, Dongen, Stefan Van, Van Cruchten, Steven J, Bervoets, Lieven, Knapen, Dries

“…Accurately assessing the toxicity of complex, environmentally relevant mixtures remains an important challenge in ecotoxicology. The goal was to identify…”
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A Multivariate Approach to Determine the Dimensionality of Human Facial Asymmetry by Ekrami, Omid, Claes, Peter, White, Julie D, Weinberg, Seth M, Marazita, Mary L, Walsh, Susan, Shriver, Mark D, Dongen, Stefan Van

“…Many studies have suggested that developmental instability (DI) could lead to asymmetric development, otherwise known as fluctuating asymmetry (FA). Several…”
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Modelling of South African Hypertension: Application of Classical Quantile Regression by Kuhudzai, Anesu Gelfand, Hal, Prof Guido Van, Dongen, Prof Stefan Van, Hoque, Muhammed Ehsanul

“…Background: High blood pressure, medically known as hypertension is the major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and premature death globally. The…”
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Changes of Fluctuating Asymmetry with Age in Human Fetuses and Young Infants by Dongen, Stefan Van, Broek, Claartje Ten, Bots, Jessica, Galis, Frietson

“…(1) Background: Developmental instability (DI), often measured by fluctuating asymmetry (FA), increases with stress in humans, yet little is known about how…”
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No evidence for an association between facial fluctuating asymmetry and vocal attractiveness in men or women by Kordsmeyer, Tobias L., Thies, Yasmin T. K., Ekrami, Omid, Stern, Julia, Schild, Christoph, Spoiala, Cristina, Claes, Peter, Van Dongen, Stefan, Penke, Lars

“…Abstract Abstract Facial fluctuating asymmetry (FA), presumably a proxy measure of developmental instability, has been proposed to inversely relate to vocal…”
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Predictors of individual performance and evolutionary potential of life‐history traits in a hematophagous ectoparasite by Fracasso, Gerardo, Heylen, Dieter, Van Dongen, Stefan, Elst, Joris, Matthysen, Erik

“…Little is known about the intraspecific variation of parasite life‐history traits and how this variation may affect parasite fitness and evolution. We…”
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A new look at an old dog: Bonn-Oberkassel reconsidered by Janssens, Luc, Giemsch, Liane, Schmitz, Ralf, Street, Martin, Van Dongen, Stefan, Crombé, Philippe

“…The Bonn-Oberkassel dog remains (Upper Pleistocene and 14223 +- 58 years old) have been reported more than 100 years ago. Recent re-examination revealed the…”
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MeshMonk: Open-source large-scale intensive 3D phenotyping by White, Julie D., Ortega-Castrillón, Alejandra, Matthews, Harold, Zaidi, Arslan A., Ekrami, Omid, Snyders, Jonatan, Fan, Yi, Penington, Tony, Van Dongen, Stefan, Shriver, Mark D., Claes, Peter

“…Dense surface registration, commonly used in computer science, could aid the biological sciences in accurate and comprehensive quantification of biological…”
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Spillover of an alien parasite reduces expression of costly behaviour in native host species by Santicchia, Francesca, Wauters, Lucas A., Piscitelli, Anna Pia, Van Dongen, Stefan, Martinoli, Adriano, Preatoni, Damiano, Romeo, Claudia, Ferrari, Nicola, Cattadori, Isabella

“…Understanding the effects of invasive alien species (IAS) on native host–parasite relationships is of importance for enhancing ecological theory and IAS…”
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How repeatable is the estimation of developmental stability by fluctuating asymmetry? by Dongen, Stefan Van

“…The estimation of individual fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is subject to large sampling variabilities. Heritability estimates, as well as correlations between…”
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Interspecific competition affects the expression of personality-traits in natural populations by Wauters, Lucas A., Mazzamuto, Maria Vittoria, Santicchia, Francesca, Van Dongen, Stefan, Preatoni, Damiano G., Martinoli, Adriano

“…Competition between animal species can cause niche partitioning and shape an individual’s phenotype, including its behaviour. However, little is known about…”
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Measuring personality traits in Eurasian red squirrels: A critical comparison of different methods by Santicchia, Francesca, Van Dongen, Stefan, Martinoli, Adriano, Preatoni, Damiano, Wauters, Lucas Armand, Ebensperger, Luis

“…Animal personality, behavioural differences among individuals which are consistent through time and contexts, is generally described by one or more traits…”
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Body size, developmental instability, and climate change by Møller, Anders Pape, Erritzøe, Johannes, van Dongen, Stefan

“…Development is often temperature-dependent. We hypothesized smaller size and larger asymmetry with increasing temperatures. However, we also predicted…”
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White LED light intensity, but not colour temperature, interferes with mate‐finding by glow‐worm (Lampyris noctiluca L.) males by Van den Broeck, Mira, De Cock, Raphaël, Van Dongen, Stefan, Matthysen, Erik

“…Artificial light at night is an increasing threat to nocturnal biodiversity. Aside from the overall increase in light emission, replacement of old…”
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Measuring asymmetry from high-density 3D surface scans: An application to human faces by Ekrami, Omid, Claes, Peter, White, Julie D, Zaidi, Arslan A, Shriver, Mark D, Van Dongen, Stefan

“…Perfect bilateral symmetry is the optimal outcome of the development of bilateral traits in the absence of developmental perturbations. Any random perturbation…”
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