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Costs of defense and a test of the carbon-nutrient balance and growth-differentiation balance hypotheses for two co-occurring classes of plant defense by Massad, Tara Joy, Dyer, Lee A, Vega C, Gerardo

“…One of the goals of chemical ecology is to assess costs of plant defenses. Intraspecific trade-offs between growth and defense are traditionally viewed in the…”
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A critical review and some remarks about one- and two-weight irreducible cyclic codes by Vega, Gerardo

“…A lot of work has already been done in one- and two-weight irreducible cyclic codes. In particular, in the remarkable work of Schmidt and White [8], all one-…”
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Social Inclusion and Pest Management: a Route for Improved Food Production and well-being in the Global South by de la Vega, Gerardo J., Corley, Juan C.

“…World trade has facilitated the spread of non-native pest species, presenting new challenges for food production. In the Global South, linking worker social…”
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Using eco-physiological traits to understand the realized niche: the role of desiccation tolerance in Chagas disease vectors by de la Vega, Gerardo J., Schilman, Pablo E.

“…Small ectotherms, such as insects, with high surface area-to-volume ratios are usually at risk of dehydration in arid environments. We hypothesize that…”
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Genetic variation for tolerance to high temperatures in a population of Drosophila melanogaster by Rolandi, Carmen, Lighton, John R. B., Vega, Gerardo J., Schilman, Pablo E., Mensch, Julián

“…The range of thermal tolerance is one of the main factors influencing the geographic distribution of species. Climate change projections predict increases in…”
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Oviposition substrate location by the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio: the combined effect of chemical cues emitted by its obligate symbiont Amylostereum areolatum and different host‐tree species by Masagué, Santiago, Fernández, Patricia C., Devescovi, Francisco, Segura, Diego F., De La Vega, Gerardo J., Corley, Juan C., Villacide, José M., Martínez, Andrés S.

“…BACKGROUND Sirex noctilio is an invasive forest wasp that affects pines and can result in severe economic losses. The use of semiochemicals offers an…”
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Risk of genotoxic damage in schoolchildren exposed to organochloride pesticides by Anguiano-Vega, Gerardo Alfonso, Cazares-Ramirez, Linette Hazel, Rendon-Von Osten, Jaime, Santillan-Sidon, Alma Patricia, Vazquez-Boucard, Celia Gloria

“…This study identified and determined organochloride pesticide (OCs) concentrations in hair samples from children at two elementary schools: one exposed to…”
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The relevance of integrating multiple sensory modalities into capturing devices: The case of the global pest Sirex noctilio by Masagué, Santiago, Bruchhausen, Axel, Rozas, Guillermo, De La Vega, Gerardo José, Villacide, José, Corley, Juan Carlos, Martínez, Andrés S.

“…Sirex noctilio is an invasive forest wasp that affects pines in many parts of the globe and can result in severe economic losses. Current trapping methods for…”
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Residual Gastric Volume Estimated with a New Radiological Volumetric Model: Relationship with Weight Loss After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Vidal, Pablo, Ramón, José Manuel, Busto, Marcos, Domínguez-Vega, Gerardo, Goday, Albert, Pera, Manuel, Grande, Luis

“…Background The volume of the gastric reservoir appears crucial to explain the success of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in the treatment of morbid…”
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Integrated Pest Management Education: a Video-Game to Improve Management of Drosophila suzukii, Soft-Skin Fruit Pest by de la Vega, Gerardo Jose, Falconaro, Antonella Carla, Soria, Lihuen, Corley, Juan Carlos

“…The transition from the conventional global agriculture to an agroecological model poses a teaching and learning challenge to facilitate the wide variety of…”
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Thermal Tolerance Plasticity in Chagas Disease Vectors Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and Triatoma infestans by Belliard, Silvina A., de la Vega, Gerardo J., Schilman, Pablo E.

“…Temperature is recognized as the most influential abiotic factor on the distribution and dispersion of most insect species including Rhodnius prolixus (Stål,…”
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Geographical distribution, climatic variability and thermo-tolerance of Chagas disease vectors by de la Vega, Gerardo J., Medone, Paula, Ceccarelli, Soledad, Rabinovich, Jorge, Schilman, Pablo E.

“…Understanding the relationship between geographic range limits and physiological traits of vector species is under increasing demand to predict the potential…”
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Ecotoxic effect in Allium cepa due to sphalerite weathering arising in calcareous conditions by Ponce-Peña, Patricia, López-Ortega, Aldo R., Anguiano-Vega, Gerardo A., Sosa-Rodríguez, Fabiola S., Vázquez-Arenas, Jorge, Ramírez-Aldaba, Hugo, González-Lozano, Ma. Azucena, Trejo, Gabriel, Ruiz-Baca, Estela, Labastida, Israel, Escobedo-Bretado, Miguel A., Lara, René H.

“…The ecotoxic effect of Zn species arising from the weathering of the marmatite-like sphalerite ((Fe, Zn)S) in Allium cepa systems was herein evaluated in…”
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Enhanced fertility and chill tolerance after cold-induced reproductive arrest in females of temperate species of the Drosophila buzzatii complex by Mensch, Julián, Hurtado, Juan, Zermoglio, Paula F, de la Vega, Gerardo, Rolandi, Carmen, Schilman, Pablo E, Markow, Therese A, Hasson, Esteban

“…Long-term exposure to low temperatures during adult maturation might decrease fertility after cold recovery as a consequence of carry-over effects on…”
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Broadening the neutralizing capacity of a family of antibody fragments against different toxins from Mexican scorpions by Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Everardo Remi, Olamendi-Portugal, Timoteo, Serrano-Posada, Hugo, Arredondo-López, Jonathan Noé, Gómez-Ramírez, Ilse, Fernández-Taboada, Guillermo, Possani, Lourival D., Anguiano-Vega, Gerardo Alfonso, Riaño-Umbarila, Lidia, Becerril, Baltazar

“…New approaches aimed at neutralizing the primary toxic components present in scorpion venoms, represent a promising alternative to the use of antivenoms of…”
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Herbivores on a dominant understory shrub increase local plant diversity in rain forest communities by Dyer, Lee A, Letourneau, Deborah K, Chavarria, Gerardo Vega, Amoretti, Diego Salazar

“…Indirect effects of trophic interactions on biodiversity can be large and common, even in complex communities. Previous experiments with dominant understory…”
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Measuring Traffic Dynamics at the Edge by Luis Gerardo León-Vega, Jorge Castro-Godínez

“…This work aims to measure the impact of approximate computing on a case study of traffic dynamics metering on a System-on-Chip edge computing device. Firstly,…”
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BIPOLAR KNAPPING IN GRAVETTIAN OCCUPATIONS AT EL PALOMAR ROCKSHELTER (YESTE, SOUTHEASTERN SPAIN) by de la Peña Alonso, Paloma, Toscano, L. Gerardo Vega

“…This paper examines the stratigraphic sequence of El Palomar Rockshelter, paying special attention to the levels associated with the Gravettian. The…”
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The b-symbol weight distributions of all semiprimitive irreducible cyclic codes by Vega, Gerardo

“…Up to a new invariant μ ( b ) , the complete b -symbol weight distribution of a particular kind of two-weight irreducible cyclic codes, was recently obtained…”
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Towards the Implementation Process of Accessible Virtual Campuses in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America by Vásquez, Francisco Sánchez, Pérez-Arriaga, Juan Carlos, Vega, Gerardo Contreras, Luján-Mora, Sergio, Tortosa, Salvador Otón

“…Ensuring equitable and inclusive access to educational services in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) requires the development of strategies that consider…”
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