Abstract Background Physiological processes, as immediate responses to the environment, are important mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and can influence evolution at ecological time scales.In stressful environments, physiological stress responses of individuals are initiated and integrated via the release of hormones, such as corticosterone (COR
Insects face many cognitive challenges as they navigate nutritional Metal Sign landscapes that comprise their foraging environments with potential food items.The emerging field of nutritional geometry (NG) can help visualize these challenges, as well as the foraging solutions exhibited by insects.Social insect species must also make these decisions
Abstract Background Research evidence accumulated in the past years in both rodent and human Cyclist Accessories - Clothing - Jerseys models for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have established insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) as one of the most promising ASD therapeutic interventions to date.ASD is phenotypically and etiologically heterogeneou
Abstract Range size is a universal characteristic of every biological species, and is often assumed to affect diversification rate.There are strong theoretical arguments that large-ranged species should have higher rates of diversification.On the other hand, the observation that small-ranged species are often phylogenetically clustered might indica
There is growing concern among regulators and investors over the depreciation in the value of listed insurance firms in Nigeria.The study examines the value relevance of the information content of IFRS 4: Insurance Contracts disclosure of listed insurance firms in Nigeria for the period 2012 to 2020.It further compares value relevance of accounting