CALCIUM, SNAILS, AND BIRDS: A CASE STUDY

Calcium, snails, and birds: a case study

Recent studies have shown that wild birds breeding in acidified areas have difficulties with obtaining sufficient calcium for their eggshells, and that the cause of it is the shortage of land snails.Many birds have to search for Ca-rich snail shells on a daily basis during egg production.Molluscs depend on litter calcium, which has decreased due to

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Behavior and damage of a pipe in the presence of a corrosion defect depth of 10% of its thickness and highlighting the weaknesses of the ASME / B31G method

The company DRC (pipe repair operation igloo white Department) located within the SONATRACH Company of oil and gas in Algeria, which is responsible for the repair of pipelines for the transport of gas or crude petroleum, will rehabilitate old pipes that have operated on-line for approximately 30 years or come from remaining projects.On the assumpti

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Direct visualization of a native Wnt in vivo reveals that a long-range Wnt gradient forms by extracellular dispersal

Wnts are evolutionarily conserved signaling proteins with essential roles in development and disease that have often been thought to spread between cells and signal at a distance.However, recent studies have challenged this model, and whether long-distance extracellular Wnt dispersal occurs and is biologically relevant is debated.Understanding fund

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