Elucidating how life history traits vary geographically is important to understanding variation in population dynamics.Because many aspects of ectotherm life history are climate-dependent, geographic variation in climate is expected to have a large impact on population dynamics through effects on annual survival, body size, growth rate, age at firs
The order Psittaciformes is one of the most prevalent groups in the illegal wildlife trade.Efforts to understand this threat have focused on describing the elements of the trade itself: actors, extraction rates, and routes.However, the development of policy-oriented interventions also requires an understanding of how research aims and actions are d
The number of people diagnosed with opioid use disorder has skyrocketed as a consequence of the opioid epidemic and the increased prescribing of opioid drugs for chronic pain relief.Opioid use disorder is characterized by loss of control of drug taking, continued drug use in the presence of adverse consequences, and repeated relapses to drug taking
Background/purpose: There is large variation in root canal morphology and undetected canals and incomplete instrumentation are reasons for root canal treatment failure.The purpose of this study was to determine the best radiographic method for determining root Fine Cutting Comb canal morphology in mandibular first premolars in Chinese descendants i