ARE MATERNAL ANTIBODIES REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? PATTERNS IN THE IMMUNOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT OF ALTRICIAL PASSERINE HOUSE SPARROWS (PASSER DOMESTICUS).

Are maternal antibodies really that important? Patterns in the immunologic development of altricial passerine house sparrows (Passer domesticus).

Maternal antibodies are believed to play an integral role in protecting immunologically immature wild-passerines from environmental antigens.This study comprehensively examines the early development of the adaptive immune system in an altricial-developing wild passerine species, the house sparrow (Passer domestics), by characterizing the half-life

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Quantitative Assessment of Natural Ventilation in an Elementary School Classroom in the Context of COVID-19 and Its Impact in Airborne Transmission

The importance of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has been highlighted by the COVID-19 Board Game/Gently Used Games pandemic, particularly due to the possibility of long-distance airborne transmission.Consequently, assessment of ventilation rates and estimation of infection risk has become a matter of the utmost importance.In this paper, a naturally venti

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