Publications by authors named "P S Hamer"

Fine particulate matter (PM) is a key air quality indicator due to its adverse health impacts. Accurate PM assessment requires high-resolution (e.g.

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Obtaining reliable estimates of the effective number of breeders ( ) and generational effective population size ( ) for fishery-important species is challenging because they are often iteroparous and highly abundant, which can lead to bias and imprecision. However, recent advances in understanding of these parameters, as well as the development of bias correction methods, have improved the capacity to generate reliable estimates. We utilized samples of both single-cohort young of the year and mixed-age adults from two geographically and genetically isolated stocks of the Australasian snapper () to investigate the feasibility of generating reliable and estimates for a fishery species.

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Introduction: Compulsory admissions are associated with feelings of fear, humiliation and powerlessness. The number of compulsory admissions in Germany and other high-income countries has increased in recent years. Peer support has been shown to increase the self-efficacy of individuals with mental health conditions in acute crises and to reduce the use of coercive measures in clinical settings.

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Extent of resection after surgery is one of the main prognostic factors for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma. To achieve this, accurate segmentation and classification of residual tumor from post-operative MR images is essential. The current standard method for estimating it is subject to high inter- and intra-rater variability, and an automated method for segmentation of residual tumor in early post-operative MRI could lead to a more accurate estimation of extent of resection.

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The Royal Microscopical Society received its charter in 1866 but it was not until the following century that women were elected as full Fellows of the Society. There is strong evidence that women were using microscopes and reporting scientific observations prior to this but the discussions among the gentlemen of the Society provide a window into the attitudes which prevailed at that time.

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