HIGHLY EFFICIENT CLINICAL TRIALS SIMULATOR (HECT): SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR PLANNING AND SIMULATING PLATFORM ADAPTIVE TRIALS [VERSION 2; PEER REVIEW: 1 APPROVED, 2 APPROVED WITH RESERVATIONS]

Highly Efficient Clinical Trials Simulator (HECT): Software application for planning and simulating platform adaptive trials [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Background: Adaptive designs and platform designs are among two common clinical trial innovations that are increasingly being used to manage medical intervention portfolios and attain Hair faster regulatory approvals.Planning of adaptive and platform trials necessitate simulations to understand how a set of adaptation rules will likely affect the p

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Feeding ecology of stream-dwelling Characidae (Osteichthyes: Characiformes) from the upper Tocantins River, Brazil

In this contribution we studied the trophic ecology of four Characidae species from the Cavalo Stream, upper Tocantins River, considering diet overlap and trophic niche breadth.The diet of the four species was composed of CLO LIGHTLY LEM adult and immature insects, both autochthonous and allochthonous in origin.Autochthonous items dominated the die

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Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau

One of the greatest archaeological enigmas is in understanding the role of decision-making, intentionality and interventions in plant life cycles Structural Material by foraging peoples in transitions to and from low-level food production practices.We bring together archaeological, palaeoclimatological and botanical data to explore relationships ov

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