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Also known as scales, Animal Scale, Animal Scales
small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin
A scale is a small, rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin, typically found on fish, reptiles, and some other creatures. Scales matter because they protect the animal's body from injury, water loss, and environmental damage while allowing flexibility and movement.
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Research
1,566,795 papers- The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 1993Cella DF, Tulsky DS, Gray G et al.DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1993.11.3.570
- The Effects of Mechanical Scale on Neural Control and the Regulation of Joint Stability.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Serrancolí G, Alessandro C, Tresch MCDOI: 10.3390/ijms22042018
- On the practice of dichotomization of quantitative variables.Psychological methods · 2002MacCallum RC, Zhang S, Preacher KJ et al.DOI: 10.1037/1082-989x.7.1.19
- The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale: Development and Validation of the General Measure.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2023Cella DF, Tulsky DS, Gray G et al.DOI: 10.1200/JCO.22.02775
- The role of laboratory-scale bioreactors at the semi-continuous and continuous microbiological and biotechnological processes.ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology · 2018Tikhomirova TS, Taraskevich MS, Ponomarenko OVDOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9194-z
- On the importance of scale in evolutionary quantitative genetics.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2024Hansen TF, Holstad A, Houle D et al.DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae089
- Scale-free models of chromosome structure, dynamics, and mechanics.PNAS nexus · 2025Grosse-Holz S, Mirny LA, Coulon ADOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf337
- Scaling-up evidence-based obesity interventions: A systematic review assessing intervention adaptations and effectiveness and quantifying the scale-up penalty.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019McCrabb S, Lane C, Hall A et al.DOI: 10.1111/obr.12845
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鳞,又称鳞片,是一些动物皮肤表面衍生的硬薄片状结构,有保护作用。鳞见于鱼类、爬行动物,一些哺乳动物的部分或全部体表,以及鸟类的足部。鱗翅目昆虫的翅膀表面也覆盖有细微的鳞片结构,肉眼下类似粉状,也称鱗粉。 另外,鳞也被用来形容其他密集排列,类似鱼鳞的片状结构,如鳞茎、等。
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