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<p><styled-content specific-use="print" style="drop cap">D</styled-content>etecting
pancreatic cancer in its early stages is complicated by the non-specificity
and variety of its symptoms, many of which may go unnoticed or be seen as
indicia of other diseases or medical conditions. Symptoms commonly occuring
include upper abdominal pain traversing to the back, weight loss, decreased
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<p>While we know from the earlier analysis that these hens
formed a linear hierarchy and the rank of the individuals
within the hierarchy, we do not know any of the behavioural
details by which they formed the hierarchy or came to take
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