The Benefits of Pollen to Honey Bees by Amanda Ellis, James D. Ellis, Michael O'Malley, Catherine M. Zettel Nalen

“…ENY152, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Amanda Ellis, Jamie Ellis, Michael O’Malley, and Catherine Zettel Nalen, provides an overview of the nutritional needs of honey bees with an emphasis on the role of pollen — nutritional content, where it is produced, how it is collected, and how to ensure colony nutrition. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, September 2010. …”
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Nestmate Copulation in the Neotropical Eusocial Wasp Polistes Instabilis de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) by Sean O'Donnell

“…Hamilton (1964) predicted high rates of nestmate copulation for tropical Polistes populations which have asynchronous colony cycles relative to temperate populations. Nestmate copulation may lead to relatively high levels of inbreeding in tropical Polistes species.…”
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Swarm Intelligence and Its Applications 2014 by Yudong Zhang, Praveen Agarwal, Vishal Bhatnagar, Saeed Balochian, Xuewu Zhang

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Doctor´s formation in Cuba. A critical perspective of its history. by Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Marta Rosa González Debén, Ana Margarita López Rodríguez, Magdalena López Rodríguez del Rey

“…In this work a historic análisis is made about the teaching of Medicine in Cuba, since its beguining back in 1726 until present days, that is why the study has three stages: Colony, Neocolony, and Revolution, with the aim of carrying out a hystorical reflection on the formation of the physician in Cuba. …”
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How to Dissect Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) to Detect Tracheal Mites (Acarapis woodi Rennie) by John Bonkowski, Ashley N. Mortensen, James D. Ellis

“… Tracheal mites are parasites of the western honey bee and negatively impact the health and productivity of an infested colony. This 6-page fact sheet details the method of dissecting honey bees in order to diagnose tracheal mites. …”
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Pest Ants by P.G. Koehler, R.M. Pereira, J.L. Castner

“…Each section highlights unique features, such as nesting preferences, colony structure, and foraging behaviors, aiming to educate readers on identifying and managing these common pests. …”
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Swarm Trapping for Pest Control Operators by Michael K. O'Malley, James D. Ellis, Catherine M. Zettel Nalen

“…Zettel Nalen, outlines the standard operating procedures for swarm trapping by certified Pest Control Operators as a means of capturing and removing a nesting Africanized bee colony before the bees become aggressive. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2009. …”
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How to Dissect Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) to Detect Tracheal Mites (Acarapis woodi Rennie) by John Bonkowski, Ashley N. Mortensen, James D. Ellis

“… Tracheal mites are parasites of the western honey bee and negatively impact the health and productivity of an infested colony. This 6-page fact sheet details the method of dissecting honey bees in order to diagnose tracheal mites. …”
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Swarm Trapping for Pest Control Operators by Michael K. O'Malley, James D. Ellis, Catherine M. Zettel Nalen

“…Zettel Nalen, outlines the standard operating procedures for swarm trapping by certified Pest Control Operators as a means of capturing and removing a nesting Africanized bee colony before the bees become aggressive. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2009. …”
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Er-Xian Decoction Stimulates Osteoblastic Differentiation of Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Ovariectomized Mice and Its Gene Profile Analysis by Shufen Liu, Jianhua Huang, Jing Wang, Yongjian Zhao, Sheng Lu, Yongjun Wang, Qin Bian

“…The self-renewal and differentiation capacities of bMSCs were evaluated by colony-forming unit-fibroblastic, colony-forming unit-adipocyte, and alkaline phosphatase staining. …”
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Regulation of Recombination between gtfB/gtfC Genes in Streptococcus mutans by Recombinase A by Satoko Inagaki, Kazuyo Fujita, Yukiko Takashima, Kayoko Nagayama, Arifah C. Ardin, Yuki Matsumi, Michiyo Matsumoto-Nakano

“…In our previous study, we isolated several strains with a smooth colony morphology and low GTF activity, characteristics speculated to be derived from the GTF fusions. …”
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The effect of granulated sugar application on healing in the treatment of infected wounds and abscesses by Nuri Yavru, Yılmaz Koç, Mustafa Ancan, Yusuf Doğruer

“…From the other 3 dogs 1 gram of muscle piece was taken before and third and sixth day after the treatment in order to detect the bacteria level on both of the wounds, that colony counts were made.<p> Putrid flow from abscesses in different dimensions has stopped varying in time of 3 to 5 days by application of 40 % granulated sugar solution. …”
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MicroRNA-150-3p enhances the antitumour effects of CGP57380 and is associated with a favourable prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer by Hongmei Zheng, Songqing Fan, Jiadi Luo, Qiuyuan Wen, Hongjing Zang

“…A similar analysis was performed using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Cell proliferation, colony formation and migration assays were validated in A549 and H157 cells treated with miR-150-3p mimics. …”
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The challenges of independence: ontogeny of at-sea behaviour in a long-lived seabird by Delord, Karine, Weimerskirch, Henri, Barbraud, Christophe

“…We found sex differences in activity parameters according to time since departure from the colony and month of the year, consistent with the important sexual dimorphism in the Amsterdam albatross. …”
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Effect of Compression Loading on Human Nucleus Pulposus-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Hang Liang, Sheng Chen, Donghua Huang, Xiangyu Deng, Kaige Ma, Zengwu Shao

“…The viability-, differentiation-, and differentiation-related genes (Runx2, APP, and Col2) and colony formation-, migration-, and stem cell-related proteins (Sox2 and Oct4) were evaluated. …”
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circHUWE1 Exerts an Oncogenic Role in Inducing DDP-Resistant NSCLC Progression Depending on the Regulation of miR-34a-5p/TNFAIP8 by Xueliang Yang, Quan Sun, Yongming Song, Wenli Li

“…IC50 of cisplatin (DDP) in A549/DDP and H1299/DDP cells and cell viability were analyzed by the Cell Counting Kit 8 (CCK-8) assay. Colony forming assay was performed to assess colony forming ability. …”
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Chemokines and Growth Factors Produced by Lymphocytes in the Incompetent Great Saphenous Vein by Ewa Grudzińska, Sławomir Grzegorczyn, Zenon P. Czuba

“…Eotaxin, interleukin 8 (IL-8), macrophage inflammatory protein 1 A and 1B (MIP-1A and MIP-1B), interferon gamma-induced protein (IP-10), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), interleukin 5 (IL-5), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were assessed in culture supernatants by a Bio-Plex assay. …”
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Conjugated Linoleic Acid Treatment Attenuates Cancerous features in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Zohre Miri-Lavasani, Shukoofeh Torabi, Roya Solhi, Bahareh Shokouhian, Parvaneh Afsharian, Zahra Heydari, Abbas Piryaei, Zahra Farzaneh, Nikoo Hossein-khannazer, Hamidreza Aboulkheyr Es, Ensieh Zahmatkesh, Andreas Nussler, Moustapha Hassan, Mustapha Najimi, Massoud Vosough

“…The expression levels of HNF4a and EMT related genes were evaluated and associated to hepatocytic functionalities, migration, and colony formation capacities, as well as to viability and proliferation rate of HCC cells. …”
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Deguelin inhibits the proliferation of human multiple myeloma cells by inducing apoptosis and G2/M cell cycle arrest: Involvement of Akt and p38 MAPK signalling pathway by Sun Kening, Chen Ping, Zhang Liang, Lu Zhidong, Jin Qunhua

“…Phase contrast microscopy was used for the analysis of the viability of multiple myeloma cells. Colony formation from multiple myeloma cells was studied using a clonogenic assay. …”
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MSC-Derived Extracellular Vesicle-Delivered L-PGDS Inhibit Gastric Cancer Progression by Suppressing Cancer Cell Stemness and STAT3 Phosphorylation by Benshuai You, Can Jin, Jiaxin Zhang, Min Xu, Wenrong Xu, Zixuan Sun, Hui Qian

“…In vitro, EVs-L-PGDS could be internalized and inhibit the colony-forming, migration, and invasion ability of gastric cancer cell SGC-7901 and promote cell apoptosis. …”
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