What is true and what is new in esophageal microbiome in 2024? by M. Jauvain, E. Bessède

“…While the microbiota in the lower tract of the intestine, namely the small and large bowel, has been the core of scientific interest over the last 20 years, the resident microbial flora of the esophagus and its potential role in the pathogenesis of esophageal diseases have been neglected. …”
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Three new Carex nothospecies (Cyperaceae) discovered in the Czech Republic by Radomír Řepka

“…The finds of these wetland hybrid sedges are a supplement to the treatment of the genus Carex for the Flora of the Czech Republic, Vol. 9. For each of the hybrids, a detailed morphological description compiled on the basis of Czech plants is given and the location of the voucher specimens is mentioned.…”
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Eine Gebirglerin und die Wissenschaft – Josephine Kablik als prominente Wissenschaftlerin des Riesengebirges by Karel Stibral

“…Kablik, who was born in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše), became a leading botanist of the Austrian Empire, fundamental for the systematic knowledge of the Krkonoše flora. Although she remained in the mountains for most of her life, she maintained numerous correspondence with a number of scientific authorities, was a member of several scientific societies and supplied herbariums not only in Prague, but also in Austria, Germany and England. …”
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Após a nacionalidade: história do romance e produção romanesca no Brasil e na América Latina by Pedro Dolabela Chagas

“…We comment the theses of Roberto Echevarría about the Latin-American novel, which place on a wider geographical frame the propositions by Flora Süssekind about the Brazilian novel. Echevarría’s and Süssekind’s propositions orient our reading of the deconstruction, made in the 1980s and 90s, of the “nationality paradigm”. …”
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Le paysage au service de la biodiversité dans la ville durable by Alban Bourcier

“…In this article we will suggest a number of actions that will be helpful in a program of sustainable territorial development and which are specifically aimed at improving the human environment while rehabilitating the natural world and emphasizing that it is of primary importance.One of our objectives will be to demonstrate the need for a multi-scale approach to planning procedures and to encourage the integration of questions of biodiversity and landscape into projects by taking an overall, large-scale view of the problems rather than a merely local one.Taking into account all the stages from planning to operational implementation, we will attempt to list the systems and options available to improve and influence biodiversity in larger territorial planning projects.Our main objective is to show the principle questions that may be addressed by improving the diversity of flora and fauna in urban areas.…”
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Comparative studies of the mountain Kinnekulle vegetation by Marina Voinova, Benny Lönn

“…As part of our comparative study of Kinnekulle’s flora, between 2018 and 2023 we have studied population dynamics of plants growing there. …”
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Cellulitis Caused by Hirudo orientalis Bites That Lead to an Allergic reaction by Mohsen Najjari, Rahmat Solgi, Amir Tavakoli Kareshk

“…In the case of leech biting, dermal infection could be caused by leech gut bacterial flora such as Aeromonas spp and histamine from leech saliva. …”
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Pasteurella multocida Non-Native Joint Infection after a Dog Lick: A Case Report Describing a Complicated Two-Stage Revision and a Comprehensive Review of the Literature by Lam Philip W, Andrea V Page

“…Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative coccobacillus that is part of the normal oral flora in many animals, and is particularly common in dogs and cats. …”
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Sobre la presencia de Oxybasis rubra (Amaranthaceae) en Cerdeña, con notas sobre Chenopodium blitoides y C. humile by Duilio Iamonico, Giuliano Mereu

“…., se descubrieron 20 poblaciones de Oxybasis rubra var. rubra en Cerdeña, representando una confirmación de este taxon para la flora de la isla. De hecho, según la literatura, O. rubra fue indicada de manera diferente en Cerdeña a lo largo del tiempo como presente, dudosa o ausente. …”
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The Nusplingen Plattenkalk – A Shark Lagoon in the Late Jurassic of the Swabian Alb Geopark by Guenter Schweigert, Siegfried Roth

“…The highly diverse and exceptionally preserved fossil fauna and flora allow a reconstruction of the Late Jurassic marine food-web and the palaeoenvironment. …”
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Fire and Invasive Plant Interactions by Deb Stone, Michael Andreu

“…These interactions can be roughly categorized into two groups: the effects of the invasive plant on the fire regime and the impacts of fire on the invasive plant or other flora. For this review we chose four invasive species in the southeastern United States that cover a range of interactions with fire: Cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera), old world climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum), and Japanese climbing fern (L. japonicum). …”
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“Not Entirely on His Side”: The Assumption of Sexed Subjectivity in Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” by Jennifer MURRAY

“…Through a metaphorical parallel with the fate of the farm horses, Mack and Flora, each of the children will encounter, incarnated in the figure of the father, the law of the symbolic order, or in other words, the necessity of symbolic castration; each will be called upon to assume a position on the side of man, or of woman.…”
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SUMMARY OF INTRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION <i> EX SITU </i> OF THE RARE SPECIES OF BASHKORTOSTAN <i> PAEONIA HYBRIDA </i> PALL. by A. A. Reut, L. N. Mironova

“…., a rare species of the flora of Bashkortostan, was experimentally introduced into cultivation at the Botanical Garden-Institute, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences. …”
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Sycamore (Platanus spp.) by Matthew Borden, Kelly Laplante, Juanita Popenoe, Adam Dale, Caroline R. Warwick, Brian Pearson

“… This series of Key Plant, Key Pests publications are designed for Florida gardeners, horticulturalists, and landscape professionals to help identify common pests associated with regional flora. This new 6-page publication of the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department helps identify the most common pests found on trees in the sycamore group, Platanus spp., and it provides information and general management recommendations for sycamore lace bug, bacterial leaf scorch, powdery mildew, anthracnose, and canker stain. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. …”
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Effects of Limosilactobacillus reuteri on gastrointestinal microbiota, muscle fiber formation and meat quality of Sunit sheep by Ting Liu, Chenlei Wang, Mirco Corazzin, Taiwu Zhang, Maoqin Zhai, Yue Zhang, Qiaoge Zhang, Xin Zhao, Ye Jin, Lina Sun

“…Limosilactobacillus reuteri is a species of lactobacillus present in the gastrointestinal tract of animals and may contribute to the balance of intestinal flora. This study aimed to investigate the effects and correlations of L. reuteri on both intestinal flora and muscle fiber characteristics of Sunit sheep, with the objective of enhancing meat quality. …”
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Imperial Borderland? Fear and Rivalry in Representations in Print of the Landscape of Carolina and Louisiana 1660-1753 by Catherine ARMSTRONG

“…I argue that European efforts to bring the landscape, flora and fauna of the southeast under control were problematic even in areas not previously understood as ‘borderlands’, such as parts of Charles Town and New Orleans themselves. …”
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'Vê-los e ouvi-los': Paisagens acústicas, olfactivas e culinárias nos Tratados da Terra e Gente do Brasil (1583-1601), de Fernão Cardim by Rogério Miguel Puga

“… Os Tratados do Brasil, redigidos entre 1583 e 1601 pelo Padre Fernão Cardim (c.1548-1625), apresentam ao leitor europeu a fauna, a flora e os usos e costumes dos índios brasileiros na última metade do século XVI, bem como episódios da interacção destes com os missionários europeus. …”
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Grass Carp, the White Amur: Ctenopharyngodon idella Cuvier and Valenciennes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae: Squaliobarbinae) by Emma N.I. Weeks, Jeffrey E. Hill

“…Concerns of escape and reproduction, and the potential impacts that colonization of the fish could have on native flora and fauna led to research that developed a non-reproductive fish, which was equally effective in controlling hydrilla. …”
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