Bovine Trypanosomosis and Its Vectors in Three Selected Districts of Buno Bedele Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Gelaye Gebisa, Kibiru Beriso, Biruk Bogale, Oda Gizaw, Dawit Chala

“…Trypanosomosis is one of the most economically challenging diseases affecting mammals, and it is a serious haemoprotozoan disease caused by different species of unicellular eukaryotic parasite of the genus trypanosome. …”
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The wolf (Canis lupus) in the north of Central Polissia: diet, ecological niche width, and selective predation by Sergiy Zhyla

“…Specimens from the territory of Ukraine have a more elongated mandibular base and a larger area of the coronal, articular, and angular processes, while skulls from the species’ native range have a larger angle between the mandibular base and the coronal process, which, in turn, has a greater inclination relative to the articular process, and a smaller area of the angular process.…”
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Niqivut (our food)—dimensions of Inuit country food harvesting and significance in Arctic Canada: bountiful, seasonal, “soul food” by Natalie Ann Carter, Nicolien van Luijk, Jackie Dawson, Colleen Parker, Kayla Grey, Jennifer Provencher, Chantel Emiktaut, Natasha Simonee, Gloria Song, Sonia Wesche

“…Knowledge holders in 14 communities spanning three Inuit regions shared knowledge and perspectives surrounding species harvested seasonally and species’ significance. …”
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Composition of high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits and gluten quality in wheat lines with alien genetic material by O. A. Orlovskaya, S. I. Vakula, L. V. Khotyleva, A. V. Kilchevsky

“…Lines with high rheological properties of gluten had, as a rule, HMW-GSs of related species in their composition.…”
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Exploring Brain Size Asymmetry and Its Relationship with Predation Risk Among Chinese Anurans by Chuan Chen, Ying Jiang, Yiming Wu, Lingsen Cao, Wenbo Liao

“…Brain size asymmetry differs considerably across species, including humans, vertebrates, and invertebrates. …”
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Genome Sequencing Reveals the Adaptation of Chickens to High Altitudes in Different Regions by Yizhou Hu, Xing Li, Qixin Guo, Lan Huang, Hao Bai, Guobin Chang

“…Altitudinal adaptation is a key factor in species formation and leads to increased species diversity. …”
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Invasive plant and honeybee alter native plant-pollinator network structure in dry forest by RODRIGO F. R. CARMO, CÁSSIO H. CARVALHO, REGINALDO A.F. GUSMÃO, LUCAS F.C.S. ALENCAR, JEFERSON VIZENTIN-BUGONI, GABRIEL X. BOLDORINI, GABRIELA A. GALVÃO, JOYCE C.B. BRITO, THIAGO GONÇALVES-SOUZA

“…Abstract Invasive species pose a critical threat to ecosystems, with far-reaching consequences. …”
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Temporal variation in habitat quality shapes the distribution–abundance relationship in waterbirds at landscape scale by Constantinos Charalambous, Petr Musil, Mathilde Legoguelin, Zuzana Musilová, David Hořák

“…Abstract The distribution–abundance relationship (DAR) is a well‐established macroecological pattern, where more locally abundant species are also more widespread across landscapes. …”
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Detection of gene clusters for biodegradation of alkanes and aromatic compounds in the Rhodococcus qingshengii VKM Ac-2784D genome by Yu. A. Markova, I. S. Petrushin, L. A. Belovezhets

“…Bacterial species of the genus Rhodococcus are known to be efficient degraders of hydrocarbons in contaminated soil. …”
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Biochemical and anatomical characteristics associated with browning of Bambusa lako Widjaja (Poaceae) in vitro shoot explants by Andrea Holst, Paula Carvajal-Campos, Yanely Marisol Canales-Ochoa, Andrea Irías-Mata, Laura Vega-Fernández, Miguel Benavides-Acevedo, Paul Solórzano-Cascante, Víctor M. Jiménez

“…Browning is a limiting factor for the successful propagation of several, mainly woody, plant species through tissue culture. Bamboos are not exempt from this constraint, which has been described as particularly critical for the micropropagation of several Bambusa species, such as B. lako. …”
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Wet Deposition and Long-range Transport of Major Ions Related to Snow at Northwestern Himalayas (India) by Anshu Sharma, U. C. Kulshrestha

“…Abstract The present study was carried out to understand the snow chemistry with special emphasis on the estimation of wet deposition fluxes and transportation of ionic species to the Himalayan regions from December 2015 to March 2017. …”
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Intraspecific diversity of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.): a unif ied classif ication by О. A. Lyapunova

“…., which is based on the genomic composition of species and the presence or absence of a number of main genes that govern the “classification” traits. …”
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Space use of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Davis Strait in relation to sea ice and harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus) by Larissa Thelin, Evan Richardson, Garry Stenson, Erik Hedlin, Andrew E. Derocher

“…During freeze-up, the core-use areas of both species did not overlap, but the broad-use areas did. …”
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Study of Abiotic and Biotic Parameters Affecting the Abundance of Mosquito Larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Region of Fez (Morocco) by Touria Filali Mouatassem, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami, Chafika Faraj, Noureddine Rais, Raja Guemmouh

“…We collected a total of 772 mosquito larvae belonging to nine different species, five of which are considered of medical interest. …”
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Syntheses, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Screening of N-(benzothiazol-2-yl)benzenesulphonamide and its Cu(I), Ni(II), Mn(II), Co(II), and Zn(II) Complexes by N. L. Obasi, Okoye C. O. Benedict, P. O. Ukoha, A. O. Anaga

“…The antimicrobial tests of the ligands and its metal complexes were carried out on both multi-resistant bacterial strains isolated under clinical conditions and cultured species using agar-well diffusion method. The multi-resistant bacterial strains used were Escherichia coli, Proteus species, Pseudomonas aeroginosa and Staphylococcus aureus which were isolated from dogs. …”
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Diversity of beetles (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera) associated with coniferous forests in Honduras by Mauricio Hernández, Mauricio Michel, Joel García, Geisy Dueñas, Marcela Moncada, Kevin Amaya, Yensi Yánez, Alejandra Pinto, Gabriela Matamoros, Alejandro Zamora, Gustavo Fontecha

“…Fewer than four individuals were found for fifteen genera. 68% of the specimens were identified to the species level, and all the specimens were identified to the genus level. …”
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Microbial signatures in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: an in silico study by Loganathan KAVITHA, Manogaran KUZHALMOZHI, Jayaseelan VIJAYASHREE PRIYADHARSINI, Arunachalam ARUN KUMAR, Krishna Mohan Rao UMADEVI, Kannan RANGANATHAN

“…Abstract Objectives The oral cavity harbors a plethora of bacterial species. Dysbiosis of oral and gut microbiota is associated with several oral and systemic pathologies, such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and gastrointestinal diseases. …”
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Similar Conditions With Opposite Effects: Predation‐Risk Effects on Prey Abundance Are Highly Contingent by Scott D. Peacor, Clayton E. Cressler, Kevin L. Pangle, Alexandra V. Rafalski, Chao Song, Earl E. Werner

“…Our findings illustrate that risk effects observed in one study may not hold, even for the same species in the same system.…”
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Portable optical spectroscopy and machine learning techniques for quantification of the biochemical content of raw food materials by Cosimo Ricci, Agata Gadaleta, Annamaria Gerardino, Angelo Didonna, Giuseppe Ferrara, Francesca Romana Bertani

“…Results Considering the specific samples, the obtained results of the classification models indicate a validation mean absolute error of 0.8% (percentage of total protein content in dry matter) for two species of wheat using Convolutional Neural Network following normalization procedures and 0.32% using Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis applied to Tritordeum samples; visible reflectance spectra have been used to discriminate the two cereal species. …”
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Evidence of genetic determination of annual movement strategies in medium-sized raptors by Ivan Literák, Claudia Maria Kyseláková, Marek Dostál, Caka Karlsson, Jan Škrábal, Mykola Skyrpan, Ervín Hrtan, Lászlo Haraszthy, Rainer Raab

“…Abstract Most species of migrating birds use a combination of innate vector-based orientation programs and social information to facilitate accurate navigation during their life. …”
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