Sediment microbiomes associated with critical habitat of the Juvenile American Horseshoe Crab; Limulus polyphemus by J. Petersen, C.P. Colon, J.L. Joyner

“…Both crab gut and fecal flush samples did not sequence well, showing low species diversity and very high variability. This study is the first to use next generation sequencing to characterize Plumb Beach sediment microbes and the first attempt to examine the gut microbiome of juvenile horseshoe crabs. …”
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Gamma Irradiation of Plukenetia volubilis L. Seeds Promotes Several Changes during Its Germination and Vegetative Growth by Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin, Sofia Rengifo-Del Aguila, Angel David Hernández-Amasifuen, Víctor Manuel Arévalo-Rojas, Ronny Anthony Acosta-Córdova, Agustín Cerna-Mendoza, Thiago de Araújo Mastrangelo, Jorge Damian Valverde-Iparraguirre, Juan Carlos Guerrero-Abad

“…Our findings can be used as an important reference for plant breeding in this species.…”
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Biological control of Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria migratorioides using Entomopathogenic bacteria by Jihan Muhammad, Zeinab Fathy, Saad Moussa

“…Abstract This study investigated the potential of indigenous entomopathogenic bacterial (EPB) strains from Egypt to control the two most prevalent locust species, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), and Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). …”
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The heat of the battle: inflammation’s role in prostate cancer development and inflammation-targeted therapies by Ujjawal Sharma, Anidrisha Sahu, Himanshu Shekhar, Bunty Sharma, Shafiul Haque, Damandeep Kaur, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Astha Mishra, Faraz Ahmad

“…From cellular and molecular elements of the inflammatory microenvironment to mechanisms like epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and inflammasome activation, these processes highlight inflammation’s influence on PC progression and metastasis. …”
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Diagnostic Study of Pathogenic Bacterial Isolated from Camel’s Pneumonic lungs Slaughtered in Al-Muthanna Province Abattoir, Iraq Using Vitek2 Compactiological approach and Vitek2... by Hayder M Watban, Nabeel M Al-Maaly

“…The number of Gram-negative bacterial species isolated from camel lungs was 74 isolates, distributed as 31 (41.89%) of Klebsiella pneumoniae, 26 (35.13%) of Escherichia coli and 17 (22.97%) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. …”
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Are comparable studies really comparable? Suggestions from a problem-solving experiment on urban and rural great tits by Ernő Vincze, Ineta Kačergytė, Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi, Utku Urhan, Anders Brodin

“…Abstract Performance in tests of various cognitive abilities has often been compared, both within and between species. In intraspecific comparisons, habitat effects on cognition has been a popular topic, frequently with an underlying assumption that urban animals should perform better than their rural conspecifics. …”
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Alimentary Canal of the Adult Blow Fly, Chrysomya megacephala (F.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)—Part I: Ultrastructure of Salivary Glands by Worachote Boonsriwong, Kabkaew L. Sukontason, Tarinee Chaiwong, Urai Chaisri, Roy C. Vogtsberger, Kom Sukontason

“…Gross anatomy of the adult salivary gland was markedly different from that of the third instar of the same species, and structural dissimilarity is discussed briefly.…”
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Comparative analysis of microbial contamination in diesel fuels using MALDI-TOF MS by Agnieszka Ludwiczak, Tomasz Zieliński, Ewelina Sibińska, Grażyna Czeszewska-Rosiak, Michał Złoch, Joanna Rudnicka, Andrzej Tretyn, Paweł Pomastowski

“…The Zybio system identified 48% of all microorganisms at the species level, whereas the Bruker system identified only 33%. …”
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HuBot: A biomimicking mobile robot for non-disruptive bird behavior study by Lyes Saad Saoud, Loïc Lesobre, Enrico Sorato, Saud Al Qaydi, Yves Hingrat, Lakmal Seneviratne, Irfan Hussain

“…The Houbara bustard, an avian species of conservation concern, poses significant challenges to researchers because of its elusive nature and sensitivity to human disturbances. …”
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Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence by Franz Rubel

“…In addition, documented findings on land tortoises that have been exported worldwide as popular pets give an impression of the occurrence of H. aegyptium outside its natural distribution. The host species is known from 424 mapped H. aegyptium locations, which can be ranked as follows: 92.9% Testudo spp., 4.0% mammals (mainly hedgehogs and hares), 1.7% humans, 0.9% lizards and 0.5% birds. …”
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Development of Some Organs Derived from the Three Embryonic Germ Layer in a Degus Ectopic Pregnancy and Presence of a Cytotrophoblast That Mimics Human Chorionic Placenta by C. Bosco, E. Díaz, J. González, R. Gutierrez

“…The surface of the bigger mass facing the small intestine wall showed the presence of chorionic villous that resembled a villous human chorionic placenta, rather than the hemomonochorial labyrinthine placenta, characteristic of this species. This unusual finding leads us to postulate that in the degu’s uterus the cytotrophoblast is exposed to a number of factors that will activate cascades of cellular and molecular events that ultimately will be signaling the cytotrophoblast to develop into a labyrinthine hemomonochorial placenta. …”
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Seasonal Abundance and Host-Feeding Patterns of Anopheline Vectors in Malaria Endemic Area of Iran by Hamidreza Basseri, Ahmad Raeisi, Mansoor Ranjbar Khakha, Abaas Pakarai, Hassanzehi Abdolghafar

“…Over all 7654 female Anopheles spp. were captured, the most common species were Anopheles stephensi, An. culicifacies, An. fluviatilis, and An. d'thali. …”
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Self-organizing models of bacterial aggregation states by Manuela Caratozzolo, Santina Carnazza, Luigi Fortuna, Mattia Frasca, Salvatore Guglielmino, Giovanni Gurrieri, Giovanni Marletta

“…Depending on the parameters used, the model is ableto reproduce the aggregation patterns observed under different experimentalconditions and to predict the behavior of a culture of two bacterial species.…”
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The Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins MIP1α (CCL3) and MIP2α (CXCL2) in Implant-Associated Osteomyelitis: Linking Inflammation to Bone Degradation by Ulrike Dapunt, Susanne Maurer, Thomas Giese, Matthias Martin Gaida, Gertrud Maria Hänsch

“…These infections are difficult to treat, because many bacterial species form biofilms on implants, which are relatively resistant towards antibiotics. …”
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Utilization of Sanitized Human Excreta and Wood Ash for Establishing Multipurpose <i>Ficus Thonningii</i> Blume in a Degraded Tantalum Technosol by D. Neina

“… The inclusion of native trees in mine land reclamation has been promoted over the years yet that of highvalue multipurpose species for people’s livelihoods has been overlooked. …”
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Replication timing in Drosophila and its peculiarities in polytene chromosomes by T. D. Kolesnikova, O. V. Antonenko, I. V. Makunin

“…Comparison of genomic replication profiles revealed a significant similarity between Drosophila and other well-studi ed eukaryotic species, such as human. Early replication is often confined to intensely transcribed gene-dense regions characterized by multiple replication initiation sites. …”
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Insights into stem Batomorphii: A new holomorphic ray (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the upper Jurassic of Germany. by Julia Türtscher, Patrick L Jambura, Frederik Spindler, Jürgen Kriwet

“…., which represents the first record of a ray species from the upper Kimmeridgian of Painten, Germany, and thus the oldest Late Jurassic ray taxon from Germany based on skeletal remains. …”
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GutBugDB: a web resource to predict the human gut microbiome-mediated biotransformation of biotic and xenobiotic molecules by Usha Longwani, Ashok K. Sharma, Aditya S. Malwe, Shubham K. Jaiswal, Vineet K. Sharma

“…The determination of species-specific contributions to the metabolism of biotic and xenobiotic molecules has the potential to aid in the development of new therapeutic and nutraceutical molecules that can modulate human gut microbiota. …”
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Medicinal Plant Use in North Karelia, Finland, in the 2010s by Renata Sõukand, Natalia Kuznetsova, Julia Prakofjewa, Sabira Ståhlberg, Ingvar Svanberg, Baiba Prūse, Giulia Mattalia, Raivo Kalle

“…Notably, the number of medicinal plants continuously used in North Karelia is considerably lower than in other parts of Europe, with less than 25% of historically utilised species still in practice, which reflects the fragile state of this knowledge. …”
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The Effect of Therapeutic Blockades of Dust Particles-Induced Ca2+ Signaling and Proinflammatory Cytokine IL-8 in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Ju Hee Yoon, Sung Hwan Jeong, Jeong Hee Hong

“…Bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells were exposed to PM10 dust particles and subsequent mediated intracellular Ca2+ signaling and reactive oxygen species signal. Our results show that exposure to several inhibitors of Ca2+ pathway attenuated the PM10-induced Ca2+ response and subsequent IL-8 mRNA expression. …”
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