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Efficacy and safety of praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium in the Ikata-Likoko area of southwest Cameroon

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2017
Background Schistosomiasis remains a parasitic infection of public health importance especially in Africa south of the Sahara including Cameroon. Chemotherapy using praziquantel has been the most effective and widespread control measure used.
Calvin Bisong Ebai, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Jude Ebah Yunga, Leopold Gustave Lehman   +4 more
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Chrysoeriol isolated from Melientha suavis Pierre with activity against the agricultural pest Spodoptera litura

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 2022
Background Flavonoids, a class of plant phenolic compounds, act as plant defense chemicals. Chrysoeriol is a naturally occurring flavonoid produced by Melientha suavis Pierre.
Torranis Ruttanaphan, Wirin Thitathan, Narisara Piyasaengthong, Saksit Nobsathian, Vasakorn Bullangpoti   +4 more
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Within-guild dietary discrimination from 3-D textural analysis of tooth microwear in insectivorous mammals [PDF]

, 2013
Resource exploitation and competition for food are important selective pressures in animal evolution. A number of recent investigations have focused on linkages between diversification, trophic morphology and diet in bats, partly because their roosting ...
Crumpton, Nicholas, Gill, Pamela G, Jones, Gareth, Purnell, Mark A, Rayfield, Emily J   +4 more
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Transcriptome-wide N 6 -methyladenosine methylome profiling of porcine muscle and adipose tissues reveals a potential mechanism for transcriptional regulation and differential methylation pattern

BMC Genomics, 2017
Background N 6 -methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal form of modification in messenger RNA in higher eukaryotes and potential regulatory functions of reversible m6A methylation on mRNA have been revealed by mapping of m6A methylomes in ...
Xuelian Tao, Jianning Chen, Yanzhi Jiang, Yingying Wei, Yan Chen, Huaming Xu, Li Zhu, Guoqing Tang, Mingzhou Li, Anan Jiang, Surong Shuai, Lin Bai, Haifeng Liu, Jideng Ma, Long Jin, Anxiang Wen, Qin Wang, Guangxiang Zhu, Meng Xie, Jiayun Wu, Tao He, Chunyu Huang, Xiang Gao, Xuewei Li   +23 more
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Samuel Niedenthal and the Legacy of Zoology in the Seventeenth Century [PDF]

Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo
The aim of this study is to analyse the extensive collection of the zoological drawings by Samuel Niedenthal that has been preserved in Dresden. They were executed using various techniques and depict a variety of animal species.
Sobecka Anna, Szwedo Jacek
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Molecular assays to reliably detect and quantify predation on a forest pest in bats faeces

Scientific Reports, 2022
Targeted molecular methods such as conventional PCR (cPCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR), combined with species-specific primers and probes, are widely applied for pest species detection.
Unai Baroja, Inazio Garin, Nerea Vallejo, Amaia Caro, Carlos Ibáñez, Andrea Basso, Urtzi Goiti   +6 more
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The Evolutionary Reorganization of Ontogeny and Origin of Multicellularity [PDF]

, 2010
The formation of morphogenetic mechanisms during emergence of multicellularity is discussed in this ...
Dovgal, I. V.
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Schistosoma haematobium infection status and its associated risk factors among pregnant women in Munyenge, South West Region, Cameroon following scale-up of communal piped water sources from 2014 to 2017: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In 2014, a study in Munyenge revealed a high prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS) among pregnant women. This study investigated he prevalence and risk factors of UGS in pregnancy following scale-up of piped water sources from 2014 to
Godlove Bunda Wepnje, Judith Kuoh Anchang-Kimbi, Vicky Daonyle Ndassi, Leopold Gustave Lehman, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi   +4 more
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Habitat monitoring and conservation prioritization of Western Hoolock Gibbon in upper Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India

Scientific Reports, 2021
The present study aimed at predicting the potential habitat of Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in the upper Brahmaputra River Valley, Assam, India, and identifying priority conservation areas for the species, taking canopy cover into account. We
Kuladip Sarma, Malabika Kakati Saikia, Bidyut Sarania, Himolin Basumatary, Siddhartha Sankar Baruah, Bhrigu Prasad Saikia, Awadhesh Kumar, Prasanta Kumar Saikia   +7 more
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Investigation of genotoxicity, mutagenicity, and cytotoxicity in erythrocytes of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) after fluoxetine exposure

Toxicology Reports, 2022
Fluoxetine (FLX) is an antidepressant that is increasingly being detected in aquatic environments. However, this contaminated FLX can affect aquatic organisms.
Pachara Vijitkul, Mesayamas Kongsema, Thularath Toommakorn, Vasakorn Bullangpoti   +3 more
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