Cohort profile update: the Korean Cancer Prevention Study-II (KCPS-II) biobank [PDF]
Epidemiology and HealthChronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease have a substantial impact on mortality and global disease burden. The Korean Cancer Prevention Study-II (KCPS-II) biobank was established to investigate these chronic diseases, with a particular ...
Heejin Kimm +7 more
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Frozen section histopathology and preanalytical factors affecting nucleic acid integrity in biobanked fresh-frozen human cancer tissues [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational MedicineBackground In this study, we evaluated the effects of storage duration and ischemic time on nucleic acid quality of fresh-frozen tissue (FFT) from colon adenocarcinoma (COAD), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) collected at ...
Soungeun Kim +4 more
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Specimen poetics: botany, reanimation, and the Romantic collection [PDF]
, 2017 This essay argues that the modern literary anthology—and specifically its aspiration to delimit both aesthetic merit and historical representativeness—emerged as a response to changes in eighteenth-century botanical collecting, description, and ...
Porter, Dahlia
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Survey of the Reduviidae (Heteroptera) of Southern Illinois, Excluding the Phymatinae, With Notes on Biology [PDF]
, 2018 A survey of the nonphymatine reduviids of southern Illinois was conducted from April 1996 to November 1998. In addition to county distributions, information was collected on times of occurrence of adults and nymphs and associated habitats.
Hagerty, A. M, McPherson, J. E
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First occurrence of the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Echinogammarus trichiatus (Martynov, 1932) (Crustacea: Gammaridae) in Belgium [PDF]
, 2012 The Ponto-Caspian amphipod species Echinogammarus trichiatus (Martynov, 1932) was found in Belgium for the first time in June 2009 at two different locations in an artificial lake bordered by two large canals.
Boets, Pieter +5 more
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BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Lung cancer aetiology and clinical aspects have been mainly studied in men, although specific risk factors probably exist in women. Here we present the rationale, design and organization of the WELCA study (Women Epidemiology Lung CAncer) that
Isabelle Stücker +11 more
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Tarsal Anomaly Found in an Adult \u3ci\u3eAgabus Seriatus\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) [PDF]
, 2018 An adult specimen of Agabus seriatus, possessing two complete sets of tarsal claws on the left mesotarsus, was collected from a small stream in northeastern ...
Snitgen, J. L
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The Mecoptera of Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) To date, no one has published on the Mecoptera of Michigan. A comprehensive taxonomic paper on the Mecoptera of Illinois, by Donald W. Webb, Illinois Natural History Survey, and Norman D.
Johnson, James B., Thornhill, Albert R.
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Distribution, habitat preferences and population sizes of two threatened tree ferns, Cyathea cunninghamii and Cyathea x marcescens, in south-eastern Australia [PDF]
, 2013 The distribution, population sizes and habitat preferences of the rare tree ferns Cyathea cunninghamii Hook.f. (Slender Tree Fern) and F1 hybrid Cyathea x marcescens N.A.Wakef.
Brownsey, Patrick +3 more
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Beyond specimens: linking biological collections, functional ecology and biodiversity conservation
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2018 Several anthropogenic pressures are threatening biodiversity and may increase in the next years, altering ecological processes and ecosystem services. Biological collections offer a rich source of information to develop studies of functional ecology and ...
Dennis Castillo-Figueroa
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