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The population genetics of partial diapause, with applications to the aestivating malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, Volume 24, Issue 4, May 2024.
Abstract Diapause, a form of dormancy to delay or halt the reproductive development during unfavourable seasons, has evolved in many insect species. One example is aestivation, an adult‐stage diapause enhancing malaria vectors' survival during the dry season (DS) and their re‐establishment in the next rainy season (RS).
Rita Mwima   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prometheus by the Bay: Hollywood and tech capitalism in Silicon Valley

open access: yesThe Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 7-19, February 2024.
Abstract A sequence of recent science‐fiction films set in the San Francisco Bay Area suggests that Silicon Valley corporations have become a major concern for Hollywood. These films present Silicon Valley capitalism in thrall to a technological experimentation that prompts disastrous outcomes, which the films collectively argue emerges from the ...
Joe Street, Russ Hunter
wiley   +1 more source

The ethics of expert communication

open access: yesBioethics, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 33-43, January 2024.
Abstract Despite its public visibility and impact on policy, the activity of expert communication rarely receives more than a passing mention in codes of scientific integrity. This paper makes the case for an ethics of expert communication, introducing a framework where expert communication is represented as an intrinsically ethical activity of a ...
Hugh Desmond
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology and Emergence of Schmallenberg Virus Part 2: Pathogenesis and Risk of Viral Spread [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a novel Orthobunyavirus causing mild clinical signs in cows and malformations in aborted and neonatal ruminants in Europe. SBV belongs to the family Bunyaviridae and is transmitted by biting midges.
Coelho, Ana Cláudia   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Impact of air pollution on the rate of hospital admission of children with respiratory diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background/Aim. Numerous epidemiological studies have reported effects of air pollution on the prevalence of respiratory diseases in children. Association between air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory diseases among children has not been ...
Bogdanović Dragan   +4 more
core   +1 more source

N4-Hydroxycytidine/molnupiravir inhibits RNA virus-induced encephalitis by producing less fit mutated viruses.

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens
A diverse group of RNA viruses have the ability to gain access to the central nervous system (CNS) and cause severe neurological disease. Current treatment for people with this type of infection is generally limited to supportive care.
Durbadal Ojha   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

West Nile Virus interactions with viruses usually infecting the most probable West Nile Virus vectors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
13Published on: Virologie, Vol. 17 suppl.2, (sept. 2013) - ISSN: 1267-8694openPathogenic arboviruses have been the focus of many investigations. However, in the vectors that carry them, other viruses are also present.

core  

57 Impact of Cache Valley Virus in an Arkansas sheep flock [PDF]

open access: yesJ Anim Sci
Abstract Cache Valley Virus (CVV) is an arbovirus transmitted between mosquitos and several vertebrate species, including small ruminants. Infections in adult sheep and goats is generally subclinical, but infection during pregnancy is a growing animal welfare issue as it can result in embryo or pregnancy loss, fetal malformation, and ...
Joan M Burke   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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