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Scientia Marina, 2014 Mucus secretions play a number of functions related to polychaete physiology and ecology. Under stress conditions, the polychaete Halla parthenopeia (Oenonidae) produces a purple mucus after mechanical stimulation, whose function is still unknown.
Dario Iori +4 more
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, may be transmitted via airborne droplets or contact with surfaces onto which droplets have deposited.
Sophie J. Smither +3 more
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Toxicity and taste: unequal chemical defences in a mimicry ring [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2018 Mimicry of warning signals is common, and can be mutualistic when mimetic species harbour equal levels of defence (Müllerian), or parasitic when mimics are undefended but still gain protection from their resemblance to the model (Batesian). However, whether chemically defended mimics should be similar in terms of toxicity (i.e.
Anne E. Winters +8 more
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, 2020 The chemical decontamination of vesicant, bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide (Sulfur Mustard, SM) and nerve agent O-ethyl S-2-(N,N-diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothiolate (VX) has been achieved by an operationally simple method by using a new positive ...
Mazumder, Avik ; Defence R & D Establishment, Jhansi Road, Gwalior 474 002, India +2 more
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Use of aliphatic thiols for on-site derivatization and gas chromatographic identification of Adamsite [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2023 The report describes the development of methods for rapid and simple identification of Adamsite in mobile laboratory conditions using a field gas chromatograph coupled with mass spectrometer.
Rozsypal Tomas
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Conspicuousness and toxicity of Coccinellidae: An aposematic review [PDF]
Arthropods, 2020 Coccinellids (commonly known as ladybirds) mostly exhibit bright clouration and play a vital role in biological control of pests of important crops such as aphids and scale insects.
Muhammad Aslam
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Special Issue on Defence Against Biological and Chemical Agents
, 2016 WELCOME to the inaugural issue of the Defence Life Science Journal. The Defence Life Science Journal (DLSJ) is an international journal and is published by Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) on behalf of Defence Research ...
Flora, S.J.S.
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Nanotechnology and Protective Clothing for Defence Personnel
, 2008 Defence personnel face multiple threats from different quarters, like terrorist groups and rogue nations, who own not only advanced lethal weapons but also chemical and biological warfare weapons.
Raja, A.S.M. +2 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2007 We collected specimens of Paramecops sinaitus (Pic, 1930) (Curculionidae: Molytinae) from south Sinai in Egypt, which enabled us to make the first complete description of this species. We also include some taxonomic remarks on the genus.
Tim NEWBOLD +15 more
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Marine Drugs, 2011 A survey of the production of polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUA) of manipulated plankton communities is presented here. PUA are phytoplankton-derived metabolites that are proposed to play an important role in chemically mediated plankton interactions ...
Georg Pohnert +3 more
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