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Genomic insights into mite phylogeny, fitness, development, and reproduction

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) are the most important beneficial arthropods used in augmentative biological pest control of protected crops around the world.
Yan-Xuan Zhang, Xia Chen, Jie-Ping Wang, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Hui Wei, Hai-Yan Yu, Hong-Kun Zheng, Yong Chen, Li-Sheng Zhang, Jian-Zhen Lin, Li Sun, Dong-Yuan Liu, Juan Tang, Yan Lei, Xu-Ming Li, Min Liu   +15 more
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“Enemies”:

Journal of the American Philosophical Association
ABSTRACT While there is an enormous literature on friendship, next to nothing has been written about enemyship. This neglect may be due to the assumption that enemyship is simply inverted friendship. We reject that assumption and argue that although enemyship shares some important structural relations with ...
REBECCA ROMAN HANRAHAN, WALTER OTT
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THE ICONOGRAPHY OF DEPICTING NAKED ENEMIES IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY [PDF]

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists
دلالات تصوير الأسرى العراة في مصر القديمة وبلاد العراق القديم [دراسة مقارنة] [AR] تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى مناقشة دلالات تصوير الأعداء العراة في كل من مصر القديمة والعراق القديم.
Fawziah Abdulghani
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Lack of phenotypic and evolutionary cross-resistance against parasitoids and pathogens in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]

, 2012
BackgroundWhen organisms are attacked by multiple natural enemies, the evolution of a resistance mechanism to one natural enemy will be influenced by the degree of cross-resistance to another natural enemy.
A Fytrou, AJ Nappi, Alex R. Kraaijeveld, AR Kraaijeveld, AR Kraaijeveld, AR Kraaijeveld, AR Kraaijeveld, AR Kraaijeveld, AR Kraaijeveld, B Lemaitre, B Wertheim, BM Sadd, C Labrosse, C Labrosse, DA Levin, G Fraenkel, G Hoch, G Hoch, G Hoch, GW Hunter, H Agaisse, H. Charles J. Godfray, J Ferrari, J Kurtz, J Kurtz, J Russo, JA Hoffmann, JM Delpuech, John J. Welch, K Maleck, K Poitrineau, L David, L Wang, M Boulétreau, M Meister, MC Rigby, MC Tinsley, MD Lavine, MDE Fellowes, MDE Fellowes, P Eslin, P Irving, P Tzou, Peter H. Futerman, PH Futerman, RK Vijendravarma, SC Cotter, Sophie J. Layen, TJ Little, TM Rizki, TM Rizki, W He, Y Moret   +52 more
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Testosterone maintains male longevity and female reproduction in Chrysopa pallens

Heliyon
Vertebrate testosterone, an androgen present in the testes, is essential for male fertility. Vertebrate-type steroid hormones have been identified in insects, but their function remains unknown.
Xiaoping Liu, Xingkai Guo, Tingting Zhang, Jiaqi Duan, Lisheng Zhang, Mengqing Wang, Yuyan Li, Zhongjian Shen, Jianjun Mao   +8 more
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Profile semantyczne przyjaciela i wroga w polsko-, rosyjsko- i niemieckojęzycznym obrazie świata

Studia Rossica Posnaniensia, 2021
The article aims at reconstructing and comparing the cultural meanings contained in the concepts friend and enemy. To achieve the objective, the author referred to research methodologies elaborated by cognitive linguists.
Roman Gawarkiewicz
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Race, Gender, and the Rebirth of Trade Unionism [PDF]

, 2007
[Excerpt] Diversity is not the enemy of solidarity. We contend that solidarity can, and must, be built among an ever-diversifying labor movement, nation, and world.
Bronfenbrenner, Kate, Warren, Dorian T
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Coping in a harsh reality: The concept of the ‘enemy’ in the composition of Psalms 9 and 10

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
In this paper, Psalms 9 and 10 are read together from a literary, post-exilic perspective, arguing that the construct of the ‘enemy’ in this composition primarily serves to strengthen the position of the righteous.
Martin J. Slabbert
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Image of the enemy in Russian phraseology and paremiology

Russian Language Studies, 2022
With the intensity of modern research devoted to the reconstruction of the linguistic world picture and cultural linguistics, such conceptual oppositions as “friend” - “enemy,” naturally, rose the scientific interest.
Valery M. Mokienko
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Small Extracellular Vesicles from Neural Cells: Physiological and Pathological Roles, and Potential in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Neural cell–derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are emerging as pivotal mediators in neurodegenerative diseases, exerting both pathogenic and therapeutic functions. This review synthesizes current evidence on how sEVs from distinct neural cell types regulate neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, biomarker discovery, and targeted drug delivery ...
Muhammad Waqas Salim, Wei Zhang, Lyndsey Collins‐Praino, Yuling Wang, Andrew Care   +4 more
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