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Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, Stein, and the use and abuse of entomology
LiteratorBased on an implausible perception of entomology (the study of insects), George Waddington attempts to debauch the moral integrity of the character Stein in Joseph Conrad’s much-discussed novel Lord Jim.
Etienne Terblanche
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BMC Medical EducationThe Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education in Iran has tried integrating the primary science curriculum with the clinical program. This means educational reform has been implemented in most medical schools in Iran.
Ebrahim Abbasi +4 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.At 2 5 °C, thermal activation initiates: i) CcIav/CcNan heterotetramer assembly → Ca2⁺ influx; ii) CcPKCα phosphorylation → AKH signaling potentiation; iii) CcAKH1 binding to membrane‐localized CcAKHR → energy mobilization (lipid catabolism/glycogenolysis) and vitellogenin transport via follicular patency; iv) Oocyte maturation → summer‐form nymph ...
Jianying Li +6 more
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Sticky traps for Aedes aegypti surveillance and targeted vector control in Sincelejo, Colombia
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de SaludIntroduction. Entomological surveillance of adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes provides better risk indicators than in immature stages. Objective. To determine the usefulness of MosquiTRAP™ traps for Ae. aegypti surveillance, targeted vector control, and the
Carlos Sermeño-Correa +3 more
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Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.A novel polylactic acid/wax electret composite is developed, combining biodegradability with long‐term charge stability. The study investigates charge storage behavior, structural morphology, and thermal performance. Results reveal a notable charge retention recovery after thermal stress and exhibit stable surface potential over 2 kV. This eco‐friendly
Gabriele Perna +6 more
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Spanish Entomology: Past and Present [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: The history of pure entomology in Spain begins during the Eighteenth Century and continues until today with emphasis upon systematics. The reasons for this are several, but chief among them must be mentioned the extraordinary richness and ...
de Viedma, M.G.
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.The study presents a prototype novel workflow that utilizes artificial intelligence for the digitization of natural history collections, which would fit within a robotic‐integrated system. The work focuses on a collaborative‐robot (cobot) inspired workflow to digitize one of the largest collections housed at the Natural History Museum UK: pinned ...
Naifeng Zhang +4 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aims Resistance to the artemisinins and the artemisinin‐based combination therapy (ACT) partner drugs has developed in Southeast Asia, and artemisinin resistance has also emerged in eastern Africa. Triple ACTs (triple artemisinin‐based combination therapies, TACT), consisting of two partner drugs with different mechanisms of action and similar ...
Junjie Ding +24 more
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Plant Health and the Science of Pests and Diseases [PDF]
, 2008 The health/disease duality has developed alongside human history either as a struggle for survival or as a challenge of the human being to effectively get to know himself.
Boff, Mari I.C. +2 more
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The influence of late-stage pupal irradiation and increased irradiated:un-irradiated male ratio on mating competitiveness of the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis Patton [PDF]
, 2009 Competitiveness of released males in genetic control programmes is of critical importance. In this paper, we explored two scenarios to compensate for the loss of mating competitiveness after pupal stage irradiation in males of the malaria mosquito ...
Helinski, M., Knols, B.G.J.
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