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Water availability and land‐use shape the diversity of Odonata in the Middle East

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Odonata diversity in the Middle East depends on the availability of long‐lasting waters, emphasizing the importance of preserving stable aquatic habitats for biodiversity conservation under climate change‐driven droughts. Agricultural expansion is associated with increased Odonata species richness, but overall trait diversity remains limited ...
Zohreh Eslami Barzoki, Jonathan Chase
wiley   +1 more source

Discovering the Familiar: Exploring Everyday Practice in the Design of Tools and Artefacts

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The design of everyday objects and artefacts, tools and technologies can prove particularly challenging for design. Their very pervasiveness, ease of application and seeming simplicity can mask the complex array of human practice, knowledge and skills that enables their use posing serious implications for critical design research and practice.
Christian Heath, Jason Cleverly
wiley   +1 more source

Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi, Carmen Scieuzo, Federica De Stefano, Luca Masucci, Patrizia Falabella   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unravelling the skin of the nurse shark: A morphological description of the placoid scales of Ginglymostoma cirratum

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Ginglymostoma cirratum, commonly known as the nurse shark, is a nocturnally active benthic shark, often found in western and eastern Atlantic waters. Although this shark has been well explored in many biological aspects, few studies have thoroughly examined the morphology of its dermal denticles (or placoid scales).
Danilo P. Lima, Aline. N. Poscai, Laura F. Mianutti, Nathalie. M. R. de Abreu, Jade Medeiros, Marcus V. G. Araújo, Frederico. B. de Sousa, João Paulo C. B. da Silva   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Osteology and arthrology of the ankle and tarsometatarsus of anoles (Iguania: Anolidae): not convergent with geckos but divergent from the ancestral iguanian condition

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Geckos and anoline iguanid lizards are well‐known for their possession of adhesive toepads, which are generally regarded as being convergent structures. We show that the anatomical configuration of the foot in these two lineages differs markedly and that these differences likely relate to the contrasing ways they deploy their adhesive systems and ...
Anthony P. Russell, Lisa D. McGregor, Timothy E. Higham   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D transparent technology displays the developmental patterns of ductus arteriosus morphology in chicken embryos before and after birth

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
At the eighth week of human embryonic development, 3D transparent imaging enables clear visualization of the outflow tract's morphological features, revealing its anatomical components in detail. Abstract The ductus arteriosus (DA) is a critical fetal vascular structure that shunts blood from the pulmonary artery to the aorta, bypassing the non ...
Conghong Xu, Lidi Li, Xiu Wu, Yanli Zhang, Chuanye Wu, Juan Chen, Haihua Gao, Zhenglai Ma   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychogenic polydipsia in dogs – a review of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Polyuria and polydipsia represent a common clinical presentation in dogs and may result from numerous disorders affecting different body systems. Compulsive water consumption is characteristic of psychogenic polydipsia, a primary polydipsia disorder rooted in neurologic, behavioural or environmental factors.
G. Pavlovsky
wiley   +1 more source

Denoising and reconstruction of evaporation duct based on quadratic optimal threshold approximation message passing method

Tongxin xuebao, 2019
To solve the problem that the mixed noise of compressed sensing observation stage had adverse effects on the high-precision reconstruction in the time-space situation awareness process of evaporative duct,an approximate message passing method based on ...
Guosheng RUI, Ge LIU, Wenbiao TIAN, Daoguang DONG, Yanan ZHANG   +4 more
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