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Neurotoxicity of a Novel Local Anesthetic Agent, Ropivacaine: The Possible Roles of Bursts of Potential and Cytoplasmic Second Messenger

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2007
Ropivacaine has been shown to induce convulsion following overdose or accidental intravenous injection, but the mechanisms are poorly understood.
Pei-Lin Lin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children’s Relationships with a Non-Vertebrate Animal: The Case of a Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica) at School

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Employing living animals in educational settings is popular and may assist learning. Human-animal relationships are considered fundamental for the effects of animal-assisted interventions (AAI) on successful learning.
Katharina Hirschenhauser, Lisa Brodesser
doaj   +1 more source

Performance, proximate and mineral analyses of African giant land snail (Archachatina marginata) fed different nitrogen sources [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The effect of different nitrogen sources in the diets offered to caged African giant land snail, Archachatina marginata, was investigated in a six months experiment.
Ademolu, KO   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The transfer of 137Cs and heavy metals to tissues within the organs of snails

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
This paper describes the dynamics of 137Cs accumulation and its concentration ratio as well as that of some stable elements in the body, shell, gastrointestinal tract and albumin gland of a particular species of snail (terrestrial gastropod), namely the ...
Zhanat Baigazinov   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low susceptibility of Achatina fulica from Brazil to infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis and A. cantonensis

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2007
Introduction of Achatina fulica in Brazil has led to serious concerns about its role as vector for metaIylid worms: AngioIylus costaricensis and A. cantonensis.
Erli Neuhauss   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Peptides and Peptidomimetics in Foods – A Synthetic Foray

open access: yesChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
This Review discusses AMPs in foods and their syntheses. It espouses facile methods to make them accessible and suggests their utility in the mitigation and eradication of the burgeoning maladies of antimicrobial and multidrug resistance (AMR and MDR).
Josephat U. Izunobi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nanoplastics: Methods, Exposure and Effects on Domestic, Farm and Wild Animals

open access: yesJournal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nanoplastics (NPs) are synthetic polymer particles ranging in size from 1 nm to 1 μm that have been identified as a major concern for ecosystems and organisms due to their plethora of negative effects. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the knowledge relating to exposure and effects of NPs in domestic (i.e., farm ...
B. De Felice   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decision matrix for optimal trap to test in the South Florida (USA) Giant African Snail eradication program.

open access: yes, 2018
Decision matrix for optimal trap to test in the South Florida (USA) Giant African Snail eradication program.
Bryce Donner (5728850)   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Possible control of introduced giant African land snails (Achatina spp.) by the reintroduced endemic skink Leiolopisma telfairii, Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius [PDF]

open access: yesManagement of Biological Invasions, 2011
The giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) is one of the world’s worst invasive species, out‐competing endemic snails, consuming native vegetation and potentially altering nutrient cycles.
Jamie A. COPSEY   +8 more
doaj  

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