O pensamento epidemiológico evolutivo sobre as infecções
O objetivo do trabalho é analisar os principais aspectos dos conhecimentos epidemiológicos atuais sobre o estado evolutivo das infecções. Os organismos que constituem a biosfera formam sistemas dinâmicos que abrangem todo o planeta.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini
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Number and position of wounds on honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae infested with a single Varroa mite
The wounds inflicted on pupae in capped brood cells of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, infested with a single female of the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, were investigated after visualisation by vital staining with trypan blue.
Ghazwan KANBAR, Wolf ENGELS
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Alternative strategies to prevent and control endoparasite diseases in organic sheep and goat farming systems – a review of current scientific knowledge [PDF]
Infestation with gastro-intestinal nematodes in small ruminants can cause server economic losses and endanger animal welfare. The development of organic farming systems, the increased public awareness for drug residues in agricultural products and the ...
Rahmann, Gerold, Seip, Hannah
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Biological Individuality and Fallacies of Composition
ABSTRACT Within the philosophy of biology, there is widespread acceptance of pluralism about biological individuality, according to which there are (at least) two theoretically important but distinct properties with a claim to the label “biological individuality”: evolutionary individuality and physiological individuality.
Alexander Geddes
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Cognitive Symbionts. Expanding the Scope of Cognitive Science With Fungi
Abstract It has been argued that fungi have cognitive capacities, and even conscious experiences. While these arguments risk ushering in unproductive disputes about how words like “mind,” “cognitive,” “sentient,” and “conscious” should be used, paying close attention to key properties of fungal life can also be uncontroversially productive for ...
Matteo Colombo
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Seeing Through an Ant's Eyes: Do Entomopathogenic Fungi Extend Their Cognition to Their Hosts?
Abstract Post‐cognitivist approaches recognize cognition as a phenomenon that involves not just brains but all the sensorimotor apparatus of organisms. This means that brains are not always required for the emergence of cognition and that every organism can, in principle, be cognitive, unlocking a theoretical framework to explain the complex adaptive ...
André Geremia Parise +2 more
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The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic by Stefanie R. Fishel [PDF]
Review of Stefanie R.
Purvis, Dustin
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ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of cage culture for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Lake Victoria is central to food security and profitable development in East Africa. Nevertheless, viral conditions affect the sustainability of this sector, with significant imbalances in livelihood, trade and aquaculture adaptability.
Richard S. Komba, Chacha J. Mwita
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Ocorrência de Achatina fulica no Vale do Paraíba, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Registrou-se no município de Resende, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, a primeira ocorrência do molusco Achatina fulica hospedeiro intermediário de Angiostrongylus cantonensis, causador da angiostrongilíase meningoencefálica. Em cinco bairros visitados,
Maurício Carvalho de Vasconcellos +1 more
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The swine flu alert: keeping Asia safe [PDF]
After years of concern about H5N1 bird flu, the new flu causing global alarm is a pig virus of the H1N1 family. As influenza reports erupt around the world, inevitable questions are arising. Is this the big one?
Balen, J, Caballerho-Anthony, M, Chng, B
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