Black larder beetle, incinerator beetle, Dermestes ater DeGeer (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae) [PDF]
EENY480, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Nurmastini S. Bujang and Phillip E. Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this cosmopolitan species that feeds on various plant and animal products, as well as dead insects and ...
Nurmastini S. Bujang, Phillip E. Kaufman
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Treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia: evidence from a systematic review [PDF]
Background Following spinal cord injury (SCI), the routine use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) resulted in an incremental diagnosis of posttraumatic syringomyelia (PTS).
Buchfelder, Michael +4 more
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Pancreatic beta cell autophagy is impaired in type 1 diabetes [PDF]
Aims/hypothesis Pancreatic beta cells are subjected to exogenous damaging factors such as proinflammatory cytokines or excess glucose that can cause accumulation of damage-inducing reactive oxygen species during the pathogenesis of diabetes.
Conteh, Abass M. +6 more
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Navigating Norms of Masculinity:Tactical gender performances among gay men in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]
In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, heteronormative presumptions relating to masculinity dictate that men should be engaged in or actively pursuing heterosexual relationships. For many gay men, fears of social rejection, stigma, and legal repercussion combine to
Moyer, E., Shio, J.
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Hemodynamic and metabolic changes during hypercapnia with normoxia and hyperoxia using pCASL and TRUST MRI in healthy adults [PDF]
Blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) or arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI with hypercapnic stimuli allow for measuring cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR). Hypercapnic stimuli are also employed in calibrated BOLD functional MRI for quantifying neuronally-
Bhogal, Alex A. +7 more
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Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) and hypertension: a review of vasodilatory mechanisms of DHA and EPA [PDF]
Hypertension is often characterised by impaired vasodilation involving dysfunction of multiple vasodilatory mechanisms. ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) can reduce blood pressure, and ...
Alexander S. P. H. +5 more
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Recent developments in transport phenomena in Weyl semimetals [PDF]
The last decade has witnessed great advancements in the science and engineering of systems with unconventional band structures, seeded by studies of graphene and topological insulators. While the band structure of graphene simulates massless relativistic
Pavan Hosur, Xiaoliang Qi
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Is the symbiotic recurrent nova T CrB late? Recent photometric evolution and comparison with past pre-outburst behaviour [PDF]
T CrB is a symbiotic recurrent nova that last erupted in 1946. Given its recurrence time-scale of approximately 80 yr, the next outburst is eagerly anticipated by the astronomical community.
Awiphan, Supachai +48 more
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Recursion and Ambiguity: a Linguistic and Computational Perspective [PDF]
In this chapter I will be concerned with what characterizes human language and the parser that computes it in real communicative situations. I will start by discussing and dismissing Hauser, Chomsky and Fitch's(2002) (HC&F) disputed claim that the "only ...
Andrew Carnie +12 more
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In regional anesthesia, accurate knowledge of surface anatomy and landmarks are essential for successful nerve blockades with least possible complications.
Byun, S , Pather, N
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