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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Insects in 2018

open access: yesInsects, 2019
Rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing [...]
Insects Editorial Office
doaj   +1 more source

A biodiversity hotspot for Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in North America: annotated species checklist for Ottawa, Canada

open access: yesZooKeys, 2016
Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the city of Ottawa and its surroundings (a 50-km radius circle, ~7,800 km2) were studied based on 1,928 specimens collected between 1894 and 2010, and housed in the Canadian National ...
Jose Fernandez-Triana   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The Waggle Dance as an Intended Flight: A Cognitive Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The notion of the waggle dance simulating a flight towards a goal in a walking pattern has been proposed in the context of evolutionary considerations. Behavioral components, like its arousing effect on the social community, the attention of hive mates ...
Menzel, Randolf
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White ants, empire and entomo-politics in South Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
By focussing on the history of white ants in colonial South Asia, this article shows how insects were ubiquitous and fundamental to the shaping of British colonial power.
Deb Roy, Rohan
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Michigan Trees. Burton V. Barnes and Warren H. Wagner, Jr. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 384 pages, 120 figures. 1981. $10.95 (cloth), $5.95 (paper). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) Nearly all entomologists studying terrestrial insects in the Lake States region find it necessary to recognize and attempt to understand the woody plant communities in which they live.
Gosling, D. C. L
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Effect of policosanol from insect wax on amyloid β-peptide-induced toxicity in a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans model of Alzheimer’s disease

open access: yesBMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2021
Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD), an age-related neurodegenerative disorder and a serious public health concern, is mainly caused by β-amyloid (Aβ)-induced toxicity.
Xin Zhang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The response of neotropical dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) to local and regional abiotic factors in small streams of the Amazon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Since the relative role of local and regional abiotic factors on the Odonata diversity in rainforest streams is still poorly understood, we evaluated the effects of these factors on adult Odonata (Insecta) from preserved and altered streams in the ...
Belle   +20 more
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Evidence-based assessment of container suitability for alcohol-preserved natural history specimens [PDF]

open access: yesNatural History Collections and Museomics
Specimens preserved in alcohol require ongoing monitoring to prevent deterioration, as the preservative is inherently unstable and susceptible to evaporation and concentration changes. The Natural History Museum, London, holds a collection of true flies (
Zoe J. O. Adams   +3 more
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Pyroptosis, ferroptosis, and autophagy cross-talk in glioblastoma opens up new avenues for glioblastoma treatment

open access: yesCell Communication and Signaling, 2023
Glioma is a common primary tumor of the central nervous system (CNS), with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) being the most malignant, aggressive, and drug resistant.
Sicheng Wan   +4 more
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Insects Taken at Japanese Beetle Traps Baited with Anethole-Eugenol in Southern Michigan in 1968 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A survey of the populations of Jap.anese beetles, Popillia japonica Newman, is made each year in southern Michigan to determine the abundance and distribution of this pest insect. Since little information is available about the insects that are attracted
Fischer, Roland L, Wellso, Stanley G.
core   +3 more sources

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