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Hunting leeches in the dense forests of Madagascar
Identifying DNA from prey blood stored inside leeches reveals which animals the leeches have preyed on. This can be used to monitor wildlife. To find out whether this new wildlife screening method might be able to aid conservation efforts in Madagascar ...
Bohmann, Kristine
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Neural cell–derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are emerging as pivotal mediators in neurodegenerative diseases, exerting both pathogenic and therapeutic functions. This review synthesizes current evidence on how sEVs from distinct neural cell types regulate neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, biomarker discovery, and targeted drug delivery ...
Muhammad Waqas Salim +4 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa +2 more
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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud +8 more
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ABSTRACT Post‐burn auricular defects compromise both aesthetics and facial symmetry, often imposing significant social and psychological burdens that severely diminish patients' quality of life. Scarring in the mastoid region following burns typically exhibits poor elasticity and texture, along with compromised cutaneous blood supply.
Siming Wei, Yongjun Chen, Liwei Dong
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Notes: Bloodletting, Cupping, Leeches
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes and clippings related to bloodletting, cupping, and leeches. Covers general history, methods and instrumentation, and diseases and conditions these practices were to relieve.
Porcher, Francis Peyre (1824 - 1895)
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Non‐invasive sampling was evaluated as a genetic tool for the rare butterfly Luehdorfia chinensis using naturally shed materials. Fifth‐instar larval exuviae provided high‐quality mitochondrial DNA and enabled robust population genetic analyses.
Wen‐Jing Yang +8 more
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The Leeches of the Okoboji Region
Mullin (1926) in an unpublished thesis has listed 20 species of leeches found in the Okoboji Region. During the summers of 1946 and 1947 the writer has found two additional species so that the list now includes the ...
Mathers, Carol Kenneth
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Characteristics, Motivators, and Enablers of Educators Who Earn Many Micro‐Credentials
ABSTRACT This study explores the characteristics, motivators, and enablers of US educators, who earned more than ten micro‐credentials. Although research exists on attitudes and motivators associated with educators newly engaging with micro‐credentials, it lacks insights into learners earning many micro‐credentials.
Marilys Galindo +1 more
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A note on non-marine leeches (Annelida : Hirudinea) from the Maltese Islands
A population of the predatory leech Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) has been discovered at Xlendi Valley, Gozo. This is the first record of leeches living in the wild in the Maltese Islands.
Schembri, Patrick J.
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