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Scientific Reports, 2021 Adaptive radiation is a phenomenon in which various organs are diversified morphologically or functionally as animals adapt to environmental inputs. Leeches exhibit a variety of ingestion behaviors and morphologically diverse ingestion organs.
Hee-Jin Kwak +9 more
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Toxic effect of Raphia vinifera on fish leech (Piscicola geometra) [PDF]
, 2001 This study examines acute toxicity of Raphia vinifera on fish leech, Piscicola geometra. The leeches with a mean total length of (TL) 4.2+1.0cm were exposed to various concentrations of both crude powdered and ethanolic extracts of the botanical.
Adebisi, A.A., Fafioye, O.O.
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Efficient data representation for XML in peer-based systems [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose - New directions in the provision of end-user computing experiences mean that the best way to share data between small mobile computing devices needs to be determined.
Christopher, Foley +3 more
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Towards Advanced Intelligent and Perceptive Soft Grippers
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Implementing soft yet strong and intelligent soft grippers request innovative and creative solutions in designing soft bodies and seamlessly integrating actuated systems with hierarchical sensing. This review systematically analyses soft grippers with a deep understanding of core components, from fundamental design principles to actuation and sensing ...
Haneul Kim +4 more
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Reconstruction of the Medial Canthus Using an Ipsilateral Paramedian Forehead Flap
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2013 Background The medial canthus is an important area in determining the impression of a person's facial appearance. It is composed of various structures, including canthal tendons, lacrimal canaliculi, conjunctiva, the tarsal plate, and skin tissues.
Jin Hyung Kim +5 more
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Pathogens, 2021 Reports on non-invasive blood sampling are limited, and there are only a few studies on using kissing bugs (Reduviidae) and medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) for hematology and biochemistry testing in various zoo animal species.
Pavel Kvapil +8 more
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Maze solvers demystified and some other thoughts
, 2017 There is a growing interest towards implementation of maze solving in spatially-extended physical, chemical and living systems. Several reports of prototypes attracted great publicity, e.g.
A Adamatzky +25 more
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Medicinal leeches and the microsurgeon: A four-year study, clinical series and risk benefit review [PDF]
, 2011 Background: There are case reports and small series in the literature relating to the use of medicinal leeches by plastic surgeons; however, larger series from individual units are rare.
Azzopardi, Ernest A. +8 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.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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Role of cathepsin B in leech wound healing [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2004 The wound healing process in leeches involves different types of cells like macrophages, NK-like cells and granulocytes. These cells that are involved in immune defence, can co-operate to attack and/or isolate the non self (de Eguileor et al., 1999; de ...
A Grimaldi +5 more
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