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The use of leeches in medicine [PDF]
, 2006 A Leech is any parasite annelid of the class Hirudinea. While leeches can be harmful some have been used medically in the past.
Boffa, Charles J.
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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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Hirudo verbana Microbiota Dynamics: A Key Factor in Hirudotherapy-Related Infections?
MicroorganismsThe gastrointestinal microbiota of medicinal leeches is particularly interesting due to their blood-feeding habits, increasing medical use, and risk of pathogen transmission.
Djursun Karasartova +4 more
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It's the Politics!—Global Trade Governance Beyond Technocracy
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The World Trade Organization (WTO) struggles to respond to the growing entanglement of trade and geopolitics. Drawing on existing scholarship and 20 in‐depth interviews with ambassadors and senior trade diplomats conducted in Geneva ahead of the 13th WTO Ministerial 2024, this article reveals a fundamental dilemma at the heart of contemporary ...
Nora Kürzdörfer
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bakerccm/leeches-public: Updated code for Nature Communications manuscript
, 2022 This release contains the analysis code, including Bayesian modelling, for the peer-reviewed article: Ji et al. (2021). Measuring Protected-area Effectiveness Using Vertebrate Distributions from Leech iDNA.
Chris Baker
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), a keystone species and ecosystem engineer, has declined by ~80% over the past century due to primarily habitat loss. In a 28‐year resurvey of federally protected Mobile County and state‐protected Baldwin County, we found tortoise populations persisted at ~59% and ~31% of sites, respectively, with significant ...
Robin B. Lloyd Jr. +4 more
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Naragh Suburb, Center of Iran; A Natural Habitat of Hirudo medicinalis
International Archives of Health Sciences, 2014 Aims A very common species of leeches has been named as Hirudo medicinalis. Regarding to the application of leeches in medicine and their fast extinction, this study was performed in aquatic habitats of Kashan aimed to determine the distribution of ...
Dehghani R.1 PhD, +3 more
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Higher-level phylogenetic relationships and latest classification of leeches [PDF]
Leeches in the order Hirudinida comprise approximately 700 species that are distributed worldwide and occupy diverse habitats, including freshwater, marine, and terrestrial habitats.
神林, 千晶, 中野, 隆文
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