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Abstract Mysticetes, or baleen whales, have an air sac on the ventral surface of the larynx known as the “laryngeal sac.” The primary hypothesis regarding this structure's function is that it is involved in sound production. However, several other functions have been proposed, including air recycling, air storage, and even buoyancy control.
Gen Nakamura +7 more
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This case report describes the necropsy findings of two potentially zoonotic parasites infecting the Philippine brown deer (Cervus mariannus) in Leyte Island, Philippines.
Harvie Potot Portugaliza +2 more
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The true cercaria of Paragonimus mexicanus is the cercaria reported by Malek et al. in 1985 as a cercaria of P. peruvianus. However, there is a question whether the flame cell formula of 2〔(3+3+3+3+3)+(3+3+3+3+3)〕=60 is justified.
Tongu, Yasumasa
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Ricinus Communis: Nutritional Importance, Health Benefits, and Industrial Applications
The current paper summarizes the nutritional composition, phytochemistry, health benefits, safety studies, and applications of castor beans and their oil. Moreover, the diverse bioactive compounds, including saponins, emodins, terpenoids, anthraquinones, flavonoids, steroids, and alkaloids, exhibit therapeutic properties such as antioxidant, anticancer,
Hassan Raza +13 more
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Inference to the Best Explanation and the Screening-Off Challenge [PDF]
We argue in Roche and Sober (2013) that explanatoriness is evidentially irrelevant in that Pr(H | O&EXPL) = Pr(H | O), where H is a hypothesis, O is an observation, and EXPL is the proposition that if H and O were true, then H would explain O. This is a “
Roche, William, Sober, Elliott
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Influenza and memory T cells : how to awake the force [PDF]
Annual influenza vaccination is an effective way to prevent human influenza. Current vaccines are mainly focused on eliciting a strain-matched humoral immune response, requiring yearly updates, and do not provide protection for all vaccinated individuals.
Glezen +12 more
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Lung flukes of the genusParagonimus: ancient and re-emerging pathogens
AbstractThe title of this article refers to Table 1 in Zhou (2022, Infectious diseases of poverty: progress achieved during the decade gone and perspectives for the future. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 11, 1), in which it is indicated thatParagonimusspecies, like many other foodborne trematodes, are ancient pathogens that are also re-emerging to ...
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The Relationship Between Immunopathology and Body Condition of Mixed‐Age Ewes
Ill thrift in ewes, characterised by less than desirable body condition, is a multifactorial condition often attributed to nutritional deficits, though immunopathological factors may also play a role. This study investigated associations between body condition scores (BCS) and immunopathological states in 120 mixed‐age ewes grazing pasture over 4 ...
Melissa N. Hempstead +15 more
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Grassland management and helminth control on cattle farms [PDF]
Farmers manage their pastures and grazing animals primarily to ensure that swards provide adequate, quality nutrients to support animal performance, but it is also possible to provide useful levels of parasite control without compromising production.
Forbes, Andrew
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North American Frog Lung Flukes
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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