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An Up‐to‐Date Review of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Atherosclerosis: Components, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Potentials

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
Traditional Chinese medicine in atherosclerosis: multi‐target modulation of pathogenesis. ABSTRACT Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease and a major global health concern. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) have demonstrated multi‐target therapeutic potential against atherosclerosis by modulating inflammatory responses ...
Dilaram Nijat, Qingzhe Zhao, Gulhasal Abdurixit, Jianhua He, Haipeng Liu, Jinyao Li   +5 more
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Experimental Tityus serrulatus scorpion envenomation: age- and sex-related differences in symptoms and mortality in mice

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011
Among the various methods for evaluating animal venom toxicity, the calculation of the median lethal dose (LD50) is the most widely used. Although different protocols can be used to calculate the LD50, the source of the venom and the method of extraction,
Pucca MB, Roncolato EC, Campos LB, Fernandes FS, Mendes GR, Bertolini TB, Cerni FA, Barbosa JE   +7 more
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The myth of scorpion suicide: are scorpions insensitive to their own venom? [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 1998
ABSTRACT The resistance of the scorpion Androctonus australis to its own venom, as well as to the venom of other species, was investigated. A comparison of the electrical and pharmacological properties of muscle and nerve fibres from Androctonus australis with those from the crayfish Procambarus clarkii enabled us to understand the lack ...
Legros,, Martin-Eauclaire, Marie-France, Cattaert, Daniel   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Unraveling the impact of dog‐friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As the most widespread large carnivore on the planet, domestic dogs Canis lupus familiaris can pose a major threat to wildlife, even within protected areas (PAs). Growing human presence in PAs, coupled with increasing pet dog ownership underscores the urgency to understand the influence of dogs on wildlife activity and health.
Alys Granados, Zara McDonald, Katie McPherson, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal suicide: An account worth giving? Commentary on Peña-Guzmán on Animal Suicide [PDF]

, 2018
Peña-Guzmán (2017) argues that empirical evidence and evolutionary theory compel us to treat the phenomenon of suicide as continuous in the animal kingdom.
Mikhalevich, Irina
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Periacineta mexicana n. sp. (Ciliophora, Suctoria, Discophryida), Epizoic on Mexican Backswimmers of the Genus Buenoa (Insecta, Hemiptera, Notonectidae) [PDF]

, 2010
A new species of suctorian in the genus Periacineta, epibiotic on aquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha), is described on the basis of morphological characteristics of the cell body, lorica, tentacular placement, and stalk, and its 18S rRNA ...
Dovgal, I. V., Marіño-Pérez, Ricardo, Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura   +2 more
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Combating infections under siege: Healthcare challenges amidst the military assault in Gaza

World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 188-213, March 2025.
Abstract The ongoing Israeli military assault on Gaza has caused a devastating collapse of healthcare infrastructure, resulting in an unprecedented surge in infectious diseases. The destruction of sanitation systems, restrictions on medical supplies, and displacement of civilians have created an environment conducive to the rapid spread of waterborne ...
Bilal Irfan, Izzeddin Lulu, Adam Hamawy, Abdallah Abu Shammala, Susan Kullab, Mohamed Fawaz, Abd Al‐Karim Sammour, Haseeb Khawaja, Nour Alshaer, Ghassan Abu‐Sittah, Osaid Alser, Mark Perlmutter, Anas Al‐Shembari, Jeremy Hickey, Tariq Nayfeh, Mohammed Tahir, Muhammad Junaid Sultan, Elias Nasser, Muaaz Wajahath, Aneela Yaqoob, Ahmad Hasan, Ali Elaydi, Abdullah Ghali, Mosab Nasser, Khaled J. Saleh   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additions to the scorpion fauna (Arachnida: Scorpiones) of Kerala, India, with an illustrated key to the genera

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Twospecies of scorpions ( Arachnida : Scorpiones) viz., LychaslaevifronsPocock and Heterometrus flavimanus (Pocock) are reported for the first time form Kerala and an illustrated key to the  genera and checklist of scorpion species of Kerala are ...
K. Aswathi, P. M. Sureshan
doaj   +1 more source

Does a Cadillac engine need a biological and phylogenetic explanation? [PDF]

, 2016
In this text we briefly explore whether ridiculing material objects like a ‘Cadillac engine’, a ‘desk’, ‘gold bars in a vault’ as reduction ad absurdum in ‘dialectical duels’ or as a metaphor for teaching evolution is really phylogenetically justified,
Fröbisch, Jörg, Romano, Marco
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‘More enthusiasm and hearty concord it was never my pleasure to witness’: Lucy Parsons's Propaganda Tour of Britain, November–December 1888

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Lucy Parsons was one of the most famous radical orators of the United States, but little has been written about her visit to Britain. This article investigates Parsons's lecture tour of Britain in the winter of 1888, based on an invitation from the Socialist League to address meetings to commemorate the Haymarket Affair and tour the country to
Aileen Lichtenstein
wiley   +1 more source