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Spider poisoning: a report of six cases from the Central Anatolian region, Turkey
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2009 Spiders exist in every place and ecosystem. Spiders in tropical regions are particularly poisonous and can be dangerous to humans. Nearly 20,000 spider species are known, and almost all are venomous, although only 60 species worldwide are ...
Başak Akyildiz +3 more
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Australasian Arachnology, Number 71, April 2005 [PDF]
, 2013 Nearly 20 years after the first meeting of the Society in Tunanda in 1986 and more than 10 years after the Internationonal Arachnological Congress in Brisbane, in 1993, there will be another ‘reunion’ of the Australasian Arachnological Society.
Framenau, Volker
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully understood. We review key hypotheses for SC and explore how female‐initiated SC has driven the evolution of various male counter‐adaptations to mitigate its ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer +3 more
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Documented bites by a yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium punctorium) in Italy: a case report
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2012 In Italy reports of human envenomations by yellow sac spiders have been sporadic. Since increasing clinical information would improve understanding of the danger of yellow sac spiders to humans, we report the case of a 7-year-old child and her father ...
R Papini
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Yellow fever disease : density equalizing mapping and gender analysis of international research output [PDF]
, 2013 Background: A number of scientific papers on yellow fever have been published but no broad scientometric analysis on the published research of yellow fever has been reported. The aim of the article based study was to provide an in-depth evaluation of the
Bundschuh, Matthias +3 more
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Management of Agitation in Emergency Medical Services for Older Adults: A Qualitative Exploration
Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are often first responders to agitated older adults, providing critical clinical care and transport. However, significant knowledge gaps persist in our understanding of agitation management for older adults in the prehospital setting.
Fatima I. Shah +8 more
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Acute kidney injury due to systemic Loxoscelism: a cross-sectional study in Northeast Brazil
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalINTRODUCTION: Loxoscelism is a clinical condition involving spiders of the genus Loxosceles. One of the most severe complications is acute kidney injury (AKI).
Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira Albuquerque +7 more
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Anthropology &Education Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores how educator‐kibbutzim recruit socialist‐Zionist learning traditions to construct new forms of kinship. Bringing communities of practice theory to new kinship studies, we expand on the role of knowledge in bridging the social/biological.
Lauren Erdreich, Rotem Bar Israel
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Highlights in the knowledge of brown spider toxins
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017 Brown spiders are venomous arthropods that use their venom for predation and defense. In humans, bites of these animals provoke injuries including dermonecrosis with gravitational spread of lesions, hematological abnormalities and impaired renal function.
Daniele Chaves-Moreira +5 more
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