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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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Spider bite: a current approach to management [PDF]
, 2006 Although spider bite is common, most spider bites cause minor effects and do not require treatment. More significant effects result from redback and, less commonly, from funnel-web spider bites.
Isbister, Geoffrey K.
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Біологічні студії, 2019 Toxins-antagonists of glutamatergic synapses were found in venoms of different terrestrial Arthrpopodae, both Insecta and Aranei. Chemical structures of some of them were described, and a majority of such substances are derivatives of phenol and indole ...
O. M. Klyuchko
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Fugitive Junctures: Life‐Seeking, Route‐Finding and the Mobile Ensemble at Kenya's Borders
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract Fugitivity has become an important conceptual frame to understand the illegalised mobilities of contemporary migrants in conjunction with enslaved people's historical lines of flight as spatial praxes to seize their own freedom. Thinking from Kenya, and drawing on research with migrants, border officials, activists, police and smugglers,
Hanno Brankamp
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Comparative Biochemical, Structural, and Functional Analysis of Recombinant Phospholipases D from Three Loxosceles Spider Venoms. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 da Justa HC +9 more
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Pharmacology of spider venom toxins
Toxin Reviews, 2014 AbstractSpider venom is an intricate combination of target specific enzymatic and non-enzymatic toxins. In addition, the venom also contains polyamine neurotoxins, ATP, AMP, ADP, guanosine, 2,4,6-trihydroxy purine, γ-aminobutyric acid, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, taurine, histamine, serotonin, tyramine, octomine, nor-adrenaline and inorganic salts ...
Sannaningaiah, D. +2 more
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Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2026.Summary This case report describes a 10‐year‐old, male, neutered labrador retriever that was presented with acute non‐ambulatory tetraparesis, later diagnosed with an ectopic insulinoma and paraneoplastic polyneuropathy. Clinical evaluation revealed severe hypoglycaemia, generalised neuromuscular signs and electromyography findings were consistent with
Laryssa Straub +3 more
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Nanoscale characterization of spider venom peptides by high resolution LC-MS/MS analysis [PDF]
, 2011 Comunicaciones a ...
Dauly, Claire +4 more
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Pain-related toxins in scorpion and spider venoms: a face to face with ion channels. [PDF]
J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis, 2021 Diochot S.
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A century of theories of balancing selection
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 804-825, April 2026.ABSTRACT Traits that affect organismal fitness are often highly genetically variable. This genetic variation is vital for populations to adapt to their environments, but it is also surprising given that nature – after all – ‘selects’ the best genotypes at the expense of those that fall short.
Filip Ruzicka +10 more
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