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Spider Knottin Pharmacology at Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels and Their Potential to Modulate Pain Pathways

open access: yesToxins, 2019
Voltage-gated sodium channels (NaVs) are a key determinant of neuronal signalling. Neurotoxins from diverse taxa that selectively activate or inhibit NaV channels have helped unravel the role of NaV channels in diseases, including chronic pain.
Yashad Dongol   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transnational Entrepreneurs of Place and ‘the Last Authentic European Medieval Landscape’ in Transylvanian Highlands, Romania

open access: yesSociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT There is a renewed interest in Europe's rural regions and in the consequences of migration on rural social relations, economy and landscape. This paper seeks to contribute to these debates with a case from Eastern Europe showing the contribution of returned migrants in the cultural branding of the overly romanticised region of Transylvanian ...
Lucian Vesalon, Remus Gabriel Anghel
wiley   +1 more source

Lawnmower Poetry and the Poetry of Lawnmowers

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Francesca Gardner
wiley   +1 more source

Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
wiley   +1 more source

Survey of Synanthropic Spiders in Ireland Reveals Expansion and Dominance of the Invasive Noble False Widow Steatoda nobilis in Urban Habitats (Araneae: Theridiidae)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
Rapid urbanisation has facilitated the establishment of large populations of the Noble false widow spider outside of its native range through the use of synanthropic microhabitats. In Ireland, we survey these favourable microhabitats for spider diversity for the first time and find that the Noble false widow now typically makes up more than 40% of the ...
Brandon L. Collier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fighting the global pest problem: Preface to the special Toxicon issue on insecticidal toxins and their potential for insect pest control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Arthropod pests are responsible for major crop devastation and are vectors for the transmission of new and re-emerging diseases in humans and livestock.
Nicholson, GM
core   +1 more source

A Preliminary Exploration of the Behavioural Criteria of Ethical Care With Dementia

open access: yesNursing Open, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To develop a format of the behavioural criteria of ethical care with dementia so as to support nursing pedagogy and ethical practice in dementia care. Design Literature review, group workshop and Delphi method. Methods This project underwent three stages of literature review, initial construction and Delphi method from June 2020 to June ...
Yuqin Pan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spider bites of medical significance in the Mediterranean area: misdiagnosis, clinical features and management [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Despite the disrepute spiders have had for centuries, their bite is a rare occurrence. In the Mediterranean area, only two of the numerous known species are considered of medical significance: Latrodectus tredecimguttatus and Loxosceles rufescens. Spider
Gabriele Fusto   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Community‐level effects of Müllerian mimicry on pollinator diversity and functioning

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 599-610, March 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Müllerian mimicry, a mutualistic interaction in which harmful species evolve similar warning signals, is often accompanied by niche divergence among mimetic species. While these aspects have traditionally been studied in an evolutionary context, their community‐level ...
Paola Laiolo, José Ramón Obeso
wiley   +1 more source

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