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Two Novel Mosquitocidal Peptides Isolated from the Venom of the Bahia Scarlet Tarantula (Lasiodora klugi)

Toxins, 2023
Effective control of diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti is primarily achieved through vector control by chemical insecticides. However, the emergence of insecticide resistance in A. aegypti undermines current control efforts.
Jamila Ahmed, Andrew A. Walker, Hugo D. Perdomo, Shaodong Guo, Samantha A. Nixon, Irina Vetter, Hilary I. Okoh, Dalhatu M. Shehu, Mohammed N. Shuaibu, Iliya S. Ndams, Glenn F. King, Volker Herzig   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Volumetric Comparison of Overall Brain and Neuropil Size Between Social and Non‐social Spiders: Exploring the Social Brain Hypothesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Social huntsman spiders had larger arcuate and mushroom bodies, while social crab spiders had larger visual neuropils.
Vanessa Penna‐Gonçalves, Donald James Mclean, Nikolas J. Willmott, Michael B. J. Kelly, Jay R. Black, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Marie E. Herberstein   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A normal form for spider diagrams of order [PDF]

, 2014
We develop a reasoning system for an Euler diagram based visual logic, called spider diagrams of order. We de- fine a normal form for spider diagrams of order and provide an algorithm, based on the reasoning system, for producing diagrams in our normal ...
Simon Thompson, John Taylor, Taylor, John, Gem Stapleton, Delaney, Aidan, Thompson, Simon, Stapleton, Gem, Aidan Delaney   +7 more
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Brazilian Theraphosidae: a toxicological point of view

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021
The Theraphosidae family includes the largest number of species of the Mygalomorphae infraorder, with hundreds of species currently catalogued. However, there is a huge lack on physiologic and even ecologic information available, especially in Brazil ...
Keven Wender Rodrigues Macedo, Lucas Jeferson de Lima Costa, Jéssica Oliveira de Souza, Isadora Alves de Vasconcelos, Jessica Schneider de Castro, Carlos José Correia de Santana, Ana Carolina Martins Magalhães, Mariana de Souza Castro, Osmindo Rodrigues Pires Júnior   +8 more
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Beyond Manoeuvre Theory for European Defence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the debate about European defence in the light of the Russo‐Ukraine war and growing doubts about US commitment to Europe. It argues that Europeans need to fundamentally relearn the ability to imagine military strategy from a European viewpoint.
Lukas Mengelkamp, Sam Vincent
wiley   +1 more source

Terrestrial venomous animals, the envenomings they cause, and treatment perspectives in the Middle East and North Africa.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
The Middle East and Northern Africa, collectively known as the MENA region, are inhabited by a plethora of venomous animals that cause up to 420,000 bites and stings each year. To understand the resultant health burden and the key variables affecting it,
Timothy P Jenkins, Shirin Ahmadi, Matyas A Bittenbinder, Trenton K Stewart, Dilber E Akgun, Melissa Hale, Nafiseh N Nasrabadi, Darian S Wolff, Freek J Vonk, Jeroen Kool, Andreas H Laustsen   +10 more
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Cancer pain: current practice and emerging targets

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cancer pain (CP) arises from a complex interplay between the tumour and its microenvironment. Many patients experience a mixed pain phenotype that encompasses nociceptive, neuropathic and neuroinflammatory mechanisms, and vary across tumour type and disease stage. Despite decades of intensive research, the mainstay of cancer pain treatment is still non‐
Yi Ye, Marcin Chwistek, Zhiting Gong, Vanessa Uzonwanne, Xiaojie Shi, Arpad Szallasi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selective modulation of NaV channel gating counteracts aberrant hyperexcitability and rescues motor function and survival in a model of spinal muscular atrophy

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease caused by SMN1 gene loss, leading to reduced survival motor neuron (SMN) protein and progressive motor neuron degeneration. Although SMN‐restoring therapies improve outcomes, residual disease burden and non‐curative efficacy underscore the need for complementary treatments ...
Fernanda C. Cardoso, Jessica A. I. Muller, Yougang Zhang, Jean Giacomotto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fragments of Spider Diagrams of Order and their Relative Expressiveness [PDF]

, 2010
Investigating the expressiveness of a diagrammatic logic provides insight into how its syntactic elements interact at the semantic level. Moreover, it allows for comparisons with other notations. Various expressiveness results for diagrammatic logics are
Simon Thompson, John Taylor, Taylor, John, Gem Stapleton, Delaney, Aidan, Thompson, Simon, Stapleton, Gem, Aidan Delaney   +7 more
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Advanced Research on Animal Venoms in China

, 2023
For millennia, scientists, researchers, and the general public have been intrigued by animal venoms due to their potent effects and paradoxical ability to both harm and heal [...
Qiumin Lu, Ren Lai
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