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Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Old World jumping plant-louse genus Paurocephala (Insecta, Hemiptera, Psylloidea) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Fifty-one species are recognized in the genus Paurocephala, with an additional 14 species which remain unnamed. Thirty-five species are described as new, and five species are synonymized: P. pumilae and P. zhejiangensis with P.
Burckhardt, Daniel, Mifsud, David
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Increasing prevalence of asthma diagnosis and symptoms in children is confined to mild symptoms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood asthma is increasing but few studies have investigated trends in asthma severity. We investigated trends in asthma diagnosis and symptom morbidity between an eight year time period in a paired prevalence study.
Billings, C.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Right Ventricular Strain by Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking Is Largely Afterload-Dependent and Does Not Reflect Contractility: Validation by Combined Volumetry and Invasive Pressure Tracings

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2022
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is currently the gold standard for evaluating right ventricular (RV) function, which is critical in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Andreas Rolf   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urine-sample-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells as a model to study PCSK9-mediated autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia

open access: yesDisease Models & Mechanisms, 2016
Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a critical modulator of cholesterol homeostasis. Whereas PCSK9 gain-of-function (GOF) mutations are associated with autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH) and premature atherosclerosis ...
Karim Si-Tayeb   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Novel Approach for Multi-Label Chest X-Ray Classification of Common Thorax Diseases

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2019
Chest X-ray (CXR) is one of the most common types of radiology examination for the diagnosis of thorax diseases. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) was developed to help radiologists to achieve diagnostic excellence in a short period of time and to enhance ...
I. Allaouzi, M. Ben ahmed
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. While the balance between fecundity selection and sexual selection has received much attention, explanations based on sex-specific ecology have ...
A Herrel   +87 more
core   +1 more source

Osteopontin as a Link between Inflammation and Cancer: The Thorax in the Spotlight

open access: yesCells, 2019
The glycoprotein osteopontin (OPN) possesses multiple functions in health and disease. To this end, osteopontin has beneficial roles in wound healing, bone homeostasis, and extracellular matrix (ECM) function.
A. Lamort   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Familial screening in case of acute myocarditis reveals inherited arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathies

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, 2020
Aims Several data suggest that acute myocarditis could be related to genetic variants involved in familial cardiomyopathies, particularly arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, but the management of patients with acute myocarditis and their families regarding ...
Nicolas Piriou   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

A key to the known larvae of south american Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea), with a description of the mature larva of Macrelmis saltensis Manzo. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A key to identify the known mature larvae of the South American genera of the family Elmidae is provided. The key includes seven genera presently assigned to the subfamily Larainae and 15 genera assigned to the subfamily Elminae.
Archangelsky, Miguel   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The impact of postoperative cognitive training on health‐related quality of life and cognitive failures in daily living after heart valve surgery: A randomized clinical trial

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2023
Background Heart surgery is a risk factor for objectively and subjectively assessable postoperative cognitive decline (POCD), which is relevant for everyday life. The aim of this study was to investigate whether early postoperative cognitive training has
Marius Butz   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

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