Hidden Armour: The Passive Protective Function of Caudal Osteoderms in Snakes
Journal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 2, February 2025.Well‐developed caudal osteoderms were discovered in shield‐tailed snakes (Uropeltidae). Dermal armour at the tail tip likely provides passive protection against predators, though roles in locomotion or phragmosis cannot be excluded. Our findings emphasise the functional and evolutionary versatility of osteoderms and highlight the need for further ...
Petra Frýdlová +5 more
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Appendiceal ascariasis in children
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2010 Background : The propensity of Ascaris lumbricoides to wander leads to varied surgical complications in the abdomen. Wandering A lumbricoides may sometimes reach the vermiform appendix and its presence there may remain silent or incite pathology. Our aim
Wani Imtiaz +7 more
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Ultrasonographicpotencial in detection of Acute Appendicitis
Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2009 On the grounds of ultrasonography of 275 patients with suspected Acute Appendicitis (AA) the diagnosis was confirmed in 63 (22,9%) cases, it was true-positive results; in 3 (1,1%) cases of non-confirmed AA ultrasound findings were regarded as false ...
V. N. Piskunov +2 more
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Cytokinesis in bloodstream stage Trypanosoma brucei requires a family of katanins and spastin [PDF]
, 2012 Microtubule severing enzymes regulate microtubule dynamics in a wide range of organisms and are implicated in important cell cycle processes such as mitotic spindle assembly and disassembly, chromosome movement and cytokinesis.
A Baines +92 more
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The Teichichnus Ichnofacies: Its neoichnological basis and identification in the rock record
Sedimentology, Volume 72, Issue 2, Page 408-441, February 2025.Abstract Research on the ichnology of brackish‐water environments began in the 1930s and has led to the identification of predictable infaunal patterns. Brackish‐water deposits characteristically display low‐diversity tracefossil assemblages consisting of both vertical and horizontal structures.
Murray K. Gingras +3 more
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Clinical Presentation of Acute Appendicitis in Patients With Agenesis of the Vermiform Appendix
Инновационная медицина КубаниThis article analyzes 10 cases of agenesis of the vermiform appendix with clinical presentation of acute appendicitis. Given that this pathology occurs in 1 of 100000 surgical interventions for acute appendicitis according to the literature, it can be ...
Alexander A. Andreev +4 more
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Reinforcement Learning-based Automatic Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in Abdominal CT [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Acute appendicitis characterized by a painful inflammation of the vermiform appendix is one of the most common surgical emergencies. Localizing the appendix is challenging due to its unclear anatomy amidst the complex colon-structure as observed in the conventional CT views, resulting in a time-consuming diagnosis.
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Biology of \u3ci\u3eDiastrophus Nebulosus\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Its Parasitoid/Inquiline Complex in Galls on \u3ci\u3eRubus Flagellaris\u3c/i\u3e (Rosaceae) [PDF]
, 2018 Rubus flagellaris patches occasionally harbor colonies of compound stem- galls initiated by the cynipid, Diastrophus nebulosus. These isolated colonies host a parasitoid/inquiline complex made up of five principal and three incidental chalcidoid species ...
Gordinier, H. C
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Review of osteoderm function and future research directions
Journal of Zoology, Volume 325, Issue 1, Page 1-24, January 2025.Osteoderms are bone plates in the skin that occur in virtually all major tetrapod clades. Much has been speculated about their function, but many questions remain unanswered. This review provides an overview of the current state of knowledge and future research directions in this field.
R. Ebel +3 more
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