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Insects, 2023 Incursion and establishment of an exotic pest may threaten natural habitats and disrupt ecosystems. On the other hand, resident natural enemies may play an important role in invasive pest control.
Shovon Chandra Sarkar +5 more
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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A Novel Long-term, Multi-Channel and Non-invasive Electrophysiology Platform for Zebrafish. [PDF]
, 2016 Zebrafish are a popular vertebrate model for human neurological disorders and drug discovery. Although fecundity, breeding convenience, genetic homology and optical transparency have been key advantages, laborious and invasive procedures are required for
Baraban, Scott C +3 more
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Digital Transformation of Retail Work: The Rise of Chaotic Rationalisation
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how new digital technologies are transforming labour processes in frontline jobs in United States (US) store‐based retail, examining the US as an extreme case of labour market liberalisation. Research on technological change presents three scenarios: job displacement, job enrichment and ‘digital Taylorism’ involving heightened ...
Chris Tilly, Françoise Carré
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International Journal of Plant BiologyPotato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important food crop worldwide and a cornerstone of food security across the Andean region. However, its production is increasingly threatened by the potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc), the vector ...
Gabriela Cárdenas-Huamán +7 more
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Variations in Zebra Chip Disease Expression and Tuber Biochemistry in Response to Vector Density [PDF]
Phytopathology®, 2016 Zebra chip (ZC) disease, caused by ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, which is transmitted by the potato psyllid, has negatively affected potato production in the United States for over a decade. The present study was conducted to evaluate the affect of the number of bacteriliferous psyllids on ‘Ca. L.
Arash, Rashed +4 more
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Agronomy, 2020 Insect-borne bacterial pathogens pose a global economic threat to many agricultural crops. Candidatus liberibacter species, vectored by psyllids (Hemiptera: psylloidea), are an example of devastating pathogens related to important known diseases such as ...
Poulami Sarkar, Murad Ghanim
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Culicoides biting midges were collected at a donkey sanctuary in the United Kingdom using UV light‐suction traps. Culicoides were found in abundance and all specimens were identified to species level. Blood‐feeding on donkeys was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of host bloodmeals. Donkeys could play a significant role in the
Zoe Langlands +3 more
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Protein droplet actuation on superhydrophobic surfaces: A new approach toward anti-biofouling electrowetting systems [PDF]
, 2017 © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.Among Lab-on-a-chip techniques, Digital ...
Abdul Latip, Eli Nadia +6 more
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Terrestrial Analogs to Titan for Geophysical Research
Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 2, June 2026.Abstract Saturn's moon Titan exhibits remarkable parallels to the Earth in many geophysical and geological processes not found elsewhere in the solar system at the present day. These include a nitrogen atmosphere with a condensible gas—methane—replacing the Earth's water, leading to an active meteorology with rainfall and surface manifestations ...
Conor A. Nixon +21 more
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