Meteorological Notes from Lisbon

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Notes on Dictyuchus species (Stramenopila, Oomycetes) from Anzali lagoon, Iran

Nine Dictyuchus isolates were obtained from floating and decaying twigs and leaves in Anzali lagoon, Anzali County, Guilan province, Iran. They are interestingly distinguished from current Dictyuchus species by the presence of dictyoid and achlyoid type of zoospore discharge, abundant fusiform and spherical gemma, and the absence of any sexual apparatus. In addition, phylogene...

Molecular typing of treponema pallidum clinical strains from Lisbon, Portugal.

A molecular system was used to subtype Portuguese Treponema pallidum clinical strains isolated from both skin lesions and blood. The study with this system constitutes the first typing study in a European country. Three T. pallidum subtypes were found: subtypes 14a (50%), 14d (45.2%), and 14f (4.8%). Further studies are needed to better characterize the isolates involved in syphilis outbreaks.

Notes on some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Iran

زنبور‌های خانواده‌یEncyrtidae از عوامل موفق در کنترل آفات گیاهی و به ویژه شپشک‌های آرد‌آلود می‌باشند. در مطالعات انجام شده در سال‌های 85-1381 که به منظور شناسایی پارازیتوییدهای شپشک‌های آردآلود در استان فارس انجام گرفت، از این خانواده و زیرخانواده‌ی Tetracneminae، گونه‌های Gyranusoidea indica Shafee, Alam & Agarwal از روی شپشک آرد‌آلود Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) روی توت سفید در جهرم،Anagy...

ADDING VALUE TO URBAN SPACES Two Examples from Lisbon

! rough a comparative analysis of two urban spaces located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, I intend to demonstrate how some values can be added to space in order to a( ract certain residents, investors or interests, and how these urban spaces make use of these values to di+ erentiate and promote themselves in various ways. In considering the gentri" cation process in the city centre and the co...