Two assemblages compose the scuttled Roman vessels discovered in Caska inlet (Pag Island, Croatia): three sewn boats (Caska 1, 3 and 4) one mortise-and-tenon constructed ship 2). While wood species used for construction of are quite similar (beech trunks split radially planking), 2 shows greater heterogeneity more common use conifer planking. The systematic identification species, analysis morp...

The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans has a polysaccharide capsule that is essential for virulence in vivo. Capsule size is known to increase during animal infection, and this phenomenon was recently associated with virulence. Although various conditions have been implicated in promoting capsule growth, including CO(2) concentration, osmolarity, and phenotypic switching, it is difficult...