Environmental DNA surveys have revealed a great deal of hidden diversity within the Cercozoa. An investigation into the biodiversity of heterotrophic flagellates in marine benthic habitats of British Columbia, Canada, demonstrated the presence of several undescribed taxa with morphological features that resemble the cercozoan genera Cryothecomonas and Protaspis. Nine novel species of marine int...

Population pharmacokinetics of artemether, lumefantrine and their 1 respective metabolites in Papua New Guinean children with uncomplicated 2 malaria 3 4 Sam Salman, Madhu Page-Sharp, Susan Griffin, Kaye Kose, Peter M. Siba, Kenneth F. 5 Ilett, Ivo Mueller, Timothy M. E. Davis 6 7 School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle 8 Hospital, Fremantle, Western Aust...

A rapid growth of available geospatial data requires development of systems capable of autonomous data retrieval, integration and validation. Mobile agents may provide the suitable framework for developing such systems since this technology, in a natural way, can deal with the distributed heterogeneous nature of such data. In this paper, we evaluate SDIAGENT our, recently introduced, multi-agen...

Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) is caused by autosomal dominant gain-of-function mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. An identifiable RET mutation can be detected in about 85% of FMTC families. The majority of germline mutations in FMTC have been found in exons 10 and 11 of the RET proto-oncogene, specifically within the cysteine codons 609, 611, 618, 620, and 634. We screened membe...

Abstract Introduction Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, it has significantly caused disruptions various aspects of daily life. In particular, students have been negatively affected by these changes due to unexpected alterations educational modalities. Stress management can help adapt new normality easier and monitor their activities, which reduce risk while improving sleep quality for ...

Since microfollicular environment and the size of the follicle are important markers influencing oocyte quality, the aim of this study is to present the spectral characterization of oocytes isolated from follicles of various sizes using lab-on-chip (LOC) technology and to demonstrate how follicle size may affect oocyte quality. Porcine oocytes (each, n = 100) recovered from follicles of differe...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been proposed as potential carriers of the unidentified infrared bands (UIRs) and the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs). PAHs are not likely to form by gas-phase or solid-state interstellar chemistry, but rather might be produced in the outflows of carbon-rich evolved stars. PAHs could form from acetylene addition to the phenyl radical (C6H5), which ...