Introduction: Diffuse pulmonary ossification was firstly described by Luschka in 1856. It has two distinct patterns with different clinical, radiological, and histological associations: nodular (NPO) dendriform (DPO). Dendriform is the presence of branching metaplastic osseous spicules usually bone marrow elements. can occur as idiopathic or association chronic lung diseases. Idiopathic DPO a r...

A new nematode species (Neoascarophis mariae n. sp.) is described based on specimens collected from the Argentine goatfish Mullus argentinae (Hubbs et Marini) from coastal waters off the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the genus, the new species belongs to the group of species with females that have the vulva near the posterior end of the body. Only males of Neoascarophis longispicula Morav...

during conduction a survey of entomopathogenic nematodes throughout arasbaran forests and rangelands, north west of iran in 2007-2008, an entomopathogenic nematode was isolated using galleria baiting method from soil samples collected from rangelands, near chichakloo, varzeghan, east azarbaijan. it was identified as steinernema kraussei (steiner, 1923) travassos, 1927 based on morphology and mo...