Blunthead puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller and Troschel, 1848) is a circumglobally distributed Tetraodontid found in temperate tropical waters. It believed to have colonized the Mediterranean Sea from Atlantic Ocean. There are relatively few records of this fish Sea. On March 2020, mature female individual was caught incidentally by commercial fisher Northern Cyprus. The 520 mm total leng...

Ames dwarf (Prop1 (df/df) ) mice are remarkably long-lived and exhibit many characteristics of delayed aging and extended healthspan. Caloric restriction (CR) has similar effects on healthspan and lifespan, and causes an extension of longevity in Ames dwarf mice. Our study objective was to determine whether Ames dwarfism or CR influence neuromusculoskeletal function in middle-aged (82 ± 12 week...

Kelly’s citrus thrips is one of the most common thrips species found in Cyprus citrus orchards. Kelly’s citrus thrips larvae were the sole insect stage causing feeding damage mainly on immature lemon and grapefruit fruits. Under Cyprus conditions Kelly’s citrus thrips adults prefer to concentrate mostly in the northern and eastern sides of both lemon and grapefruit canopies. The recorded mean n...

Tufan Ekici’s ‘The Political and Economic History of North Cyprus’ is published in 2019 by Palgrave Macmillan as a part Studies series. It deals with 44-years old north Cyprus government, which emerged after division the island 1974. Examining political organization structure labour market, state economic enterprises, allocation land, Ekici sheds light on turbulent history apparatus Cyprus. The...