Rapid phenotyping for identification of rice resistant varieties to Diopsis apicalis (Diptera: Diopsidae) Westwood
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Who works in agriculture?: exploring the dynamics of youth involvement in the agri-food systems of Tanzania and Malawi
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Assessment of genetic diversity among low-nitrogen-tolerant early generation maize inbred lines using SNP markers
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Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from dietary exposure to lead, 2015
Lead is a ubiquitous dietary contaminant that occurs in food because of natural and anthropogenic sources and pathways of exposure. Lead adversely affects a number of tissues and organ systems and the severity of effect on each is dependent on the level and duration of exposure. The most sensitive and notable effects are those that occur on the ner...
A quantitative risk assessment for human Taenia solium exposure from home slaughtered pigs in European countries
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Background: Taenia solium, a zoonotic tapeworm, is responsible for about a third of all preventable epilepsy human cases in endemic regions. In Europe, adequate biosecurity of pig housing and meat inspection practices have decreased the incidence of T. solium taeniosis and cysticercosis. Pigs slaughtered at home may have been raised in suboptimal b...
Mediterranean versus Atlantic monk parakeets Myiopsitta monachus: towards differentiated management at the European scal...
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BACKGROUND The monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert), native to South America, is an invasive species in several European countries, causing crop damage and potential negative impacts on wildlife. Only Spain and Great Britain have regulations to control monk parakeets, thus fast growth and spread of populations are likely to occur on a wide ...
Experimental island biogeography demonstrates the importance of island size and dispersal for the adaptation to novel ha...
Hypomagnesemia and hypermagnesemia
Introduction: Magnesium is an essential element which also has pleiotropic effects in humans. Recent studies have altered our interpretation of a disturbed magnesium balance both leading to hypomagnesemia and hypermagnesemia. Methods: a narrative review of their clinical relevance is presented. Results: Although magnesium balance is strictly contro...
Community perception and knowledge of cystic echinococcosis in the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Cystic echinococcosis (CE), a neglected zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus, remains a public health issue in many developing countries that practice extensive sheep breeding. Control of CE is difficult and requires a community-based integrated approach. We assessed the communities' knowledge and perception o...
Deep-intronic ABCA4 variants explain missing heritability in Stargardt disease and allow correction of splice defects by...
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Purpose: Using exome sequencing, the underlying variants in many persons with autosomal recessive diseases remain undetected. We explored autosomal recessive Stargardt disease (STGD1) as a model to identify the missing heritability. Methods: Sequencing of ABCA4 was performed in 8 STGD1 cases with one variant and p.Asn1868Ile in trans, 25 cases with...
