Use of Indocyanine Green (ICG) to Assess Myocardial Perfusion and Territorial Distribution of Vein Grafts Implanted on Coronary Arteries in an Ex-vivo Porcine Model. A Potential Ad... by Cristiano Spadaccio, Antonio Nenna, Diletta Corrado, Carter Glenn, Antonio Panza, Russell Vester, Grzegorz Laskawski, David Rose, Louis Louis

“…Methods: Porcine arrested hearts (n = 18) were used to evaluate territorial distribution of native coronary arteries and of a coronary bypass constructed with porcine saphenous vein graft (SVG) using ICG. …”
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Molecular Data Confirm the Occurrence of the Allochthonous <i>Gambusia holbrooki</i> (Pisces: Poeciliidae) in Sicily and the Maltese Archipelago by Luca Vecchioni, Mirko Liuzzo, Arnold Sciberras, Jeffrey Sciberras, Justin Formosa, Alan Deidun, Gabriele Giacalone, Vincenzo Arizza, Marco Arculeo, Federico Marrone, Francesco Paolo Faraone

“…Considering the negative effects that the mosquitofish has on the native biota, it is of paramount importance to know the precise biological diversity of the native and non-native species to better implement environmental management strategies to properly preserve the already-fragile waterbodies. …”
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Pathways to mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study from rural tertiary government mental health facilities in India by Jithin Jaise, Kannappa V. Shetty, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Urmila Bamney

“…Furthermore, the study highlights that delays in treatment are more common among patients who initially sought help from religious or native healers, especially those from rural backgrounds. …”
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Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon) invasion in subarctic Iceland: evidence from a long-term study by Pawel Wasowicz, Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir

“…The lodgepole pine colonised diverse habitats, including native birch woodlands and heathland, and was associated with significant reductions in vascular plant species richness and diversity. …”
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The Role of Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Taytnapam Toponyms by Eugene S. Hunn, Richard H. McClure Jr.

“…They lived in the upper Cowlitz River watershed relatively undisturbed by Euro-American colonization until late in the 1800s, avoiding the more radical depopulation and dislocation suffered by neighboring Native communities due to introduced diseases and colonial settlement. …”
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Ancient Hawaiian house lots and their flora: a review of Great Māhele plant claims with a special focus on Pritchardia (loulu) palms by Brien A. Meilleur

“…A review of Foreign Testimony records of the Native Register from the mid-19th century Hawaiian land division program known as the Great Māhele (~1846-1854) has led to a better understanding of ancient Hawaiian house lot plantings. …”
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MANAJEMEN SUNGAI KLAWING UNTUK KELESTARIAN IKAN SPESIES ASLI by Ayesha Hafizh Gunara, Siti Rukayah

“…Among these species, there are 16 species of native fish species and 7 species of introduced fish species. …”
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Palmeras utilizadas por los indígenas Yuracaré del Territorio Indígena Parque Nacional Isiboro-Sécure (Cochabamba, Bolivia) by Fabiola Montoya M., Mónica Moraes R.

“…The Indigenous Territory National Park Isiboro Secure (TIPNIS in Spanish) is rich in biological diversity, and is inhabited by native groups, among them the Yuracaré. An ethnobotanical study was performed in five Yuracaré communities. …”
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Spidroin-Based Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering: General Approaches and Potential Stem Cell Therapies by Qi Zhang, Min Li, Wenbo Hu, Xin Wang, Jinlian Hu

“…Owing to their facile and versatile processability in native and regenerated forms, they can be easily tuned via chemical synthesis or recombinant technologies to address specific issues required for applications. …”
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The acquisition of four adverbs in a learner corpus of L2 French by Victorine Hancock, Anna Sanell

“…Each adverb is characterized with respect to these two parameters across six developmental stages (Bartning, Schlyter, 2004) and a “near-native” learner variety. We combine a functional framework for acquisition (cf. …”
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Prevalence of canine heartworm disease in the gemlik area, bursa by Turan Civelek, Alparslan Yıldırım, Anıl Iça

“…Heparinized blood specimens obtained from dogs were separately examined with native and Modified Knott techniques for the presence of circulating microfilariae while sera were examined with commercial test kit for the presence of circulating antigen. …”
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Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Katherine Carroll, Adam Dale

“… The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), is an insect native to South America, but an invasive species in many parts of the world. …”
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European Wool Carder Bee, Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Samantha Gallagher, Andrea Lucky

“…This species has been called the most widely distributed unmanaged bee in the world (Strange et al. 2011) because of its expansive native and non-native range. This document describes its synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, economic importance, and includes selected references. …”
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« Le réveil de la conscience hakka de Taïwan » by Pei-yi Ko

“…The intervention of a whole generation of university graduates who returned to their native region (fanxiang housheng, “the juniors who returned home”) was decisive in this resistance. …”
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Endophytic fungi related to the ash dieback causal agent encode signatures of pathogenicity on European ash by Maryam Rafiqi, Chatchai Kosawang, Jessica A. Peers, Lukas Jelonek, Hélène Yvanne, Mark McMullan, Lene R. Nielsen

“…The disease is caused by a non-native fungal pathogen, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Other dieback causing-species have not previously been identified in the genus Hymenoscyphus. …”
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Approximate solutions of equations defined by complex spherical multiplier operators by C. P. Oliveira

“…The approximations are from native spaces embedded in Sobolev-type spaces and derived from the use of positive definite functions to perform spherical interpolation.…”
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The “Ants of Cyprus” website: a dynamic, online awareness raising and conservation tool by Jakovos Demetriou, Christos Georgiadis, Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, Mathias Dillen, Quentin Groom, Evan Economo, Helen Roy, Angeliki Martinou

“…Despite recent advancements, the ant biodiversity of Cyprus is still in need of further research with previous online species inventories synthesising a checklist of just 65 native and 10 alien species. The “Ants of Cyprus” website (https://sites.google.com/view/ants-of-cyprus) aims to: (1) raise public awareness and increase local knowledge on the biodiversity and ecological significance of ants, (2) provide ecological data and (3) enhance conservation efforts and management practices for native and alien ant species, respectively. …”
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“De Moelijike Middenweg”: Association Politics between the Dutch East Indie and the Netherlands through Indische Toneel, 1913-1933 by Khairana Zata Nugroho, Singgih Tri Sulistiyono, Dhanang Respati Puguh

“…This article discusses the endeavors to build a harmonious relationship between the colony of the Dutch East Indies and the motherland, the Netherlands, through the association politics in Indische toneel (Indies play) performances of Karina Adinda and Boeddhakind in 1913-1933. In the midst of the natives movement, where the natives put in motion their thoughts and ideas against the oppressive colonial government, a new cultural consciousness that desired a dialogue between East and West also appeared as the consequences of the implementation of the Dutch Ethical Policy. …”
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Degradation of High-Concentration Nitrate Nitrogen in Groundwater: A Laboratory Study by Manxi Liu, Lu Xia, Ruinan Liu, Zongjun Gao, Cong Han, Jianguo Feng, Jing Wang, Wanlong Qu, Tongju Xing

“…The results indicated that native denitrifying microbes in the groundwater have almost no ability to remove high concentrations of nitrate nitrogen. …”
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Modification of Potato Starch by Acetylmalic Acid Chloroanhydride and Physicochemical Research of the New Product by Oksana Shulga, Natalya Simurova, Sergii Shulga, Jelyzaveta Smirnova

“…In the infrared spectra, changes in the frequency oscillations of native starch in the noncharacteristic region have occurred: the frequency of oscillations at 981.81 cm−1 has increased and in the spectrum of modified starch has been at 1024.82 cm−1; the band with frequency of oscillations of 923.07 cm−1 has shifted to 866.66 cm−1, and the band with frequency of oscillations of 609.79 cm−1 has shifted to 672.22 cm−1, indicating the change in noncharacteristic region of the native starch sample after acylation. …”
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