Ant Community Structure (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Two Neighborhoods with Different Urban Profiles in the City of São Paulo, Brazil by Alcione Piva, Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Campos

“…Some ant species are highly abundant in cities, may form huge unicolonial populations with thousands of individuals able to displace native fauna, and impoverish ecological relationships in urban environments. …”
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Effect of Maltodextrins on the Rheological Properties of Potato Starch Pastes and Gels by Lesław Juszczak, Dorota Gałkowska, Teresa Witczak, Teresa Fortuna

“…Pasting characteristics, flow curves, and mechanical spectra were determined for native potato starch and for its blends with potato maltodextrins having dextrose equivalents (DE) of 10.5, 18.4, and 26.5. …”
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Vitamin D3/VDR alleviates double-stranded RNA virus -induced biliary epithelial cell damage by inhibiting autophagy by Na Liu, Pu Zhao, Ping Cao, JunPeng Hui, YongKang Pan, Jiwen Cheng

“…The incidence of cholangitis and the native liver survival time after surgery in the calcitriol-treated group was significantly lower than that in the control group. …”
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Biodesulfurization of high-sulfur oil from the Karazhanbas field of Kazakhstan with deep eutectic solvents by A.O. Akimbek, G.A. Jamalova, A.K. Yernazarova, G.K. Kaiyrmanova, B.K. Yelikbayev, M.C. Pagano, A.G. Zazybin, Kh. S. Rafikova

“…Research objectives: isolation of sulfate-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacteria from the studied oils; identification of isolated bacteria; study of the effect of heavy metal Cr(VI) and sulfur on microbial activity; testing of native strains for the potential for desulfurization of crude oil. …”
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Anti-inflammatory treatment using alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) does not alter osteoblasts differentiation and fracture healing by Johanna Graue, Melanie Timmen, Katharina Schmitz, Daniel Kronenberg, Markus Böhm, Kishor K. Sivaraj, M. Gabriele Bixel, Richard Stange

“…Results α-MSH-treatment did not impair either proliferation nor mineralisation of osteoblastic cells under native or inflammatory conditions (no significant differences found). …”
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EDITORIAL EXPLOSION by Gabriela COCA

“…As a conclu­sion of the treaty, we can find Specific Harmonically Aspects of the Renewal Period of the Native Music with a Special Reference to the Creation of the Composers from Cluj. …”
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Melaleuca Snout Beetle, Melaleuca Weevil (unofficial common names), Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by James P. Cuda, Susan A. Wineriter, Gary R. Buckingham, Ted D. Center, Kenneth T. Gioeli

“…Blake (Myrtaceae), is an invasive woody plant that is native to Australia, New Guinea, and the Soloman Islands. …”
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Mango Fruit Fly, Marula Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Gary J. Steck

“… Ceratitis cosyra is commonly known as the mango fruit fly or marula fruit fly based on its common occurrence in these host plants. Marula is a native African fruit related to mango and sometimes known locally as wild plum. …”
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Pine Shoot Beetle, Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scolytidae) by Michael Thomas, Wayne N. Dixon, Thomas R. Fasulo

“… Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus), a pine shoot beetle native to Europe, was first discovered in the United States in July 1992, in a Christmas tree plantation in Ohio. …”
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Voice quality and L2 proficiency in the English tense-lax contrast by Geoffrey Schwartz

“…Experimental studies of the English contrasts between high vowels (sometimes referred to as a tense-lax contrast) have shown that phonation characteristics may play a role in maintaining the opposition in native varieties: tense vowels in English have been found to show a greater degree of breathiness, while lax vowels exhibit a stiffer voice quality. …”
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El sistema judicial indígena como expresión de complejidad política (Pampas y Patagonia norte, mediados del siglo xix) by Juan Francisco Jiménez, Sebastián L. Alioto

“…This article aims to make a contribution to that discussion, in trying to demonstrate, through sources corresponding to different native groups of the area, that, since the second decade of the 19th century, a tendency towards political centralization can be perceived, which will result in the emergence of polities of the kind of chieftaincies (in the sense stated by Robert Carneiro, consisting in organizations that have a permanent centralized leadership above other levels). …”
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Orange Spiny Whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus Quaintance (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges, Greg S. Hodges

“… Orange spiny whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus Quaintance, is a native pest of citrus in tropical Asia. In the early 1920s, pest outbreak infestation levels caused Japan to begin a biological control program. …”
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Mango Fruit Fly, Marula Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Gary J. Steck

“… Ceratitis cosyra is commonly known as the mango fruit fly or marula fruit fly based on its common occurrence in these host plants. Marula is a native African fruit related to mango and sometimes known locally as wild plum. …”
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Malaysia’s Warm Weather as a Metaphor by Wen Fen Beh, Florence Kuek

“…Borrowing from a local Chinese folk song genre, Tan & Teoh (2006)’s “Yong Malaixiya de Tianqi Shuo Ai Ni (Let Me Use Malaysia’s Warm Weather To Say, I Love You)” carries immense love for their native land using an apt metaphor of the “warm” Malaysian weather. …”
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of the Tawny Crazy Ant, Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) by Faith Oi, Dawn Calibeo, John Page, Michael Bentley

“… The tawny crazy ant infests buildings and greenhouses, attacks crops, domestic animals, and honeybee hives, displaces native ant species, and disrupts electrical equipment. …”
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New record of Orientus ishidae (Matsumura, 1902) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Bulgaria with notes on the distribution of Acanalonia conica (Say, 1830) (Hemiptera: Acanaloniidae) by Ilia Gjonov, Tsvetomir Tsvetanov, Radost Angelova

“…Orientus ishidae (Matsumura, 1902), a leafhopper species native to East Asia, has been increasingly reported in Europe due to its potential role as a vector of phytoplasmas affecting agricultural crops. …”
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Eucalyptus and Corymbia Species for Pulpwood, Mulchwood, Energywood, Windbreaks, and/or Phytoremediation by Donald L. Rockwood, Gary F. Peter

“… In Florida, Eucalyptus species grow faster than our native tree species. E. grandis (EG), E. grandis x E. urophylla (EH), E. benthamii (EB), and E. amplifolia (EA), in particular, are fast-growing trees that, when planted on suitable sites and managed properly, produce commercial products such as mulchwood, pulpwood, energywood, and bioproducts. …”
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Grass Carp, the White Amur: Ctenopharyngodon idella Cuvier and Valenciennes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae: Squaliobarbinae) by Emma N.I. Weeks, Jeffrey E. Hill

“…Concerns of escape and reproduction, and the potential impacts that colonization of the fish could have on native flora and fauna led to research that developed a non-reproductive fish, which was equally effective in controlling hydrilla. …”
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Recht sprechen über »besondere Gebilde« – die koloniale Gerichtsbarkeit und das Reichsgericht by Jakob Zollmann

“…It then analyses the structure of the so-called »non-native jurisdiction« in the German colonies as an element of colonial state order. …”
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The interaction between relevant-set based operators and a topic–predicate dimension by Anna Szeteli, Gábor Alberti

“…Short sentences in which quantifiers functioning either as the main (new/correcting) information or as a topic (anchor of relevant information) were read by 41 non-linguist native Hungarian subjects. The pitch, intensity and duration properties were analyzed by Praat. …”
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