New Lepidium (Brassicaceae) from New Zealand

A Audio Turntable Belt revision of the New Zealand endemic Lepidium oleraceum and allied species is presented.Sixteen species are recognised, 10 of these are new.The new species are segregated on the basis of morphological characters supported by molecular data obtained from three DNA markers (two rDNA and one cpDNA).One species, L.castellanum sp.n

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Spatial Resolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria and Their Surrounding Immune Environments Based on Selected Key Transcripts in Mouse Lungs

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacilli are the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), a major killer of mankind.Although it is widely accepted that local interactions between Mtb and the immune system in the tuberculous granuloma determine whether the outcome of infection is controlled or disseminated, these have been poorly studied due to methodo

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Missed opportunities to improve food security for pregnant people: a qualitative study of prenatal care settings in Northern New England during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Background Food insecurity during pregnancy has important implications for maternal and newborn health.There is increasing commitment to screening for social needs within health care settings.However, little is known about Eye Makeup current screening processes or the capacity for prenatal care clinics to address food insecurity among thei

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The Nearctic-Caribbean species Leptotrachelus dorsalis (Fabricius, 1801): Larval descriptions with a diagnosis of immature Ctenodactylini and natural history notes on the genus and tribe (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Adults and larvae of Leptotrachelus dorsalis (Fabricius), the Sugarcane Savior Beetle, live in association with grasses, the larvae in the appressed leaf axils.Both adult and larval L.dorsalis eat larvae of the Sugarcane Borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius), and perhaps Collections other insects living in the confines of the leaf sheaths of that

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