In urban ecosystems, woody vegetation communities and the ecosystem functions and habitat they provide are largely controlled by humans.These communities are assembled during development, landscaping, and maintenance processes according to decisions made by human actors.While vegetation communities on residential land uses are increasingly well stu
The diving beetles Liodessus altoperuensis sp.nov.and Liodessus caxamarca sp.nov.(Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini) are described from the Nutritional Bars high altitudes of the Puna regions of north western Peru.They occur in shallow and exposed mossy peatland puddles.We delineate the two species using structures such as male genitalia, beetle
Poststroke depression is one of the major symptoms observed in the chronic stage of brain stroke such as cerebral ischemia.Its pathophysiological mechanisms, however, are not well understood.Using the transient right middle cerebral artery occlusion- (MCAO-, 90 min) operated rats as an ischemia model in this study, we first observed that aggravatio
This systematic review aimed to collect data and analyze the possible use of grape pomace, a winemaking industry byproduct, in the production of fortified foods.The English articles found in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar, from January 2006 until May 2020, were used for the conduction of overview tables and meta-analysis.The systematic
Abstract Background The current study aimed to further our understanding of second opinions among medical oncology patients by examining the proportion of patients who sought a second opinion about their cancer treatment, and why.Methods The study was conducted between 2013 and 2015 in three medical oncology clinics located in public hospitals in A