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A narcomedusa, Solmissus incisa, was collected off central California in the Monterey Submarine Canyon at 230 m in October 1996.The medusa was viewed and collected from the RV Point Lobos using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ventana.Advantages Stationery of such in situ observation include the ability to recognize parasites (which appear as sm
Structure-based virtual screening and characterization of a novel IL-6 antagonistic compound from synthetic compound database
Jing Wang,1,* Chunxia Qiao,1,* He Xiao,1 Zhou Lin,1 Yan Li,1 Jiyan Zhang,1 Beifen Shen,1 Tinghuan Fu,2 Jiannan Feng1 1Department of Molecular Immunology, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, 2First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract:
Managed Multi-strata Tree + Crop Systems: An Agroecological Marvel
Today, when the emphasis on single-species production systems that is cardinal to agricultural and forestry programs TV the world over has resulted in serious ecosystem imbalances, the virtues of the time-tested practice of growing different species together as in managed Multi-strata Tree + Crop (MTC) systems deserve serious attention.The coconut-