PUZZLING OVER SPURDOGS: MOLECULAR TAXONOMY ASSESSMENT OF THE SQUALUS SPECIES IN THE STRAIT OF SICILY


Learning of a mimic odor combined with nectar nonsugar compounds enhances honeybee pollination of a commercial crop

Abstract The increasing demand on pollination services Sweaters leads food industry to consider new strategies for management of pollinators to improve their efficiency in agroecosystems.Recently, it was demonstrated that feeding beehives food scented with an odorant mixture mimicking the floral scent of a crop (sunflower mimic, SM) enhanced foragi

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Enhancing urinary tract infection diagnosis for negative culture patients with metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)

BackgroundMetagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a promising technology that allows unbiased pathogen detection and is increasingly being used for clinical diagnoses.However, its application in urinary tract infection (UTI) is still scarce.MethodsThe medical records of 33 patients with suspected UTI who were admitted to the Second Hospita

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