A first list of plant-parasitic nematodes from the Tsitsikamma National Park, with descriptions of two new species of the subfamily Criconematinae

Plant nematodes recorded during surveys in the Tsitsikamma National Park are listed and two new Criconematinae species are described.Females of Criconemoides silvicola spec.nov.have the first three or four annuli separated from the following annuli by a discontinuity, dorsally and ventrally fused submedian lobes which are connected F.C.L. NON GELAT

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Health, well-being, and measuring the burden of disease

Abstract This essay asks whether the global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors (GBD) should be measured in terms of their consequences for health, as maintained by most of those who are attempting to measure the GBD, or in Golf Mat terms of their consequences for well-being, as argued by John Broome.It answers that the burden of disease

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Tumor microenvironment characteristics and prognostic role of m6A modification in lung squamous cell carcinoma

Background: It has recently been determined that N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation regulators have prominent effects on several cancers.However, the potential role of m6A modification in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) remains unclear.Methods: We evaluated the modification pattern of m6A and studied the biological function of m6A regulat

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