The family Ctenidae is represented by 40 genera and 490 species in the world, distributed mainly in America, Africa and Asia. Sixty-three species have been recorded from Asia (Jäger 2012), however, only nine species in four genera (Anahita Karsch, 1879; Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805; Leptoctenus L. Koch, 1878 and Sinoctenus Marusik, Zhang & Omelko, 2012) have been reported from China (Platnick 2014)....

Introduction: Finding evidence for an irradiation of chondrules by energetic particles in the solar nebula prior to their incorporation into meteoritic matter (pre-compaction exposure) might yield information about the early solar energetic particle environment and also constrain the lifespan of chondrules as freely floating objects in the nebula. In a pioneering study, [1] searched for unusual...

Caetetermes Fontes, 1981 is a monotypic South American genus of Nasutitermitinae. Its single species, Caetetermes taquarussu Fontes, 1981, was described based on morphological characters from soldiers and workers collected at three localities in the tropical rainforest of northeastern Ecuador. Several samples of C. taquarussu represented also by the imago caste were examined at the Museu de Zoo...

The spider family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 is currently represented by 121 genera and 2,387 species distributed worldwide (Platnick, 2014), of which 52 genera are recorded in the Neotropical region. The genus Episinus Latreille, 1809 has 57 described species but only 29 (50.8%) are known by both sexes (Platnick, 2014). The type species of the genus, E. truncatus Latreille, 1809, was describe...

Ocimum basilicum L. (basil) and Thymus vulgaris (thyme) are well-known medicinal plants from the Lamiaceae family. Although micromorphological characteristics mucilage production of basil thyme fruits have already been partially studied, aim this work was to examine samples collected in Serbia. The results obtained by stereomicroscope scanning electron microscopy showed that nutlets these speci...

The development of scaly buds (= cataphylls) has been traditionally associated with seasonally cold climates, although only few species from the southern hemisphere were investigated in this regard. present work focuses on apical and axillary seven tree native to South-American Temperate Rainforests (STR). Due differences lineages which these derived, high levels inter-specific variation bud st...

This study aimed to determine the incidence of dentinal microcracks after instrumenting root canals maxillary premolars using two novel rotary instrumentation systems. Micro-computed tomography (microCT) scans and images generated by sectioning observation with a stereomicroscope were used assess specimens. Twenty-two freshly extracted collected specimens divided into groups eleven. The tested ...

Background: Enamel is regularly subjected to demineralization and remineralization under different oral circumstances. Any interruption in the balance between can initiate formation of incipient caries lesions. However, early stage these lesions be remineralizedusing various preventive measures. Topical fluorides have shown positive results prevention several studies. The aim this study was det...

Aim: To evaluate the impact of a dual-cured adhesive system on in situ degree conversion (DC), bond strength (BS) and failure mode (FM) interfaces dentin cavities restored with bulk-fill resin composite. Methods: 4-mm-deep 3.1 C-factor were created 68 bovine incisors (n = 17 per group). The lightcured (Scotchbond™ Universal) or (Adper™ Scotchbond™ Multi-purpose Plus) was applied to cavities, wh...