Cisplatin (Cp) is one of the most effective chemotherapy antineoplastic drugs. Nevertheless, it causes numerous injurious effects on organs, precisely testes. Ixora coccinea (IC) a well-known medicinal herb and has long history use as tonic to promote health. This study revealed inhibitory hydroethanolic extract IC leaves (HEICL) CP-induced testicular damage in male Wistar rats. Thirty (30) adu...

A revision of the genus Thyreocephalus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 of Africa south of the Sahara is presented. A new genus Afrus gen. nov. was described with the type species Thyreocephalus spegazzinii Bernhauer, 1915, which resulted in following new combination: Afrus spegazzinii (Bernhauer, 1915), comb. nov. Eulissus collarti (Cameron, 1932) was transferred to Afrus. Based on a revision of types a...

Dear Participants, We welcome you to the 18th Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society in Lyon at the Palais des Congrès overlooking the Rhône River. As in past meetings, we will take the next 5 days to recount and hear recounted the latest advances in all aspects of colour vision, from genes to spectral coding, from neurophysiology to perception, from retina to cortex, from develop...

Infants with Congenital CMV Infection: Is It Worth Doing the Lumbar Puncture? Christopher Ouellette, MD; Andrea Ronchi, MD; Asuncion Mejias, MD, PhD; Susana Chavez-Bueno, MD; Douglas Salamon, MB(ASCP)SV; Lorenza Pugni; Fabio Mosca; Pablo J. Sanchez MD, FIDSA; Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH; Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, ...

The sequence in which new colonists reach an empty habitat can be crucial for future development and species structure of communities. It is therefore important to assess species composition and abundance in the initial stages of habitat existence. In the present study we focussed on colonization of newly constructed temporary ponds in Doñana, Southwest Spain, created by removing 30 or 60 cm of...