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We estimated phylogenetic relationships among 16 species of harvest mice using sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) gene. Gene phylogenies constructed using maximum parsimony (MP), maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) optimality criteria were largely congruent and arranged taxa into two groups corresponding to the two recognized subgenera (Aporodon and Reithrodon...

Fifty black-tailed prairie dogs from three prairie dog towns in eastern New Mexico harbored one nematode (Subulura sp.) and one acanthocephalan (Moniliformis clarki) species. One tick (Ornithodoros turicata) and one mite (Proctolaelaps sp.) species were recovered, whereas three species of fleas (Opisocrostis hirsutus, Pulex simulans, Echidnophaga gallinaced) were present. All represent new dist...

We investigate the evolution of dust that formed at Population III supernova (SN) explosions and its processing through the collisions with the reverse shocks resulting from the interaction of the SN ejecta with the ambient medium. In particular, we investigate the transport of the shocked dust within the SN remnant (SNR), and its effect on the chemical composition, the size distribution, and t...

Development of Spirama retorta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae fed on foliage of three Acacia, spp., namely A. mangium, A. auriculiformis and A. crassicarpa, and Paraserianthes falcataria was assessed in the laboratory. The larvae did not survive when fed on either A. crassicarpa or P. falcataria. More than 64% reached pupal stage when fed on A. auriculiformis and A. mangium. The larval period ...

In this paper we prove that there exists a unique positive symmetrical univariate B-spline with minimal support. It is obtained as linear combination of a minimal number of successive classical B-splines with multiple knots in the space, S d , of cardinal polynomial splines of class C and degree d. Next, we show that the approximation order in the space generated by the integer translates of th...

“Wired” enzyme electrodes, comprising enzymes connected electrically through redox polymers, which swell to give electron-conducting hydrogels, are already used in experimental subcutaneously implanted electrodes for the continuous monitoring of glucose in diabetics and may be used in future miniature, microwatt producing, membrane-less biofuel cells. The subcutaneously implanted electrodes com...

Physicians in Egypt and other Arab and developing countries still have to deal on a daily basis with large numbers of patients with advanced stages of breast cancer at presentation. Efforts at measuring the magnitude of the breast cancer issues, epidemiology, and awareness, are now moving further in the right direction. We are now starting to face the challenges of early detection of breast can...

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