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Open AccessImplementing mind map** in small-group learning to promote student engagement in the medical diagnostic curriculum: a pilot study
Medical diagnostics is a pivotal bridge curriculum that receives much less attention from undergraduates in non-clinical medicine health profession programs with less student engagement and poor performance. M...
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Open AccessGermicide Fenaminosulf Promots Gall Formation of Zizania latifolia without directly affecting the growth of endophytic fungus Ustilago esculenta
Zizania latifolia is a popular aquatic vegetable in China because of its enlarged edible stems resulting from persistent infection by a fungal endophyte, Ustilago esculenta. Fenaminosulf (FM) is a germicide that ...
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Open AccessThe JAK2 inhibitor TG101209 exhibits anti-tumor and chemotherapeutic sensitizing effects on Burkitt lymphoma cells by inhibiting the JAK2/STAT3/c-MYB signaling axis
Constitutive activation of JAK2/STAT3 is a major oncogenic signaling event involved in the development of Burkitt lymphoma (BL). In the present study, we investigated the antilymphoma activity of TG101209, a s...
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Open AccessGut microbial communities associated with phenotypically divergent populations of the striped stem borer Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863)
Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863) is a serious stem borer of rice and water-oat plants, and has phenotypically diverged into rice and water-oat populations. Insect gut microbiota plays an important role in the ho...
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An integrated analysis of hyperspectral and morphological data of cicada ovipositors revealed unexplored links to specific oviposition hosts
Oviposition host selection by females greatly influences the survival of insect offspring. Based on data collected from 11 cicada species, we propose a new analytical approach to examine associations between o...
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Comparative morphology of ovipositor in cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), with considerations on their taxonomic significance
Although previous studies have documented the morphology of ovipositor in Cicadidae, little is known about the morphology and ultrastructure of their gonapophyses, which may be closely related to the divergenc...
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Open AccessComparative transcriptome analysis reveals host-associated differentiation in Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
The striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is one of the most serious rice pests. Besides attacking rice, it also feeds on an economically important vegetable crop, water-oat Ziza...
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Salivary glands in Cicadidae (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea): comparative morphology, ultrastructure, and their phylogenetic significance
The present investigation provides information on gross morphology and ultrastructure of salivary glands of species in Cicadidae in detail. The structure of the salivary glands of 11 representative species fro...
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Regulation on Expression of Toll-like Receptors on Monocytes After Stimulation with the 3-o-C12-HSL Molecule from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Quorum sensing (QS) is a type of cell-to-cell communication. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa QS molecule N-3-(oxododecanoyl)-l-homoserine lactone (3-o-C12-HSL) has the potential to modulate the immune system of its ho...
