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Open AccessThe direction, timing and demography of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera) invasion reconstructed using complete mitochondrial genomes
The Japanese beetle Popillia japonica is a pest insect that feeds on hundreds of species of wild and cultivated plants including important fruit, vegetable, and field crops. Native to Japan, the pest has invaded ...
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Open AccessDe novo assembly and annotation of Popillia japonica’s genome with initial clues to its potential as an invasive pest
The spread of Popillia japonica in non-native areas (USA, Canada, the Azores islands, Italy and Switzerland) poses a significant threat to agriculture and horticulture, as well as to endemic floral biodiversity, ...
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Open AccessTracing the dispersal route of the invasive Japanese beetle Popillia japonica
The Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, is a highly polyphagous Scarabaeidae native to Japan that colonized North America and Azores in the last century and has recently invaded Italy and Switzerland. Considering...
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Digital Information Management in the Built Environment: Data-Driven Approaches for Building Process Optimization
In Italy, the traditional management of construction works, throughout life cycle, still dominates the market compared to a digital approach. This research aims at bringing out the potential and benefits of a ...
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Open AccessPolystyrene sha** effect on the enriched bacterial community from the plastic-eating Alphitobius diaperinus (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Plastic pollution has become a serious issue of global concern, and biodegradation of plastic wastes is representing one attractive environment-friendly alternative to traditional disposal paths. It is known t...
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Open AccessEvidence for strong environmental control on bacterial microbiomes of Antarctic springtails
Collembola are a key component of the soil biota globally, playing an important role in community and ecosystem dynamics. Equally significant are their associated microbiomes, that can contribute to key metabo...
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Exploring the Inter-observer Agreement Among the Members of the Italian Consensus for the Classification and Reporting of Thyroid Cytology
Classification schemes for reporting thyroid cytology of fine needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules are largely used in clinical practice, but the level of inter-observer agreement among cytopathologists ...
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Correction to: Exploring the molecular insights of concurrent composite mucoepidermoid carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Exploring the molecular insights of concurrent composite mucoepidermoid carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma
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Tumori neuroendocrini della tiroide: non solo carcinoma midollare
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Ultrasonography scoring systems can rule out malignancy in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules
To assess the accuracy and reproducibility of ultrasonography classification systems in characterizing cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules.
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Italian consensus for the classification and reporting of thyroid cytology
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the Antarctic sea spider Ammothea carolinensis (Chelicerata; Pycnogonida)
Mitochondria are responsible for the oxidative phosphorylation process. Accordingly, putatively adaptive changes in their genomic features have been variously associated with major eco-physiological shifts in ...
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Molecular characterization and hybridization in Salmo (trutta) macrostigma morphotypes from Central Italy
The super-species Salmo trutta is taxonomically divided into a number of semi-species, local varieties, morphs, and possible hybrids due to restocking. Their genetic status is nevertheless not always clear, altho...
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Evaluation of fatty acid synthase expression in oesophageal mucosa of patients with oesophagitis, Barrett’s oesophagus and adenocarcinoma
To evaluate the expression of fatty acid synthase (FAS) in the oesophagitis–Barrett’s oesophagus–oesophageal adenocarcinoma sequence compared with p53 and Ki67 expressions, retained for a long time reliable ma...
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Population genetic structure of the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae), from China and Southeast Asia
The melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett, is a species of fruit flies of significant agricultural interest. Of supposed Indian origin, the melon fly is now widely distributed throughout South East Asia up ...
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Open AccessThe complete mitochondrial genome of the Antarctic springtail Cryptopygus antarcticus (Hexapoda: Collembola)
Mitogenomics data, i.e. complete mitochondrial genome sequences, are popular molecular markers used for phylogenetic, phylogeographic and ecological studies in different animal lineages. Their comparative anal...
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Open AccessMorphologically and immunohistochemically undifferentiated gastric neoplasia in a patient with multiple metastatic malignant melanomas: a case report
Malignant melanoma is a neoplasia which frequently involves the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). GIT metastases are difficult to diagnose because they often recur many years after treatment of the primary cutaneo...
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Bayesian Phylogeny on Grid
Grid computing defines the combination of computers or clusters of computers across networks, like the internet, to form a distributed supercomputer. This infrastructure allows scientists to process complex an...
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Open AccessPhylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial protein coding genes confirms the reciprocal paraphyly of Hexapoda and Crustacea
The phylogeny of Arthropoda is still a matter of harsh debate among systematists, and significant disagreement exists between morphological and molecular studies. In particular, while the taxon joining hexapod...
