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Paternal bisphenol A exposure induces testis and sperm pathologies in mice offspring: Possibly due to oxidative stress?

. . Al-Griw MA, Alghazeer RO, Salama NM, Lwaleed BA, Eskandrani AA, Alansari WS, Alnajeebi AM, Babteen NA, Shamlan G, Elnfati AH. . Saudi J Biol Sci. 2021 Jan;28(1):948-955. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.003. Epub 2020 Nov 11. Abstract Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine and metabolic disruptor, is widely used to manufacture polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Accumulating …

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The negative effect of ceria on the propene selectivity for isopropanol decomposition over phosphated and phosphate-free ceria/alumina catalysts

. . Khalaf HA. . Springerplus. 2013 Nov 20;2(1):619. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-619. 2013. Abstract Consequences of loading level of ceria (5, 10 and 20-wt%) on the structural, textural and surface acid-base properties as well as the impacts on catalytic activity towards isopropanol decomposition on pure and phosphated alumina is described. The obtained results indicated that composites …

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Ultrastructural study of host-parasite relationship and pathogenicity of Eimeria sp. infecting Libyan Jird (Meriones libycus) (Lichtenstein, 1828)

. . Kassem HH, Nass SA. . J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2013 Apr;43(1):17-22. doi: 10.12816/0006363. Abstract The relationship of Eimeria sp. and its host fat LibyanJird (Meriones libycus) was studied on an ultrastructural level. The host cellular organelles (nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus) and the changes of its infected intestinal epithelial cells during …

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Radon exhalation from Libyan soil samples measured with the SSNTD technique

. . Saad AF, Abdallah RM, Hussein NA. . Appl Radiat Isot. 2013 Feb;72:163-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.11.006. Epub 2012 Nov 17. Abstract Radon concentrations in soil samples collected from the cities of Benghazi and Al-Marj, located in northeastern Libya, were measured using the sealed-can technique based on the CR-39 SSNTDs. Mass and areal radon exhalation rates, …

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Synonymy of the North African spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 with Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

. . Haddad CR, Bosmans R. . Zootaxa. 2013 Nov 6;3734:397-9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.10. Abstract The spider genus Castanilla Caporiacco, 1936 is presently represented by two species, C. quinquemaculata Caporiacco, 1936 (type species) and C. marchesii Caporiacco, 1936, both described from Libya. The genus has never been revised and neither of the two species have ever …

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Revision of the genus Exaesiopus Reichardt, 1926 (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Saprininae)

. . Lackner T. . Zookeys. 2015 Jan 29;(479):65-108. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.479.8738. 2015. Abstract The genus Exaesiopus Reichardt, 1926 is revised herein. It now contains seven species; one new combination is proposed: Pachylopusglaucus = Exaesiopusglaucus (Bickhardt, 1914), comb. n., and one species is described as new: Exaesiopustherondi sp. n. from Afghanistan. Subspecies Exaesiopusgrossipesberberus Peyerimhoff, 1936 is …

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Predictive control strategy of a gas turbine for improvement of combined cycle power plant dynamic performance and efficiency

. . Mohamed O, Wang J, Khalil A, Limhabrash M. . Springerplus. 2016 Jul 4;5(1):980. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2679-2. 2016. Abstract This paper presents a novel strategy for implementing model predictive control (MPC) to a large gas turbine power plant as a part of our research progress in order to improve plant thermal efficiency and load-frequency control …

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Antagonistic recursivities and successive cover-ups: the case of private nuclear proliferation

. . Mallard G. . Br J Sociol. 2018 Dec;69(4):1007-1030. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12494. Epub 2018 Oct 5. Abstract “Legal recursivity” is a concept introduced by socio-legal scholars to capture the progressive elaboration of transnational rules through policy linkages at the international and domestic levels, and the associated jurisdictional expansion of international institutions to new policy areas. …

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Species of Pseudorhabdosynochus (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from Groupers (Mycteroperca spp., Epinephelidae) in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with Special Reference to the ‘Beverleyburtonae Group’ and Description of Two New Species

. . Chaabane A, Neifar L, Gey D, Justine JL. . PLoS One. 2016 Aug 17;11(8):e0159886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159886. 2016. Abstract Pseudorhabdosynochus Yamaguti, 1958 is a species-rich diplectanid genus, mainly restricted to the gills of groupers (Epinephelidae) and especially abundant in warm seas. Species from the Mediterranean are not fully documented. Two new and two previously …

Species of Pseudorhabdosynochus (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from Groupers (Mycteroperca spp., Epinephelidae) in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with Special Reference to the ‘Beverleyburtonae Group’ and Description of Two New Species Read More »