LONG-TERM WETLAND BIOMONITORING HIGHLIGHTS THE DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF LAND USE ON MACROINVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY IN DONGTING LAKE IN CHINA

Long-term wetland biomonitoring highlights the differential impact of land use on macroinvertebrate diversity in Dongting Lake in China

Abstract Freshwater wetlands have experienced disproportionate biodiversity loss due to environmental change.The lack of long-term biological data limits our understanding of wetland biodiversity dynamics and principal drivers.Here, we combine aquatic biomonitoring with satellite-derived imagery and Blanks spatial-explicit analysis to assess the ch

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Combined cardiac surgery in a Marfan syndrome patient with severe scoliosis via lower hemisternotomy: a case report

Abstract Background Scoliosis is one of the symptoms manifested by patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS).Deformity of the thoracic cavity due to severe scoliosis may cause difficulty during cardiac surgery in terms of the surgical approach and instrument manipulation; however, only a few reports have been available regarding the surgical case of MFS

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Crystal structures of Trypanosoma brucei oligopeptidase B broaden the paradigm of catalytic regulation in prolyl oligopeptidase family enzymes.

Oligopeptidase B cleaves after basic amino acids in peptides up to 30 residues.As a virulence factor in bacteria and trypanosomatid pathogens that is absent in higher eukaryotes, this is a promising drug target.Here we present ligand-free open state and inhibitor-bound closed state crystal structures pretend play of oligopeptidase B from Trypanosom

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