A NOVEL REMOTE-CONTROLLED VASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM BASED ON HOLLOW ULTRASONIC MOTOR


Molecular research and the control of Chagas disease vectors

Chagas disease control initiatives are yielding promising results.Molecular research has helped successful programs by identifying and characterizing introduced vector populations and by defining intervention targets accurately.However, researchers and health officials are facing new challenges throughout Latin America.Native vectors persistently r

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Turn it off and on again: characteristics and control of torpor [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]

Torpor is a hypothermic, hypoactive, hypometabolic state entered into by a wide range of animals in response to environmental challenge.This review summarises the current understanding of torpor.We start by describing the characteristics of the wide-ranging physiological adaptations associated with torpor.Next follows a discussion of thermoregulati

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