There could be multiple proximate causes for fluorescence in response to blue or ultra-violet wavelengths within amphibians and the exact mechanisms that produce biofluorescence in these vertebrates require further study. Biofluorescence associated with bold colors could be the result of both chemical and structural elements of the amphibian dermal chromatophore unit24. Some pigments, like pterins […] More
Morphological characteristics of rice seedlings On D10 (the 10th day after sowing), rice seedlings in the M treatment (ramie fiber nonwoven film present) were 12.7% shorter than seedlings in the NM treatment group (not using the film). By D20 (the 20th day after sowing), rice seedlings in the M treatment group were still shorter than […] More
Study area The study area is the central Hunan hilly soil conservation and living environmental protection section (V-4-6-tr), which is one of the 117 sections in the soil and water conservation regionalization scheme, and belongs to the secondary regionalization south Yangtze River hilly subregion (V-4), with the primary regionalization being the South China red soil […] More
Antimicrobial effect of leather treated at the stage of fatliquoring When assessing antimicrobial effect of leather fatliquored with oregano oil (3%) after one month, a very good antimicrobial activity of the leather was confirmed by considerable zones of growth inhibition for mould Scopulariopsis brevicaulis (>32 mm), yeasts Candida albicans (16 mm), bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis […] More
NEWS ROUND-UP 26 February 2020 The latest science news, in brief. Masked palm civets sold in markets in China were linked to the SARS outbreak in 2002.Credit: Matthew Maran/NPL China bans eating of wild animals China’s top law-making body has banned the eating of wild-animal meat in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, which has […] More
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1. Wasser, S. P. Reishi or ling zhi (Ganoderma lucidum). Encyclopedia of dietary supplements 1, 603–622 (2005). Google Scholar 2. Boh, B., Berovic, M., Zhang, J. & Zhi-Bin, L. Ganoderma lucidum and its pharmaceutically active compounds. Biotechnol. Annu. Rev. 13, 265–301 (2007). 3. Qin, L. H., Wang, C., Qin, L. W., Liang, Y. F. & […] More
Data collection An online owner-filled questionnaire was designed to collect information on canine behaviour in a pet dog population17. The questionnaire was divided into seven main sections based on different behavioural traits, including fear of dogs, strangers, and novel situations (labelled as ‘fear’); aggression toward human family members and strangers (labelled as ‘aggression’); fear of […] More
