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Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are facultatively predatory bacteria that grow within gram-negative prey, using pili to invade their periplasmic niche.They also grow prey-independently on organic nutrients after undergoing a reversible switch.The nature of the growth switching mechanism has been elusive, but several independent reports suggested mutatio

During 2002, several reconnaissance speleological explorations were undertaken by the authors and local enthusiasts in the karst of Northwestern Zagros in Northern Iraq.Some of the caves were visited for the first time and explored fire starter to a great depth by the scientists, while the Shanidar cave is a world-famous site representing one of th

We use an ensemble of runs from the MIROC3.2 AGCM with slab-ocean to explore the extent to which mid-Holocene simulations are relevant to predictions of future climate change.The results are compared with similar analyses for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and pre-industrial control climate.We suggest that the paleoclimate epochs can provide some i

Background: In clinical research on multifactorial diseases such as atopic dermatitis, data-driven medical research has Ski Jackets become more widely used as means to clarify diverse pathological conditions and to realize precision medicine.However, modern clinical data, characterized as large-scale, multimodal, and multi-center, causes difficulti

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by impaired bone strength and increased risk of fragility fracture and is among the most relevant comorbidities of rheumatic diseases.The purpose of the present review is to fire starter discuss the pathogenesis of local and systemic bone involvement in inflammatory arthritides, especially Rheumatoi