It is important to understand the consequences of low level disturbances on the functioning of ecological communities because of the pervasiveness and frequency of this type of environmental change.In this study we investigated the response of a heterogeneous, subtidal, soft-sediment habitat to small experimental additions of organic matter and cal

Context: The increase in cancer morbidity and mortality, as well as high cost and COLOR PERFECT adverse effects of the available cancer therapies, necessitate the need for the discovery of new and safe anticancer agents.Many medicinal plants, which have served as sources of beneficial drugs were revealed through an ethnobotanical survey.Aims: To re

This study aimed to establish the fate of copper (Cu) and cobalt (Co) in sandy loam and clay loam soils that had been irrigated with increasing concentrations of contaminated water.A sequential extraction procedure was used to determine the fractions of Cu and Co in these soils.The concentration of bioavailable Cu and Co on clay loam was 1.7 times

As part Ski de fond - Enfant - Bottes - Classic of a sea turtle health monitoring program on the central east coast of Queensland, Australia, stranded and sick green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) were subjected to necropsy and histopathology.A subset of these turtles had myocarditis of varying severity, which could not be attributed to parasitism by

Maurie MarkmanUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USAAbstract: Both pre-clinical studies and phase 1–2 clinical trials have provided strong support for the potential role of regional drug delivery in the management of epithelial ovarian cancer, a disease process whose major manifestations remain largely localize