Sacred natural sites, as probably the oldest form of habitat reserve for religious or cultural causes worldwide, are suggested to have an important role in conserving vegetation; however, there are insufficient data supporting the detailed implications of such sites for vegetation conservation.Thus, we evaluated the effectiveness of vegetation cons
Based on specimens from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico, we describe a new genus and species of Halecomorphi, Cipactlichthysscutatus gen.et sp.nov, which exhibits several diagnostic characters such as the dermal bones and the scales with ganoin and highly ornamented by numerous tubercles and ridges; parietal slightly longer than wid
IntroductionThe mesh-based repair of abdominal wall hernias is a commonly employed approach as it is easy to implement and associated with low rates of hernia recurrence.However, the occurrence of hernia mesh infections following such repair can be extremely serious, and no clinical consensus regarding the optimal treatment of such infections has b
The death of George Floyd has brought a new wave of 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests into U.S.cities.Protests mpu63zm/a happened in a few cities accompanied by reports of violence over the first few days.The protests appear to be related to rising crime.This study uses newly collected crime data in 50 U.S.cities/counties to explore the spatio
The brain has the ability to reconstruct neural structures and functions to compensate for the brain lesions caused by bostik roll-cote stroke, although it is highly limited in primates including humans.Animal studies in which experimental lesions were induced in the brain have contributed to the current understanding of the neural mechanisms under