NONLINEAR OPTICAL DIRECTOR REORIENTATION IN HELICONICAL CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS: A BRIEF REVIEW


Two new species of Dasineura (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from the Neotropics and new morphological data on Dasineura tavaresi

ABSTRACT Two new species of Dasineura Rondani, 1840 from Brazil are described and illustrated based on specimens from the Entomological Collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ): D.capsicicola sp.nov.and D.microstachysae sp.nov.The former attacks bud flowers of Capsicum annuum L.(Solanaceae), a plant economically i

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New contributions to two ciliate genera (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) based on morphological and molecular analyses, with description of a new Gruberia species

Abstract Background Heterotrichous ciliates are common members of microeukaryote communities which play important roles in both the transfer of material and the flow of energy in aquatic food webs.This group has been known for over two centuries due to their large body size and cosmopolitan distribution.Nevertheless, species identification and phyl

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Clostridioides difficile toxin B subverts germinal center and antibody recall responses by stimulating a drug-treatable CXCR4-dependent mechanism

Summary: Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) results COMBO STRAW BENT in significant morbidity and mortality.We previously established that CDI in mice does not protect against reinfection and is associated with poor pathogen-specific B cell memory (Bmem), recapitulating our observations with human Bmem.Here, we demonstrate that the

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