NESTEDNESS OF BENTHIC DIATOM METACOMMUNITY IN RELATION TO SPECIES NICHE WIDTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN A LARGE NEAR-NATURAL CATCHMENT

Nestedness of benthic diatom metacommunity in relation to species niche width and environmental variables in a large near-natural catchment

Insight into the non-random distribution patterns of species in different regions is a foundational aim of research in community ecology and biogeography.The nestedness pattern, which investigates changes in species composition and abundance, has been widely used in numerous studies.However, studies on the nestedness of benthic diatoms are extremel

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Die etiek van regstellende aksie

This article addresses the ethics of affirmative action Vacuums in South Africa from a Christian ethical perspective.It firstly evaluates the Biblical teachings of redistributive justice and the implications of these teachings for a modern ethical view of affirmative action.The judicial foundation and the outcome of the process of affirmative actio

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Peroxiredoxin 6 Regulates Glutathione Peroxidase 1-Medited Glutamine Synthase Preservation in the Hippocampus of Chronic Epilepsy Rats

Clasmatodendrosis (an autophagic astroglial degeneration) plays an important role in the regulation of spontaneous seizure duration but not seizure frequency or behavioral seizure severity in Feeders chronic epilepsy rats.Recently, it has been reported that N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a precursor to glutathione (GSH), attenuates clasmatodendritic degen

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Validating the efficacy of interval appendectomy for acute appendicitis: representative three cases with different etiologies

Abstract Background Appendectomy for acute appendicitis (AA) is considered one of the most common emergency surgeries.However, emergency appendectomy accompanied with complex lesions such as extensive abscess formation is not recommended in most cases.Therefore, non-operative management followed by interval appendectomy (IA) for AA has been tried.H

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