As environmental stress increases positive (facilitative) plant interactions often predominate.Plant-plant associations (or lack thereof) can indicate whether certain plant species favor particular types of microsites (e.g., shrub canopies or plant-free interspaces) and can provide valuable insights into whether "nurse plants" will contribute to se
It is a globally important challenge to meet increasing demands for resources and, at the same time, protect biodiversity and ecosystem services.Farming is usually regarded as a major threat to biodiversity due to its expansion into natural areas.We compared biodiversity of bees and wasps between heterogeneous small-scale farming areas and protecte
Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Western countries.It has so far been molecularly defined mainly by alterations of the Wnt pathway.We show here for the first time that aberrant activities of the signal transducer and activator of transcription STAT3 actively contribute to this malignancy and, thus, are a pot
The composite technology based on friction stir processing (FSP) can enhance the strength of Al alloys while retaining the original toughness and ductility of Al alloys, thus achieving an improvement in the overall performance of the composites.Ni/Al composites were prepared in three typical Al matrixes by optimized FSP, and the effect of in D situ
The presence of residual activated coagulation factor XI (FXIa) in some commercial intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) products has been identified as the root cause of a small number of thromboembolic events in patients who had received such therapy.Our objectives here were to design and evaluate the manufacturing process of GC5107, a 10% glycine-st