Abundance, production, and migrations of nesting green turtles at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, a regionally important rookery in the Central South Pacific Ocean

Sea turtles are a taxon of conservation concern and are highly migratory, exposing them to a variety of threats (e.g., fisheries bycatch, direct harvest) across their lifetime.Understanding the abundance of nesting females, hatchling production, and m&m speckled eggs migratory movements - three of the most basic biological data needs for this speci

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A rare case of unilateral diffuse melanocytic proliferation

A 67-year-old woman presented with metamorphopsia in the right eye.Leopard mottling was seen temporal to the fovea oculus dexter with corresponding hyper- and star wars legion asmodee hypo-autofluorescent lesions on fundus autofluorescence.Spectral domain-optical coherence tomography revealed hyperreflective dots in the retinal pigment epithelium a

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Insula Connectivity Abnormalities Predict Impulsivity in Chronic Heroin Use Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Resting-State fMRI Study

Patients with heroin use disorder (HUD) often exhibit trait impulsivity, which may be royal nomadic 5413 rug an important factor in and a good predictor of addiction.However, the factor structure of HUD trait impulsivity (motor, attentional, and nonplanning) and its neural correlates are not yet known.A total of 24 male volunteers with HUD and 16 h

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Human mesenchymal stem cell secretome increases hepatocyte growth factor expression and promotes liver regeneration in Wistar rats with cholestasis

Globally, the annual mortality rate due to liver cirrhosis is 2.2%, which ranks 12th as the cause of death in the United States.Human mesenchymal stem cell secretome (Hu-MSC-S) is known to reduce liver injury and inflammation.Thus, the present study aims to determine the effect of Hu-MSC-S on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) expression and liver rege

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