The family Bunyaviridae is one of the largest groups of viruses and contains more than 350 taxa. Five genera are assigned to the family, namely Hantavirus, Nairovirus, Orthobunyavirus, Phlebovirus, and Tospovirus. ...

Beetles (Order: Coleoptera) as the most diverse and successful animals on the earth, comprise about 400,000 species, constituting almost 40% of described insects and a quarter of all animal species. They are distributed ...

Until now almost nothing was known of invertebrates such as wild bees in the Bamenda highland forest region in Cameroon. This study focuses on honey producing bee species which do not possess functional stings. The diversity ...

Over-exploitation through illegal wildlife trade is a major threat to a wide range of endangered mammal species around the world, particularly to the Felidae. Illegal trade in wild cats is often in the form of bones, meat, ...

Die Behandlung maligner Tumoren wurde durch die Einführung von Immuncheckpoint-Inhibitoren dramatisch verbessert. Allerdings sprechen bisher nur wenige Patienten auf diese Therapie an. Für eine Verbesserung der immunonkologischen ...

Agricultural intermediaries perform important functions in the African food and agriculture sector. Digital solutions targeted at these intermediaries could improve their service delivery while helping digital agricultural ...

Treatment of HCC is challenging and improved animal models are needed for testing innovative therapies. In particular, a well characterized fibrosis tumor model is urgently needed. Here, a novel HCC tumor model was established ...

The magnetoelectric effect has attracted tremendous attention in the past decade because it is highly interesting for applications. In particular, magnetoelectric switching allows to switch a magnetic order by an electric ...

Slavery touched many aspects of Mamluk society. This volume focuses on the role of slaves within the family, from birth to purchase, liberation, and death. It investigates domestic slavery in Syrian and Egyptian society ...

Deciduous fruit trees, which originated in temperate climates, exhibit an inactive period (i.e. dormancy) between late autumn and early spring. This period allows trees to endure the severe winter temperatures usually ...