COMBINING SURVEYS AND ON-LINE SEARCHING VOLUMES TO ANALYZE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES: A CASE STUDY WITH THE INVASIVE ASIAN YELLOW-LEGGED HORNET (VESPA VELUTINA) IN ITALY

Combining surveys and on-line searching volumes to analyze public awareness about invasive alien species: a case study with the invasive Asian yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) in Italy

The Asian yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) has been invading Italy since 2013, and it was subjected to management programs to counter its spread and raise awareness about its impacts.We administered a questionnaire to a sample of 358 beekeepers in Italy, asking them about their sources of information on V.velutina and their perception of its p

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Radiographic vertical tracheal diameter assessment at different levels along the trachea as an alternative method for the evaluation of the tracheal diameter in non-brachycephalic small breed dogs

Abstract Background Tracheal narrowing due to congenital tracheal hypoplasia, acquired tracheal stenosis and tracheal collapse can lead to life-threatening respiratory distress.Tracheal hypoplasia has been identified in brachycephalic dog breeds, predominantly English Bulldogs, by measuring the tracheal diameter compared to the diameter of the thor

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Proteomic profiling of the brain from the wobbler mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis reveals elevated levels of the astrogliosis marker glial fibrillary acidic protein

The wobbler mouse is a widely used model system of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and exhibits progressive neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in association with skeletal muscle wasting.This study has used wobbler brain preparations for the systematic and mass spectrometric determination of proteome-wide Pump to Back Panel Hose changes.The prot

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