Land Snail Sphyradium doliolum (Stylommatophora Orculidae) in Ukraine and Moldova: Distribution, Habitats, Variability and Origin

All existing data and most of the available materials on Sphyradium doliolum from Ukraine and Moldova are reviewed.The species is reported from 38 localities (some including several sites) on uplands east of the Carpathians, the Dnipro Upland and in the Crimean Mountains.It mostly inhabits the broadleaved forests, but in one locality Hayward SP0715

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Imperialist competition algorithm with quasi-opposition-based learning for function optimization and engineering design problems

Imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) is an efficient meta-heuristic algorithm by simulating the competitive behaviour among imperialist countries.However, it still suffers from slow convergence and deficiency in exploration.To address these issues, an improved ICA is proposed by combining ICA with a quasi-opposition-based Turntable Stylus Cleani

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Novel Infectivity-Enhanced Oncolytic Adenovirus with a Capsid-Incorporated Dual-Imaging Moiety for Monitoring Virotherapy in Ovarian Cancer

We sought to develop a cancer-targeted, infectivity-enhanced oncolytic adenovirus that embodies a capsid-labeling fusion for non-invasive dual-modality imaging of ovarian cancer virotherapy.A functional fusion protein composed of fluorescent and nuclear imaging tags was genetically incorporated into the capsid of an infectivity-enhanced conditional

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