WARMER AND WETTER MIGHT NOT BE BETTER

Warmer and wetter might not be better

As the climate continues to change, gaps in our understanding of how the altered environment will affect forest hosts and their pathogens widen.In some areas pathogens thought to be present for centuries are changing their behaviour.Dothistroma needle blight caused by the fungus Dothistroma septosporum in northwest British Columbia (BC), Canada, is

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L-selectin and skin damage in systemic sclerosis.

BackgroundL-selectin ligands are induced on the endothelium of inflammatory sites.L-selectin expression on neutrophils and monocytes may mediate the primary adhesion of these cells at sites of inflammation by mediating the leukocyte-leukocyte interactions that facilitate their recruitment.L-selectin retains functional activity in its soluble form.L

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Influence of resonant plasmonic nanoparticles on optically accessing the valley degree of freedom in 2D semiconductors

Abstract The Metal Table Lamp (1/CN) valley degree of freedom in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides, coupled with valley-contrasting optical selection rules, holds great potential for future electronic and optoelectronic devices.Resonant optical nanostructures emerge as promising tools for controlling this degree of freedom at the nan

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