PARAMPELOMYIA, ANOTHER NEW GALL MIDGE GENUS (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH VITACEAE, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES DEVELOPING IN FLOWER BUDS OF THE PORCELAIN BERRY IN JAPAN

We describe a gall midge Parampelomyia yukawai Elsayed and Tokuda gen.nov.sp.nov.belonging to the subtribe Schizomyiina (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) based on an integrative taxonomic study.This species forms barely-swollen flower bud galls on Coil Set the porcelain berry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata var.heterophylla (Vitaceae) in Japan.Th

Background: A growing number of medical schools across the world have incorporated global health (GH) into their curricula.While several schools focus GH education on lecture-based courses, our premise is that global health education should embody a holistic approach to patient care and medical education in local communities.Medical students may le

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This work analyzes the opportunities of wider characterization of textile materials, fabrics, upholstery fabrics, fibers, yarns or others, which may accumulate electric charge.A non-contact way for electrostatic properties measurement based on affecting those materials by ions with positive or negative charge is described.The method allows to measu