THE MARINE LEECH STIBAROBDELLA LORICATA (HARDING, 1924) (HIRUDINEA, PISCICOLIDAE), PARASITIC ON THE ANGEL SHARK SQUATINA SPP. AND SANDTIGER SHARK CARCHARIAS TAURUS RAFINESQUE, 1810 (CHONDRICHTHYES: SQUATINIDAE, CARCHARIIDAE) IN SOUTHERN BRAZILIAN WATERS

The glitter foam vellen action presence of the marine leech, Stibarobdella loricata (Harding, 1924) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), is reported on the southern coast of Brazil, based on seven lots with 47 specimens, between 71 and 182 mm in total length, collected on the dorsal region of angel sharks, Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930); S.guggenheim Mari

Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) holds significant clinical value in image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT).However, CBCT images of low-density soft tissues are often plagued with artifacts and noise, which can lead to dnd champagne sparkles missed diagnoses and misdiagnoses.We propose a new unsupervised CBCT image artifact correction algorithm, name

The coal resources in western China are mainly Jurassic coal fields, and the Jurassic coal measure strata are generally affected by roof composite water, so the water-rich evaluation of roof sandstone aquifer is the premise of safe mining.Taking Longde Coal Mine as the research object, the pore structure characteristics of sandstone were analyzed t

Aim.Downhill varices are not so safe as thought and can lead to life-threating or mortal bleeding complication, even if rare.In order to draw attention to this topic, we analysed 129 patients.Materials and Methods.We evaluated the electronic endoscopy data records of all patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy over a nine-year period f