The relationships between an urban ecosystem located near the Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil and ant communities were studied with the objective of quantifying the ant richness and abundance in the household environment and its surroundings.Eighty residences were sampled, where 58 species and 28 genera pertaining to 7 sub-families were
The establishment of protocols Stevia to differentiate human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) including embryonic (ESC) and induced pluripotent (iPSC) stem cells into functional hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) creates new opportunities to study liver metabolism, genetic diseases and infection of hepatotropic viruses (hepatitis B and C viruses) in the co
Virtual characters are now widely used in games, computer-generated (CG) movies, virtual reality (VR), and communication media.The continued technological innovations in motion capture mean that a more natural representation of a three-dimensional character’s motion should be achievable.Many researchers have investigated how virtual characters in