An unusual specimen of the enigmatic fungal reproductive unit Windipila spinifera from the Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts of Scotland

Windipila spinifera from the Rhynie cherts is a spheroidal microfossil enveloped in a hyphal mantle from which extend prominent spines and otherwise shaped projections.It is believed to be ribavirin coupon a reproductive unit of a fungus in the Glomeromycota or zygomycetes, but features to determine the systematic affinities have not hitherto been

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Corporate image as a mediator between service quality and customer satisfaction: difference across categorized exhibitors

Impact of service quality and corporate image on satisfaction and loyalty behavioral intention are explored by using the PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling) analysis for the exhibition industry.Service quality has a significant enhancing effect on the corporate image of the trade exhibitions, and both have significant posit

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The impact of direct provision accommodation for asylum seekers on organisation and delivery of local primary care and social care services: A case study

Abstract Background Many western countries have policies of dispersal and direct provision accommodation (state-funded accommodation in an institutional centre) for asylum seekers.Most research focuses on its effect on the asylum seeking population.Little is known about the impact of direct provision accommodation on organisation and delivery of lo

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Optimizing Efficiency and Motility of a Polyvalent Molecular Motor

Molecular motors play a vital role in the transport of material within the cell.A family of motors of growing interest are burnt bridge ratchets (BBRs).BBRs rectify spatial fluctuations into directed motion by creating and destroying motor-substrate bonds.It has been shown that the motility of a mel axolotl BBR can be optimized as a function of the

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