Insect and spider biodiversity: A dataset of mountainous wetland sites in Aspromonte National Park (Calabria, southern Italy).

Wetland areas encompass a range of natural habitats characterized by high animal and plant biodiversity. Understanding the impacts of environmental decline in such areas requires in-depth knowledge of the overall biodiversity. This study dataset provides a first evaluation of important sites of insect and arachnids biodiversity in peat bogs, marshes, and streams in Aspromonte National Park in Calabria, southern Italy.

A new Hoplia Illiger, 1803 from Calabria, southern Italy (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Hopliini).

Hoplia asprumuntiana Patacchiola, Fabbriciani, Boschin & Biscaccianti, new species from Aspromonte National Park (Calabria, southern Italy) is described and illustrated. The new species is compared with the two apparently most closely related species, namely H. maremmana Leo, Liberto, Rattu & Sechi, 2010 and H.

Profiling Volatile Terpenoids from Calabrian Pine Stands Infested by the Pine Processionary Moth.

Terpenoids make up the biggest and most diversified class of chemical substances discovered in plants, encompassing over 40,000 individual compounds. In conifers, the production of terpenoids, either as oleoresin or emitted as volatile compounds, play an important role in the physical and chemical defence responses against pathogens and herbivores. In the present work, we examined, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, the terpenic defensive relations of Calabrian pine ( subsp.

Two-Year Evaluation of Osteochondral Repair with a Novel Biphasic Graft Saturated in Bone Marrow in an Equine Model.

Objective To evaluate a biphasic cartilage repair device (CRD) for feasibility of arthroscopic implantation, safety, biocompatibility, and efficacy for long-term repair of large osteochondral defects. Methods The CRD was press-fit into defects (10 mm diameter, 10 mm deep) created in the femoral trochlea of 12 horses. In the contralateral limb, 10 mm diameter full-thickness chondral defects were treated with microfracture (MFX).

Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors in Presumed Ocular Tuberculosis.

Purpose: To characterize the clinical features in patients with presumed ocular tuberculosis (TB) and determine prognostic factors of visual outcomes and complications in this disease.

Material And Methods: Retrospective case series of 35 patients (29 females, 6 males) with presumed ocular TB from referral centers in Chile and Spain between 2002 and 2012. Medical records were reviewed, and data regarding clinical features, complications, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), duration of disease, extraocular manifestations, and therapy were retrieved.