BACKGROUND:DNA barcoding enhances the prospects for species-level identifications globally using a standardized and authenticated DNA-based approach.Reference libraries comprising validated DNA barcodes (COI) constitute robust datasets for testing query sequences, providing considerable utility to identify marine fish and other organisms.Here we te
Deep-sea and ice-core records show that interglacial periods were overall less "warm" before about 420 000 years ago than after, with relatively higher ice volume and lower greenhouse gases concentration.This is particularly the case for the interglacial Marine Isotope Stage 13 which occurred about 500 000 years ago.However, by contrast,
Introduction: Abnormal uterine bleeding is the presence of an excessive and prolonged menstrual bleeding over several consecutive cycles.It is one of the first complaints in pediatric gynecology and is the most common cause dysfunctional uterine bleeding.Objective: To characterize adolescents with menstrual disorders attending gynecology clinic in
Highlights Education and training are identified as a key means of reducing carbon emissions from buildings to help address the climate emergency.Institutional, industry and organisational responses are shown to be failing in this regard.This editorial introduces the themes and individual papers in the special issue and then explores the current st
The focus of the article is Thematic Progression as a text and a genre forming phenomenon.Thematic Progression contributes to the cohesive development of any text, the distribution of given and new information of which needs to follow certain patterns.Thematic progression patterns deal with the set of meaningful sense groups which constitute a cohe