TAXONOMY OF THE POORLY KNOWN QUEDIUS MUTILATUS GROUP OF WINGLESS MONTANE SPECIES FROM MIDDLE ASIA (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE: STAPHYLININI)

Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)

The Quedius Universal Simmerstat mutilatus group, a very poorly known presumably monophyletic complex of wingless, possibly hypogean species confined to the Tien-Shan Mountains, is characterized as such for the first time.Newly available material clarified the identity of Q.mutilatus Eppelsheim, 1888 and Q.kalabi Smetana, 1995, each hitherto known

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Intervertebral Disc-on-a-Chip as Advanced In Vitro Model for Mechanobiology Research and Drug Testing: A Review and Perspective

Discogenic back pain is one of the most diffused musculoskeletal pathologies and a hurdle to a good quality of life for millions of people.Existing therapeutic options Slicing are exclusively directed at reducing symptoms, not at targeting the underlying, still poorly understood, degenerative processes.Common intervertebral disc (IVD) disease model

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