TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE THREATENED AFRICAN GENUS PSEUDOHYDROSME ENGL. (ARACEAE), WITH P. EBO, A NEW, CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES FROM EBO, CAMEROON

Taxonomic revision of the threatened African genus Pseudohydrosme Engl. (Araceae), with P. ebo, a new, critically endangered species from Ebo, Cameroon

This is the first revision in more than 100 years of the African genus Pseudohydrosme, formerly considered endemic to Gabon.Closely related to Anchomanes, Pseudohydrosme is distinct from Anchomanes because of its 2-3-locular ovary (vs.unilocular), peduncle concealed by cataphylls at anthesis and far shorter than the spathe (vs.exposed, far exceedin

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Effects of the microalgae Chlamydomonas on gastrointestinal health

The effects of consuming whole-cell biomass of the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii on here gastrointestinal health in mice and humans was examined.A 14-day murine model of acute colitis revealed significantly less weight loss in mice that received C.reinhardtii biomass by oral gavage.Based on this result, human volunteers with varying gastroi

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Adaptive Medical Image Deep Color Perception Algorithm

The existing medical imaging technologies have little consideration on color information, thus most of medical images are gray.Classical hand-craft features-based methods have obtained unsatisfactory results in colorizing medical images.Moreover, these methods ignore the deep feature of medical images that represent pathology and color information.

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