THE ONLY SPECIES OF MOHNIA FRIELE, 1879 (CAENOGASTROPODA, BUCCINOIDEA, BUCCINIDAE) IN THE NORTH PACIFIC REPRESENTS AN UNRECOGNIZED NEW GENUS OF NEWTONIELLIDAE (TRIPHOROIDEA)

Mohnia kurilana Dall, Soda Siphons 1913 was described more than 100 years ago from deep waters off the Kuril Islands and remains exceedingly rare in museum collections.Originally placed in the carnivorous neogastropod family Buccinidae, fragmentary soft parts from the type lot and from several specimens belonging to allied species collected in the

The article analyzed the instrumental platforms of European and national qualifications frameworks.It was found that the European Qualifications Framework contains eight interrelated levels where qualifications determined by training results - triad professional qualities: knowledge, skills and competencies.This approach helps to compare qualificat

In large-scale high-speed rail networks (HSRNs), the occurrence of occasional malfunctions or accidents is unavoidable.The key issue considered in this study is the optimal allocation of the maintenance costs, based on the stochastic risk assessment for HSRNs.Inspired by the theoretical risk evaluation methods in the complex network, three major fa

Heteroduplex mobility assay, Antenna Products single-stranded conformation polymorphism and nucleotide sequencing were utilised to genotype human parvovirus B19 samples from Brazil and Paraguay.Ninety-seven serum samples were collected from individuals presenting with abortion Accessories - Other - Miscellaneous or erythema infectiosum, arthropathi