This document is the formal definition of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (“CIDOC CRM”), an event-centric model which facilitates the integration, mediation and interchange of heterogeneous cultural-historical information by providing a semantic representation appropriate to the accurate representation of the interconnection of facts related to past human activities of all kinds, to their material and intellectual context and to cultural heritage objects through time and space. The CRM is the culmination of more than two...

This Handbook has been developed in the framework of the ThinkNature project. Its main objective is to gather and promote state-of-the-art knowledge regarding Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), comprising a comprehensive guide to all relevant actors. To this end, each aspect of NBS is investigated, from project development to financing and policy making, and is presented in a concise and comprehensive way, in order to be easily understandable. Specifically, the Handbook is highly recommended to all stakeholder...

Wolbachia manipulates insect host biology through a variety of means that result in elevated fitness of infected females, enhancing its own transmission. A Wolbachia strain (wInn) naturally infecting D. innubila induces male-killing, while native strains of D. melanogaster and D. simulans usually induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). In this study, we transferred wInn to D. melanogaster and D. simulans by embryonic microinjection, expecting conservation of the male-killing phenotype to the novel hosts, which are more suitable...