SHADOW GLOBALIZATION

Shadow Globalization

The article reviews some development trends brought about by globalization, particularly, a growing tax evasion and tax avoidance, an expansion of illicit financial flows and the proliferation of a global criminal network.The author draws attention to some new phenomena, particularly, cosmopolitanization of some parts of national elites and a deepe

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Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation

In the last few years, a sharp increase in the number of descriptions of new species of West African cone snails, particularly from the Cabo Verde Archipelago, has taken place.In previous studies, we used mitogenome sequences for reconstructing robust phylogenies, which comprised in total 120 individuals representing the majority of species (69.7%)

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AMPK Promotes Xenophagy through Priming of Autophagic Kinases upon Detection of Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles

Summary: The autophagy pathway is an essential facet of the innate immune response, capable of Drinkware rapidly targeting intracellular bacteria.However, the initial signaling regulating autophagy induction in response to pathogens remains largely unclear.Here, we report that AMPK, an upstream activator of the autophagy pathway, is stimulated upon

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