Synovial joints are one of the most important structures in anatomical studies because of their vital role in complex human motor abilities. Research related to the development of synovial joints is relevant to understanding joint regeneration and degenerative joint diseases, such as arthritis, within the human population. The synovial joint is significant to the movement of forearm and upper arm muscles to properly execute motion. While the function of these joints is essential, little is known about regenerating these joints. The goal of this study is to analyze the development and regeneration of a synovial joint, specifically the elbow, using chicken embryos. Joint regeneration is documented with the examination of the skeletal structure and surrounding supporting structures (muscle, tendons, and ligaments). This analysis showed similar organization and patterning of five of the major elbow muscles and their tendon and ligament insertions between experimental and control wings. 
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Nepenthes Alata are carnivorous plants that produce specialized leaves called pitchers to supplement nitrogen intake in typically nutrient deprived soil. Pitchers are a type of pitfall trap, which contain water with digestive enzymes, used to digest captured prey (typically crawling insects), providing essential nutrients to the rest of the plant.
Previous studies of different carnivorous species have shown that nitrogen availability affects the number of pitchers formed, with higher availability generally reducing the number of pitchers produced. (Butler & Ellison, 2007; Ellison & Gotelli, 2002; Shultze et al., 1997)
This study investigated the impacts of soil nitrogen levels on pitcher formation, biomass, growth, and nitrogen allocation, in N. alata, a species that has not been extensively studied in this regard.
It was predicted that higher soil nitrogen would result in less carnivory expression, with more nitrogen allocated to plant leaf tissue and therefore more biomass. 
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Chagas disease is an important neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Symptoms may include arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, and chronic heart failure, but many patients are unaware that they have the disease, as the chronic form can take decades to manifest. Chagas is endemic to Latin America, infects approximately seven million, and millions more are at risk. Chagas is primarily spread to humans through vectors from the Reduviidae family. The scientific community is implementing new technologies to target Chagas, including bioinformatics and next generation sequencing, which are multidisciplinary approaches that utilize large amounts of genetic data. One branch of bioinformatics, transcriptomics, is the analysis of the actively utilized genes in an organism. Understanding T. mopan genetically can be a useful tool in the fight against Chagas transmission, as the transcriptome can provide insight into the triatomine ability to adapt to various habitats or into vector competence in general. While transcriptomic studies have been performed on triatomines, these studies are sparse, and there is not yet a transcriptome assembled for T. mopan. In this study, we assemble the first transcriptome for the newly described Chagas vector, T. mopan.
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In an age of gleaming bronze and waning magic, Andel, a depressed former mystical prodigy, journeys to a settlement on the edge of the “civilized” world to retrieve an adolescent recruit for his employing order, the Tower of Mages. At his destination, the town of Southcross Keep, he crosses paths with Ilona, a youth far too clever for her station as an apprentice smith under her father; she has learned to read in secret, and possesses an insatiable curiosity burning underneath her timid exterior. Seeing in her greater promise and enthusiasm than the child he was sent to retrieve, Andel hatches a plot to spite the masters of his order: returning to the Tower with Ilona, and alleging her to be the child he sought.
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