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Diospyros barteri Hiern (Ebenaceae): new records for the vascular flora of Benin by Dassou, Gbèwonmèdéa Hospice, Adomou, Aristide Cossi, Kpétikou, Chabi Ghyslain, Neuenschwander, Peter

“…Diospyros barteri was recorded for the first time from Dodja, a sacred forest in the Commune of Abomey-Calavi, Benin. We provide a detailed description,…”
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Perspective article: Food security in tropical Africa through climate-smart plant health management by Neuenschwander, Peter, Borgemeister, Christian, De Groote, Hugo, Sæthre, May-Guri, Tamò, Manuele

“…Each year, Africa loses half of its harvest to pests (insects, pathogens, nematodes, weeds). To offset these losses and improve food security, pest management…”
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Reconstituting a rainforest patch in southern Benin for the protection of threatened plants by Neuenschwander, Peter, Adomou, Aristide C.

“…In a twenty-year effort at Drabo, southern Benin, small remnant forests, young fallow and agricultural fields were linked and rehabilitated to develop a 14 ha…”
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Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlines both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control by Wyckhuys, Kris A G, Wongtiem, Prapit, Rauf, Aunu, Thancharoen, Anchana, Heimpel, George E, Le, Nhung T T, Fanani, Muhammad Zainal, Gurr, Geoff M, Lundgren, Jonathan G, Burra, Dharani D, Palao, Leo K, Hyman, Glenn, Graziosi, Ignazio, Le, Vi X, Cock, Matthew J W, Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Steve D, Nguyen, Liem V, You, Minsheng, Lu, Yanhui, Ketelaar, Johannes W, Goergen, Georg, Neuenschwander, Peter

“…Biological control, a globally-important ecosystem service, can provide long-term and broad-scale suppression of invasive pests, weeds and pathogens in…”
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Tissue-compatible multiblock copolymers for medical applications, controllable in degradation rate and mechanical properties by Lendlein, Andreas, Neuenschwander, Peter, Suter, Ulrich W.

“…A class of degradable, phase‐segregated multiblock copolymers is presented. The new copoly(ester‐urethane)s, termed DegraPolTM/btgc, consist of crystallizable…”
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Electrospun degradable polyesterurethane membranes: potential scaffolds for skeletal muscle tissue engineering by Riboldi, Stefania A., Sampaolesi, Maurilio, Neuenschwander, Peter, Cossu, Giulio, Mantero, Sara

“…Skeletal muscle tissue engineering represents an attractive approach to overcome problems associated with autologous transfer of muscle tissue and provides a…”
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Ultraporous 3D polymer meshes by low-temperature electrospinning: Use of ice crystals as a removable void template by Simonet, Marc, Schneider, Oliver D., Neuenschwander, Peter, Stark, Wendelin J.

“…While electrospinning provides an excellent preparation method for the manufacturing of polymer fibers with defined diameter, controlling the overall porosity…”
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Classical biological of key horticultural pests in Africa: successes, challenges, and opportunities by Mohamed, Samira A, Dubois, Thomas, Azrag, Abdelmutalab GA, Ndlela, Shepard, Neuenschwander, Peter

“…Classical biological control (CBC) is considered a safer and more sustainable alternative for management of alien-invasive species. This review presents recent…”
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Biological Control of the Cassava Mealybug in Africa: A Review by Neuenschwander, Peter

“…Among several natural enemies introduced to combat the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), the neotropical parasitoid…”
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Harnessing nature in Africa by Neuenschwander, Peter

“…Neuenschwander discusses how biological pest control can benefit the pocket, health and the environment. In Africa, swarms of desert locusts are threatening…”
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Tuning electrospinning parameters for production of 3D-fiber-fleeces with increased porosity for soft tissue engineering applications by Milleret, V, Simona, B, Neuenschwander, P, Hall, H

“…Degrapol® and PLGA electrospun fiber fleeces were characterized with regard to fiber diameter, alignment, mechanical properties as well as scaffold porosity…”
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Orientational Relaxation in Electric-Field-Poled Films from Main-Chain Nonlinear Optical Polyamides by Weder, Christoph, Neuenschwander, Peter, Suter, Ulrich W, Pretre, Philippe, Kaatz, Philip, Guenter, Peter

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Biological control in IPM systems in Africa by Neuenschwander, P, Borgemeister, C, Langewald, J

“…Biological control has made a major contribution to integrated pest management (IPM) in Africa, but its documentation has been scattered and often…”
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Importance of biological control for tropical Africa by Peter Neuenschwander

“…Though studies in biological control belong to the best documented research in ecology the actual decision to release a beneficial organism is often influenced…”
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Synthesis, characterization and histomorphometric analysis of cellular response to a new elastic DegraPol® polymer for rabbit Achilles tendon rupture repair by Buschmann, Johanna, Calcagni, Maurizio, Bürgisser, Gabriella Meier, Bonavoglia, Eliana, Neuenschwander, Peter, Milleret, Vincent, Giovanoli, Pietro

“…Tendon rupture repair is a surgical field where improvements are still required due to problems such as repeat ruptures, adhesion formation and joint…”
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Structural variants of biodegradable polyesterurethane in vivo evoke a cellular and angiogenic response that is dictated by architecture by Henry, Jerome A., Burugapalli, Krishna, Neuenschwander, Peter, Pandit, Abhay

“…The aim of this study was to investigate an in vivo tissue response to a biodegradable polyesterurethane, specifically the cellular and angiogenic response…”
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Characterization of a slowly degrading biodegradable polyesterurethane for tissue engineering scaffolds by Henry, Jerome A., Simonet, Marc, Pandit, Abhay, Neuenschwander, Peter

“…The purpose of this research was to develop and characterize a novel, slowly degrading polyesterurethane. In this study, a polyesterurethane with a crystalline…”
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Materials Research in the Group of Polymer Chemistry at ETH by Andrei A. Gusev, Peter Neuenschwander, Maged A. Osman, Ulrich W. Suter

“…The research activities of the group of Polymer Chemistry in the Department of Materials at ETH Zürich are briefly reviewed. The main research areas are…”
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Niche separation between Encarsia dispersa and Encarsia guadeloupae, two biological control agents of the spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus dispersus, in Benin, West Africa by Obinna, Ajuonu, Peter, Neuenschwander, Korie, Sam

“…The spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus dispersus (Russell) is an insect pest that causes substantial damage to ornamental plants, shade trees and food crops. It…”
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Polyesterurethane foam scaffold for smooth muscle cell tissue engineering by Danielsson, Carina, Ruault, Sylvie, Simonet, Marc, Neuenschwander, Peter, Frey, Peter

“…Reconstruction of the genitourinary tract, using engineered urological tissues, requires a mechanically stable biodegradable and biocompatible scaffold and…”
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