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The Ethics Police?: IRBs' Views Concerning Their Power
Background In recent years, tensions between IRBs and principal investigators (PIs) have risen, posing the needs to understand these conflicts, their underlying causes, and... -
Tri-Axial Dynamic Acceleration as a Proxy for Animal Energy Expenditure; Shou...
Dynamic body acceleration (DBA) has been used as a proxy for energy expenditure in logger-equipped animals, with researchers summing the acceleration (overall dynamic body... -
Therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cells for hypoxic ischemic encep...
Introduction Neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a devastating neurologic condition with high mortality rates and long-term complications for surviving infants.... -
Lack of TLR4 modifies the miRNAs profile and attenuates inflammatory signalin...
TLR4 is a member of the toll-like receptors (TLR) immune family, which are activated by lipopolysaccharide, ethanol or damaged tissue, among others, by triggering... -
Community perception of abortion, women who abort and abortifacients in Kisum...
Background Abortion draws varied emotions based on individual and societal beliefs. Often, women known to have sought or those seeking abortion services experience stigma and... -
The Contribution of Nearshore Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) to Food Securit...
Fish aggregating devices, or FADs, are used widely in developing countries to concentrate pelagic fish, making them easier to catch. Nearshore FADs anchored close to the coast... -
The impact of metastatic sites in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma, systema...
The real impact of specific sites of metastasis on prognosis of metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPC) is unknown. To evaluate the association of specific metastatic sites and... -
TrueAllele Casework on Virginia DNA Mixture Evidence: Computer and Manual Int...
Mixtures are a commonly encountered form of biological evidence that contain DNA from two or more contributors. Laboratory analysis of mixtures produces data signals that... -
Torque Teno Sus Virus (TTSuV) in Cell Cultures and Trypsin
None: Torque teno sus virus (TTSuV), a member of the family Anelloviridae, is a single-stranded, circular DNA virus, widely distributed in swine populations. Presently, two... -
Low acceptability of A/H1N1 pandemic vaccination in French adult population: ...
International audience; BACKGROUND: In July 2009, French public health authorities embarked in a mass vaccination campaign against A/H1N1 2009 pandemic-influenza. We explored... -
Evaluation of Public Engagement Activities to Promote Science in a Zoo Enviro...
Scientists are increasing their efforts to promote public engagement with their science, but the efficacy of the methods used is often not scientifically evaluated. Here, we... -
How effective are films in inducing positive and negative emotional states? A...
Meta-analyses and reviews on emotion research have shown the use of film clips to be one of the most effective methods of mood induction. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of this... -
Birds of a feather flock together: Insights into starling murmuration behavio...
Pre-roost murmuration displays by European starlings Sturnus vulgaris are a spectacular\ud example of collective animal behaviour. To date, empirical research has focussed... -
Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology ...
There is a growing body of public health research documenting how characteristics of neighborhoods are associated with differences in the health status of residents. However,...
