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Assessing the Awareness of Egyptian Medical Students about Responsible Conduc...
This is a quasi-experimental pre-post assessment study utilizing an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to assess Egyptian medical students’ awareness about responsible... -
Critical region within 22q11.2 linked to higher rate of autism spectrum disorder
Abstract Background Previous studies have reported no clear critical region for medical comorbidities in children with deletions or duplications of 22q11.2. The purpose of this... -
Early childhood leukemia incidence trends in Brazil
Incidence rates of childhood leukemia vary between different regions of the world. The objective of this study was to test possible trends in incidence rate of early childhood... -
Does corruption affect cooperation? A laboratory experiment
Abstract In this paper, we analyze the nature of cooperation in different corruption regimes. In a laboratory experiment with university students in Mexico, individuals play... -
Effect of tualang honey against KA-induced oxidative stress and neurodegenera...
Abstract Background Administration of KA on rodents has resulted in seizures, behavioral changes, oxidative stress, and neuronal degeneration on selective population of neurons... -
Local circular polarizations in nanostructures induced by linear polarization...
We previously reported [Sci. Rep.4, 6077 (2014)10.1038/srep06077SRWSDA2045-2322] that the geometrical randomness of disk-shaped silver nanoparticles, which exhibit high... -
EFL learners’ perceptions and preferences of written corrective feedback: a c...
Abstract Although a growing body of research has examined the effectiveness of written corrective feedback (WCF) for improving L2 learners’ grammatical accuracy, fewer studies... -
Participatory effects of regional authority: decentralisation and political p...
This article studies political participation in the context of decentralisation in Europe. Recent secession attempts demonstrate how the demand for decentralisation energises... -
A dissipative attractor in the spatiotemporal collapse of ultrashort light pu...
Spatiotemporal self-focusing in nonlinear lossy media pushes ultrashort pulses towards a universal, non-solitary and non-conical light-bullet wave state defined by the medium... -
Ultrasmall spot size scanning laser ophthalmoscopy
An ultrasmall spot size scanning laser ophthalmoscope has been developed that employs an annular aberration-corrected incident beam to increase the effective numerical aperture... -
Instrumental conditioning for food reinforcement in the spontaneously hyperte...
Abstract Background The spontaneously hypertensive rat is thought to show good validity as a model of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in part because of impaired... -
Inhibition of RNA polymerase II allows controlled mobilisation of retrotransp...
Abstract Background Retrotransposons play a central role in plant evolution and could be a powerful endogenous source of genetic and epigenetic variability for crop breeding. To... -
Brazilian Undergraduate Students’ Conceptions on the Origins of Human Social ...
Abstract Students’ conceptions on the origins of human social behavior are poorly understood. The aim of this research was to quantitatively evaluate the conceptions on the... -
Shoaling promotes place over response learning but does not facilitate indivi...
Abstract Background Flexible spatial memory, such as â placeâ learning, is an important adaptation to assist successful foraging and to avoid predation and is thought to be... -
Taking cues on multidimensional issues: the case of attitudes toward immigration
What determines popular attitudes toward immigration? Recent work emphasises the importance of education rather than economic or labour market factors. Missing from this work,... -
Structured illumination behind turbid media
In turbid media, light gets multiply scattered to an extent that all the information of its propagation is scrambled over a characteristic distance called the transport mean... -
What incentives increase data sharing in health and medical research? A syste...
Abstract Background The foundation of health and medical research is data. Data sharing facilitates the progress of research and strengthens science. Data sharing in research is... -
Encoding multipolar polarization patterns by optical poling in polymers: towa...
We demonstrate spatially resolved polarization encoding of nonlinear information by all-optical poling of photoisomerizable and nonlinear molecules in polymer films. The second... -
High-resolution monitoring from birth to sexual maturity of a male reef manta...
Abstract Background In this study, we report the first case of a male reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi, becoming sexually mature in captivity and present its reproductive... -
Interaction between cytochrome P450 2A6 and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase gene...
Abstract Background Although some effects of gene–gene interactions on nicotine–dopamine metabolism for smoking behavior have been reported, polymorphisms of cytochrome P450...
