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Geriatric support in the emergency department: a national survey in Belgium
Abstract Background Older people in the emergency department (ED) represent a growing population and increasing proportion of the workload in the ED. This study investigated the... -
Eye irritation testing of nanomaterials using the EpiOcular™ eye irritation t...
Abstract Background Assessment of eye irritation hazard has long been a core requirement in any chemical legislation. Nevertheless, publications focussing on the eye damaging... -
Identifying favorable alleles for improving key agronomic traits in upland co...
Abstract Background Gossypium hirsutum L. is grown worldwide and is the largest source of natural fiber crop. We focus on exploring the favorable alleles (FAs) for upland cotton... -
Comparative analyses of the in vivo induction and transmission of α-synuclein...
Abstract α-synuclein (αS) is the major component of several types of brain pathological inclusions that define neurodegenerative diseases termed synucleinopathies. Central... -
Investigating undergraduate health sciences students’ acceptance of evolution...
Abstract Background Despite the overwhelming agreement among scientists regarding the fundamental importance of evolution to all areas of biology, a lack of evolution... -
Memory retrieval in addiction: a role for miR-105-mediated regulation of D1 r...
Abstract Background Drug addiction is a chronic brain disorder characterized by the compulsive use of drugs. The study of chronic morphine-induced adaptation in the brain and... -
Coherent two-beam interference fringe projection for highspeed three-dimensio...
Two-beam interference is a fundamental and well-understood approach to create Fizeau’s interference fringes. With a Mach–Zehnder interferometer, we utilize these two-beam... -
Metaproteomics reveals persistent and phylum-redundant metabolic functional s...
Abstract Background The gut microbiome plays a fundamental role in the human host’s overall health by contributing key biological functions such as expanded metabolism and... -
How should we deal with the interfaces between chemicals, product and waste l...
Abstract Background In the 7th Environment Action Programme, the European Commission targets two essential goals in the handling of substances and materials known by the... -
Workshop summaries from the 2015 Sex and Gender Medical Education Summit: uti...
Abstract Background Despite overwhelming evidence that sex and gender are critical factors in the delivery and practice of medicine, there is no unified sex- and gender-based... -
Rapamycin promotes endothelial–mesenchymal transition during stress-induced p...
Abstract Background Rapamycin is known to be effective in suppressing senescence and the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Therefore, it is highly expected to... -
Minimally invasive microendoscopy system for in vivo functional imaging of de...
The ability to image neurons anywhere in the mammalian brain is a major goal of optical microscopy. Here we describe a minimally invasive microendoscopy system for studying the... -
Subfunctionalization of peroxisome proliferator response elements accounts fo...
Abstract Background In the duplication-degeneration-complementation (DDC) model, a duplicated gene has three possible fates: it may lose functionality through the accumulation... -
Comprehensive analysis of LDHAP5 pseudogene expression and potential pathogen...
Abstract Background We aimed to identify differentially expressed pseudogenes and explore their potential functions in four types of common gynecological malignancies (e.g.,... -
Replication competence of virions induced from CD4+ lymphocytes latently infe...
Abstract Latently infected CD4 lymphocytes preclude cure of HIV infection, even with the most effective antiretroviral therapy. The replication competent latent HIV reservoir... -
No place for /h/: an ERP investigation of English fricative place features
The representational format of speech units in long-term memory is a topic of debate. We present novel event-related brain potential evidence from the Mismatch Negativity (MMN)... -
Assessing the significance of course materials for graduate program admission
Abstract Enrollment into graduate programs continue to increase. Given major changes occurring within education (e.g., online courses and OER integration), it is imperative for... -
Production of human pro-relaxin H2 in the yeast Pichia pastoris
Abstract Background Initially known as the reproductive hormone, relaxin was shown to possess other therapeutically useful properties that include extracellular matrix... -
Improvement of the pharmacological activity of menthol via enzymatic β-anomer...
Abstract Menthol has a considerable cooling effect, but the use range of menthol is limited because of its extremely low solubility in water and inherent flavor. (−)-Menthol... -
Ketamine-induced apoptosis in the mouse cerebral cortex follows similar chara...
Abstract The effects of general anesthetics on inducing neuronal apoptosis during early brain development are well-documented. However, since physiological apoptosis also occurs...
