The analyses identified the key stakeholder communities involved in cockle research and data acquisition. It highlighted that data collection was sporadic and lacking in cross-national/stakeholder community coordination. A major finding was that local variability in cockle populations is influenced by biotic (parasites) and abiotic (temperature,…[Read more]

People can identify the number of objects in sets of four or fewer items with near-perfect accuracy but exhibit linearly increasing error for larger sets. Some researchers have taken this discontinuity as evidence of two distinct representational systems. compound library chemical Here, we present a mathematical derivation showing that this…[Read more]

This study was designed to analyse the prevalence of class 1 and class 2 integron integrase genes among antibiotic-resistant coliform bacteria isolated from paper currency circulating in Pakistan.

A total of 500 individual currency notes were collected from different food vending sites at Lahore, Pakistan. Bacterial population were…[Read more]

Nylon and maleic anhydride (MAH)-grafted polyolefin-based thin co-extruded multilayer films are widely used in packaging applications encountered in daily life. The molecular structure of the nylon/MAH-grafted polyolefin buried interface and molecular bonding between these two chemically dissimilar layers are thought to play an important role in…[Read more]

Affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry (AP-MS) and proximity-dependent biotinylation identification (BioID) methods have made substantial contributions to interaction proteomics studies. Whereas AP-MS results in the identification of proteins that are in a stable complex, BioID labels and identifies proteins that are in close…[Read more]

Sv, while the lowest average effective dose was found for the 5-y age group, about 0.06 mSv. The mean effective dose for all investigated patients in the five age categories was about 0.08 mSv. Variations in effective doses for the same age group and x-ray examination among involved hospitals are remarkable.

Patients with systemic lupus…[Read more]

In other disasters such as tornadoes or major floods, logistic and medical difficulties in disaster conditions and the need for implementation of a renal disaster relief preparedness program are underlined. The future role of a restructured task force in providing emergency disaster relief and the required logistical support is outlined.Kidney…[Read more]

UK primary-care referral guidance describes the signs, symptoms, and test results (“features”) of undiagnosed cancer. Guidance revision in 2015 liberalised investigation by introducing more low-risk features. We studied adults with cancer whose features were in the 2005 guidance (“Old-NICE”) or were introduced in the revision (“New-NICE”). We…[Read more]