This study was aimed at evaluating the possible interference of formulated glyphosate to the endocrine control of ovarian growth exerted by progesterone, in the estuarine crab Neohelice granulata. The addition of Roundup Ultramax® (0.2 mg/L of glyphosate in the incubation medium) was able to potentiate the stimulating effect of progesterone on…[Read more]

Background Inpatient stroke-codes (ISC) have traditionally seen low treatment rates with IV-thrombolytic (IVT). The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of true stroke, prevalent IVT-treatment gap and study the factors associated with such missed treatment opportunities (MTO). Methods A retrospective chart review identified ISC…[Read more]

Alloying selected layered transitional metal trichalcogenides (TMTCs) with unique chain-like structures offers the opportunities for structural, optical, and electrical engineering thus expands the regime of this class of pseudo-one-dimensional materials. Here, the novel phase transition in anisotropic Nb(1- x ) Tix S3 alloys is demonstrated for…[Read more]

ive multifractal properties may also prove useful for characterizing a wide variety of complex scattering media of non-biological origin.

The hallmark of medical education is learning from patients through interactions at the bedside. However, many medical schools incorporate clinical clerkship grading systems that incentivize time away from…[Read more]

A rapidly growing body of research indicates that inhibition of distracting information may not be under flexible, top-down control, but instead heavily relies on expectations derived from past experience about the likelihood of events. Yet, how expectations about distracting information influence distractor inhibition at the neural level remains…[Read more]

This article is relevant for health authorities seeking to ensure that infrastructure, and other aspects of development, are not deleterious to, but indeed improve, human health.The possible interplay between autoimmunity and cancer is a topic that still needs to be deeply explored. Rheumatoid factors are autoantibodies that are able to bind the…[Read more]

The described experimental facts are briefly discussed on the basis of the application of different constitutive molecular or phenomenological rheological models.Mild behavioral impairment (MBI) is a neurobehavioral syndrome characterized by later life emergence of sustained neuropsychiatric symptoms, as an at-risk state for incident cognitive…[Read more]

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell disorder that is on the rise throughout the world, especially in the US, Australia, and Western Europe. In the US, MM accounts for almost 2% of cancer diagnoses and over 2% of cancer deaths (more than double the global proportion). Incidence has risen by 126% globally and over 40% in the US since 1990, while…[Read more]