7°, they become longer and thinner. In this article, we use straightforward functional demonstrators to show how insights into functional principles from living nature can be transferred into plant-inspired actuators with linear or asymmetric deformation.The SPL2 protein is an E3 ubiquitin ligase of unknown function. It is one of only three types…[Read more]

A behavioral economic approach to cannabis misuse emphasizes a crucial role of high drug demand (i.e., reinforcing value), which may be measured using a marijuana purchase task (MPT). The multiple indices from this measure have been associated with cannabis misuse, but somewhat inconsistently, possibly because of task variability across studies.…[Read more]

Thus, in patients with an ARSA, attention should be paid to catheterization to avoid injuring the KD. CT angiography of the aortic arch might be considered before endovascular treatment.We report two rare cases of late-onset brain edema after craniotomy for clipping or coating of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, possibly due to an allergic…[Read more]

Defining poverty in terms of multi-dimensional deprivations in wellbeing enables a nuanced analysis of the unequal impacts of COVID-19 mitigation policies that can be used to improve policymaking.

Many medical disorders may contribute to adolescent psychoses. Although guidelines for thorough organicity investigations (OI) exist, their…[Read more]

The associations between the patterns and the health outcomes were independent of BMI and were the result of a direct effect of diet at 2y, an indirect effect of diet at 2y through diet at 8y or a combination between both pathways.

dietary patterns acquired in early life, persisting to later childhood, were associated with cardiometabolic…[Read more]

7% at last follow-up. One patient died of pituitary carcinoma. Post-surgical cortisol drop (p = 0.004), tumor detection at MRI (p = 0.03) and size  less then  1 cm (p = 0.045) increased the chance of disease remission; cavernous sinus invasion was a negative predictor of outcome (p = 0.002). Twenty-seven patients developed diabetes insipidus…[Read more]

An accurate differential diagnosis between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and non-AD dementia is of paramount importance to study disease mechanisms, define prognosis, and select patients for disease-specific treatments. The purpose of the present review is to describe the most recent neuroimaging studies in Lewy body disease spectrum (LBDS), focusing…[Read more]

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by adverse physical function. Mechanical muscle power describes the product of muscular force and velocity of contraction. In CKD, the role of mechanical muscle power is poorly understood and often overlooked as a target in rehabilitation. The aims of this study were to investigate the association of…[Read more]

Functional brain network (FBN) provides an effective biomarker for understanding brain activation patterns and a diagnostic criterion for neurodegenerative diseases detections. Unfortunately, it remains challenges to estimate the biologically meaningful or discriminative FBNs accurately, because of the poor quality of functional magnetic resonance…[Read more]

Knockdown of Jag1 in mouse LE significantly impaired blastocyst implantation. We identified ten genes (related to tight junction, infertility, and cell adhesion) that were differentially expressed by Jag1 knockdown in LE in mice. Further analysis of the tight junction family members in both species revealed that JAG1 altered the expression of…[Read more]

Women also view lobola as offering a sense of security amidst the uncertainty of the local political economy and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We conclude that the way women incorporate lobola into their desires and plans reflects tension between the expectations and aspirations of “modern” women in a post-apartheid context in which rights feature…[Read more]