Namesake (2013)

Calmodulin-related proteins step out from the shadow of their namesake.

Like all eukaryotes, plants must be able to detect changes in their environment and respond accordingly. In broad terms, cells possess signal transduction pathways, mediating responses to internal and external cues that consist of three distinct nodes: stimulus perception, signal transduction, and subsequent physiological response. The transduction node exploits rapid and transient changes in t...

The Namesake: Futures; futures studies; futurology; futuristic; foresight—What's in a name?

The termwe used to describe the study of alternative futures is important. Disciplines and discourses do not emerge from a vacuum but have a history and a cultural context; and their names can hide as much as they reveal. This paper examines such terms as ‘futurology’ and ‘foresight’, and argues that to emphasise plurality and diversity the study of the future is best served by the moniker ‘fut...

2009 - 2013

In adjustable interest loans the borrower assumes the risk of interest rate rising, which leads to the growth of loan annuities. Given the importance of this risk in both corporate and personal finance, it is a recurrent topic in economic and financial press. In this paper, we show that the duration of a loan with constant annuity and interest rate can be used to assess the sensitivity of payme...

Neurosciences-2013

43 rd Annual meeting of the Society for Neurosciences (SfN), San Diego " Neurosciences-2013 " 43 rd Annual meeting of the Society for Neurosciences (SfN) was organized in the convention center at San Diego, USA between 9-13 th No-vember, 2013, to foster creativity and collaboration among emerging neurosci-entists. According to the president of SfN the meeting was attended by more than 30,000 at...

January 2013