Rootlets, a Malting By-Product with Great Potential

Evaluation of Malting Barley Potential for Atlantic Canada

Wrapping up Stereocilia Rootlets

The actin-filled stereocilia of cochlear hair cells deflect in response to sound by pivoting around rootlets at their insertion points at the sensory cell surface. Kitajiri et al. (2010) now show that the actin-binding protein TRIOBP tightly bundles the actin filaments into rootlets, endowing these stereocilia "pivots" with unique elasticity and robustness.

Weekend effect: a great problem with a potential solution

We have read with great interest the article by Zajic et al. [1] showing that patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) on weekends had a higher mortality rate. Recently, in a study of by group we found similar results; factors independently associated with hospital mortality were the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS)3 (odds ratio (OR) 1.10; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08–1.1...

The great potential of nanomaterials in drilling & drilling fluid applications

The continuous development of global economy with decreasing in available hydrocarbon sources and increasing discovery and extraction costs due to decrease in-situ oil and gas reservoir, displays the necessity of using new techniques for the improve rate of penetration and productivity in well. Nanotechnology has already contributed significantly to technological advances in the energy industri...

microRNAs Tiny Regulators with Great Potential

Animal genomes contain an abundance of small genes that produce regulatory RNAs of about 22 nucleotides in length. These microRNAs are diverse in sequence and expression patterns, and are evolutionarily widespread, suggesting that they may participate in a wide range of genetic regulatory pathways.