The road to nowhere: Loer Kume’s “Snowman"

Off the rails: axonal cargoes on the road to nowhere.

The importance of the microtubule cytoskeleton for neuronal development, organization and maintenance is reflected in the finding that mutations in various tubulin genes cause a range of nervous system abnormalities. Mutations in the b-tubulin isotype-III gene, TUBB3, alter the interaction between microtubules and motor proteins leading to neurological impairments. Niwa et al (2013) now report ...

Minirev Iew Algal Taxonomy: a Road to Nowhere?

The widespread view of taxonomy as an essentially retrogressive and outmoded science unable to cope with the current biodiversity crisis stimulated us to analyze the current status of cataloguing global algal diversity. Contrary to this largely pessimistic belief, species description rates of algae through time and trends in the number of active taxonomists, as revealed by the web resource Alga...

Home Office Research Study 207 The ‘road to nowhere’: the evidence for travelling criminals

General hospital services for deliberate self-poisoning: an expensive road to nowhere?

This study was designed to investigate the clinical and economic aspects of deliberate self-poisoning services in four teaching hospitals in Leeds, Leicester, Manchester and Nottingham. We investigated the management of the current self-harm episode, including direct in-hospital costs, in 456 individuals who presented to hospital on a total of 477 occasions with deliberate self-poisoning during...

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Northern Hemisphere's carbon dioxide emissions. "That's much more than any terrestrial plant ecologist would have considered likely," Tans said. Conserving tree and plant populations, he added, might raise their carbon dioxide uptake even higher. Understanding how carbon cycles through plants is vital to decreasing global warming. By burning fuel and clearing forests, human activity generates 7...