‘Two Worlds’?

: Tocqueville between Two Worlds

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When two worlds collide.

This special issue of Human Biology commemorates the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus's journeys to the New World. This historical event, the collision of New and Old World cultures, forever altered the demography of the world. As a result of this contact, the native peoples of the Americas experienced innumerable hardships, disease, death, and the destruction of civilizations, tribes, an...

XIAP: inhibitor of two worlds.

Autophagy is a catabolic mechanism that selectively eliminates long-lived proteins, aggregates and damaged organelles and is thereby fundamental in maintaining cellular homeostasis. As a prosurvival mechanism, autophagy is carefully regulated and its dysfunction is associated with cancer development. Work of Huang et al (2013) in this issue of The EMBO Journal identifies the apoptosis inhibitor...

The two worlds of higher education.

Content and Context: Two Worlds to Bridge

Networks, terminals and users are becoming increasingly heterogeneous. In this context, the growing availability and usage of multimedia content have been raising the relevance of content adaptation technologies able to fulfill the needs associated to all usage conditions without multiplying the number of versions available for the same piece of content. For efficient and effective adaptations,...