U-turns or no turns? Charting a safer course in health policy

Development of a New Jughandle Design for Facilitating High- Volume Left Turns and U-turns

Japan Turns Pro-Life: Recent Change in Reproductive Health Policy and Controversies over Prenatal Screening

Japan, known as a pro-choice country in terms of abortion, is currently facing the increase of “selective abortions” thanks to new prenatal screening. Efforts to restrict proliferation of new technology has not been successful and it is likely that Japan will turn pro-life by strictly enforcing the Maternity Protection Act (MPA), which prohibits abortions due to “fetal cause”.

U-turns on ant pheromone trails

Many ant species use branching networks of pheromone trails for orientation between nest and resources [1–3]. Ants on trails make adaptive U-turns for correcting their course using visual cues [4,5] or trail geometry information [2]. However, the role of seemingly non-corrective U-turns on trails is poorly understood. We found that a minority of ants consistently make frequent and seemingly ina...

Revisiting GNRA and UNCG folds: U-turns versus Z-turns in RNA hairpin loops.

When thinking about RNA three-dimensional structures, coming across GNRA and UNCG tetraloops is perceived as a boon since their folds have been extensively described. Nevertheless, analyzing loop conformations within RNA and RNP structures led us to uncover several instances of GNRA and UNCG loops that do not fold as expected. We noticed that when a GNRA does not assume its "natural" fold, it a...

JNS Turns Five; Toddler No More

As patrons and editors, I and Dr. Mirza had to work on few very vital issues. First and foremost concern was that it should not be looked upon an isolated Indo-Pak venture! Though in the first five years, 2/3rd of the contributions are from these two neighboring countries, the other 1/3rd valuable share comes from all parts of the globe (Table 1 and Fig. 1). We have an international reach now. ...