Run-of-river (ROR) hydroelectric power (HEP) schemes are often presumed to be less ecologically damaging than large-scale storage HEP schemes. However, there is currently limited scientific evidence on their ecological impact. The aim of this article is to investigate the effects of ROR HEP schemes on communities of invertebrates in temperate streams and rivers, using a multi-site Before-After,...

Elucidating the signalling pathways that regulate chondrocyte differentiation, such as the actin cytoskeleton and Rho GTPases, during development is essential for understanding of pathological conditions of cartilage, such as chondrodysplasias and osteoarthritis. Manipulation of actin dynamics in tibia organ cultures isolated from E15.5 mice results in pronounced enhancement of endochondral bon...

To date, there is only up to 2% of protein-coding genes that are stably transcribed, whereas the vast majority are non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). These ncRNAs, also known as non-messenger RNAs (nmRNAs) or functional RNAs (fRNAs), include transfer RNAs, ribosomal RNAs, microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). With the advance of high-resolution microarrays and massively parallel sequencing techn...

Recessive alleles (mlo) of the Mlo locus in barley mediate a broad, non-race-specific resistance reaction to the powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe graminis f sp hordei. A mutational approach was used to identify genes that are required for the function of mlo. Six susceptible M2 individuals were isolated after inoculation with the fungal isolate K1 from chemically mutagenized seed carrying the mlo...

Reach Out and Read (ROR) is the first pediatric, evidence-based strategy to prevent problems of early childhood development and learning. With a start in a single clinic in Boston City Hospital in 1989, doctors working in >4000 clinics and practices gave approximately 5.7 million new books to >3.5 million children in all 50 states in 2008. ROR also has become a model for a different way of thin...

Abstract Background Excess of acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to the association vancomycin plus piperacillin is debated. Objectives To detect a signal for an increased risk AKI with and combination compared other vancomycin-based regimens. Methods Using VigiBase, WHO global database individual case safety reports (ICSR) from 1997 2019, we conducted disproportionality analysis comparing rep...

ApoA-V is involved in the regulation of plasma triglyceride levels. Thus, human apoA-V transgenic mice have lower triglyceride levels than controls, whereas the knockouts have increased levels.1 Because hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, elucidation of the mechanism behind the regulation of apoA-V is of great im...

ApoA-V is involved in the regulation of plasma triglyceride levels. Thus, human apoA-V transgenic mice have lower triglyceride levels than controls, whereas the knockouts have increased levels.1 Because hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, elucidation of the mechanism behind the regulation of apoA-V is of great im...

We have cloned Rev-erbfi, a novel isoform of the Rev-erba orphan nuclear receptor. The DNA binding domains of Rev-erba and fl are highly related to each other and to the retinoic acid related orphan receptor (ROR)/RZR subfamily of nuclear receptors. Indeed, we find that all three receptors bind as monomers to the sequence AATGT-AGGTCA. Whereas RORal constitutively activates transcription throug...