Abstract The concept of developmental programming from a maternal standpoint is well established. Perhaps even more impactful, however, that may arise paternal contributions when single sires are responsible for breeding multiple females. Research in rodent models has shown obesity, high fat or low protein diets, exercise, stress, and drug alcohol exposure can lead to epigenetic modifications s...

We now turn to applications of our methods to real-world network data. Our first such example is taken from one of the classic studies in social network analysis. Over the course of two years in the early 1970s, Wayne Zachary observed social interactions between the members of a karate club at an American university "36#. He constructed networks of ties between members of the club based on thei...

Purpose: ‘This study describes hemodynamic characteristics of the retrobulbar circulation in ten eyes with acute anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION), in order to better understand Ihe natural history of this disease. Methods: Color Doppler imaging was used to measure the peak systolic blood flow velocities and vascular resistance (resistive index) within the central retinal, ophtalmic, an...

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