Hearing loss is a complex disorder caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Previously, mutations in CIB2 have been identified as a common cause of genetic hearing loss in Pakistani and Turkish populations. Here we report a novel (c.556C>T; p.(Arg186Trp)) transition mutation in the CIB2 gene identified through whole exome sequencing (WES) in a Caribbean Hispanic family with non-syndrom...

Inhibitory motor neurones in the abdominal ganglia of the locust Locusta migratoria were identified by combining extra- and intracellular electrophysiology, labelling of motor neurones by peripheral nerve backfills, and immunocytochemistry directed against the inhibitory transmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid. The fifth and sixth abdominal ganglia were studied in particular detail, although genera...

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), the prostaglandin (PG)-synthesizing enzyme overexpressed in colorectal cancer (CRC), has pleiotropic, cancer-promoting effects. COX-2 inhibitors (CIBs) interfere with many cancer-associated processes and show promising antineoplastic activity, however, a common mechanism of CIB action has not yet been established. We therefore investigated by microarray the global resp...

Our view of the last-scattering surface in cosmic microwave background (CMB) is obscured by secondary anisotropies, sourced scattering, extragalactic emission and gravitational processes between recombination observation. Whilst it established that non-Gaussianity from correlation integrated-Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect lensing can significantly bias primordial (PNG) searches, recent work Hill (201...

BACKGROUND Different bacteria have been reported so far that link selenite resistance to the production of metallic selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs). Although SeNPs have many biotechnological applications in diverse areas, the molecular mechanisms involved in their microbial genesis are not fully understood. The Azoarcus genus is a physiologically versatile group of beta-proteobacteria of great e...

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The discovery of the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) in 1996, together with recent cosmological surveys from the mid-infrared to the millimeter have revolutionized our view of star formation at high redshifts. It has become clear, in the last decade, that a population of galaxies that radiate most of their power in the far-infrared (the so-called “infrared galaxies”) contributes an important p...

An improvement in the applications of information technology in construction is a major international research endeavour in scientific establishments and industry. A significant focal point for this research in terms of its dissemination and the derivation of a shared research agenda, has been the working commission concerned with IT for construction within the international council for innovat...