Although the restorative benefits of nature are widely acknowledged, there is a limited understanding of the attributes of natural environments that are fundamental to restorative experiences. Faced with growing human populations and a greater awareness of the wellbeing benefits natural environments provide, park agencies and planners are increasingly challenged with balancing human and ecologi...

Fan aggression in football (soccer) is a societal problem that affects many countries worldwide. However, to date, most studies use an epidemiological or survey approach to explain football fan aggression. This study used a controlled laboratory study to advance a model of predictors for fan aggression. To do so, football fans (n = 74) saw a match summary in which their favorite team lost again...

On the 800th anniversary of the publication of Liber Abaci, I wish to draw the attention of the reader to some of my favorite facts about Fibonacci numbers concerning squares, multiples of squares and powerful numbers amongst the Fibonacci numbers.

This paper consists essentially of two parts. In the first one, we make a short introduction to traditional and modern Catalan cooking. In the second one, we provide a short list of my favorite restaurants.

BACKGROUND Pear (Pyrus spp.) is a popular fruit that is commercially cultivated in most temperate regions. In fruits, sugar metabolism and accumulation are important factors for fruit organoleptic quality. Post-harvest ripening is a special feature of 'Red Clapp's Favorite'. RESULTS In this study, transcriptome sequencing based on the Illumina platform generated 23.8 - 35.8 million unigenes o...

The sensory properties of food which can lead to a decrease in the pleasantness of that food after it is eaten, and to enhanced food intake if that property of the food is changed by successive presentation of different foods, were investigated. After eating chocolates of one color the pleasantness of the taste of the eaten color declined more than of the non-eaten colors, although these chocol...

Bacteria are present everywhere—all around and within us. Are you scared of them? Do not be, because most bacteria are actually good for us. Only a small number of them can occasionally cause infections, making us sick. Bacteria cause infections by dividing quickly inside the human body, that is, by the process of one cell dividing into two cells at a fast pace. To fuel growth and division, bac...

Previous research suggests that preschool-aged children use novel information about talkers’ preferences (e.g. favorite colors) to guide on-line language processing. But can children encode information about talkers while simultaneously learning new words, and if so, how is talker information encoded? In five experiments, children learned pairs of early-overlapping words (geeb, geege); a partic...

Aberrant activation of Notch signaling pathway has been correlated with high grade ovarian carcinoma and carcinogenesis. However, the predictive and prognostic values of Notch signaling pathway in ovarian cancer patients remains unclear. We utilize "The Kaplan-Meier plotter" (KM plotter) background database to access the prognostic values including overall survival (OS), progression-free surviv...

The amazing regenerative abilities of the giant ciliate Stentor coeruleus made it a favorite subject for classical embryologists. Now, its genome has been sequenced, enabling renewed experimental study and revealing unexpected surprises in mRNA splicing and the genetic code.