Among the most popular reasons that people feed wild birds is that they want to help birds. The extent to which supplemental food helps birds, however, is not well established. From spring 2011 to spring 2014, we examined how feeding of wild birds influences the health of individual birds at forested sites in central Illinois, USA. Specifically, we compared three forested sites where we provide...

Supplementary Materials and Methods A total of 236 psoriasis cases of all Chinese Han origin, including 62 with GPP, 174 with PsV and 365 controls, were recruited in our study ( Table 1s). Individuals in the PsV group had at least two psoriatic scales or a single scale occupying at least 1% of the total body surface outside the scalp, and all had a history of psoriasis at least 10 years. All pa...

The International Headache Genetics Consortium (IHGC) study collected 23 285 cases with migraine and 95 425 controls from 29 studies for a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data. For a subset of the cohorts sufficiently detailed phenotype information was available to allow subclassification into either of the two migraine subtypes, migraine with aura (5 118 cases versus 74 239 controls) ...

cDNA Cloning and Structure of the Mouse Rictor Gene A 867 bp rictor cDNA fragment was originally obtained as mouse homologue of the pianissimo gene of Dictyostelium (Chen et al., 1997) during a search for genes that were preferentially expressed in the insulinoma-derived cells. Using this cDNA fragment as a probe, additional rictor cDNA fragments were isolated from a pituitary corticotroph AtT2...

interaction of floral pigments with metal ions can alter the final color of the petals. metal ions can affect stability of flowers final color by altering vacuolar ph and activity of enzymes involved in biosynthesis, destruction, accumulation and transition of pigments. in this study, contents of metal ions of petal tissue and their relationships with parameters of petal color analyzed and comp...

Four experiments involving 448 crossbred pigs have been conducted to determine the supplemental salt needs of growing-finishing swine fed conventional corn-soybean meal diets. In the various trials, supplemental salt levels ranging from 0 to 1.0% of the diet were fed to pigs from 40 to 60 lb (18 to 27 kg) to 210 to 220 lb (95 to 100 kg). Pigs fed supplemental salt (.1 to 1.0%) gained significan...

Individual unstimulated GH4C1 cells exhibited spontaneous dynamic fluctuations in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Either chelation of extracellular Ca2+ with EGTA or treatment with nifedipine inhibited spontaneous [Ca2+]i fluctuations, indicating that the [Ca2+]i profile was dependent on the entry of extracellular Ca2+ via voltage-operated Ca2+ channels (VOCC). Spontaneous [Ca2+]i ...

Objective(s): Activation of acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a) is responsible for tissue injury caused by acidosis in nervous systems. But its physiological and pathological roles in nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs) are unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate whether ASIC1a regulates the survival of NPCs in the acidic environment of degenerated discs. Materials and Methods: NPCs were i...