When a tree dies, it continues to play an important ecological role within forests. Coarse woody debris (CWD), including standing deadwood (SDW) and downed deadwood (DDW), is an important functional component of forest ecosystems, particularly for many dispersal-limited saproxylic taxa and for metapopulation dynamics across landscapes. Processes, such as natural disturbance or management, modif...

elcome to the May issue of Cellular and Molecular WGastroenterology and Hepatology. It has been an exciting year for the journal. We unveiled the plan for the journal at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2014 and began accepting submissions the following month. I am happy to tell you that the response of the gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic research communities has been strong and supportive....

Marzieh Kohandani Tafreshi, Yan-Qing Li, Rapat Pittayanon, Douglas Pleskow, Virendra Joshi, et al.. Smart Atlas for Supporting the Interpretation of probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) of Gastric Lesions: First Classification Results of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis Software based on Image Recognition. Digestive Disease Week (DDW 2014), May 2014, Chicago, United States. 2014. <hal-010...

Marzieh Kohandani Tafreshi, Bertrand Napoléon, Anne-Isabelle Lemaistre, Marc Giovannini, Virendra Joshi, et al.. Smart Atlas for Supporting the Interpretation of needle-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (nCLE) of Pancreatic Cysts: First Classification Results of a ComputerAided Diagnosis Software based on Image Recognition. Digestive Disease Week (DDW 2014), May 2014, Chicago, United States. ...

Marzieh Kohandani Tafreshi, Virendra Joshi, Alexander Meining, Charles Lightdale, Marc Giovannini, et al.. Smart Atlas for Supporting the Interpretation of probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) of Biliary Strictures: First Classification Results of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis Software based on Image Recognition. Digestive Disease Week (DDW 2014), May 2014, Chicago, United States. 2014...

SUBMISSION PERIOD: BEGINS: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at 9 a.m. ET ENDS: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at 9 p.m. ET To submit your abstract, view informational videos, read submission guidelines and get answers to frequently asked questions, visit www.ddw.org/abstracts. DDW-310_Call_for_Abstracts_GI_HepNews_Qtr_pg_crops_FNL.indd 1 7/29/16 10:20 AM Biomarker identifies precancerous pancreatic cysts

The two stable isotopes of hydrogen, protium (1H) and deuterium (2H) differ in their physicochemical nature. Deuterium-depleted water (DDW) significantly inhibited the growth rate of different tumor cell lines in culture media and xenotransplanted MDA-MB-231, MCF-7 human breast adenocarcinomas and PC-3 human prostate tumors in vivo. The apoptosis-triggering effect of DDW was demonstrat...