Aging, which is a natural process in an organism’s functions decline, present all living organisms. As we age, our brains begin to break down—certain brain regions get smaller and certain cell types decrease number. These changes are similar those seen diseases like Alzheimer’s Parkinson’s diseases. The similarities between aging these neurodegenerative tells us that the same genes might be aff...

Information on genetic variability in cowpea germplasm is important for crop improvement and efficient utilization of the existing resources. Hence, objectives present investigation were to estimate variability,

Introduction Stigma in mental health settings is described as a set of negative and unrealistic beliefs about those with illness. Authors suggest that stigma consistently underdefined overused, leading to resources toward preventing managing this problem lacking intention efficiency. Three interacting levels are defined: social, structural, internalized or self-stigma. Internalized refers how p...

Inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract are characterized by flow of plasma filtrate across the epithelium into the airway lumen ("transudation"). Elsewhere, we have proposed that extravasation from microvessels causes edema, and this is associated with elevated subepithelial hydrostatic pressure that drives transudation. To test this hypothesis, we have attempted to block transuda...

In a large social media corpus (2.9 million tokens), we analyze Flemish adolescents’ non-standard writing practices and look for correlations with the teenagers’ social class. Three different aspects of adolescents’ social background are included: educational track, parental profession, and home language. Since the data reveal that these parameters are highly correlated, we combine them into on...