BACKGROUND The built environment of the International Space Station (ISS) is a highly specialized space in terms of both physical characteristics and habitation requirements. It is unique with respect to conditions of microgravity, exposure to space radiation, and increased carbon dioxide concentrations. Additionally, astronauts inhabit a large proportion of this environment. The microbial comp...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa has a broad range of habitation, from aquatic environments to human lungs. The coexistence of quorum-sensing and quorum-quenching activities occurs in P. aeruginosa strain MW3a. In this work, we present the draft genome sequence of P. aeruginosa MW3a, an interesting bacterium isolated from a marine environment.

PURPOSE To determine prevalence and associations of incomplete posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). METHODS The population-based cross-sectional Beijing Eye Study 2011 included 3468 individuals with a mean age of 64.6±9.8 years (range: 50-93 years). A detailed ophthalmic examination was performed including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Incomplete PVD was differentiate...

1Human Health and Performance, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1601, NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058, USA; 2Space Environment Utilization Center, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), 2–1–1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8505, Japan; 3Laboratory of Space and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School...

It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to catch the ‘feel’ of an ancient city. What we see is either a ruin or a shadow overlain by centuries of subsequent habitation. Nothing can be deader than the models or reconstructions of ancient buildings and districts: they may serve to recreate the formal interactions of the architects but they mislead badly in recreating the living reality within a livi...

Road traffic is occasionally blocked by landslide geological disasters in remote mountainous areas, causing obstruction to economic society and national defense construction. It vital conduct disaster risk assessment vulnerability research on the road network. Based network, this study analyzed potential effects of main environmental elements. Due lack previous works, proposed an effective, rat...