Chronic inflammation of the brain during the prenatal period, infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood has a significant impact on brain structures involved in cognition and mental health (Lupien 2009). Specific effects on the brain, behaviour and cognition are related to the timing and duration of exposure to inflammation, and in some instances, interactions between gene affects and past ...

While many systems such as those from Seddiqui and Aono (2009) and Cruz et al. (2009) use combinations of terminological and structural methods, the use of extensional and semantic methods in systems such as the one by Jean-Mary et al. (2009) have been largely unexplored (Pavel and Euzenat, 2012). Similarly to these approaches, we use a combination of alignment methods to create mappings betwee...

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RNAs function not only as bridges between the genetic information stored in DNA and the final protein products, as stated in the Central Dogma; recently, RNA has also been found to play diverse roles in almost every aspect of cell life (Cruz and Westhof, 2009; Nilsen, 2007; Sharp, 2009; Wan et al., 2011), from regulating transcription and translation (e.g., siRNA, miRNA, or riboswitch regulator...

Application of various one-dimensional nanostructure materials as field emission sources has attracted extensive scientific efforts. Elongated structures are suitable for achieving high field-emission-current density at a low electric field because of their high aspect ratio. Area of its application includes a wide range of field-emission-based devices such as flat-panel displays, electron micr...

one of the most dazzling events in the atmosphere is lightning. during updrafts in the life cycle of cumulus clouds, collision of graupels and ice crystals in the presence of liquid water results in vertical separation of electrical charges and lightning. there are four types of lightening depending on the location of discharge. the first type is cloud-to-ground lightning or fork lightning that...

Syntactic complexity effects have been investigated extensively with respect to comprehension (e.g., Demberg & Keller, 2008; Gibson, 1998, 2000; Gordon et al., 2001, 2004; Grodner & Gibson, 2005; King & Just, 1991; Lewis & Vasishth, 2005; Lewis et al., 2006; McElree et al., 2003; Wanner & Maratsos, 1978). According to one prominent class of accounts (experience-based accounts; e.g., Hale, 2001;...

Published in the Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science an international journal of laboratory animal science Introduction Airway management is important for various types of experimental studies, such as those utilizing mechanical ventilation (Brown et al., 1999), measurement of pulmonary function, and the administration of drugs (Epperly et al., 1999). Tracheostomy is an invasive m...

The Vision for Space Exploration has renewed interest in understanding the radiation that is encountered during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. In particular, the focus has been to consider conditions that are relevant to the Orion capsule, as part of the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Aerosciences Project (CAP). Because the radiation is a significant portion of the heat flux, although only f...