Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yield, when regressed on water needed to replenish 0 to
100% seasonal evapotranspiration (ET), generates an estimate of season‐specific water‐use …

Background Originally reported to occur predominantly in younger women, idiopathic pulmonary
arterial hypertension (IPAH) is increasingly diagnosed in elderly patients. We aimed to …

Recent findings render the pruning machinery a potential target for early treatment and
prevention in individuals at high risk for SCZ. Minocycline can improve cognition in SCZ, …

This paper reviews the piecemeal introduction of internet voting in a highly federalised
political setting, Switzerland. We trace the processes leading to the implementation of internet …

Recent mass measurements of light atomic nuclei in Penning traps have indicated possible
inconsistencies in closely related physical constants such as the proton-electron and …

Objective In diffuse parenchymal lung diseases, the evolution of pulmonary fibrosis is often
devastating and may result in death. In this study the role of CCL18 as a biomarker of …

A series of four hairpin deoxyoligonucleotides was synthesized with a four-nucleotide central
loop (either C or G) flanked by the complementary sequences d(T) 10 and d(A) 10 . Two of …

Substituted 4H-chromene derivatives are a new class of compounds that bind Bcl-2 protein
and induce apoptosis in tumor cells. Here we report an efficient synthetic method for the …

… Fresh blood was mixed with 9 volumes of lysis solution containing 0.5 M trichloroacetic acid
and 0.05 M sodium ascorbate. After rigorous mixing, the samples were filtered through a GF/…

Rationale: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is believed to be associated with mucus hypersecretion; thus,
the principal airway gel-forming mucins, MUC5AC and MUC5B, are also expected to be …