India speeds up vaccinations as cases soar again

Summing Up Again

The editorial, “The Journal Publishing: Never Ending Saga”, in the February 2014 issue of Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives (PHRP) has brought up quite a resonance from the journal editors, and needs provide them with more updated details. As mentioned in the editorial in the January 2014 issue of PHRP, this journal has been unique since its birth in every aspect. After 15 years’ pr...

Brown fat - hotting up again.

For a decade or so from the late 1970s brown adipose tissue was a key focus of obesity research. The concept that adaptive changes in energy expenditure are important in the regulation of energy balance, with reductions in thermogenesis as a major factor in the development of obesity, had taken centre stage. This was based on some pivotal observations from studies on experimental animals. Brown...

Monsoon speeds up Indian plate motion

Genome Evolution: Recombination Speeds Up Adaptive Evolution

Mutual interference among linked genetic sites subject to selection may reduce the level of adaptation. A recent study detected this effect using data on protein sequence evolution and codon usage in Drosophila.

Visual Speech Speeds Up Auditory Identification Responses

Auditory speech perception is more accurate when combined with visual speech. Recent ERP studies suggest that visual speech helps 'predict' which phoneme will be heard via feedback from visual to auditory areas, with more visual salient articulations associated with greater facilitation. Two experiments tested this hypothesis with a speeded auditory identification measure. Stimuli consisted of ...