"Research Opportunities" is a regular feature of this journal that transmits information regarding sources of support for basic and applied research in spine and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. In the previous issue, this feature provided a historical and legislative overview of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), a newly created unit of the National Institutes of H...

The voltage between a standing tree and its surrounding soil is regarded as an innovative renewable energy source. This source is expected to provide a new power generation system for the low-power electrical equipment used in forestry. However, the voltage is weak, which has caused great difficulty in application. Consequently, the development of a method to increase the voltage is a key issue...

90 he German cockroach, with its long history of close association with humans, is most often regarded as merely an unpleasant pest with the potential to transmit disease-causing microbes. However, recent research has demonstrated that this insidious pest has a much greater impact on public health than was once thought. German cockroaches, first implicated in allergic disease nearly 40 years ag...

Transfer printing represents a set of techniques for deterministic assembly of micro-and nanomaterials into spatially organized, functional arrangements with two and three-dimensional layouts. Such processes provide versatile routes not only to test structures and vehicles for scientific studies but also to high-performance, heterogeneously integrated functional systems, including those in flex...

How many choice sets respondents will answer is a critical issue in how much data a researcher has for analysis. We used 66 separate surveys that ask respondents, from an opt-in web panel, sequences of preference questions about consumer products to study design factors that influence the rate of completing the entire sequence of questions comprising a discrete choice experiment. We do this by ...

Synthetic biology is increasingly used to develop sophisticated living devices for basic and applied research. Many of these genetic devices are engineered using multi-copy plasmids, but as the field progresses from proof-of-principle demonstrations to practical applications, it is important to develop single-copy synthetic modules that minimize consumption of cellular resources and can be stab...

This paper will communicate preliminary findings from applied research exploring how to ensure that serious games are cost effective and engaging components of future training solutions. The applied research is part of a multimillion pound program for the Department of Trade and Industry, and involves a partnership between UK industry and academia to determine how bespoke serious games should b...

To better translate basic research findings into the clinic, we are moving away from the traditional one-gene-one-phenotype model towards the discovery of complex mechanisms. In this Editorial, the new Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editors of Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) discuss the role that the journal will play in this transition. DMM will continue to provide a platform for studies that br...

Medicine is an applied science, interpreting evidence and applying it to real life by using clinical reasoning skills and experience. COPT (clinically oriented physiology teaching) was incorporated in physiology instruction aiming to relate the study of physiology to real-life problems, to generate enthusiasm and motivation for learning, and to demonstrate the vocational relevance of physiology...

Biomechanical macromodels are evaluated with respect to their possible usefulness for health professionals and ergonomists, as well as for applied research on the prevention of low back problems. It is concluded that in the context stated geometrically simple models, in particular the model by Schultz and co-workers, are to be favoured over more complex models. However, load predictions in extr...