What is a wise use of nature? This perennial issue, always controversial due to conflicting human interests, has in the last decade tended to be clothed in the context of ‘sustainable development’. The rapid breakthrough of this concept in political and scientific spheres has brought to our attention the dependence of human survival and well-being upon ecosystem supports (e.g. Baskin, 1997; Cos...

T H A T the intracellular proteolytic enzymes known collectively as 'cathepsins' may have a special function in newly forming tissues was first suggested by the findings of Orechowitsch, Bromley, & Kusmina (1935). These authors observed that in certain amphibians regenerating tail-tissue had a much higher catheptic activity than the normal, non-regenerating tail. Their findings have been confir...

Background Epileptic seizures are spontaneous events that severely affect the lives of patients due to their recurrence and unpredictability. The integration new wearable mobile technologies collect electroencephalographic (EEG) extracerebral signals in a portable system might be solution prospectively identify times seizure occurrence or propensity. performances several detection devices have ...

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INTRODUCTION Rett syndrome (RTT) is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder that presents with deficits in brain functioning leading to language and learning regression, characteristic hand stereotypies and developmental delay. Different mutations in the gene implicated in RTT-methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) establishes RTT as a disorder with divergent symptomatology ranging from individua...