My laboratory is trying to make transgenic mosquitoes. We hope to find out if it is possible to decrease the transmission of infectious agents (such as those that cause malaria, which world-wide kills one person every 20 seconds) by altering the disease vector so that it is no longer a suitable host. There are some indications that this approach could be successful. Dengue-virus-resistant mosqu...

UNLABELLED Adolescence is a critical developmental phase during which risk-taking behaviors increase across a variety of species, raising the importance of understanding how brain changes contribute to such behaviors. While the prefrontal cortex is thought to influence adolescent risk taking, the specific ways in which it functions are unclear. Using longitudinal functional magnetic resonance i...

It is well known that if the solution of flow equations has regions of high spatial activity, a standard fixed mesh technique is ineffective, since it should contain a very large number of mesh points. In case of hyperbolic problems of gas dynamics there are domains containing shock waves and contact discontinuities. A moving mesh adaptation algorithm is applied to reduce computational costs in...

Let me start with praise for the paper and also introduce the structure of my comments. The paper by Misina and Tkacz is part of recent, broader literature investigating how asset prices and other financial variables can help document and predict financial stress and financial distress. Clearly, since we have faced the largest financial crisis in advanced countries since the Great Depression, n...

Waves of any kinds, including sound waves and light waves, can interfere constructively or destructively when they are overlapped, allowing for myriad applications. However, unlike continuous waves of a single frequency, interference of photoacoustic pulses is often overlooked because of their broadband characteristics and short pulse durations. Here, we study cancellation of two symmetric phot...

Repeated exposure to sugary, fatty, and salty foods often enhances their appeal. However, it is unknown if exposure influences learned palatability of foods typically promoted as part of a healthy diet. We tested whether the palatability of pulse containing foods provided during a weight loss intervention which were particularly high in fiber and low in energy density would increase with repeat...

Recent research indicates that tinnitus is related to alterations of neural networks including temporal, parietal, and prefrontal brain regions. The current study examines a rTMS protocol which targets three central nodes of these networks in a two-arm randomized parallel group trial. Overall, 49 patients with chronic tinnitus were randomized to receive either triple-site stimulation (left dors...

History taking and physical examination is the cornerstone of medical diagnosis as will lead to correct diagnosis 90% of the time. We report a case of a 30-year-old black African man with lymph node tuberculosis diagnosed one year and six months later after onset of symptoms and signs. Clinicians especially those in resource-limited settings should go in for thorough history taking and complete...