The discovery that rapamycin increased the lifespan of mice was recognized by Science as one of the top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2009. In addition to increasing lifespan, Neff and colleagues show that while rapamycin improves several functions/pathologies that change with age, it has little effect on the majority of the physiological and structural parameters they evaluated. What do these...

Karen M. Cogliati,a Allison F. Mistakidis,a Julie R. Marentette,a Adrienne Lau,b Benjamin M. Bolker,c,d Bryan D. Neff,b and Sigal Balshinea aDepartment of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, bDepartment of Biology, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada cDepartment of Mathematics & Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1...

Momentum dependence of the N to ∆ transition form factors ∗ C. Alexandrou, Ph. de Forcrand, H. Neff, J. W. Negele, W. Schroers and A. Tsapalis Department of Physics, University of Cyprus, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus ETH-Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich and CERN Theory Division, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA Center for Theoretical Physic...

[PDF] [Full Text] , September 1, 2009; 84 (9): 811-821. Mayo Clin. Proc. L. J. Hirsch Publications: The Tort Bar and Editorial Oversight of Medical Journals Conflicts of Interest, Authorship, and Disclosures in Industry-Related Scientific [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , October 1, 2010; 85 (10): 920-927. Mayo Clin. Proc. R. J. McDonald, K. L. Neff, M. L. Rethlefsen and D. F. Kallmes Trends Ef...

It is both an honor and a source of sadness that I present this first Thomas A. Neff Lecture. Tom had the primary attributes ofthe academic chestphysician.he was a fine and dedicated teacher, and a caring, highly competent practi¬ tioner of his specialty. I also have it from someone who should know that he was a favorite of the fellows. At a time when specialty medicine needs more Tom Neffs, th...

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conclusions this study has provided some preliminary evidence of the reliability and validity of the persian version of rcas when used with family caregivers of older adults with dementia. background caregivers’ self-assessments of the care they provide are the main vehicles that help explore their experiences and are thought to have a major role in care outcomes. the rising number of people wi...

background it is believed that self-evaluation can empower students; help them to pick higher goals and to try harder to realize these targets. however, the nursing students’ self-evaluation on clinical skills has rarely been studied. objectives to investigate the correlation of nursing internship trainees’ self-evaluation of clinical skills with their teachers’ evaluation. conclusions the stud...

test is the majority of student’s life and test anxiety is an experience that has commonly been observed during exams. in fact, anxiety is a vague feeling and very uncomfortable that so often considered to be associated with one or more physical sense, for instance, the empty feeling of heart palpitations, headache and sweating. the purpose of this study is to investigate and to compare the sel...

background: self-talk can be described as what people say to themselves either obviously or non-obviously. self-talk has been known as someone talks inside or quietly. as a matter of fact, self-talk is self-communication which can occur in several situations. objective: together the athlete’s perceptions of the self-talk intervention and its relationship to their performance to obtain informati...