Ion channels are part of a large family of macromolecules whose functions include the control and maintenance of electrical potential across cell membranes, secretion and signal transduction. Close inspection of the physiological processes involved in channel function and the secondary structure of various ion channels has served as a basis for subdividing ion channels into a number of superfam...

This paper examines the opinions of newcomers and visitors to the public transportation system in Dublin. The motivations for this research were twofold. First, tourism is very important to the Irish economy and, as such, it is important that visitors to Dublin can use the public transport system. Second, by asking visitors what the think of the public transport system available in comparison t...

In the 1920 and early 1930s, German semi-synthetic fibre industry was dominated by a duopoly of two big players. The incumbent firms were not willing to expand their staple capacities extent demanded new Nazi government, which prepared for autarky war. Hence government encouraged other private companies, especially spinning mills, found eight regional plants protected them against incumbents wh...

A main topic at this meeting is how galaxies are affected when they enter for the first time the cluster environment from the outskirts. Most of the times we are forced to infer the environmental effects indirectly, relying on systematic variations of galaxy properties with environment, but there aren’t many examples of direct observations able to unveil ongoing transformations taking place, an...

The article highlighted in this issue is "2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-Induced Accumulation of Biliverdin and Hepatic Peliosis in Rats," by Marjo Nittynen, Jouni T. Tuomisto, Seppo Auriola, Raimo Pohjanvirta, Paula Syrjälä, Ulla Simanainen, Matti Viluksela, and Jouko Tuomisto (pp. 112-123).

Persistent homology is a powerful notion rooted in topological data analysis which allows for retrieving the essential topological features of an object. The attention on persistent homology is constantly growing in a large number of application domains, such as biology and chemistry, astrophysics, automatic classification of images, sensor and social network analysis. Thus, an increasing numbe...