During development, the Drosophila wing primordium undergoes a dramatic increase in cell number and mass under the control of the long-range morphogens Wingless (Wg, a Wnt) and Decapentaplegic (Dpp, a BMP). This process depends in part on the capacity of wing cells to recruit neighboring, non-wing cells into the wing primordium. Wing cells are defined by activity of the selector gene vestigial ...

Nuclear power has never been free from the stifling involvement of government. Heavy regulation has reduced the ability of entrepreneurs to develop and provide new means for the generation of energy using nuclear fuel. The strict parameters dictated by government officials are based upon outdated technology, an improper regulatory philosophy, and preclude innovation in nuclear power generation....

Previous research on political orientations, which can be understood as one’s leftversus right-wing attitude, has shown that some personality factors yield explanatory power. In the current work, we consider the role of altruism – a personality construct which does not exclusively map onto one of the broad personality dimensions typically studied. Altruism was predicted to relate to left-wing a...

Based on the assumption that social media encourages a populist style of politics in online communities and proposition populism conspiracy theories tend to co-occur, this article investigates whether holds true for YouTube influencers, particularly less investigated left-wing spectrum. The provides qualitative case studies four different groups political content creators whose makes use or ana...

Abstract Societally salient issues, like migration, stimulate user engagement with political parties on social media. This engagement, in turn, is associated behavior, such as voting. Nonetheless, few studies so far have investigated the interaction between these factors. We examine how anti-immigration attitudes are In this study, understood following Through online data that were collected Oc...

In the 1990s, many left-wing parties abandoned their traditional economic policies and adopted more pro-market stances. Central Eastern Europe offers a useful context to explore impact of these on electoral fortunes that them. Although rewarded at first with victories, adaptation positions had less straightforward parties’ in long run. CHES data party ESS survey support show left obtain reduced...

dubas bug, ommatissus lybicus de bergevin (hem.: tropiduchidae), is a key pest of date palms in iran.this pest was first reported on date palms in 1966 and has been established throughout the date producing regions in southern iran since. date palm is the only host plant of dubas bug. it attacks almost all date palm varieties, esp. mazafati variety in city of bam, kerman province and other vari...

This article seeks to reconstruct the facts that shaped mobilization broke out in Brazil June 2013. Based on press releases and research carried at time, narrative pursues motivations, social composition, steps, claims controversies of movement. A prospect disputes between different political streams is also presented, particularly second third phases move- ment, a description which concludes w...