Synaptic vesicle exo- and endocytosis are usually driven by neuronal activity but can also occur spontaneously. The identity and differences between vesicles supporting evoked and spontaneous neurotransmission remain highly debated. Here we combined nanometer-resolution imaging with a transient motion analysis approach to examine the dynamics of individual synaptic vesicles in hippocampal termi...

Our study evaluates the public funded programme “Innovationsforen” supporting young innovation networks in the Neue Länder at their very beginning. We obtain insights in early network formation processes influenced by public funding and consulting and study the relationship between network characteristics before and after the funding. Through this the study provides insights in the short and lo...

Human visual cortex comprises many visual field maps organized into clusters. A standard organization separates visual maps into 2 distinct clusters within ventral and dorsal cortex. We combined fMRI, diffusion MRI, and fiber tractography to identify a major white matter pathway, the vertical occipital fasciculus (VOF), connecting maps within the dorsal and ventral visual cortex. We use a model...

The present study is aimed at assessing the state of national identity among female students of Ahwaz Islamic Azad University and explores the social factors affecting upon it. The statistical society consisted of 8532 students at the three levels of associate diploma undergraduate and master degrees. The research method in this study is a “survey” and collection of data has been carried out by...

INTRODUCTION Students enter the 'figured world' of medical school with preconceptions of what it means to be a doctor. The meeting of these early preconceptions and their newly developing identities can create emotional tensions. The aim of this study was to advance our understanding of how such tensions were experienced and managed. Using figured worlds as a theoretical framework we explored s...

In this paper, we present the results of an ongoing research involving the design and implementation, in an eGovernment scenario, of a semantic-aware system supporting efficient and personalized access to a multi-version repository of normative texts. The research activity is entitled “Semantic web techniques for the management of digital identity and the access to norms”. In the context of a c...

Distinctiveness is a fundamental part of defining place identity. This paper aims to define the identity through distinctiveness urban heritage Chiang Mai Old City, Thailand. City has unprecedented levels diversity and cultural dynamics related its intangible tangible heritage. Moreover, city in important stage being nominated as new World Heritage Site UNESCO, with city’s significant supportin...

When cells enter mitosis, they undergo series of dramatic changes in their structure and function that severely hamper gene regulatory processes transcription. This raises the question how daughter efficiently recapitulate expression profile mother such cell identity can be preserved. Here, we review recent evidence supporting view distinct chromatin-associated mechanisms gene-regulatory inheri...

Although North Korean refugees are co-ethnics and receive extensive government support, many reports have alleged that they discriminated against in South Korea. We theorize this outcome is due to the contested status of refugees’ co-ethnic identity. test with embedded list experiments on an approximately nationally representative sample Koreans (n = 1418). find (1) hold prejudice primarily bec...

Although digital transformation offers a number of opportunities for today’s organizations, information systems scholars and practitioners struggle to grasp what really is, particularly in terms how it differs from the well-established concept technology (IT)-enabled organizational transformation. By integrating literature organization science research with two longitudinal case studies—one on ...