In a recent functional magnetic resonance imaging study, a complex neural circuit was shown to be involved in human males during sexual arousal [A. Ferretti et al. (2005) Neuroimage, 26, 1086]. At group level, there was a specific correlation between penile erection and activations in anterior cingulate, insula, amygdala, hypothalamus and secondary somatosensory regions. However, it is well kno...

The present acoustic analysis of the voice is based on the data obtained from 54 singing children (19 boys and 25 girls). They were divided into two groups of 27 subjects each, with one including premutational-age the other mutational-age children (from 8 to 12 and from 13 to 16 years respectively). <> software package was used to analyse phonetograms and spectro...

Recurrent excitation is believed to underlie persistent neural activity observed in the prefrontal cortex and elsewhere during working memory. However, other positive and negative feedback mechanisms, operating on disparate timescales, may also play significant roles in determining the behavior of a working memory circuit. In this study, we examined dynamical interactions of multiple feedback m...

– The dynamic and kinetic behavior of processes occurring in fractals with spatial discrete scale invariance (DSI) is considered. Spatial DSI implies the existence of a fundamental scaling ratio (b1). We address time-dependent physical processes, which as a consequence of the time evolution develop a characteristic length of the form ξ ∝ t, where z is the dynamic exponent. So, we conjecture tha...

The dynamic strength index (DSI) is a useful tool to assess an athlete's capacity effectively use maximum during tasks. Although DSI traditionally calculated based on peak forces, the ability express force over time (i.e., impulse) better predictor of performance. purpose this study was investigate association between (fDSI) and impulse (iDSI). Nineteen female collegiate lacrosse players perfor...

In spite of the many developments in synthetic oligonucleotide (ON) chemistry and design, invasion into double-stranded DNA (DSI) under physiological salt and pH conditions remains a challenge. In this work, we provide a new ON tool based on locked nucleic acids (LNAs), designed for strand invasion into duplex DNA (DSI). We thus report on the development of a clamp type of LNA ON-bisLNA-with ca...

The first aim of the present study was to investigate the applicability of the two-factor structure (perceptual-motor skills by 11 items, e.g., "fluent driving"; safety skills by 9 items, e.g., "conforming to the speed limits") of the Driver Skill Inventory (DSI) among British, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Iranian, and Turkish drivers. It was also hypothesized that the combination of self reported hi...

Whole-brain network analysis of diffusion imaging tractography data is an important new tool for quantification of differential connectivity patterns across individuals and between groups. Here we investigate both the conservation of network architectural properties across methodological variation and the reproducibility of individual architecture across multiple scanning sessions. Diffusion sp...

The Nagoya Protocol, a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), was drafted considering classical model of biopiracy based appropriation physical samples. However, with development new technologies DNA and RNA sequencing, scientists are no longer using just tangible samples their research. Instead, they accessing genetic resources in digital format, Digital Seque...

Coastal wetlands are an important hotspot for nutrient cycling and transport from the land to ocean. Silicon (Si) as a vital biogenic element affects plant growth health of coastal ecosystems. The understanding key factors processes controlling dissolved silicate (DSi) exchange between water has been limited due lack measured data. We carried out intensive investigations time-series DSi concent...