Department of Biology, Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Botany Institute, KULeuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B–3001 Leuven, Belgium (W.V.d.E., R.V., L.V.R., A.V.L.); Department of Biology, Laboratory of Neuro-endocrinology and Immunological Biotechnology, Zoological Institute, KULeuven, Naamsestraat 59, B–3000 Leuven, Belgium (S.C.); and National Agricultural Research Centre for Hokkaido R...

1Biomedical Engineering Studies and Research Group (NEPEB), Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-010 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 2Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-010 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 3Department of Neurology, Federal University of ...

Degradation of 17 -Estradiol by a Gram-Negative Bacterium Isolated from Activated Sludge in a Sewage Treatment Plant in Tokyo, Japan Katsuhiko Fujii,* Shintaro Kikuchi, Masataka Satomi, Noriko Ushio-Sata, and Naoki Morita Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, Mizumoto, Muroran 050-8585, Fisheries Research Agency, Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama 236-8648, Department of Sc...

*Study carried out in the Setor de Função Pulmonar e Fisiologia Clínica do Exercício (SEFICE, Pulmonary Function and Clinical Physiology of Exercise Sector) of the Pulmonology Department of UNIFESP-EPM Study partially sponsored by FAPESP – Grant no. 96/10415-6 Correspondence to: Luiz Eduardo Nery. Rua Botucatu, 740, 3oandarCEP 04023-062 – São Paulo-SP-Brasil. Phone number: 55-11 5576 4238 E-mai...

Address: 1Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil, Rua Botucatu, 862, 3° andar, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, São Paulo, CEP 04023-062, Brazil, 2Institut für Infektiologie, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Entzündung, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany, 3E. coli Reference Laboratory (LREC), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary...

Environmental philosophers spend considerable time drawing the divide between humans and the rest of nature. Some argue that humans and our actions are unnatural. Others allow that humans are natural, but maintain that humans are nevertheless distinct. The motivation for distinguishing humans from the rest of nature is the desire to determine what aspects of the environment should be preserved....

Abstract Introduction Low testosterone has been suggested as a contributor to mortality and rejection after solid organ transplant. Whether therapy specifically improves these outcomes is unknown. Objective To determine whether treatment of low with associated improved or transplant using TriNetX, large deidentified, multi-institutional database. Methods We compiled all clinical data from the T...

1Environmental Biofunction Division, National Institute for Agro–Environmental Sciences, 3–1–3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8604, Japan; 2Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Hokkaido, 2–17–2–1 Tsukisamu-higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062–8517, Japan; 3Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology, AIS...