“Focusing on tempting situations in which cheating allows serving one’s self-interest, we suggest that cheating is an automatic tendency and that the need for justification matters only when people have time to deliberate” (Shalvi et al., 2012; p. 1264). Foerster et al. (2013) challenged this proposition. Here, we review their critique and propose that their findings do not contradict, but rath...

Background: The lipid sensitivity of the prokaryotic pentameric ligand-gated ion channel (pLGIC), GLIC, is poorly characterized. Results: GLIC is more thermally stable and does not exhibit the same propensity to adopt an uncoupled conformation as the Torpedo nAChR. Conclusions: GLIC is less sensitive to its surrounding membrane environment. Significance: The GLIC and nAChR structures suggest mo...

Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most commonly-encountered malignant tumors in the world (Abdelgawad et al., 2013; Berk et al., 2013; Chittmittrapap et al., 2013; Gupta et al., 2013; Norsa’adah et al., 2013; Hao et al., 2013; Zekri et al., 2013; Zhu et al., 2013; Cai et al., 2014; El Kassas et al., 2014; Fan et al., 2014; Ji et al., 2014; Jeng et al., 2014; Li et al., 2014; ...

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in women worldwide (Kumar et al., 2011), with an estimation of 225,500 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 140,200 deaths in 2008 (Lowe et al., 2013). Several risk factors of ovarian cancer have already been identified, such as parity (Pasalich et al., 2013), never breastfeeding (Luan et al., 2013), endometriosis (Vargas-H...

In summer 2013, phytobenthos and periphyton cyanobacterial samples were collected from Sirch hot springs which are located in 50 Km of southeast of Kerman city (Iran) with coordinates of 30° 09´ 44˝ N and 57° 35´ 50.0˝ E (Fig. 1A). Aphanocapsa rivularis, A. delicatissima are new species for Iran flora. The species of Aphanocapsa genera which have been reported previously from Iran are: Aphanoca...

Although it is well established that exercise training conditions the vasculature (Joyner and Green, 2009), the status of arterial function in long-term trained subjects (i.e., athletes, ATH) has been recently disputed (Green, 2013; Montero et al., 2013). The controversy arose as to whether vasodilator function was enhanced in ATH compared with untrained healthy peers (Green et al., 2013). This...

Tobacco use remains responsible for being one of the largest contributors to premature death, causing millions of deaths worldwide every year (World Health Organization, 2002; Thun et al., 2010). Both smoked and smokeless, forms of tobacco are associated with increased risk of chronic and terminal diseases (Critchley et al., 2003; Gupta et al., 2003; Nair et al., 2004; Krishna et al., 2013). Th...