It is clear that male and female animals behave differently, but how do those differences arise? New studies show that there are extensive, sex-specific differences in the anatomy of neurons that underlie reproductive behaviors in Drosophila.

BACKGROUND Studies from the Western world have shown that antipsychotic medications in psychiatric patients result in weight gain and other metabolic diseases. This study was undertaken to investigate whether any one of the five most commonly prescribed antipsychotics, (risperidone, olanzepine, trifluoperazine, quetiapine and haloperidol) could behave differently in terms of causing weight gain...

BACKGROUND To better understand the differences between in vivo (IVO) and in vitro (IVM) matured oocytes, we studied the chronological changes in cortical granule (CG) distribution and nuclear progression during maturation, and the competence of CG release and embryo development of mouse oocytes matured under different conditions. METHODS Oocytes matured in vivo or in different culture media ...

In this paper we address the following questions: From a networking perspective, do malicious programs (malware, bots, viruses, etc...) behave differently from benign programs that run daily for various needs? If so, how may we exploit the differences in network behavior to detect them? To address these questions, we are systematically analyzing the behavior of a large set (at the magnitude of ...

PURPOSE A retrospective case-matched study designed to compare patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) and other ocular diseases, managed in a low-vision clinic, in four different types of functional vision. METHODS Reading, mobility, visual motor, and visual information processing were measured in the patients (n = 114) and compared with those in patients with other ocular diseases (n = 114)...

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High degree of interest sensitivity of durable goods is now a stylized fact in the literature of monetary policy. This literature, however, does not provide a clear and consensual explanation for the modalities of this stylized fact. In this paper, two independent empirical models are performed to shed more light on the cross-sectoral impacts of monetary policy. The results of first study indic...

In this work, dynamic mechanical properties of three high-manganese steels with TRIP/TWIP or fully TWIP characteristics are studied. High strain rate experiments in the range of true strain rates between ~500 and 1800 /s are conducted using a dynamic torsional testing setup. All the three steels show a positive strain rate sensitivity in the intermediate range of strain rates (up to 500 /s). Bu...

In this paper we study two aspects of the decision-making process following the birth of a child: whether or not the mother works, and whether or not the couple provides the child with formal childcare. Focusing on Padova and its district (North-East Italy), we discuss differences in the strategies of Italian and foreign mothers, controlling for socio-economic status, opinions on women's roles,...