HIV belongs to a family of viruses known as retroviruses. The ability of retroviruses to synthesize DNA using their RNA genome as a template distinguishes them from other viruses. The synthesized DNA can then integrate itself into the genome of an infected cell, becoming what is known as a provirus. Jan Svoboda, a cell and molecular biologist at the Czech Academy of Sciences, who was elected to...

Reinforcement Learning is an essential ability for robots to learn new motor skills. Nevertheless, few methods scale into the domain of anthropomorphic robotics. In order to improve in terms of efficiency, the problem is reduced onto reward-weighted imitation. By doing so, we are able to generate a framework for policy learning which both unifies previous reinforcement learning approaches and a...

The post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union introduced, at least initially, political and economic reforms simultaneously. This paper explores the consequences of simultaneous implementation of economic and political liberalisation for economic growth. It is found that democracy indeed had a negative marginal effect on growth during early phases of transition (199...

deal effectively with the increased density of the pork industry in some areas and the increased public concerns regarding nutrient excretion and odour emissions. Successful management of nitrogen and phosphorus is key for sustainable pork production to address these public concerns. For example, nitrogen excretion in the form of ammonia is a concern because of its impact on the work environmen...

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 Point of View The Cause of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis: one man’s journey. Ian M. Rogers FRCS, FRCP, PGCME (Dundee), Visiting Professor of Surgery, AIMST University Faculty of Medicine, 08100 Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia. E-mail: irogers2000 at hotmail dot com Submitted Dec 20, 2011; accepted Jan ...

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/08/2014 4:18pm Title Epistasis among genes is a universal phenomenon in obesity: evidence from rodent models. Publication Type Journal Article Year of Publication 2004 Authors Warden, CH, Yi, N, Fisler, J Journal Nutrition Volume 20 Issue 1 Pagination 74-7 Date Published 2004 Jan ISSN 0899-9007

Title: Western and Modern Mexican dietary patterns are directly associated with incident hypertension in Mexican women: a prospective follow-up study Authors: Adriana Monge ([email protected]) Martin Lajous ([email protected]) Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo ([email protected]) Beatriz Rodriguez ([email protected]) Jose Gongora ([email protected]) Ruy Lopez-Ridaura ([email protected]) Version: 2 Da...