BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to gain information useful to improve traffic safety, concerning the following aspects for DUI (Driving Under the Influence): frequency, reasons, perceived risk, drivers' knowledge of the related penalties, perceived likelihood of being punished, drivers' perception of the harshness of punitive measures and drivers' perception of the probability of behaviora...

Males and females share the same genome, thus, phenotypic divergence requires differential gene expression and sex-specific regulation. Accordingly, the analysis of expression patterns is pivotal to the understanding of sex determination mechanisms. Many bivalves are stable gonochoric species, but the mechanism of gonad sexualization and the genes involved are still unknown. Moreover, during th...

BACKGROUND The nature of the relationship between duration of the pre-diagnostic interval in schizophrenia and better outcomes remains unclear. AIMS To re-examine data from one of the earliest studies suggesting an association between long pre-treatment interval and compromised outcome, assessing the relationship between symptomatic and social variables and increased relapse risk at 1 year. ...

Several, although not all, studies suggest that prolonged duration of untreated illness (DUI) predicts poor outcome in psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. It is unclear whether this association can be explained by factors such as baseline deficits or poor premorbid adjustment. First episode psychotic patients were evaluated at 1 and 2 years following baseline evaluations. Predictive meas...

In this study, we make use of historical wind direction observations to assemble an instrumental upwelling index (DUI) at the southern end Canary Current Upwelling System. The DUI covers period between 1825 and 2014 and, unlike other indices, it does not rely neither in speed nor reanalyzed data. sense, can be regarded as index. Additionally, avoids suspected bias toward increasing documented p...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate regional differences and similarities associated with drinking and driving (DUI) in the five Brazilian macro-regions. METHOD A roadside survey was conducted in the 27 Brazilian state capitals. A total of 3,398 drivers were randomly selected and given a structured interview and a breathalyzer test. To determine the predictors of positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) ...

Most metazoan species have strict maternal inheritance of the mitochondrial genome. In bivalves, a unique inheritance pattern called doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) occurs in at least seven bivalve families. In this system of mitochondrial inheritance, males inherit and carry mtDNA from both parents, while females only carry mtDNA from the mother. Here, we present evidence of mitochondrial...

It is not surprising that every year 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer [1], the second leading cause of death next to heart disease. It should be surprising that there are also approximately 1.4 million DWI/DUI arrests (1 of every 139 licensed drivers) in the country a year with 16,685 alcohol related fatalities in 2005 [2]. “Alcohol related” fatalities defined as at least one dri...