We examine fields in which model theoretic algebraic closure coincides with relative field theoretic algebraic closure. These are perfect fields with nice model theoretic behaviour. For example, they are exactly the fields in which algebraic independence is an abstract independence relation in the sense of Kim and Pillay. Classes of examples are perfect PAC fields, model complete large fields a...

Motivation: The sensitivity of de novo short linear motif (SLiM) prediction is limited by the number of patterns (the motif space) being assessed for enrichment. QSLiMFinder uses specific query protein information to restrict the motif space and thereby increase the sensitivity and specificity of predictions. Results: QSLiMFinder was extensively benchmarked using known SLiM-containing proteins ...

The scope of this study was to understand the motives that lead adult women to use appetite inhibitors and to establish, from a gender perspective, how these women relate to their own bodies. It was structured around the principles of qualitative research, and the methods of data collection were semi-structured interviews and direct observation. The informants were six women who used appetite i...

We provide a geometrical construction of the unique slim dense near hexagon with parameters (s, t, t2) = (2, 5, {1, 2}). Using this construction, we construct the rank 3 symplectic dual polar space DSp(6, 2) which is the unique slim dense near hexagon with parameters (s, t, t2) = (2, 6, 2). Both near hexagons are constructed from two copies of the unique generalized quadrangle with parameters (...

BACKGROUND Research into the neural correlates of bulimia nervosa (BN) psychopathology remains limited. METHODS In this functional magnetic resonance imaging study, 21 BN patients and 23 healthy controls (HCs) completed two paradigms: (1) processing of visual food stimuli and (2) comparing their own appearance with that of slim women. Participants also rated food craving and anxiety levels. ...

In an experimental setting, we investigated whether body shape similarity between user and interface character affected involvement with, distance towards, as well as intentions to use the character in an e-health context. Users interacted with an interface character with the same (similar) or with a different (dissimilar) body shape as their own. Furthermore, the character’s body shape was neg...

We prove the following theorem: If H is a slim hyperbola that contains a closed set S of lines in the Euclidean plane, there exists exactly one hyperbola Hmin of minimal volume that contains S and is contained in H. The precise concepts of “slim”, the “volume of a hyperbola” and “straight lines or hyperbolas being contained in a hyperbola” are defined in the text.

Short linear motifs (SLiMs) are small protein sequence patterns that mediate a large number of critical protein-protein interactions, involved in processes such as complex formation, signal transduction, localisation and stabilisation. SLiMs show rapid evolutionary dynamics and are frequently the targets of molecular mimicry by pathogens. Identifying enriched sequence patterns due to convergent...

BACKGROUND Although many evidence-based diabetes prevention interventions exist, they are not easily applicable in real-life settings. Moreover, there is a lack of examples which describe the adaptation process of these interventions to practice. In this paper we present an example of such an adaptation. We adapted the SLIM (Study on Lifestyle intervention and Impaired glucose tolerance Maastri...