The electrodiagnostic examination provides the basis for a diagnostic workup in diseases involving nerve roots, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junctions and muscles in humans and animals.It is a functional test that enables identification, localization and characterization of the disease within the peripheral nervous system.The study was carried
Feeding ecology of stream-dwelling Characidae (Osteichthyes: Characiformes) from the upper Tocantins River, Brazil
In this contribution we studied the trophic ecology of four Characidae species from the Cavalo Stream, upper Tocantins River, considering diet overlap and trophic niche breadth.The diet of the four species was composed of adult and immature Mens Joggers insects, both autochthonous and allochthonous in origin.Autochthonous items dominated the diet o
ParaHox genes in pancreatic cell cultures: effects on the insulin promoter regulation
The gene encoding PDX1 (pancreatic duodenum homeobox 1), the main transcription factor regulating the glucose-dependent transactivation of the insulin promoter in pancreatic β-cells, clusters with two closely related homeobox genes (Gsh1 and Cdx2/3), all of them belonging to the ParaHox gene family.The ParaHox gene evolutionary history in the
The color of risk protection orders: gun violence, gun laws, and racial justice
Abstract Background Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws give municipal police officers new authority, through a civil restraining order, to remove firearms from people who are deemed to pose an imminent risk of causing serious harm to others or themselves.Despite the expected public safety benefit of ERPOs, it is possible that implicit racial
MINERAL WATER FROM SUPERMARKET VS. TAP WATER. SOME CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO INNOCUITY
15 Romanian brands of mineral Thymus water were purchased from hypermarket.For each of the 15 mineral waters were determined the content of nitrates, nitrites and pH.The data obtained were compared with the content of nitrates, nitrites and pH of the tap water collected in 15 locations in Bucharest, according to data released by the Apa Nova operat