Paired catchment studies have been widely used as a means of determining the magnitude
of water yield changes resulting from changes in vegetation. This review focuses on the use …

Student engagement is understood to be an important benchmark and indicator of the
quality of the student experience for higher education; yet the term engagement continues to …

One of the impediments to the treatment of brain tumors (eg, gliomas) has been the degree
to which they expand, infiltrate surrounding tissue, and migrate widely into normal brain …

This paper examines the values of the CHE principles of C onnectivity, H umanness and E
mpathy as a guiding framework for maximizing the ethical and methodological advantages …

Substantially revised and rewritten in the light of the 1997 General Election and Devolution
referendum, the 2nd edition of this widely-used text provides an up-to-date assessment of …

The ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the major genetic risk factor for
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but limited work has suggested that APOE genotype may …

Natural Killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells that secrete lytic granules to directly kill
virus-infected or transformed cells across an immune synapse. However, a major gap in …

Human calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that
maintains extracellular Ca2+ homeostasis through the regulation of parathyroid hormone …

Recent advances in cytogenetic and molecular methodologies have elucidated certain
principal characteristics of oncogenesis in glioblastoma multiforme. The earliest clues …

The effect of forest cover changes on mean streamflow is well understood and worldwide
data have shown that increasing forest cover decreases the total volume of flow at the …