Interest in meat fatty acid composition stems mainly from the need to find ways to produce
healthier meat, ie with a higher ratio of polyunsaturated (PUFA) to saturated fatty acids and a …

This paper reviews the factors affecting the fatty acid composition of adipose tissue and
muscle in pigs, sheep and cattle and shows that a major factor is the total amount of fat. The …

Developed in 1992, the flow-mediated dilation test is now the most commonly used
noninvasive assessment of vascular endothelial function in humans. Since its inception …

Carbon nanotubes are man-made one-dimensional carbon crystals with different diameters
and chiralities. Owing to their superb mechanical and electrical properties, many potential …

An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated
with historical examples from the life sciences. In Discovering Complexity, William Bechtel …

SYNOPSIS. Superimposed upon seasonal changes in morphology, physiology and
behavior, are facultative responses to unpredictable events known as labile (ie, short-lived) …

In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available
for medical study were those of hanged murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832, however …

Abstract Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) belongs to a family of nine transcription factors
that share a highly conserved helix–turn–helix DNA-binding domain and a less conserved …

The type I interferon (IFN) response protects cells from viral infection by inducing hundreds
of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), some of which encode direct antiviral effectors …

Previous research has demonstrated self-reports of lower levels of four fundamental needs
as a result of short periods of face-to-face ostracism, as well as short periods of Internet …