CONSIDERING THE EFFECT OF SEXISM ON PSYCHOLOGICAL INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: A STUDY WITH IMPRISONED MEN


Decreased ubiquitin modifying enzyme A20 associated with hyper-responsiveness to ovalbumin challenge following intrauterine growth restriction

Abstract Background Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is strongly correlated with an increased risk of asthma later in life.Farm dust protects mice from developing house dust mite-induced asthma, and loss of ubiquitin modifying enzyme A20 in lung epithelium would abolish this protective effect.However, the mechanisms of A20 in the development

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The Blessings of Books

The attack on the written word is not new.It has happened many times through history, especially in modern times as the availability of books has grown so rapidly.It is most often in authoritarian regimes that books are deemed a potential threat, and the elimination of this threat a means to maintain control of a potentially rebellious population.P

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The debate about death: an imperishable discussion?

In this concise review we discuss some of the complex edges of the concept of death that arose after the notorious advances in science and medicine over the last 50 years, in which the classical cardio-pulmonary criteria have led to the neurological criteria of death.New complicated questions like the definition of death and the operational criteri

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