Since brain tissue is not readily accessible, a new focus in search of biomarkers for schizophrenia
is blood-based expression profiling of non-protein coding genes such as microRNAs (…

Background Both adolescent substance use and adolescent depression are major public
health problems, and have the tendency to co-occur. Thousands of articles on adolescent …

The rice SUB1A-1 gene, which encodes a group VII ethylene response factor (ERFVII),
plays a pivotal role in rice survival under flooding stress, as well as other abiotic stresses. In …

The effects of B 2 O 3 -doping on the sintering behavior and dielectric properties of BaNd 2
Ti 5 O 14 (BNT) ceramics were investigated in this study. The addition of B 2 O 3 significantly …

Objective— Both matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)
have been implicated in the process of neovascularization. Here we show that the impaired …

Tool status is crucial for maintaining workpiece quality during machine processing. Tool wear,
an inevitable occurrence, can degrade the workpiece surface and even cause damage if it …

Background: The purpose of the study was to use factor analysis to investigate the contribution
of a directly measured insulin sensitivity index, steady-state plasma glucose (SSPG) from …

This paper develops a Bayes regression model having change points for the analysis of
array-CGH data by utilizing not only the underlying spatial structure of the genomic alterations …

Digital technology-assisted teaching and learning is a trend in schools at all levels around
the world, and beliefs about technology use are one of the predictors to see if, and to what …

Haplotype association studies based on family genotype data can provide more biological
information than single marker association studies. Difficulties arise, however, in the inference …