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Inflammation in stroke: the role of cholinergic, purinergic and glutamatergic signaling
(2018-05-04)
The inflammatory response is a major factor in stroke pathophysiology and contributes to secondary neuronal damage in both acute and chronic stages of the ischemic injury. Recent work in experimental cerebral ischemia has ...
Study Of The Soluble Salts Formation In A Recently Restored House Of Pompeii By In-Situ Raman Spectroscopy
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018-01-25)
The walls and mural paintings of Pompeii exposed directly to the rainfalls are the most impacted in view of the observed decay. However, there are also wall paintings in protected rooms showing evidences of decaying. The ...
Membrane Repair Mechanisms against Permeabilization by Pore-Forming Toxins
(MDPI, 2018-06-09)
Permeabilization of the plasma membrane represents an important threat for any cell, since it compromises its viability by disrupting cell homeostasis. Numerous pathogenic bacteria produce pore-forming toxins that break ...
Monitoring Athletes During Training Camps: Observations and Translatable Strategies from Elite Road Cyclists and Swimmers
(MDPI, 2018-07-20)
Monitoring is an essential yet unstandardized component of managing athletic preparation. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the typical measurements and responses observed from monitoring elite road ...
Antifungal Activity of the Human Uterine Cervical Stem Cells Conditioned Medium (hUCESC-CM) Against Candida albicans and Other Medically Relevant Species of Candida
(Frontiers Media, 2018-11-21)
Candidiasis is a major cause of human morbidity and mortality. Human uterine cervical stem cells conditioned medium (hUCESC-CM) is obtained from stromal stem cells of the cervical transformation zone, which are in permanent ...
Spatial Distribution of Biomass and Woody Litter for Bio-Energy in Biscay (Spain)
(MDPI, 2018-05)
Forest management has been considered a subject of interest, because they act as carbon (C) sinks to mitigate CO2 emissions and also as producers of woody litter (WL) for bio-energy. Overall, a sustainably managed system ...
Visual Outcomes and Management After Corneal Refractive Surgery: a Review
(Elsevier, 2018-06)
Corneal refractive surgery procedures are widely performed to permanently correct refractive errors. Overall, refractive surgeries are safe, predictable and present high rates of satisfaction. Nevertheless, the induced ...
Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Most Frequent Cholesterol Metabolism Disorder Caused Disease
(MDPI, 2018-11-01)
Cholesterol is an essential component of cell barrier formation and signaling transduction involved in many essential physiologic processes. For this reason, cholesterol metabolism must be tightly controlled. Cell cholesterol ...
How Do We Create Experiences for Students That Connect with What They Care About?
(MDPI, 2018-10-26)
The main aim of this work is to describe the process by which some students, participating in a teaching experiment, recreate with guidance material and personal attendance some advanced concepts at the doctoral level. ...
Problem-Based Teaching through Video Podcasts for Coding and Cryptography
(MDPI, 2018-10-31)
In this work we present the development and preliminary evaluation of several problem-based video podcasts addressed to students of the subject “Coding and Cryptography”. Specifically, this experiment has been carried out ...