The pathophysiology of refractive errors is poorly understood.Myopia (nearsightedness) in particular both blurs vision and predisposes the eye to many blinding diseases during adulthood.Based on past findings of diurnal variations in the dimensions of the eyes of humans and other vertebrates, altered diurnal rhythms of these ocular Dome Cameras dim
The liver is a vital organ involving in various major metabolic functions in human body.MicroRNA-122 (miR-122) plays an important role in the regulation of liver metabolism, but its intrinsic physiological functions require further clarification.This study integrated the genome-scale metabolic model of hepatocytes and mouse experimental data with g
Amino acid substitutions in the kinase domain of the human CSF1R protein are associated with autosomal dominant adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP).To model the human disease, we created a disease-associated mutation (Glu631Lys; E631K) in the mouse Csf1r locus.Previous analysis demonstrated that heterozyg
The paper points out the importance of comparative statistics and their role in the enhancement of the national system of criminal justice statistics, and the national criminal justice system in general.The central part of the paper is about history, significance, methodology and content of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Stat
One of the most significant consequences of the use of post-conviction DNA testing in the criminal justice system has been the growing recognition that eyewitness identification testimony is simply not as reliable as it was previously considered to be.In approximately 75% of DNA exonerations in the United States, mistaken eyewitness identifications