Abstract Background The physiological function of the prion protein remains largely elusive while its key role in prion infection has been expansively documented.To potentially assess this conundrum, we performed a comparative transcriptomic analysis of the brain of wild-type mice with that of transgenic mice invalidated at this locus either at the

During the course of their ontogenesis, plants are continuously exposed to a large variety of abiotic stress factors which can damage kalf katch tissues and jeopardize the survival of the organism unless properly countered.While animals can simply escape and thus evade stressors, plants as sessile organisms have developed complex strategies to with

Ultrasonic orbital microforming—UOM—uses the broadly understood idea of orbital forging but uses very different laws of physics.The only shaping force in this process is the inertia force resulting from the acceleration in the rotary motion of the workpiece.Micro specimen blanked from cold rolled aluminum sheet metal was used in twist a

Background and purposeObesity is an established risk factor for ischemic stroke but the association of increased body mass index (BMI) with survival after ischemic stroke remains controversial.Many studies have shown that increased BMI has a "protective" effect on survival after stroke while other studies have debunked the "obesity paradox".This st

Background.Eclampsia is a major direct cause of maternal mortality in South Africa (SA).Most cases of morbidity and mortality areprobably due to late booking for antenatal care, poor quality of care and poor interfacility transport.Publications on eclampsia in SA aremainly from tertiary hospitals and often do not provide clinical management details