Models of character evolution underpin all phylogeny estimations, thus model adequacy
remains a crucial issue for phylogenetics and its many applications. Although progress has …

The growth of interest in newly developed porous materials has prompted the writing of this
book for those who have the need to make meaningful measurements without the benefit of …

The hexanucleotide repeat expansion (HRE) GGGGCC (G4C2) in C9orf72 is the most
common cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) …

Mobile banking (mBanking) enables customers to carry out their banking tasks via mobile
devices. We advance the extant body of knowledge about mBanking adoption by proposing …

Abstract The epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) plays an essential role in the regulation of
whole body Na+ balance and blood pressure. The cell surface expression of this channel, a …

Angiogenesis underlies the majority of eye diseases that result in catastrophic loss of vision.
Recent evidence has implicated the integrins alpha v beta 3 and alpha v beta 5 in the …

As policymakers and researchers focus more on the question of the impact of governance in
economic development, they have required measures of the quality of governance to set …

Levels of recombination vary among species, among chromosomes within species, and
among regions within chromosomes in mammals. This heterogeneity may affect levels of …

BACKGROUND: Smaller hippocampal volume has been reported in some adult and
pediatric studies of unipolar major depressive disorder. It is not clear whether the smaller …

Objective Thyroidectomy may be performed for clinical indications that include malignancy,
benign nodules or cysts, suspicious findings on fine needle aspiration biopsy, dysphagia …