Nodal signaling and the evolution of deuterostome gastrulation
Abstract Chordates, including vertebrates, evolved within a group of animals called the deuterostomes. All holoblastic deuterostomes gastrulate at the vegetal pole and the blast...
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Cross‐Cultural Testing of Three Social Cognitive Theories: An Application to Condom Use<sup>1</sup>
The aim of this study was to test the cross‐cultural validity of Fishbein and Ajzen's theory of reasoned action, Ajzen's theory of planned behavior, and Triandis' theory of inte...
Dynamic wait-listed designs for randomized trials: new designs for prevention of youth suicide
Background The traditional wait-listed design, where half are randomly assigned to receive the intervention early and half are randomly assigned to receive it later, is often ac...
Piecewise Growth Mixture Modeling of Adolescent Alcohol Use Data
Abstract This article addresses issues of heterogeneity in multiple-stage development as it corresponds to qualitatively different development in alcohol use during adolescence....
Respiratory Rehabilitation, Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life in Chronic Airways Disease in Old Age
Respiratory rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and quality of life in younger patients but is untried in the aged. We aimed to: (a) assess repeatability of the 6-minute w...
Association between degenerative aortic valve disease and long-term exposure to cardiovascular risk factors: results of the longitudinal population-based KORA/MONICA survey
In the general population we observed a high prevalence of DAVD that is associated with long-term exposure to elevated cholesterol levels and active smoking. These findings stre...
Spring arrival patterns of the Cuckoo<i>Cuculus canorus</i>, Nightingale<i>Luscinia megarhynchos</i>and Spotted Flycatcher<i>Musciapa striata</i>in Britain
Data on the arrival dates of Cuckoo, Nightingale and Spotted Flycatcher published in the Royal Meteorological Society phenological reports are presented. From these records, con...
Dengue fever is massively under-reported in India, hampering our response
An estimated 20 000 people in India die each year from rabies,1 but in 2011 only 253 deaths were reported as having this cause.2 An estimated 100 000-200 000 people in India die...