The antimicrobial effects of silver (Ag) ion or salts are well known, but the effects of Ag
nanoparticles on microorganisms and antimicrobial mechanism have not been revealed clearly. …

We analysed whole-genome sequences of 560 breast cancers to advance understanding of
the driver mutations conferring clonal advantage and the mutational processes generating …

Field electron emission from vertically well-aligned zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires, which were
grown by the vapor deposition method at a low temperature of 550 C , was investigated. The …

The CoaguChek XS international normalized ratio (INR) assay was compared to INR assay
by a standard laboratory method in children with heart disease on anticoagulant therapy. …

Neuronal accumulation of α-synuclein and Lewy body formation are characteristic to many
neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). This Lewy pathology …

Background— Niacin reduces coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality when taken
either alone or in combination with statins; however, the incremental impact of adding niacin to …

Here the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium presents a first draft of the human
pangenome reference. The pangenome contains 47 phased, diploid assemblies from a cohort of …

Bipolar disorder is a heritable mental illness with complex etiology. We performed a genome-wide
association study of 41,917 bipolar disorder cases and 371,549 controls of European …

The rate of detection of thyroid nodules and carcinomas has increased with the widespread
use of ultrasonography (US), which is the mainstay for the detection and risk stratification of …

… Thus the sediment may fail at the base of the hydrate, and Kayen and Lee identified this
situation in seismic-reflection profiles from the Beaufort Sea slope, Alaska. Similar cases have …