It is well known that breathing introduces rhythmical oscillations in the heart rate and arterial
pressure levels. Sympathetic oscillations coupled to the respiratory activity have been …

After legislative changes in 1978, Italian psychiatry underwent a thorough overhaul, with the
gradual closure of all Mental Hospitals. A nation-wide network of Departments of Mental …

Introduction Every year peptic ulcer disease (PUD) affects 4 milion people around the world [1].
Complications are encountered in 10%-20% of these patients and 2%-14% of the ulcers …

Nelle neoplasie nervali delle foglie di piante di mais infettate sperimentalmente con il virus
del nanismo ruvido, si rilevano varie alterazioni ultrastrutturali, sia nelle cellule in cui si …

DNA methylation is a major epigenetic mechanism for gene silencing. Whereas
methyltransferases mediate cytosine methylation, it is less clear how unmethylated regions in …

METHODS The study consisted of two consecutive surveys with two groups of respondents.
The first survey was a scoping exercise to identify priority mental disorders and their specific …

Vertebrates position unpaired organs of the chest and abdomen asymmetrically along the
left–right (LR) body axis. Each structure comes to lie non-randomly with respect to the midline …

Cystinuria (MIM 220100) is a common recessive disorder of renal reabsorption of cystine
and dibasic amino acids. Mutations in SLC3A1, encoding rBAT, cause cystinuria type I (ref. 1), …

This study investigated learning activities and associated quality of experience of students
with different levels of perceived academic self-efficacy. Two groups were formed out of 130 …

Studies on subjective well-being derive from two main perspectives: hedonism and eudaimonism.
The former emphasizes human search for pleasure and satisfaction The latter stems …