The risk of flood disasters is increasing for many coastal societies owing to global and regional
changes in climate conditions, sea-level rise, land subsidence and sediment supply. At …

This review first gives an overview on the concept of fractal geometry with definitions and
explanations of the most fundamental properties of fractal structures and processes like self-…

The fungal vacuole is an extremely complex organelle that is involved in a wide variety of
functions. The vacuole not only carries out degradative processes, the role most often ascribed …

… These mutations are located in the GXGXXG motif of the nucleotide triphosphate binding
domain or P-loop and adjacent to the highly conserved DFG motif in the activation loop (17), …

The use of laparoscopy for liver surgery is increasing rapidly. The Second International
Consensus Conference on Laparoscopic Liver Resections (LLR) was held in Morioka, Japan, …

School children appear to increase their vocabularies by thousands of words per year. Many
have hypothesized that a large proportion of this growth occurs through incidental learning …

This study investigated incidental learning of word meanings from context during normal
reading. A total of 352 students in third, fifth, and seventh grades read either expository or …

Much of the research that has been done on vocabulary acquisition and instruction has been
at the microscopic level. Researchers in language acquisition often have looked at the very …

Context: The identification of mutations in genes encoding peptides of succinate dehydrogenase
(SDH) in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndromes has necessitated clear …

An inherited variant on chromosome 8q24, rs6983267, is significantly associated with
cancer pathogenesis. We present evidence that the region harboring this variant is a …