Background: Studies on the relationship between regional fat and insulin resistance yield
mixed results. Our objective was to determine whether regional fat distribution, independent of …

Intact human epidermis resists invasion by pathogenic microbes but the biochemical basis
of its resistance is not well understood. Recently, an antimicrobial peptide, human β-defensin-…

Optically gated recording and nonvolatile readout in a digital volume holographic data
storage system that uses a pair of mutually incoherent light sources during recording and only …

Numerical simulation is used to investigate the flow of polymer solutions around a periodic,
linear array of cylinders by using three constitutive equations derived from kinetic theory of …

Context: Thailand has undergone dramatic social changes in the last two decades, yet little
is known about factors related to sexual initiation among adolescents. Methods: A survey …

OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate the ability of liraglutide to augment weight loss and
improve insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, and inflammation in a …

Sjogren's Syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by dry eyes (keratoconjunctivis
sicca) and dry mouth (xerostomia). To fulfill diagnostic criteria, patients must …

Recent years have seen a number of high-profile incidents of corporate accounting fraud,
security violations, terrorist acts, and disruptions of major financial markets. This has led to a …

MRI-based reports of both abnormally increased and decreased amygdala volume in
bipolar disorder (BD) have surfaced in the literature. Two major methodological weaknesses …

10.7554/eLife.29913.001 Coordinated rhythmic movements are ubiquitous in animal behavior.
In many organisms, chains of neural oscillators underlie the generation of these rhythms. …