In this review, an overview is given on the last development of catalytic methods for the
preparation of substituted furans from carbohydrates and ensuing polymers. The review starts …

Background Early adolescence (ages 10–14) is a period of increased expectations for boys
and girls to adhere to socially constructed and often stereotypical norms that perpetuate …

Considerable progress has been made over the last decades in thermal spray technologies,
practices and applications. However, like other technologies, they have to continuously …

zCOSMOS is a large-redshift survey that is being undertaken in the COSMOS field using 600
hr of observation with the VIMOS spectrograph on the 8 m VLT. The survey is designed to …

The peopling of the Americas has been the subject of extensive genetic, archaeological and
linguistic research; however, central questions remain unresolved 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . One …

We present a large-scale molecular phylogeny of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), based
on 4.5 kilobases of sequence data from six gene regions extracted from 139 of the 288 …

Although diffusion models have been successfully used to predict the adoption patterns of
new products and technologies, little research has examined the psychological processes …

Aims: The pathophysiological role of iron in Parkinson's disease (PD) was assessed by a
chelation strategy aimed at reducing oxidative damage associated with regional iron …

Background Complement is likely to have a role in refractory generalised myasthenia gravis,
but no approved therapies specifically target this system. Results from a phase 2 study …

… D Devos, C Moreau and R Bordet have received honoraria from pharmaceutical
companies for consultancy and lectures. The other authors have no disclosures to report. …