The evolution of natural ecosystems is controled by a high level of biodiversity, in sharp
contrast, intensive agricultural systems involve monocultures associated with high input of …

The nucleolus is the most prominent nuclear body and serves a fundamentally important
biological role as a site of ribonucleoprotein particle assembly, primarily dedicated to ribosome …

Copper is an essential micronutrient involved in fundamental life processes that are
conserved throughout all forms of life. The ability of copper to catalyze oxidation–reduction (redox) …

This book is devoted to pseudo-holomorphic curve methods in symplectic geometry. It contains
an introduction to symplectic geometry and relevant techniques of Riemannian geometry, …

This book is an outgrowth of graduate lectures given by two of us in Paris. We assume that
the reader has already heard a little about differential manifolds. At some very precise points, …

The complex interactions between tumors and their microenvironment remain to be elucidated.
Combining large-scale approaches, we examined the spatio-temporal dynamics of 28 …

Background and Methods. The importance of eosinophils in the pathogenesis of bronchial
asthma is not established. In an attempt to evaluate the role of eosinophilic inflammation in …

This article provides an empirical assessment of various agency-theoretic explanations for
franchising, including risk sharing, one-sided moral hazard, and two-sided moral hazard. The …

Identifying the mechanisms of eukaryotic genome evolution by comparative genomics is
often complicated by the multiplicity of events that have taken place throughout the history of …

Background The estimation of risk of recurrence for patients with colon carcinoma must be
improved. A robust immune score quantification is needed to introduce immune parameters …