This paper advocates consistently defined units of account to measure the contributions of
nature to human welfare. We argue that such units have to date not been defined by …

Cultural ecosystem services (ES) are consistently recognized but not yet adequately defined
or integrated within the ES framework. A substantial body of models, methods, and data …

Chemokines are essential mediators of normal leukocyte trafficking as well as of leukocyte
recruitment during inflammation. We describe here a novel non-ELR CXC chemokine …

Pseudoelasticity and the shape memory effect (SME) due to martensitic transformation and
reorientation of polycrystalline shape memory alloy (SMA) materials are modeled using a …

Background Aggregated α-synuclein plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s
disease. The monoclonal antibody prasinezumab, directed at aggregated α-synuclein, is …

Background: Proteinuria is recognized as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and
renal disease and as a predictor of end organ damage. The reference test, a 24-h urine …

We consider statistical criteria for partitioning a reference database to obtain separate
reference ranges for different subpopulations. Using general formulas relating population …

The interobserver reproducibility of the Nottingham modification of the Bloom and
Richardson histologic grading scheme for invasive breast carcinoma was tested. Six surgical …

A micromechanics method based on the Mori-Tanaka averaging scheme is used to predict
the effective thermomechanical properties of composite materials reinforced by Shape …

Importance Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an antioxidant that supports mitochondrial function, has
been shown in preclinical Parkinson disease (PD) models to reduce the loss of dopamine …