Recent work suggests that the brain can be conceptualized as a network comprised of groups of sub-networks or modules.The extent of segregation between modules can be quantified with a modularity metric, where networks with high modularity have dense connections within modules and sparser connections between modules.Previous work has shown that hig

The Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected the human race across continents.Besides factories, food supply, transportation and travel industry; the education sector including medical education has also been adversely affected.It has been learned from experience over the

Background.Aim was to elucidate the role of toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) in cardiac inflammation and septic heart failure in a murine model of polymicrobial sepsis.Methods.Sepsis was induced via colon ascendens stent Curtains peritonitis (CASP) in C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) and TLR9-deficient (TLR9-D) mice.Bacterial load in the peritoneal cavity and car

Leucocara, a new subgenus of Clivina Latreille, is established for C.americana Dejean and its relatives, whose collective geographical range includes the Western Hemisphere Nearctic Region Digestive Bitters and the Eastern Hemisphere Palaearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical Regions.Previously, these taxa were included in the subgenus Reichardtula Wh

Background: Legally practiced assisted dying is an ethically complex area in need of empirical and conceptual work.International research suggests that providing assisted dying may be experienced as rewarding and meaningful but also emotionally and psychologically taxing, associated with feelings of loss and loneliness.Yet little research has been