A COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL VS. HYPOTHETICALLY POOLED MERCURY BIOMONITORING DATA FROM THE MATERNAL ORGANICS MONITORING STUDY (MOMS), ALASKA, 1999-2012

Biomonitoring for heavy metals is important to assess health risks, especially in Arctic communities where rural residents rely on locally harvested Rotisserie Spike foods.However, laboratory testing for blood contaminants is expensive and might not be sustainable for long-term monitoring.We assessed whether pooled specimen biomonitoring could be a

A Packs computer model of the transport network in the eastern Pyrenees is drawn up, in association with a mathematical model of cost and speed of various means of transport and types of via.Results of these models include optimum routes for imports and exports to this region, and a breakdown of costs and transport times in each direction.The role

Exosomes are a subset of membrane-bound extracellular vesicles with diameters ranging from 30 to 100 nm.Exosomes enclose a variety of molecules, such as lipids, proteins, and non-coding RNAs.In the past decades, microRNAs (miRNAs) have attracted great attention in cancer research, as they play an important role in the occurrence and development of

Neurons rely on action potentials, or spikes, to encode information.But spikes can encode different stimulus features in different neurons.We show here through simulations and experiments how neurons encode the integral or derivative of their input based on the distinct tuning properties conferred upon them by subthreshold currents.Slow-activating