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Cardiomyocyte Regulation of Systemic Lipid Metabolism by the Apolipoprotein B-Containing Lipoproteins in Drosophila
(PLos Genetics, 2017-01-17)
Author Summary The heart is increasingly recognized to serve an important role in the regulation of whole-body lipid homeostasis; however, the underlying mechanisms remained poorly understood. Here, our study in Drosophila ...
The Impact of Fillers on Lineup Performance
(2017)
Filler siphoning theory posits that the presence of fillers (known innocents) in a lineup protects an innocent suspect
from being chosen by siphoning choices away from that innocent suspect. This mechanism has been proposed ...
Beyond the “Haves and Have Nots”: Using an Interdisciplinary Approach to Inform Federal Data Collection Efforts with Indigenous Populations
(2017-10-11)
This study demonstrates how multiple methods can inform national survey data collection efforts for Indigenous populations using Pacific Islanders as a case study. National data surveys are oftentimes limited in how they ...
Business Not as Usual: Developing Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
(2017-07-14)
Our objective was to design an introductory business course to shape the mind-sets and skill sets of the next generation of socially conscious practitioners—to help students develop a sense of self-efficacy built on the ...
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Exploring the relationship between entrepreneurship and resilience among the Boruca Indians of Costa Rica
(2017-03-13)
This paper aims to explore the relationship between entrepreneurship and resilience in an indigenous context. The overarching research questions are: What are the mechanisms that link entrepreneurial thought and action to ...
Moderators of the personality-performance relationship
(2017-04-03)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether job meaning and job autonomy moderate the relationship between emotional stability and organizational citizenship behavior.
Design/methodology/approach: In ...
Effects and mechanisms of auricular electroacupuncture on gastric hypersensitivity in a rodent model of functional dyspepsia
(PLos One, 2017-03-28)
Background Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common functional gastrointestinal disease, and abdominal pain is one of the main symptoms. The aim of this study was to explore the effects and mechanisms of auricular electro-acupuncture ...
Adaptations in antagonist co-activation: Role in the repeated-bout effect
(2017-12-07)
Eccentric exercise results in an adaptation which attenuates muscle damage from subsequent exercise—termed the “repeated-bout effect (RBE).” Purpose: Study examined antagonist co-activation and motor-unit recruitment ...
Ring-like N-fold Models of Aβ42 fibrils
(2017-07-26)
When assembling as fibrils Aβ40 peptides can only assume U-shaped conformations while Aβ42 can also arrange as S-shaped three-stranded chains. We show that this allows Aβ42 peptides to assemble pore-like structures that ...
Association of IFIH1 and pro-inflammatory mediators: Potential new clues in SLE-associated pathogenesis
(PLos One, 2017-02-24)
Antiviral defenses are inappropriately activated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and association between SLE and the antiviral helicase gene, IFIH1, is well established. We sought to extend the previously reported ...