The present study attempts to examine the longitudinal impact of a curriculum-based positive youth development program, entitled the Project P.A.T.H.S.(Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes), on adolescent problem behavior in Hong Kong.Using a longitudinal randomized group design, six waves of data were collected from 19 e
Drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS) remains a challenge in neuro-oncology.Despite decades of research in this field, no consensus has emerged as to the best approach to tackle this physiological limitation.Moreover, the relevance of doing so is still sometimes questioned in the community.In this paper, we present our experience with n
The ultrastructural features of the sperm were studied in the hermaphroditic teleost Satanoperca jurupari HECKEL, 1840 from Amazon River.Spermatocytes, spermatids and sperm develop in the testicular cysts among the different oocyte stages.Different stages of early spermatocyte development, mainly the ones with synaptonemal complexes were often obse
ABSTRACT Despite advances in the identification and characterization of endophytic bacteria in various plant species worldwide, little is known about such microorganisms in plants from the Amazon region.Previous studies reported that Piper tuberculatum endophytic Pseudomonas (isolates Pt12 and Pt13, identified as Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas
Specific protein associations define the wiring of protein interaction networks and thus control the organization and functioning of the cell as a whole.Peptide recognition by PDZ and other protein interaction domains represents one of the best-studied classes of specific protein associations.However, a mechanistic understanding of the relationship