Schizophrenia is a disabling, chronic psychiatric disorder with a prevalence rate of 0.5-1% in the general population.Symptoms include positive (e.g.delusions, hallucinations), negative (e.g.blunted affect, social withdrawal), as well as cognitive symptoms (e.g.memory and attention problems).Although 75-85% of patients with schizophrenia report cog

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from all plants and these VOCs are important means of communication between plants and insects.It has been documented that pathogen infections alter VOC profiles rendering infected plants more attractive to specific vectors transmitting these pathogens than uninfected plants, thus potentially aiding in

Two-dimensional heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency generation (2D-HD-VSFG) spectroscopy of Ball - Glove Batting - Junior water at interfaces has been realized for the first time.In the present study, 2D-HD-VSFG spectra were measured at a charged monolayer / isotopically diluted water interface.In contrast to the 2D-IR spectrum of bulk is

Fibrillins are large extracellular macromolecules that polymerize to form the backbone structure of connective tissue microfibrils.Mutations in the gene for fibrillin-1 cause the Marfan syndrome, while mutations in the gene for fibrillin-2 cause Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly.Both are autosomal dominant disorders, and both disorders affect