Abstract Background The aging lung is a complex process and influenced by various stressors, especially airborne pathogens and xenobiotics.Additionally, a lifetime exposure to antigens results in structural and functional changes of the lung; yet an understanding of the cell type specific responses remains elusive.To gain insight into age-related c

ObjectiveThe recent World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) guidelines now recognize precursor lesions of colorectal cancer (CRC) as legitimate screening targets.However, an optimal screening method for detecting advanced adenoma (AA), a significant precursor lesion, remains elusive.MethodsWe employed five machine learning methods, using clinical and la

We report on the installation of a long-term buried ocean-floor broadband seismic station (MOBB) in Monterey Bay, California (USA), 40km off-shore, at a water depth of 1000 m.The station was installed in April 2002 using a ship and ROV, in a collaborative effort between the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the Berkeley Seismolog

In a marine ecosystem, the most sensitive organisms to environmental changes, mainly to anthropic pressures, are fishes and invertebrates.Therefore, they are considered the ideal targets to indirectly evaluate the health of an entire ecosystem.Teleost fishes, particularly those that occupy the highest trophic levels, can accumulate toxic substances

Balanced regional development is one of the cornerstones of sustainable economic growth and development of any country.During the years that followed the democratic Display Console Faceplate changes in 2000, the Republic of Serbia found itself in sinister transitional processes.One of the key transitional issues was the policy of balanced regional