Birds exhibit an assortment of behavioral strategies to cope with variable environmental conditions during reproduction, including altering nest construction behaviors.In species building enclosed domed nests, the microclimate within nests is influenced not only by its structure and the surrounding vegetation but also by the orientation of the nest

BackgroundTumour suppressor genes are often transcriptionally silenced by promoter hypermethylation, and recent research has Hitches implicated alterations in chromatin structure as the mechanistic basis for this repression.In addition to DNA methylation, other epigenetic post-translational modifications that modulate the stability and binding of s

Abstract Aims Population-wide restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic may create barriers to mental health diagnosis.This study aims to examine changes in the number of incident cases and the incidence rates of mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods By using electronic health records from France, Germany, Italy, South Korea

Focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCD Security Monitors II) is an epileptogenic lesion often associated with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.Yet, owing to their subtle appearance, identifying these lesions via 3D Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) remains a complex challenge, rendering them susceptible to evasion by conventional visual analysis.In this stud

Data on the prevalence of major contagious pathogens in bulk tank milk (BTM) in Italy are generally not available.The availability of Real-Time PCR procedures (qPCR) to perform BTM analysis by represents an important step to define herd health status.Therefore, a cross-sectional epidemiological study was designed to assess the prevalence of contagi