Asymmetry of Left Versus Right Lateral Face in Face Recognition

Prior research has found that the left side of the face is emotionally more expressive than the right side [1]. This was demonstrated in a study where the right and the left halves of a face image were combined with their mirror-reversed duplicates to make composite images. When observers were asked which composite face appeared more emotional, they selected the left-left over the right-right composite more often

Unusual Presentation of Renal Vein Thrombosis in a Preterm Infant

AbstractNeonatal renal vein thrombosis is the most common vascular condition in the newborn kidney, which could lead to serious complication in infants undergoing intensive care. In this study, we report the case of a preterm infant with left renal vein and inferior vena cava thrombosis, presented with gross hematuria, thrombocytopenia, transient hypertension, and adrenal hemorrhage. Supportive care was offered instead of heparin therapy or thrombolytic agents. In conclusion, our case teaches that, despite the lack of a clinically obvious shock event, renal vein thrombosis should be considered in a macrohematuric newborn without renal failure

The roles of edge-based and surface-based information in the dynamic neural representation of objects.

We combined multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) and electroencephalogram (EEG) to investigate the role of edge, color, and other surface information in the neural representation of visual objects. Participants completed a one-back task in which they were presented with color photographs, grayscale images, and line drawings of animals, tools, and fruits. Our results provide the first neural evidence that line drawings elicit similar neural activities as color photographs and grayscale images during the 175-305 ms window after the stimulus onset. Furthermore, we found that other surface information, rather than color information, facilitates decoding accuracy in the early stages of object representations and affects the speed of this. These results provide new insights into the role of edge-based and surface-based information in the dynamic process of neural representations of visual objects

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of High-Resolution Injection Technique for Capillary Electrophoresis Microchip

This study presents an experimental and numerical investigation on the use of high-resolution injection techniques to deliver sample plugs within a capillary electrophoresis (CE) microchip. The CE microfluidic device was integrated into a U-shaped injection system and an expansion chamber located at the inlet of the separation channel, which can miniize the sample leakage effect and deliver a high-quality sample plug into the separation channel so that the detection performance of the device is enhanced. The proposed 45° U-shaped injection system was investigated using a sample of Rhodamine B dye. Meanwhile, the analysis of the current CE microfluidic chip was studied by considering the separation of Hae III digested ϕx-174 DNA samples. The experimental and numerical results indicate that the included 45° U-shaped injector completely eliminates the sample leakage and an expansion separation channel with an expansion ratio of 2.5 delivers a sample plug with a perfect detection shape and highest concentration intensity, hence enabling an optimal injection and separation performance

Identification and analysis of phosphorylation status of proteins in dormant terminal buds of poplar

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although there has been considerable progress made towards understanding the molecular mechanisms of bud dormancy, the roles of protein phosphorylation in the process of dormancy regulation in woody plants remain unclear.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We used mass spectrometry combined with TiO₂phosphopeptide-enrichment strategies to investigate the phosphoproteome of dormant terminal buds (DTBs) in poplar (<it>Populus simonii × P. nigra</it>). There were 161 unique phosphorylated sites in 161 phosphopeptides from 151 proteins; 141 proteins have orthologs in <it>Arabidopsis</it>, and 10 proteins are unique to poplar. Only 34 sites in proteins in poplar did not match well with the equivalent phosphorylation sites of their orthologs in <it>Arabidopsis</it>, indicating that regulatory mechanisms are well conserved between poplar and <it>Arabidopsis</it>. Further functional classifications showed that most of these phosphoproteins were involved in binding and catalytic activity. Extraction of the phosphorylation motif using Motif-X indicated that proline-directed kinases are a major kinase group involved in protein phosphorylation in dormant poplar tissues.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>This study provides evidence about the significance of protein phosphorylation during dormancy, and will be useful for similar studies on other woody plants.</p

(1S,2S,3R,4S,5R,7S,8S,10R,13S)-2-Debenzoyl-10-deacetyl-2-(3-fluoro­benzo­yl)-7,10-bis­(2,2,2-trichloro­eth­oxy­carbon­yl)baccatin III ethyl acetate monosolvate monohydrate

In the title compound, C35H37Cl6FO14·C4H8O2·H2O, the absolute configurations (1S,2S,3R,4S,5R,7S,8S,10R,13S) for the nine chiral centres of the mol­ecule has been determined. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by O—H⋯O and O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds