Women who have decided to seek legal remedies through civil protection orders are taking bold steps to end abusive relationships. However, the civil protection order process can be complicated by situational and relational ...

This article provides a preliminary look into the ways in which lesbian and bisexual women experience sexual agency through their enactment of masculinity or femininity, delimiting women from their traditionally cast roles ...

Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is an acute respiratory disease of chickens that can result in decreased egg production and increased mortality. A tissue culture origin vaccine (TCO), several chicken embryo origin ...

The ocular lens is a transparent tissue within the eye that focuses light on the retina and facilitates high-resolution vision. Cataract is an eye disease that results due to the loss of lens transparency and causes severely ...

Previous studies showed that HS-5 cells secret unidentified factor(s) inducing PCa cell death. Herein, the HS-5 derived factor (HS-5 DF) was characterized and identified. HS-5 DF had protein characteristics being trypsin ...

Background: Walking speed has been used to predict the efficacy of gait training; however, poststroke motor impairments are heterogeneous and different biomechanical strategies may underlie the same walking speed. Identifying ...

Sunlight is captured and converted to chemical energy in illuminated environments. Although (bacterio)chlorophyll-based photosystems have been characterized in detail, retinal-based photosystems, rhodopsins, have only ...

Background The avian eggshell membranes surround the egg white and provide a structural foundation for calcification of the eggshell which is essential for avian reproduction; moreover, it is also a natural biomaterial ...

Identity in Latin America is addressed most commonly with a specific focus on the organizing framework and ideology of mestizaje. This paper examines two distinct Latin American identities that exist on the margins of the ...