Thyroid hormones (THs) are key regulators of cellular growth, development, and metabolism. The thyroid gland secretes two THs, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), into the plasma where they are almost all bound reversibly to plasma proteins. Free forms of THs are ...

Abstract L-malic acid is a dicarboxylic acid and an intermediate of cell metabolism. It belongs to a group of “bulk“ chemicals with estimated consumption of 40,000 tons per year. It can be prepared by extraction from natural fruit juices or by bioconversion of fumaric a...

The human sphenoid sinus is an extremely variable cavity and an important landmark in hypophyseal surgery. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the sphenoid sinus type, size, extent of pneumatization and occurrence of protrusions of the adja...

Abstract Recent empirical studies demonstrate that faith is a resource that can contribute to personal resilience in difficult life events. Since few studies have focused on how women draw on their faith to cope with homelessness and associated life stressors, this stud...

Missing mass spectroscopy with the (e, e K+) reaction was performed at Jefferson Laboratory’s Hall C for the neutron-rich hypernucleus 9 Li. The ground-state (g.s.) energy was obtained to be Bg.s. = 8.84 ± 0.17stat. ± 0.15sys. MeV by using shell-model calculations of a ...

The effects of pollution and climate change are overwhelming natural resilience of the seas and oceans so that European seas face the challenge of rising sea temperature and acidification. Acidification of the seas, judged as one of the gravest and most immediate planet...

PURPOSE: Within the "Out of the Shadows" campaign in Croatia, numerous activities have been organized. The aim of this study is to investigate the changes in knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in the population of college-preparatory high school students, and to co...

The Krka River and its tributaries make the system of composite valleys in the karst. The composite valley system is the result of lithologic and tectonic relations. The Krka valley is of polygenetic origin. In the canyon sections there are many characteristic slope rel...

With the development of the Internet of Things and big data technology, it was easy to collect personal situation information. The information collected in this way requires the user to support customized services via big data technology. However, traditional situationa...

In this article the authors are pursuing the origins of the syntagma »integral education « and its reception in the Catholic teaching on education. Starting from Christian anthropology, the authors are explaining various implications of such an approach to the education...