Abstract Background Maximizing response rates is critically important in order to provide the most generalizable and unbiased research results.High response rates reduce the chance of respondents being systematically different from non-respondents, and thus, reduce the risk of results not truly reflecting the study population.Monetary incentives ar

Abstract Microvesicles (MVs) are large extracellular vesicles differing in size, cargo and composition that share a common mechanism of release from the cells through the direct outward budding of the plasma membrane.They are involved in a variety of physiological and pathological conditions and represent promising biomarkers for diseases.MV hetero

This article sheds Beds light on the mobilisation of young people into conflict.It argues that warfare constitutes a terrain of possibility for urban youth in Guinea-Bissau, and shows how they navigate war as an event by tactically manoeuvring within the social ties and options that arise in such situations.Building on the Guinean Creole term of du

Blood parasites of the genus Leucocytozoon commonly infect many bird species worldwide and are particularly prevalent in birds of prey.As a vector-borne parasitic disease, the infection occurrence overlaps with that of the dominant vectors: blackflies (Diptera, Simuliidae).These blood-sucking insects are dependent on habitats with flowing freshwate

Erectile dysfunction caused by venous leakage is a vascular disease in which blood fails to accumulate in the corpora cavernosa due to Books the abrupt drainage of blood from the penis secondary to an abnormal venous network that affects 1 to 2% of men under 25 years old and about 10 to 20% over 60 years old, who do not raise a sufficient erection