Background Public health must continually respond to new threats reflecting wider societal
changes. Ecological public health recognizes the links between human health and global …

Some links between transport and health are widely known, such as active travel, physical (in)activity,
air pollution and injuries. Others are not as apparent and are much less studied, …

Cardiac hypertrophy is a major risk factor for heart failure and associated patient morbidity
and mortality. Research investigating the aberrant molecular processes that occur during …

Regulation of protein synthesis at the level of translation initiation is fundamentally important
for the control of cell proliferation under normal physiological conditions. Conversely, …

Background—Gene transfer to vascular cells is a highly inefficient and nonselective process,
defined by the lack of specific cell-surface receptors for both nonviral and viral gene …

Red wines were made during 1992 from Vitis vinifera var Roriz grapes using a high and a low
level of extraction and three levels of total sulphur dioxide (0, 75 and 150 mg SO 2 kg −1 ). …

Recombinant adenoviruses have enormous potential as vectors for gene therapy. They have
evolved an efficient method of infection and a wide host range but this leads to concerns …

Cardiac hypertrophy occurs as an adaptation to hypertension but a sustained hypertrophic
response can ultimately lead to heart failure. Angiotensin-II (Ang II) is released following …

The facts do not support the belief that many American soldiers volunteer because society
offers them few other opportunities. The average enlisted person or officer could have had …

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is a particle method for modelling hydrodynamical
flows that has been successfully applied to a wide range of astrophysical problems. One of …