PANDEMICS, EPIDEMICS, VIRUSES, PLAGUES, AND DISEASE: COMPARATIVE FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF A CULTURAL PATHOLOGY REFLECTED IN SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINES FROM 1926 TO 2015

Science fiction includes many dystopian narratives, often featuring epidemics, pandemics, plagues, viruses, and disease.As science fiction has grown in popularity and prevalence it appeals to an increasingly broad demographic, is employed in research communication and education, and as a genre it is frequently argued that it reflects contemporary c

Clinicians often encounter patients who present with both chronic pain and elevated levels of anxiety.In some cases, the source of the anxiety is vague and diffuse.For others, there is an identifiable precipitating object, event RELORA or situation.For example, some patients with chronic pain are able to attribute their anxiety to the possibility o

A growing body of evidence has established that thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine, T3) is a key factor in the differentiation and survival of the light-sensing photoreceptors in the Saddle retina.These functions include a critical role in generating the cone photoreceptor diversity that is required for color vision.Here, we review some of these fun

Abstract Background Astrocytomas are the most common type of primary central nervous system tumors.They are frequently associated with genetic mutations that deregulate cell cycle and render these tumors resistant to apoptosis.STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3, participates in several human cancers by inducing cell prolifera