Recent work in our lab has uncovered an interesting connection between regeneration and the skin microbiome. Culturing tadpoles of the species Xenopus laevis in the antibiotic gentamicin has been shown to reduce the rate ...

Consumerism is an ideology that greatly impacts our society. The Church is not immune to the logic and the practices of consumerism. In fact, one might suggest that our ecclesiology is often informed by consumerism. ...

Declines in muscle mass and strength are hallmark features of sarcopenia, an age-related condition that contributes to morbidity and mortality in older people. Muscle mass is contingent on muscle fiber size and/or number; ...

National parks are found around the world, providing opportunities for conservation as well as tourism. Getting visitors to behave in responsible ways toward the environment is a constant struggle for national park services ...

Sitting at the climax of Romans 9-11 is one of the most hotly debated verses in the New Testament, Romans 11:26. Much of modern scholarship has interpreted “πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ σωθήσεται” (“All Israel will be saved,” 11:26) as ...

Early successes in reading lead to further successes over time, whereas early struggles with reading limit future learning (Stanovich, 1986). Therefore, to help avert this achievement gap, the primary aim of this thesis ...

The Hill–Robertson effect describes how, in a finite panmictic diploid population, selection at one diallelic locus reduces the fixation probability of a selectively favoured allele at a second, linked diallelic locus. ...

The physiological impact of severe levels of obstructive sleep apnoea and the benefits of treatment are well documented. Yet more of the population suffer sleep apnoea of moderate severity. However, we still have substantial ...

Metallic nanoparticles (clusters) are collections of metallic atoms that are bound together to form structures between 1 - 500 nm in diameter. Metallic clusters have potential in many practical applications due to their ...