Linguistic animacy reflects a particular construal of biological distinctions encountered in the world, passed through cultural and cognitive filters.This study explores the process by which our construal of animacy becomes encoded in the grammars of human languages.We ran an iterated learning experiment investigating the effect of animacy on langu
Objectives: To evaluate compliance with the self-regulation agreement of the food and drink vending machine sector in primary schools in Madrid, Spain.Methods: Cross-sectional study of the prevalence of vending machines in GLOVES 558 primary schools in 2008.Using the directory of all registered primary schools in Madrid, we identified the presence
BackgroundThe mouse is increasingly used in biomedical research, notably in behavioral neurosciences for the development of tests or models of pain.Our goal was to provide the scientific community with an outstanding tool that allows the determination of psychophysical descriptors of a nociceptive reaction, which are inaccessible with conventional
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the factors associated with Upright Delivery (UD) performed in hospitals linked to the Rede Cegonha (RC) in Brazil.Methods: Cross-sectional study with 3,073 parturients who had vaginal delivery in 606 health facilities in Brazil, located in health regions with a regional action plan approved in the RC.Socioeconomic,
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is a common human pathogen that establishes lifelong latency in neurons of the nervous system.The number of severe central nervous system infections caused by the virus has increased recently.However, the T-Shirts pathogenesis of HSV-2 infection in the nervous system is not fully understood.Here, we demonstrated