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11 Jan 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in December 2015

The Role of Environmental Factors on Sleep Patterns and School Performance in Adolescents Dagmara Dimitriou*, Frances Le Cornu Knight* and Patrick Milton Giving Good Directions: Order of Mention Reflects Visual Salience Alasdair D. F. Clarke*, Micha Elsner and Hannah Rohde Odor Perception in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Its Relationship to Food Neophobia Anne-Claude Luisier, Genevieve Petitpierre, Camille Ferdenzi, Annick Clerc-Berod, Agnes Giboreau, Catherine Rouby and Moustafa Bensafi* The Moral Self-Image Scale: Measuring and Understanding the Malleability of the Moral Self Jennifer Jordan*, Marijke C. Leliveld and Ann Tenbrunsel Practicing What We Preach: Investigating the Role of Social Support in Sport Psychologists’ Well-Being Hannah M. McCormack, Tadhg E. MacIntyre*, Deirdre O’Shea, Mark J. Campbell and Eric R. Igou Does Music Training Enhance Literacy Skills? A Meta-Analysis Reyna L. Gordon*, Hilda M. Fehd and Bruce D. McCandliss Theory of Mind and the Whole Brain Functional Connectivity: Behavioral and Neural Evidences with the Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire Antonella Marchetti, Francesca Baglio, Isa Costantini, Ottavia Dipasquale, Federica Savazzi, Raffaello Nemni, Francesca Sangiuliano Intra, Semira Tagliabue, Annalisa Valle, Davide Massaro and Ilaria Castelli* Latent Fairness in Adults’ Relationship-Based Moral Judgments Jian Hao, Yanchun Liu* and Jiafeng Li Linguistic and Cognitive Skills in Sardinian–Italian Bilingual Children Maria Garraffa*, Madeleine Beveridge and Antonella Sorace Explicit Instructions Increase […]

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10 Jan 2016

Most viewed Oncology articles in December 2015

Comparative Characterisation Study of a LaBr3(Ce) Scintillation Crystal in Two Surface Wrapping Scenarios: Absorptive and Reflective Saad Aldawood*, Ines Castelhano, Roman Gernhaeuser, Hugh Van der Kolff, Christian Lang, Silvia Liprandi, Rudolf Lutter, Ludwig Maier, Tim Marinsek, Dennis R. Schaart, Katia Parodi and Peter G. Thirolf Radiomic Machine-Learning Classifiers for Prognostic Biomarkers of Head and Neck Cancer Chintan Parmar*, Patrick Grossmann, Derek Rietveld, Michelle M. Rietbergen, Philippe Lambin and Hugo J. W. L. Aerts* DNA Damage Response Proteins and Oxygen Modulate Prostaglandin E2 Growth Factor Release in Response to Low and High LET Ionizing Radiation Christopher P. Allen, Walter Tinganelli, Neelam Sharma, Jingyi Nie, Cory Sicard, Francesco Natale, Maurice King III, Stephen B. Keysar, Antonio Jimeno, Yoshiya Furasawa, Ryuichi Okayasu, Akira Fujimori, Marco Durante and Jac A. Nickoloff* Charged Particle Therapy with Mini-Segmented Beams F. Avraham Dilmanian*, John G. Eley, Adam Rusek and Sunil Krishnan A Cell Biologist’s Field Guide to Aurora Kinase Inhibitors Christian O. De Groot, Judy E. Hsia, John V. Anzola, Amir Motamedi, Michelle Yoon, Yao Liang Wong, David Jenkins, Hyun J. Lee, Mallory B. Martinez, Robert L. Davis, Timothy C. Gahman, Arshad Desai* and Andrew K. Shiau* Human Papilloma Viruses and Breast Cancer James S. Lawson*, Wendy K. Glenn, Daria Salyakina, Warick Delprado, […]

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10 Jan 2016

Most viewed Neurology articles in December 2015

Selectively Disrupted Functional Connectivity Networks in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Yaojing Chen, Zhen Liu, Junying Zhang, Guihua Tian, Linzi Li, Sisi Zhang, Xin Li, Kewei Chen and Zhanjun Zhang* The Right Supramarginal Gyrus Is Important for Proprioception in Healthy and Stroke-Affected Participants: A Functional MRI Study Ettie Ben-Shabat*, Thomas A. Matyas, Gaby S. Pell, Amy Brodtmann and Leeanne M. Carey Discrimination between Alzheimer’s Disease and Late Onset Bipolar Disorder Using Multivariate Analysis Ariadna Besga*, Itxaso Gonzalez, Enrique Echeburua, Alexandre Savio, Borja Ayerdi, Darya Chyzhyk, Jose L. M. Madrigal, Juan C. Leza, Manuel Grana and Ana Maria Gonzalez-Pinto Amplitudes of Pain-Related Evoked Potentials Are Useful to Detect Small Fiber Involvement in Painful Mixed Fiber Neuropathies in Addition to Quantitative Sensory Testing – An Electrophysiological Study Niels Hansen, Ann-Kathrin Kahn, Daniel Zeller, Zaza Katsarava, Claudia Sommer and Nurcan Üçeyler* Age-Related Sexual Dimorphism in Temporal Discrimination and in Adult-Onset Dystonia Suggests GABAergic Mechanisms John S. Butler, Ines M. Beiser, Laura Williams, Eavan McGovern, Fiona Molloy, Tim Lynch, Daniel G. Healy, Helena Moore, Richard Walsh, Richard B. Reilly, Sean O’Riordan, Cathal Walsh and Michael Hutchinson* Quetiapine Inhibits Microglial Activation by Neutralizing Abnormal STIM1-Mediated Intercellular Calcium Homeostasis and Promotes Myelin Repair in a Cuprizone -Induced Mouse Model of Demyelination Hanzhi […]

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09 Jan 2016

Most viewed Immunology articles in December 2015

Augmented IFN-γ and TNF-α Induced by Probiotic Bacteria in NK Cells Mediate Differentiation of Stem-Like Tumors Leading to Inhibition of Tumor Growth and Reduction in Inflammatory Cytokine Release; Regulation by IL-10 Vickie T. Bui, Han-Ching Tseng, Anna Kozlowska, Phyu Ou Maung, Kawaljit Kaur, Paytsar Topchyan and Anahid Jewett* Bad News: Analysis of the Quality of Information on Influenza Prevention Returned by Google in English and Italian Ali Maki, Roger Evans and Pietro Ghezzi* Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Selective Modulation of microRNAs and mRNAs by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor in B Cells Induced To Undergo Class Switch DNA Recombination and Plasma Cell Differentiation Tian Shen, Helia N. Sanchez, Hong Zan* and Paolo Casali* Acute Immune-Inflammatory Responses to a Single Bout of Aerobic Exercise in Smokers; The Effect of Smoking History and Status Tegan Emma Kastelein*, Rob Duffield and Frank E. Marino DNP-KLH Yields Changes in Leucocyte Populations Expansion and Immunoglobulin Isotype Use With Different Immunization Routes in Zebrafish Heather Weir, Patricia L. Chen, Thaddeus C. Deiss, Natalie Jacobs, Mary B. Nabity, Matthew Young and Michael F. Criscitiello* Intramuscular Priming and Intranasal Boosting Induce Strong Genital Immunity Through Secretory IgA in Minipigs Infected with Chlamydia trachomatis Emma Lorenzen*, Frank Follmann, Sarah Bøje, Karin Erneholm, Anja Weinreich Olsen, Jørgen Steen Agerholm, Gregers […]

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09 Jan 2016

Most viewed Plant Science articles in December 2015

Supplemental Upward Lighting From Underneath to Obtain Higher Marketable Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Leaf Fresh Weight by Retarding Senescence of Outer Leaves Geng Zhang, Shanqi Shen, Michiko Takagaki, Toyoki Kozai and Wataru Yamori* De novo Transcriptome Assembly of a Chinese Locoweed (Oxytropis ochrocephala) Species Provides Insights Into Genes Associated with Drought, Salinity and Cold Tolerance Wei He, Huihui Zhuang, Yanping Fu, Linwei Guo, Bin Guo, Lizhu Guo, Xiuhong Zhang and Yahui Wei* Crucial Roles of Abscisic Acid Biogenesis in Virulence of Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae Carla A. Spence, Venkatachalam Lakshmanan, Nicole Donofrio and Harsh P. Bais* A Homoploid Hybrid Between Wild Vigna Species Found in a Limestone Karst Yu Takahashi, Kohtaro Iseki, Kumiko Kitazawa, Chiaki Muto, Prakit Somta, Kenji Irie, Ken Naito* and Norihiko Tomooka Polyamine and Its Metabolite H2O2 Play a Key Role in The Conversion of Embryogenic Callus into Somatic Embryos in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Wen-Han Cheng, Fan-Long Wang, Xin-Qi Cheng, Qian-Hao Zhu, Yu-Qiang Sun, Hua-Guo Zhu* and Jie Sun* Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Seed Germination and Seedling Vigour in Brassica rapa Reveals QTL Hotspots and Epistatic Interactions Ram K. Basnet*, Anita Duwal, Dev N. Tiwari, Dong Xiao, Sokrat Monakhos, Johan Bucher, Richard G. F. Visser, Steven P. C. Groot, Guusje Bonnema and Chris Maliepaard* Evaluation of […]

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08 Jan 2016

Most viewed Genetics articles in December 2015

Transfection of microRNA Mimics Should Be Used with Caution Hyun Yong Jin, Alicia Gonzalez-Martin, Ana V. Miletic, Maoyi Lai, Sarah Knight, Mohsen Sabouri-Ghomi, Steven R. Head, Matthew S. Macauley, Robert C. Rickert and Changchun Xiao* Addressing Bias in Small RNA Library Preparation for Sequencing: A New Protocol Recovers microRNAs that Evade Capture by Current Methods Jeanette Baran-Gale*, C. Lisa Kurtz, Michael R. Erdos, Christina Sison, Alice Young, Emily E. Fannin, Peter S. Chines and Praveen Sethupathy* Overexpression of the Heterochromatinization Factor BAHD1 in HEK293 Cells Differentially Reshapes the DNA Methylome on Autosomes and X Chromosome. Emanuele Libertini, Alice Lebreton, Goran Lakisic, Marie-Agnès Dillies, Stephan Beck, Jean-Yves Coppée, Pascale Cossart and Hélène Bierne* Biased Allele Expression and Aggression in Hybrid Honeybees May Be Influenced by Inappropriate Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Signaling Joshua D. Gibson*, Miguel E. Arechavaleta-Velasco, Jennifer M. Tsuruda and Greg J. Hunt Extent of Linkage Disequilibrium and Effective Population Size in Four South African Sanga Cattle Breeds Sithembile O. Makina*, Jeremy F. Taylor, Este Van Marle-Koster, Farai C. Muchadeyi, Mahlako L. Makgahlela, Michael D. MacNeil and Azwihangwisi Maiwashe Differential Occurrence of Interactions and Interaction Domains in Proteins Containing Homopolymeric Amino Acid Repeats Ilaria Pelassa and Ferdinando Fiumara* Targeted Analysis Reveals an Important Role of JAK-STAT-SOCS Genes for Milk Production Traits in […]

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07 Jan 2016

Most viewed Neuroscience articles in December 2015

A Retina Inspired Model for Enhancing Visibility of Hazy Images Xian-Shi Zhang, Shao-Bing Gao, Chao-Yi Li and Yong-Jie Li* Learning, Memory, and Executive Function in New MDMA Users: A Two-Year Follow-up Study Daniel Wagner, Simon Tkotz, Philip Koester, Benjamin Becker, Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank and Joerg Daumann* Corticomotor Excitability is Increased Following an Acute Bout of Blood Flow Restriction Resistance Exercise Christopher Roy Brandner, Stuart Warmington* and Dawson John Kidgell Modulation of Neural Activity in the Temporoparietal Junction with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Changes the Role of Beliefs in Moral Judgment Hang Ye, Shu Chen, Daqiang Huang, Haoli Zheng, Yongmin Jia and Jun Luo* No Significant Effect of Prefrontal tDCS on Working Memory Performance in Older Adults Jonna Nilsson*, Alexander V. Lebedev and Martin Lövdén Pleasant and Unpleasant Odors Influence Hedonic Evaluations of Human Faces: An Event-Related Potential Study. Stephanie Cook*, Nicholas Fallon, Hazel Wright, Anna Thomas, Timo Giesbrecht, Matt Field and Andrej Stancak Mirror Neurons in a New World Monkey, Common Marmoset Wataru Suzuki*, Taku Banno, Naohisa Miyakawa, Hiroshi Abe, Naokazu Goda and Noritaka Ichinohe* Reduced Responses of Submucous Neurons from Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients to a Cocktail Containing Histamine, Serotonin, TNFα and Tryptase (IBS-Cocktail) Daniela Ostertag, Sabine Buhner, Klaus Michel, Christian Pehl, Manfred Kurjak, Manuela Götzberger, Ewert Schulte-Frohlinde, […]

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07 Jan 2016

Most viewed Physiology articles in December 2015

Sprint Acceleration Mechanics: The Major Role of Hamstrings in Horizontal Force Production Jean-Benoit Morin*, Philippe Gimenez, Pascal Edouard, Pierrick Arnal, Pedro Jimenez-Reyes, Pierre Samozino, Matt Brughelli and Jurdan Mendiguchia Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Fibre Type Assessments in Microbiopsy vs. Bergstrom Percutaneous Sampling of Human Skeletal Muscle Meghan C. Hughes, Sofhia V. Ramos, Patrick C. Turnbull, Ali Nejatbakhsh, Brittany L. Baechler, Houman Tahmasebi, Robert Laham, Brendon J. Gurd, Joe Quadrilatero, Daniel A. Kane and Christopher G.R. Perry* Low Intensity Exercise Training Improves Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Potential Tiziana Pietrangelo, Ester S. Di Filippo, Rosa Mancinelli*, Christian Doria, Alessio Rotini, Giorgio Fanò-Illic and Stefania Fulle Simulation of Cl- Secretion in Epithelial Tissues: New Methodology Estimating Activity of Electro-Neutral Cl- Transporter Kouhei Sasamoto, Naomi Niisato, Akiyuki Taruno and Yoshinori Marunaka* Immediate Effects of Smoking on Cardiorespiratory Responses During Dynamic Exercise: Arm Versus Leg Ergometry Chien-Liang Chen*, Jing-Shia Tang, Nan-Ying Yu, Ping-Chia Li and Pi-Ling Chou An Ultra­-High field Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of Post Exercise Brain Lactate, Glutamate and Glutamine Change in the Human Brain. Andrea Dennis*, Adam G. Thomas, Nancy B. Rawlings, Jamie Near, Thomas E. Nichols, Stuart Clare, Heidi Johansen-Berg and Charlotte J. Stagg Individualized Internal and External Training Load Relationships in Elite Wheelchair Rugby Players Thomas A. W. […]

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06 Jan 2016

Most viewed Microbiology articles in December 2015

Bacterial Exchange in Household Washing Machines Chris Callewaert, Sam Van Nevel, Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof, Michael S. Granitsiotis and Nico Boon* Occurrence and Antibiotic Resistance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from Shellfish in Selangor, Malaysia Vengadesh Letchumanan, Priyia Pusparajah, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Wai-Fong Yin, Learn-Han Lee* and Kok-Gan Chan Evaluation of Antioxidative and Cytotoxic Activities of Streptomyces pluripotens MUSC 137 Isolated from Mangrove Soil in Malaysia Hooi-Leng Ser, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Wai-Fong Yin, Kok-Gan Chan, Bey-Hing Goh* and Learn-Han Lee* Comparative Gut Microbiota of 59 Neotropical Bird Species Sarah M. Hird*, Cesar Sanchez, Bryan C. Carstens and Robb T. Brumfield Year-Long Metagenomic Study of River Microbiomes Across Land Use and Water Quality Thea Van Rossum, Michael A. Peabody, Miguel I. Uyaguari-Diaz, Kirby I. Cronin, Michael Chan, Jared R. Slobodan, Matthew J. Nesbitt, Curtis A. Suttle, William W. L. Hsiao, Patrick K. C. Tang, Natalie A. Prystajecky and Fiona S. L. Brinkman* Chlamydia Infection Across Host Species Boundaries Promotes Distinct Sets of Transcribed Anti-Apoptotic Factors. Joshua E. Messinger, Emmalin Nelton, Colleen Feeney and David C. Gondek* A Metagenomics-Based Metabolic Model of Nitrate-Dependent Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane by Methanoperedens-Like Archaea Arslan Arshad, Daan R. Speth, Rob M. de Graaf, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, Mike S. M. Jetten and Cornelia U. Welte* Natural Sunlight Shapes […]

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23 Dec 2015

Early Career Insights: When theory meets practice

Kyle Gustafson and Kyle Douglass are two physicists doing their postdocs at EPFL…in Biology. Douglass did his PhD in Optics at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, working in the fields of light scattering, biophotonics, and optical sensing for soft matter characterization and cell biology. Now he is doing his first postdoc in the Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics at EPFL, where he is using new microscopy techniques, building his own super-resolution fluorescence microscope, to understand the structure of DNA inside the cell nucleus. He is using his background in experimental physics and working closely with biologists, to perform his research focused on the physical mechanisms describing the compaction of chromatin, the associated DNA proteins. Gustafson did his PhD in theoretical plasma physics at the University of Maryland. He did a first postdoc in plasma Physics at EPFL before switching into biological physics and systems biology. In his last postdoctoral period at EPFL, he studied new models for the description of stochastic phenomena in gene regulation networks. He is now moving to the Institute for Disease Modeling near Seattle, to continue with his research, now focused on epidemiology and spread of diseases. Both are working on Biophysics, but while Gustafson followed […]

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23 Dec 2015

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with the University of Ulm

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Ulm holds an open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. The University of Ulm  will cover Article Publishing Fees for eligible corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any of the Frontiers journals. For further information, requirements and whether you qualify for funding, please visit Open Access at the University of Ulm or contact kiz.publikationsmanagement@uni-ulm.de

Frontiers news

11 Dec 2015

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering welcomes new Field Chief Editor

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering is very proud to announce Prof. Juergen Brugger as the journal’s new Field Chief Editor. Prof. Brugger is based at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland), and currently leads the Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems Specialty section of the journal. Launched in January 2015, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering seeks to include in its scope original, theoretical and applied research methods related to the mechanical sciences and their engineering applications. The journal currently hosts 6 specialty sections: Computer-Aided and Digital Manufacturing Technologies Engine and Automotive Engineering Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning Mechanics of Materials Mechatronics Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems We intend on launching several other specialty sections in the coming months, so do keep an eye out! Already confirmed are: Thermal and Mass Transfer (Specialty Chief Editor: Prof. Timothy S. Fisher) and Acoustical Engineering, Sound and Vibration (Specialty Chief Editor: Prof. Fabrizio Scarpa). “Manufacturing and Production Engineering” and “Tribology” should follow soon.

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10 Dec 2015

Making the most of the postdoc experience

About three years ago, Dr Nicola Dynes and Dr Petra Schwalie arrived at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to do their first postdoc. Nicola is working on centrosomes, small non-membrane bound organelles that play a central role in cell division, in the institute of  experimental cancer research, and Petra is part of a genetics and genomics lab in which her work is focused on fat cells and adipogenesis. Their labs are separated by just one building, but they actually met through the Life Science Postdoc Association at EPFL. This association started in 2012 as the initiative of a group of postdocs together with the current dean, with the idea of creating a community of postdocs at EPFL, a place to meet people and to cover unmet career development needs. They organize different networking and career events to which any postdoc interested in life sciences, also from outside this field or EPFL, is welcome. Nowadays Petra and Nicola are engaged in this association as president and vice-president respectively, and will tell us why today.   How did you decide to be part of the SV postdoc association? N: I learnt about the association through one of my colleagues, who […]