Perfume descriptions serve as an important persuasive tool in fragrance advertising.Scents traditionally elude clear verbal description, yet perfumes are nowadays frequently sold online, with no direct olfactory experience on the part of the consumer at the point of purchase.The products are thus often represented by metaphorical means depicting a
Lymphoma of the Urinary Bladder
Background.Lymphoma Batteries and Battery Products of the urinary bladder (LUB) is rare.Aims.To review the literature on LUB.Methods.Various internet databases were used.Results.LUB can be either primary or secondary.The tumour has female predominance; most cases occur in middle-age women.Secondary LUB occurs in 10% to 25% of leukemias/lymphomas an
Differences between the European Union and United States of America in Drug Regulatory Affairs Affect Global Patient Safety Standards and Public Health Awareness: The Case of Deferasirox and Other Iron Chelating Drugs
Regulatory policies on drugs have a major impact on patient safety and survival.Some pharmaceutical companies employ all possible methods to achieve maximum sales in relation to the monopoly of their patented drugs, leading sometimes to irregularities and illegal activities.Misinformation on the orphan drug deferasirox has reached the stage of crim
Metabolic Phenotyping of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Reveals a Unique Signature and Intrinsic Differences between Fat Pads
White adipose tissues are functionally heterogeneous and differently manage the excess of energy supply.While the expansion of subcutaneous adipose tissues (SAT) is protective in obesity, that of visceral adipose tissues (VAT) correlates with the emergence of metabolic diseases.Maintained in fat pads throughout life, adipose stem cells (ASC) are me
Studying genetic population structure to shed light on the demographic explosion of the rare species Barbitistes vicetinus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae).
Insect outbreaks usually involve important ecological and economic consequences for agriculture and forestry.The short-winged bush-cricket Barbitistes vicetinus Galvagni & Fontana, 1993 is a recently described species that was considered rare until ten years ago, when unexpected population outbreaks causing severe defoliations across forests and cr