Comparison of the Glaesserella parasuis Virulence in Mice and Piglets
In this study, we compared the virulence of the most common serovars of Glaesserella parasuis in China, serovars 4, 5, 12, and 13 (36 strains in total) in BALB/c mice and piglets. In mice, the median lethal doses (LD50s) of the four serovars were roughly
Baichuan Qi +11 more
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Science Unseen: Inclusive Practices in Introductory Biological Anthropology Laboratory Courses for Blind and Low-Vision Students [PDF]
Science education relies heavily on observable phenomena or imagery, making it by and large inaccessible to blind and low vision (BLV) students. As laboratory science courses are frequently necessary to complete general education requirements in higher ...
Blatt, Samantha Heidi
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How coupled is coupled human-natural systems research?
Interdisciplinary research that links human and natural systems is critical to addressing complex environmental and ecological problems. A growing number of interdisciplinary research teams investigate coupled natural-human systems, but the degree to ...
Yoon Ah Shin +3 more
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A brief guide to the science and art of writing manuscripts in biomedicine
Publishing articles in international scientific journals is the primary method for the communication of validated research findings and ideas. Journal articles are commonly used as a major input for evaluations of researchers and institutions.
Diego A. Forero +2 more
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Unaffected perceptual thresholds for biological and non-biological form-from-motion perception in autism spectrum conditions [PDF]
Background: Perception of biological motion is linked to the action perception system in the human brain, abnormalities within which have been suggested to underlie impairments in social domains observed in autism spectrum conditions (ASC).
Blakemore, SJ +20 more
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Objective: Examine the association of the 4a/4b polymorphism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) with blood pressure in women at late pregnancy.
Evgeny Reshetnikov +8 more
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Some reflections on current invasion science and perspectives for an exciting future [PDF]
Species spreading beyond their native ranges are important study objects in ecology and environmental sciences and research on biological invasions is thriving.
Tina Heger +2 more
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Exploring biological possibility through synthetic biology [PDF]
This paper analyzes the notion of possibility in biology and demonstrates how synthetic biology can provide understanding on the modal dimension of biological systems. Among modal concepts, biological possibility has received surprisingly little explicit
Koskinen, Rami, Ijäs, Tero
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Biology and its disciplinary Partitions – intellectual and academic Constraints [PDF]
Biology and its disciplinary Partitions – intellectual and academic Constraints A productive confrontation between biology and philosophy should be based on a serious effort to recover a comprehensive vision of the living world as the subject of a ...
MINELLI, ALESSANDRO
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Explanation in Biology: Reduction, Pluralism, and Explanatory Aims [PDF]
This essay analyzes and develops recent views about explanation in biology. Philosophers of biology have parted with the received deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation primarily by attempting to capture actual biological theorizing and ...
Brigandt, Ingo, Ingo Brigandt
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