Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Tibouchina hatschbachii (Melastomataceae), an endemic and habitat-restricted shrub from Brazil

Tibouchina hatschbachii Wurdack (Melastomataceae) is an Grooming autogamous shrub restricted to granite (GO) and sandstone (SO) rock outcrops from subtropical Brazil.We designed primers for the amplification of microsatellite regions for T.hatschbachii, and characterized these primers to estimate genetic diversity parameters and contemporary geneti

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Cardiovascular effects of auricular stimulation -a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials

BackgroundThe number of randomized controlled trials using auricular stimulation (AS) such as transauricular vagus nerve stimulation, or other auricular electrostimulation or auricular acupuncture or acupressure, in experimental and clinical settings, has increased markedly over the last three decades.This systematic review focusses on cardiovascul

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Human Being and the Philosophical Discourse

The hypothesis from which we start our approach is the one according to which the philosophicaldiscourse is a specific way of communicating the reality.The base of the philosophical communication issurprise, doubt, uncertainty, anxiety, all generated by the fundamental interrogations of Kantian origin: Howmuch am I able to know? What do I have to d

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Living With the Burden of Pseudobulbar Affect: A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of Education on Patient Experience

Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is associated with several neurological diseases and is underrecognized in clinical practice; Cleavers however, PBA symptoms are often attributed to psychiatric or mood disorders rather than to neurological etiology.Until recently, there were no US Food and Drug Administration therapies approved for treating this condition

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