The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was opened for signature on 20 September 2017, the purpose of which is said to be the stigmatization of nuclear weapons.How does one stigmatize nuclear weapons when nuclear-weapon states and states under the nuclear umbrella are strongly opposed to this Treaty? In this article, the significance of LI
Comparative analysis of RNA expression in a single institution cohort of pediatric cancer patients
Abstract With the low incidence of mutations in pediatric cancers, alternate genomic approaches are needed to identify therapeutic targets.Our study, the Comparative Analysis of RNA Expression to Improve Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Treatment, was conducted by the UC Santa Cruz Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative and Stanford University Schoo
Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography.
BackgroundEvidence regarding the presence and persistence of ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare is well established.The reasons for these inequalities and lack of progress in diminishing them are less understood.This meta-ethnography aims to provide a new conceptual understanding of how ethnic inequalities are created and sustained; this is e
Sentinel-1 Data for Winter Wheat Phenology Monitoring and Mapping
The ability of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 data to detect the main wheat phenological phases was investigated in the Bekaa plain of Lebanon.Accordingly, the temporal variation of Sentinel-1 (S1) signal was analyzed as a function of the phenological phases’ dates observed in situ (germination; heading and soft dough), and harvest