The acquisitions of mitochondria and plastids were important events in the evolution of the
eukaryotic cell, supplying it with compartmentalized bioenergetic and biosynthetic factories …

Crucial to the method of emergy synthesis are the main driving emergy flows of the
geobiosphere to which all other flows are referenced. They form the baseline for the …

Reboxetine is the first commercially available norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor developed
specifically as a first line therapy for major depressive disorder. In vitro and in vivo …

We describe the genome sequence of the protist Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually
transmitted human pathogen. Repeats and transposable elements comprise about two …

Background Valdecoxib and its intravenous prodrug parecoxib are used to treat
postoperative pain but may involve risk after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). We …

Under the auspices of the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in
Clinical Trials (IMMPACT), 26 professionals from academia, governmental agencies, and …

Background Increased expression of nerve growth factor in injured or inflamed tissue is
associated with increased pain. This proof-of-concept study was designed to investigate the …

Similarities and differences between energy analysis and EMERGY analysis are discussed
and highlighted using the two approaches to analyze the same systems. With particular …

We present in this article, a brief historical overview of the development of the concepts and
theories of energy quality, and net energy that were the precursors to emergy. The concepts …

By means of a systemic analysis of the relationships among components of a system's web,
the flows of energy and other resources converging to produce the output (biomass …