SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER: A MULTICENTER, CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN GEORGIA

Sociodemographic Factors and Depression in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Multicenter, Cross-sectional Study in Georgia

Background: Depression commonly occurs in patients with breast cancer (BC), affecting their quality of life.Objectives: The relationships between depression and different sociodemographic characteristics in patients with BC are under-researched.We conducted a multicenter study to determine the magnitude of depression and its association with differ

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Thermoregulation strategies in ants in comparison to other social insects, with a focus on red wood ants (Formica rufa group) [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/35p]

Temperature influences every aspect of ant biology, especially metabolic rate, growth and development.Maintenance of high inner nest temperature increases the rate of sexual brood development and thereby increases the colony fitness.Insect societies can achieve better thermoregulation than solitary insects due to the former’s ability click here t

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Application of an Improved 2-Dimensional High-Throughput Soybean Root Phenotyping Platform to Identify Novel Genetic Variants Regulating Root Architecture Traits

Nutrient-efficient root system architecture (RSA) is becoming an important breeding objective click here for generating crop varieties with improved nutrient and water acquisition efficiency.Genetic variants shaping soybean RSA is key in improving nutrient and water acquisition.Here, we report on the use of an improved 2-dimensional high-throughput

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The Path of Financial Institutions to Develop Green Finance to Support the Conversion of New and Old Kinetic Energy in Shandong Province

Green finance, as an important driving force and support for economic development, has been playing an irreplaceable role since Shandong province began to build comprehensive pilot zones for the conversion of old and new driving forces.In order to further explore the financial institutions to develop green financial support to the realization of th

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