The articles contained in this issue constitute a selection of the papers presented at the Wire Assembly Reloading the Nation? Alternative concepts of sovereignty and citizenship in national movements (1960-2014) workshop, which was held in Brussels by NISE and the Centre Maurits Coppieters on 3-4 December 2015.Five years later, the reflections con
Neotropical parrots forage for various food items such as seeds, fruit pulp, flowers, young leaves, and even arthropods.While foraging, many species wander over large areas that include both open and closed habitats.In this study, I examined parrot foraging activity during a brief synchronous and massive flowering in August 1998 in a tecoma savanna
We describe MIP-1 and MIP-2, novel paralogous C.elegans germ granule components that interact with the intrinsically disordered MEG-3 protein.These proteins promote P granule condensation, form granules independently of MEG-3 in the postembryonic germ line, and balance each other in regulating P granule growth and localization.MIP-1 and MIP-2 each
Filaggrin proteins are expressed in the skin, oral cavity, oesophagus, and cervical mucose.Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene (FLG) reduce filaggrin expression and cause an impaired skin barrier function.We hypothesized that FLG mutation carriers would be more susceptible to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and thus a higher risk
Objectives Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) affect women of childbearing age and have been associated with adverse birth outcomes.The impact of diseases like ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) on birth outcomes remains less studied to date.Our objective was to evaluate the impact of ARDs on preterm birth (PTB), congenital anom