Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, survives in nature through a cycle that alternates between ticks and vertebrates.To facilitate this defined lifestyle, B.burgdorferi has evolved a gene regulatory network that ensures transmission between those hosts, along with specific adaptations to niches within each host.Several regula
In this paper, we examine a new set of hybrid ludic practices utilizing cross-media narration that emerged with the rise of the Internet commonly called Alternate Reality Games.However, we propose to coin the term Alternate Virtuality Games (or AVG) as a way to distinguish these digital practices from their real-life counterpart.Viral online AVGs l
Background: Chronic liver disease is an important cause of mortality as well as morbidity all over the world.Cirrhosis causes clinical manifestations extending beyond the liver.In patients with chronic liver disease, the cause of mortality is usually related to the liver pathology, but extrahepatic manifestations of chronic liver damage contribute