This study presents an integrated model based on cellular automata for assessing and simulating land use/cover changes and their impact on the environment.Satellite images from Landsat TM and ETM + sensors from the time period of 1985 to 2014 were applied.Seven static and five dynamic variables were applied.These included elevation, slope, aspect,
Towards a culture of open scholarship: the role of pedagogical communities
Abstract The UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has called for evidence on the roles that different stakeholders play American Candy in reproducibility and research integrity.Of central priority are proposals for improving research integrity and quality, as well as guidance and support for researchers.In response to this, we argue
Antidepressant drug prescription and incidence of COVID-19 in mental health outpatients: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Currently, the main pharmaceutical intervention for COVID-19 is vaccination.While antidepressant (AD) drugs have shown some efficacy in treatment of INTENSE REPAIR CONDITIONER symptomatic COVID-19, their preventative potential remains largely unexplored.Analysis of association between prescription of ADs and COVID-19 incidence i
Senescence is a Spi1-induced anti-proliferative mechanism in primary hematopoietic cells
Transcriptional deregulation caused by epigenetic or genetic alterations is a major cause of leukemic transformation.The Spi1/PU.1 transcription factor is a key regulator of many steps of hematopoiesis, and limits self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells.The deregulation of its expression or activity contributes to leukemia, in which Spi1 can be ei