Beak trimming is used worldwide as a method of reducing the damage to feathers and skin caused by injurious pecking in laying hens.However, beak trimming also causes some welfare issues as trimming the beak results in pain and sensory loss.Due to this dilemma, there is an ongoing discussion in several European countries about whether to ban beak tr
The Holy See and Disability Sport: From Attention to Commitment
Research overviews of and historiography on the attitude of the Catholic Church and theologians towards athletes with intellectual and physical disabilities assume that the Church and theologians have only very recently begun to interest themselves in this subject.Starting from John Paul II’s contribution to this field, and above all from his int
NatD epigenetically activates FOXA2 expression to promote breast cancer progression by facilitating MMP14 expression
Summary: N-?-acetyltransferase D (NatD) mediates N-?-terminal acetylation of histone H4 (Nt-Ac-H4), but its role in breast cancer metastasis remains unknown.Here, we show that depletion of NatD directly represses the expression of FOXA2, and is accompanied by a significant reduction in Nt-Ac-H4 enrichment at the FOXA2 promoter.We show that NatD is
Learning to control active matter
The study of active matter has revealed novel non-equilibrium collective behaviors, illustrating their potential as Plastic Tumbers a new materials platform.However, most work treat active matter as unregulated systems with uniform microscopic energy input, which we refer to as activity.In contrast, functionality in biological materials results fro