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Increased GABAA receptor open probability: Adaptive mechanisms to cope with anoxia in the painted turtle.
Abstract
The western painted turtle is the most anoxia-tolerant tetrapod known, surviving ∼ 4 months at 3 °C without oxygen. In the mammalian brain, absence of oxygen leads to hyper-excitability and cell death within minutes. A major mechanism b...
Publication · July 01, 2026
Functional Disability in Pregnant Women Attended at a Public Peruvian Hospital
Functional limitations inherent to pregnancy may increase the risk of obstetric complications, reduce adherence to prenatal care, and limit access to essential services. In the Peruvian context, where geographical, economic, and social disparities...
Project · July 01, 2026
Antarctica InSync: International Science & Infrastructure for Synchronous Observation
Objective (from https://www.antarctica-insync.org)
The One Planet – Polar Summit in Paris (November 2023) marked the launch of Antarctica InSync, a UNESCO-led initiative under the UN Ocean Decade. The programme seeks to deepen scientific understa...
Project · July 01, 2026
Not All Five Phases of the Polity are Necessary in Ibn Khaldun's Political Thought
In this essay, I argue that not all five phases of the polity in Al- Muqaddima are necessary or inevitable. While the first three phases are essential for its development, phases four and five, wherein deficiencies in the polity’s foundations may ...
Publication · July 01, 2026
Can science and journalism be mutually reflexive? A Global South perspective
Publication · July 01, 2026
Review of Peculiar Satisfaction: Thomas Jefferson and the Mastery of Subjects
Publication · June 30, 2026
Health care–seeking behavior and barriers to accessing health services among individuals with visual disabilities in Metropolitan Lima
Individuals with disabilities face multiple barriers to accessing health care services. Few studies have been conducted in Latin America, and even fewer in Peru, where 10.4% of the population lives with a disability and where health services exhib...
Project · June 30, 2026
Barriers to Care in Community Pharmacies in Metropolitan Lima for People with Disabilities: A Simulated Patient Study
Pharmaceutical care is an essential component of the healthcare system; however, people with disabilities face multiple barriers to receiving appropriate care in community pharmacies. In Peru, evidence regarding these barriers from the direct pers...
Project · June 30, 2026
The Bionic Educator: The Potential of Generative AI to Enhance the Legal Literacy of Teachers and School Leaders
Publication · June 30, 2026
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