Slovak Translation and Cross-Cultural Validation of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT10).

Introduction: The objective of the study was the language adaptation and verification of psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the EAT10® questionnaire. Methods: The original English version of the questionnaire was translated into the Slovak language. The research group included 136 control participants and 51 dysphagic patients.

Occasional but severe: Past debris flows and snow avalanches in the Helmos Mts. (Greece) reconstructed from tree-ring records.

The eastern Mediterranean is a hotspot in terms of geomorphic hazards, but the activity of gravitational processes in mountainous areas is largely unexplored. We carried out dendrogeomorphic research in the Helmos Mountains (Northern Peloponnese, Greece) to determine the timing, spatial extent, and hydrometeorological triggers of debris flows and snow avalanches. Specifically, we sampled increment cores from 123 injured Greek firs (Abies cephalonica L.

Intra-annual dendrogeomorphic dating and climate linkages of flood events in headwaters of central Europe.

Unlike large rivers, floods in headwaters have been poorly documented despite the fact that greater discharges are expected in such areas due to ongoing rainfall intensification. The purpose of this study is to carry out intra-annual dating of past floods combined with analysis of their climate linkages which may point on distribution and origin of floods. To this end, we applied dendrogeomorphic dating of impact scars on riparian vegetation to provide flood chronologies in twelve headwaters of eastern Czechia and determined their seasonal occurrences.

Absence of keratin 1 restricts the course of infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus strain MX.

A rodent-transmitted enveloped lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is an RNA virus causing persistent infection. During persistent infection, a unique strain MX of LCMV does not yield infectious virions, therefore it is not able to use a receptor for its dissemination, and spreads by cell-to-cell contacts. Virus can be transported to the neighboring cell by different cellular structures such as tunneling nanotubes or cytonemes.

Understanding complex slope deformation through tree-ring analyses.

Dendrogeomorphic methods are frequently used for the analysis of past landslide behaviour and have become the standard approach used to date landslide activity. Unfortunately, many questions related to the application of tree-rings to landslide analysis remain unsolved. This study points to the significance of dividing a large complex slope deformation area into homogenous zones to obtain as much relevant chronological data as possible and to help with a more precise landslide hazard assessment.