Ribotyping Staphylococcus epidermidis Using Probabilistic Sequence Analysis and Levenshtein Distance Algorithm.

Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) live in different human locations and natural environments. For ribotyping S.

The combined effects of goal attributes, motivational beliefs, creativity and grit on self-regulation in online ill-structured problem solving: a fsQCA approach.

Self-regulated learning (SRL) has been regarded as one of the indispensable factors affecting students' academic success in online learning environments. However, the current understanding of the mechanism/causes of SRL in online ill-structured problem-solving remains insufficient. This study, therefore, examines the configural causal effects of goal attributes, motivational beliefs, creativity, and grit on self-regulated learning.

Sexually dimorphic dopaminergic circuits determine sex preference.

Sociosexual preference is critical for reproduction and survival. However, neural mechanisms encoding social decisions on sex preference remain unclear. In this study, we show that both male and female mice exhibit female preference but shift to male preference when facing survival threats; their preference is mediated by the dimorphic changes in the excitability of ventral tegmental area dopaminergic (VTA) neurons.

The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on global cognition in patients with Alzheimer's disease: An update meta-analysis.

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease. At present, there are currently no drugs that can cure AD.

Objective: A number of empirical studies have shown that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may be used to treat cognitive abnormalities in patients with AD.

Can guilt enhance sensitivity to other's suffering? An EEG investigation into moral emotions and pain empathy.

As a unique form of empathy, pain empathy often has a close relationship with society and morality. Research has revealed that moral emotions can influence pain empathy. The underlying physiological mechanism still needs to be further examined to understand how moral emotions affect pain empathy.