Mind the translational gap: using iPS cell models to bridge from genetic discoveries to perturbed pathways and therapeutic targets

Abstract Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) comprises a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impaired social interactions as well as the presentation of restrictive and repetitive behaviors.ASD is highly heritable but genetically heterogenous with both common and rare genetic variants collaborating to predispose individuals Marvel Leg

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Does Conceptual Integration Theory Possess the Cognitive Toolkit to Explain the Comic? Building Bridges Between Diverse fFelds of Linguistics in Respect of the English Humour

In this paper, I would like to display the workings of the mechanism of conceptual integration theory (CIT for short), aka blending, as envisaged by Fauconnier and Turner (1998 & 2002).I wish to demonstrate that blending is a potential candidate for a humour theory.On the basis of a few chosen examples of English humour, specifically a joke, a cart

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