From the Guest Editor by David Logan

“…Many of the visitors attendedboth meetings, and therefore the five-day period was an enriching, double-barreled,math biology experience for nearly everyone. Near the end of the session the Editor-in-Chiefof MBE, Yang Kuang, asked if we would be willing to collect together some of the papersfrom the special session for an issue of MBE. …”
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Mitochondrial Dynamics: In Cell Reprogramming as It Is in Cancer by Javier Prieto, Josema Torres

“…Somatic cells can be reprogrammed into a pluripotent cellular state similar to that of embryonic stem cells. Given the significant physiological differences between the somatic and pluripotent cells, cell reprogramming is associated with a profound reorganization of the somatic phenotype at all levels. …”
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Cançó en llengua minoritzada i revitalització by Eric Fraj

“…Everyone knows that singing is a fun and enjoyable way to learn a language, and an effective way. …”
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La fonction rituelle du dispositif Différents et Compétents : ambiguïtés et dons professionnels by Maude Hatano-Chalvidan

“…This unsaid dimension of the device, in its ritual form produces functional ambiguity (Durkheim, 1991) with which everyone (trainees and trainer) works on their experience and constructs meaning on their experience and by extension on their own social and professional journey. …”
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Réception du 11 septembre 2001 au Québec. Persistance des mémoires nationales et émergence de mémoires globalisées by Christian Bergeron

“…Everyone (or almost) remembers the fateful date associated with the collapsing Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the terrorist attacks in Washington and Pennsylvania State. …”
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Disaster Tips for People with Disabilities by Carolyn S. Wilken

“…People with disabilities need to have the same basic disaster supply kit as everyone else. Basic supply lists are available from a number of sources, but the list available at the American Red Cross web site serves as the model (http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/fds-all.pdf). …”
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Paraurethral cyst. A case report by Emilio Vega Azcúe

“…They can also get formed from persistent embryonic remains of the mesonephric ducts (Wolffian duct), known as Gartner cysts and from the occlusion of unfused paramesonephric ducts (Müllerian). …”
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Ce que la nuit raconte au jour by Luc Gwiazdzinski

“…Seeking to go beyond the equation of the night, it highlights the ways in which its exploration has contributed to the day, such as positive disorientation and the learning of a nocturnal way of thinking that makes it possible to manage the contradictions of a hyper-modern society. A sphere for everyone and for no one, the urban night necessitates exchange and cooperation and allows the integration of everyday life issues and sensitive dimensions. …”
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Climate change and food systems interactions: Ensuring resilient and healthy diets by Jessica Fanzo, Alison Rose

“…We must change the way we govern, manage, and engage with food systems if we want them to produce healthy diets that benefit everyone’s health and nutrition. We need various solutions to do this, and food and climate communities must come together around common goals and actions.…”
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Watersheds – Functions and Management by Shukla Sanjay

“…The definition of a watershed is based on a concept with which everyone is familiar: “Water runs downhill.” A Watershed is a land area whose runoff drains into any stream, river, lake, and ocean. …”
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The tourism image of Estonia in Spain: a formulative approach by Katlin Savva, Arta Antonovica, Javier de Esteban Curiel

“…We are living in an environment, where information flow is freer than ever. Nowadays everyone has access to global news and can make their own conclu-sions based on the perceived image. …”
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Desmosomes In Vivo by David Garrod

“…Calcium dependence is a default condition in vivo, found in wounds and embryonic development. Hyperadhesion appears to be associated with an ordered arrangement of the extracellular domains of the desmosomal cadherins, which gives rise to the intercellular midline identified in ultrastructural studies. …”
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In, Out, and Beyond: Dislocation, Contamination and the Redemptive Power of Womanhood in California, In-doors and Out by Eliza W. Farnham, 1856 by Claire Sorin

“…Its vivid and at times humorous descriptions of agrarian life, embryonic political institutions, social relations and violence, are permeated with the spirit of Manifest Destiny. …”
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Watersheds – Functions and Management by Shukla Sanjay

“…The definition of a watershed is based on a concept with which everyone is familiar: “Water runs downhill.” A Watershed is a land area whose runoff drains into any stream, river, lake, and ocean. …”
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The urgency of evidence in psychotherapy by Alvaro Paredes-Rivera

“…Currently, and after a long history of development and evolution, psychotherapy is a field where different models of intervention meet together, and everyone wants to obtain its own recognition and promotion. …”
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The "turn" to spirituality by C. Kourie

“…Spirituality refers to the raison-d’être of one’s existence, the meaning and values to which one ascribes. Thus everyone embodies a spirituality, be it nihilistic, materialistic, humanistic, or religious. …”
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L’animal-machine. Élevage industriel et biotechnologies by Catherine Larrère

“…This is because it is a technical model, which does not say what animals are (everyone knows that they are not machines) but how they should be considered (it is a heuristic model) if certain results are to be obtained (it is a prescriptive model). …”
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Du « je » au « nous ». Le Théâtre de l’opprimé comme grammaire d’une parole collective by Sophie Coudray

“…Its method allows an overtaking of the individual narrative in order to work towards a pooling, which is essential for critical reflection and the development of a political discourse that anyone can carry on stage on behalf of everyone. This paper aims at exploring Augusto Boal’s approach and the operation of his theatrical pedagogy. …”
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Evaluating the Role of Wnt Signal Transduction in Promoting the Development of the Heart by Leonard M. Eisenberg, Carol A. Eisenberg

“…Wnt proteins have major impact on embryonic development, tumor progression, and stem cell differentiation. …”
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Vitamin A: A Key Inhibitor of Adipocyte Differentiation by Manal A. Malibary

“…Many recent studies have confirmed the relationship between retinoic acid (RA) and the conversion of embryonic stem cells into adipocytes; however, these studies have shown that RA potently blocks the differentiation of preadipocytes into mature adipocytes. …”
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