Extracellular Vesicle Release Promotes Viral Replication during Persistent HCV Infection by Yucel Aydin, Ali Riza Koksal, Venu Reddy, Dong Lin, Hanadi Osman, Zahra Heidari, Sadeq Mutlab Rhadhi, William C Wimley, Mansour A Parsi, Srikanta Dash

“…Furthermore, we found that blocking EV release triggers interferon lambda 1 secretion. These findings suggest that the release of EVs is an innate immune escape mechanism that promotes persistent HCV infection. …”
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Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Is Involved in Interferon Gamma’s Anti-BKPyV Activity in Renal Cells by Tony Fiore, Elodie Martin, Véronique Descamps, Etienne Brochot, Virginie Morel, Lynda Handala, Fatima Dakroub, Sandrine Castelain, Gilles Duverlie, François Helle, Catherine François

“…Here, we investigated the efficacy of interferons (IFN) alpha, lambda and gamma with regard to the BKPyV multiplication in Vero cells. …”
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The roles of species’ relatedness and climate of origin in determining optical leaf traits over a large set of taxa growing at high elevation and high latitude by Saara M. Hartikainen, T. Matthew Robson, T. Matthew Robson

“…Upon testing the phylogenetic signal (Pagel’s λ), we found a significant difference but intermediate lambda values overall for flavonol or flavone index (Iflav) and anthocyanin index (Iant), indicating that phylogenetic relatedness alone failed to explain the changes in trait values under a Brownian motion model of trait evolution. …”
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Griffithsin and Carrageenan Combination Results in Antiviral Synergy against SARS-CoV-1 and 2 in a Pseudoviral Model by Sahar Alsaidi, Nadjet Cornejal, Oneil Mahoney, Claudia Melo, Neeharika Verma, Thierry Bonnaire, Theresa Chang, Barry R. O’Keefe, James Sailer, Thomas M. Zydowsky, Natalia Teleshova, José A. Fernández Romero

“…The potential synergistic, additive, or antagonistic effect of different compound combinations was determined by CalcuSyn v1 software (Biosoft, Cambridge, UK), which estimated the combination index (CI) values. Iota and lambda carrageenan showed the most potent antiviral activity (EC₅₀ between 3.2 and 7.5 µg/mL). …”
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Sex estimation based on the anthropometric measurements of thyroid cartilage using discriminant analysis by Roberto Cameriere, Galina V. Zolotenkova, Igor A. Kuznetsov, Roberto Scendoni, Yuri I. Pigolkin

“…Finally, to estimate the sex of the observed individuals, a stepwise discriminant analysis was conducted, using the Wilks’ lambda selection method. The most significant parameters were the outer distance between bases of inferior horn; the inner distance between distal ends of inferior horns; distance between distal ends of left superior and inferior horns; left superior horn length (distance between left superior horn distal end and base); distance between superior and inferior notches; thyroid angle; left lamina height (vertical line along left lamina middle); horizontal distance between anterior intermedium line and the right lamina posterior edge; distance between inferior thyroid notch and line connecting left and right thyroid laminae; and left superior horn thickness at mid-line. …”
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Membrane and Cytoplasmic Proteins of <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subspecies <i>paratuberculosis</i> that Bind to Novel Monoclonal Antibodies by John P. Bannantine, Judith R. Stabel, John D. Lippolis, Timothy A. Reinhardt

“…In the first approach, a new <i>Map</i>-lambda phage expression library was screened to identify corresponding antigens for 11 mAbs. …”
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Tuning the Selectivity of Metal Oxide Gas Sensors with Vapor Phase Deposited Ultrathin Polymer Thin Films by Stefan Schröder, Nicolai Ababii, Mihai Brînză, Nicolae Magariu, Lukas Zimoch, Mani Teja Bodduluri, Thomas Strunskus, Rainer Adelung, Franz Faupel, Oleg Lupan

“…Metal oxide gas sensors are of great interest for applications ranging from lambda sensors to early hazard detection in explosive media and leakage detection due to their superior properties with regard to sensitivity and lifetime, as well as their low cost and portability. …”
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Risk Assessment of Fluxametamide Resistance and Fitness Costs in Fall Armyworm (<i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>) by Debashis Roy, Sujan Biswas, Sukamal Sarkar, Samrat Adhikary, Gautam Chakraborty, Pijush Kanti Sarkar, Laila A. Al-Shuraym, Samy Sayed, Ahmed Gaber, Akbar Hossain

“…Compared with the susceptible F0 strain, the Flux-SEL (F10) strain of FAW displayed no significant cross-resistance to broflanilide, chlorantraniliprole, fipronil, indoxacarb, lambda cyhalothrin, spinetoram, and tetraniliprole, except emamectin benzoate (RF: 2.08-fold). …”
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Establishment of Z Score Reference of Growth Parameters for Egyptian School Children and Adolescents Aged From 5 to 19 Years: A Cross Sectional Study by Ali M. El Shafie, Fady M. El-Gendy, Dalia M. Allahony, Zein A. Omar, Mohamed A. Samir, Ahmed N. El-Bazzar, Mohamed A. Abd El-Fattah, Amir A. Abdel Monsef, Amir M. Kairallah, Hythem M. Raafet, Ghada M. Baza, Amany G. Salah, Walaa S. Galab, Zeinab A. Kasemy, Wael A. Bahbah

“…Background: Growth charts are an important method for evaluating a child's health, growth, and nutritional status.Objective: To establish Lambda—Mu- Sigma (LMS) and Z score references for assessment of growth and nutritional status in Egyptian school children and adolescents.Methods: A total of 34,822 Egyptian school children and adolescents from 5 to 19 years were enrolled in a cross sectional randomized study from December 2017 to November 2019 to create LMS and Z score references for weight, height and body mass index (BMI) corresponding to ages. …”
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Autoantibody Profiles in Collagen Disease Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): Antibodies to Major Histocompatibility Complex Class l-Related Chain a (MICA) as Markers of... by Hiroshi Furukawa, Shomi Oka, Kota Shimada, Kiyoe Masuo, Fumiaki Nakajima, Shunichi Funano, Yuki Tanaka, Akiko Komiya, Naoshi Fukui, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Kenji Tadokoro, Masato Nose, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Shigeto Tohma

“…Auto-Ab profiles were analyzed using the Lambda Array Beads Multi-Analyte System, granulocyte immunofluorescence test, ProtoArray Human Protein Microarray, AlphaScreen assay, and glutathione S-transferase capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 34 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with or without CVD-ILD and in 15 patients with collagen disease with AoDILD. …”
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Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Hopelessness among Women with Breast Cancer and Gynecological Cancer by Farah Lotfi-Kashani, Leyla Fallahi, Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari, Nazanin Mansour-Moshtaghi, Fatemeh Abdollahi

“…</p></div><div><p class="Abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> After adjusting for pretest, MBCT had a significant effect on the dependent variables of hopelessness [F (2,52) = 59.270, P &lt; 0.001; Wilks’s lambda = 0.305; partial eta squared = 0.695)]. There was a significant difference between the groups in terms of hopelessness due to loss of motivation (F = 21.711, df1 = 54, P &lt; 0.001; eta = 0.291). …”
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STUDY ON SUMMER RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND RETRIEVED POLARIMETRIC RADAR PARAMETER OVER LEIZHOU PENINSULA by Z. B. Zhou, Z. B. Zhou, J. J. Lv, S. J. Niu, S. J. Niu

“…The constrained relations between Gamma distribution parameter (<i>&mu;</i>, <i>&Lambda;</i>, <i>N₀</i>) is derived. The retrieved polarimetric radar parameter (<i>K</i>_DP, <i>Z</i>_DR, <i>Z</i>_h) have a good self-consistency, which can be used to improve the accuracy of <i>K</i>_DP calculation. …”
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Application of multivariate discriminant analysis for differentiation between Saudi sheep (Ovis aries) breeds based on physical and histochemical meat characteristics by Gamaleldin M. Suliman, Raed Mahmoud Al-Atiyat, Khaled H. Abu-Alruz, Amer M. Mamkagh, Firas A. Al-Zyoud, Abdullah N. Al-Owaimer, Faisal A. Alshamiry

“…The most powerful characteristics were temperature, empty intestinal weight, pH24, external carcass length, heart weight, and L1, based on partial R-square and Wilks' lambda values. The phenotypic associations between the characteristics had strong associations. …”
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Função motora e qualidade de vida de indivíduos com paralisia cerebral by Maria Tereza Artero Prado, Rayza Fabiane Fell, Renata Calciolari Rossi e Silva, Francis Lopes Pacagnelli, Selma de Bastos Zambelli Freitas, Aline Elizabeth Martins Janial, Luciana Christine Fernandes Tanaka, Deborah Cristina Gonçalves Luiz Fernani, Adriana Gonçalves de Oliveira, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro

“…Para correlacionar utilizou-se da Análise de Correlação Canônica, o teste da Razão de Verossimilhança e a Estatística Multivariada de Wilks Lambda, com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados:<strong> </strong>Apresentaram idade média de 8,4±4,03 anos. …”
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Enhanced mosquitocidal efficacy of pyrethroid insecticides by nanometric emulsion preparation towards Culex pipiens larvae with biochemical and molecular docking studies by Nehad E. M. Taktak, Mohamed E. I. Badawy, Osama M. Awad, Nadia E. Abou El-Ela, Salwa M. Abdallah

“…Methods In the current study, four pyrethroid insecticides include alpha-cypermethrin, deltamethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, and permethrin were incorporated into stable nanoemulsions. …”
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Cell Alignment in Aqueous Solution Employing a Flexural Plate Wave Piezoelectric MEMS Transducer by Alessandro Nastro, Marco Bau, Marco Ferrari, Libor Rufer, Skandar Basrour, Vittorio Ferrari

“…By applying sinusoidal excitation signals to faced IDTs with zero phase shift and peak amplitude of 10 V, lines of cells spaced by half wavelength <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda $ </tex-math></inline-formula>/2 &#x003D; <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$56~\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> have been achieved at 12.5 MHz, in good agreement with theoretical predictions and simulation results.…”
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Comparison of four algorithms on establishing continuous reference intervals for pediatric analytes with age-dependent trend by Kun Li, Lixin Hu, Yaguang Peng, Ruohua Yan, Qiliang Li, Xiaoxia Peng, Wenqi Song, Xin Ni

“…The improved non-parametric method, the radial smoothing method, the General Additive Model for Location Scale and Shape (GAMLSS), and Lambda-Median-Sigma (LMS) were used to develop continuous RIs. …”
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Models of integration of TB and HIV services and factors associated with perceived quality of TB-HIV integrated service delivery in O. R Tambo District, South Africa by Ntandazo Dlatu, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Teke Apalata

“…Canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) showed that in all 5 municipal facilities, long distances to healthcare facilities leading to reduced access to services were significantly more likely to be the most impeding factor, which is negatively influencing the perceived quality of integrated TB/HIV services, with functions’ coefficients ranging from 9.175 in Mhlontlo to 16.514 in KSD (Wilk’s Lambda = 0.750, p = 0.043). Conclusion HIV and TB integration is inadequate with limited access to healthcare services. …”
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A novel glutathione-S-transferase-based biosensor for pyrethroid insecticides: From inhibition study to detection by Eliane Braga Ribeiro, Danilo Braga Ribeiro, Alexandra Martins dos Santos Soares, Paulo Roberto B.O. Marques, Mihaela Badea, Marcelo Targa, José Aparecido Granato, Gilvanda Silva Nunes

“…Docking simulations of the pyrethroid ligands (bifenthrin, deltamethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin and tetramethrin) on the active site of GST were performed using Molegro Virtual Docker-MVD, according to the re-docking protocol. …”
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Understanding changes in pulmonary function and functional status in breast cancer patients after systemic chemotherapy and radiotherapy: a prospective study by Alper Tuğral, Zeynep Arıbaş, Murat Akyol, Yeşim Bakar

“…A significant effect of the type of surgery was found (Wilks’ lambda, F [1, 19] = 6.561, p =.019, ηp2 = 0.25) between c0 and c1 in actual FVC value. …”
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