“Real Men Mark their Territory!” Spatial Constructions of Masculinity in Joe Pieri’s Autobiographical Narratives by Souhir Zekri

“…The history of Scots-Italian “male” encounters has an air of violence and brutality, one epitomized from ancient times by relentless “Picts” defending their lands from Roman invasions and by fearless mercenaries of the middle Ages protecting Italian cities. …”
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Adolescent screen time and unhealthy food consumption in the context of the digital development in New Caledonia. by Akila Nedjar-Guerre, Guillaume Wattelez, Christophe Serra-Mallol, Stéphane Frayon, Olivier Galy

“…<h4>Objective</h4>For several years, the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have been undergoing digital developments that have had an impact on the time adolescents spend in front of screens. …”
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William of Malmesbury and the Britons by Winkler, EA

“…William sought to redeem those people in Britain's distant past who, by many accounts – those of Bede, Gildas, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and even Caesar himself – surrendered without honour to the Romans, the Irish and the Picts, and the Germanic tribes.</p> <p>William endeavoured to restore honour to the Britons in Britain's remote past by minimising their subjection to these foreign invaders. …”

The tide of dietary risks for noncommunicable diseases in Pacific Islands: an analysis of population NCD surveys by Erica Reeve, Prabhat Lamichhane, Briar McKenzie, Gade Waqa, Jacqui Webster, Wendy Snowdon, Colin Bell

“…Abstract Objective To describe changes over time in dietary risk factor prevalence and non-communicable disease in Pacific Island Countries (PICTs). Methods Secondary analysis of data from 21,433 adults aged 25–69, who participated in nationally representative World Health Organization STEPs surveys in 8 Pacific Island Countries and Territories between 2002 and 2019. …”
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White collar crime predispositions among public groups in Malaysia by A/L Durairaja, Shankar

“…Secondly, a validation study was conducted to test the compatibility, validity, and reliability of the items were tested in the Malay WCC Predispositions Battery (M-WCCPB) which consists of Malay translated 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire (16PF), Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS), Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM), and Chronic Stress Scale (CSS). …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR MEASLES ELIMINATION by A. Yu. Antipova, M. A. Bichurina, I. N. Lavrentieva

“…The Western Pacific Region (WPR) is comprised of 37 countries such as China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Papua-New Guinea, Australia, including Pacific Island Countries and Territories (21 countries of PICTs, approx. 3 million people) etc., with a population of 1.85 billion people. …”
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Aberrant Membrane Composition and Biophysical Properties Impair Erythrocyte Morphology and Functionality in Elliptocytosis by Hélène Pollet, Anne-Sophie Cloos, Amaury Stommen, Juliette Vanderroost, Louise Conrard, Adrien Paquot, Marine Ghodsi, Mélanie Carquin, Catherine Léonard, Manuel Guthmann, Maxime Lingurski, Christiane Vermylen, Theodore Killian, Laurent Gatto, Mark Rider, Sébastien Pyr dit Ruys, Didier Vertommen, Miikka Vikkula, Pascal Brouillard, Patrick Van Der Smissen, Giulio G. Muccioli, Donatienne Tyteca

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Costs and cost-effectiveness of HIV counselling and testing modalities in Southern Mozambique by Jun Hao Choo, Elisa Lopez-Varela, Laura Fuente-Soro, Orvalho Augusto, Charfudin Sacoor, Ariel Nhacolo, Stanley Wei, Denise Naniche, Ranjeeta Thomas, Elisa Sicuri

“…Conclusion PICT and VCT are likely equally cost-effective in Manhiça. …”
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A High-level Signal Processing Programming Language by Hicks, James Edward, Jr.

“…D-PICT has a diagrammatic representation with a corresponding textual representation.…”
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Semi-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation Guided by Bi-Directional Constrained Dual-Task Consistency by Ming-Zhang Pan, Xiao-Lan Liao, Zhen Li, Ya-Wen Deng, Yuan Chen, Gui-Bin Bian

“…Compared to the baseline supervised method, the PICT brings over 3–9% improvements. Conclusions: The developed PICT model can effectively leverage unlabeled data to improve segmentation quality of low contrast medical images. …”
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Construction of characterization parameters of algal photosynthetic inhibition method for detection of comprehensive toxicity in water by Mengyuan Gu, Gaofang Yin, Tingting Gan, Nanjing Zhao, Peilong Qi, Min Chen, Zhichao Ding, Renqing Jia, Jinjing Liu, Mingjun Ma, Ruifang Yang, Li Fang, Wenqing Liu

“…The lowest detection limit of PICTE for five toxic substances compared with PIABS was reduced by 74.43%, 77.01%, 67.30%, 60.69%, and 50.81%, respectively. …”
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Prothrombinase-Induced Clotting Time to Measure Drug Concentrations of Rivaroxaban, Apixaban, and Edoxaban in Clinical Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study by Vepusha Sathanantham, Lorenzo Alberio, Cédric Bovet, Pierre Fontana, Bernhard Gerber, Lukas Graf, Adriana Mendez, Thomas C. Sauter, Adrian Schmidt, Jan-Dirk Studt, Walter A. Wuillemin, Michael Nagler

“…Prothrombinase-induced clotting time (PiCT) is proposed as a rapid and inexpensive laboratory test to measure direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) drug levels. …”
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Piezo1 Regulation Involves Lipid Domains and the Cytoskeleton and Is Favored by the Stomatocyte–Discocyte–Echinocyte Transformation by Amaury Stommen, Marine Ghodsi, Anne-Sophie Cloos, Louise Conrard, Andra C. Dumitru, Patrick Henriet, Christophe E. Pierreux, David Alsteens, Donatienne Tyteca

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Microarray ELISA for Autoantibody Screening in Connective Tissue Diseases by Sarita Kumble, Lok Choi, Carlos Lopez-Muedano, Krishnanand D. Kumble

“…Objective: This study was performed to demonstrate the use of an ELISA-based microarray technology which is termed as ‘PictArrays’, to identify autoantibody expression patterns in patients with symptoms of autoimmune connective tissue disease. …”
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Targeting cholesterol impairs cell invasion of all breast cancer types by Mauriane Maja, Marie Verfaillie, Patrick Van Der Smissen, Patrick Henriet, Christophe E. Pierreux, Nor Eddine Sounni, Donatienne Tyteca

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Interplay Between Plasma Membrane Lipid Alteration, Oxidative Stress and Calcium-Based Mechanism for Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis From Erythrocytes During Blood Storage by Anne-Sophie Cloos, Marine Ghodsi, Amaury Stommen, Juliette Vanderroost, Nicolas Dauguet, Hélène Pollet, Ludovic D’Auria, Eric Mignolet, Yvan Larondelle, Romano Terrasi, Giulio G. Muccioli, Patrick Van Der Smissen, Donatienne Tyteca

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HIV testing practices by clinical service before and after revised testing guidelines in a Swiss University Hospital. by Katharine E A Darling, Olivier Hugli, Rachel Mamin, Cristina Cellerai, Sebastien Martenet, Alexandre Berney, Solange Peters, Renaud A Du Pasquier, Patrick Bodenmann, Matthias Cavassini

“…This study may show the limit of PICT strategies based on physician risk assessment, compared to the opt-out approach.…”
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Utilization of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling as an Intervention for PMTCT Services Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in a Teaching Hospital in Ethiopi... by Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Yohannes Kelifa Emiru, Daniel Asfaw Erku, Amanual Getnet Mersha, Abebe Basazn Mekuria, Asnakew Achaw Ayele, Henok Getachew Tegegn

“…Purpose: Little is known about acceptance of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PICT) as an intervention for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. …”
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Impaired Cytoskeletal and Membrane Biophysical Properties of Acanthocytes in Hypobetalipoproteinemia – A Case Study by Anne-Sophie Cloos, Laura G. M. Daenen, Mauriane Maja, Amaury Stommen, Juliette Vanderroost, Patrick Van Der Smissen, Minke Rab, Jan Westerink, Eric Mignolet, Yvan Larondelle, Romano Terrasi, Giulio G. Muccioli, Andra C. Dumitru, David Alsteens, Richard van Wijk, Donatienne Tyteca

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Detection and characterization of protein interactions in vivo by a simple live-cell imaging method. by Oriol Gallego, Tanja Specht, Thorsten Brach, Arun Kumar, Anne-Claude Gavin, Marko Kaksonen

“…In this work we have used PICT to analyze protein-protein interactions from three biological pathways in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade (Ste5-Ste11-Ste50), exocytosis (exocyst complex) and endocytosis (Ede1-Syp1).…”
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