Dengue Virus Non-Structural Protein 5 by El Sahili, Abbas, Lescar, Julien

“…The World Health Organization estimates that the yearly number of dengue cases averages 390 million. This mosquito-borne virus disease is endemic in over 100 countries and will probably continue spreading, given the observed trend in global warming. …”
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Lights, camera, and action : vertebrate skin sets the stage for immune cell interaction with arthropod-vectored pathogens by Chong, Shu Zhen., Evrard, Maximilien., Ng, Lai Guan.

“…Despite increasing studies targeted at host-pathogen interactions, vector-borne diseases remain one of the largest economic health burdens worldwide. …”
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The Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Pillar 1: diagnostics and transmission by Conly, J, Plüddemann, A, Jefferson, T, Rosca, C, Heneghan, C

“…The transmission dynamics to allow for a replication-competent virus to move from a reservoir to a susceptible host and establish an invasive infection is complex and it is likely multiple modes of transmission exist from direct reservoir-to-host (contact, droplet deposition, transplacental) and indirect reservoir-to-intermediary-to- host (vehicle-borne, foodborne, waterborne, and airborne) routes. …”

A critical analysis of current debates in natural law: a theo-cultural engagement with John Finnis, Jean Porter, & John Milbank by Morgan, G

“…The contribution of this thesis is borne out of a two-fold realisation: (1) that despite renewed levels of inter-disciplinary interest within the academy, the discourse has become increasingly fragmented and will continue to fragment in the absence of a critical analysis of the deeper theo-cultural assumptions and aporias that animate current debates in natural law; (2) that by illuminating and attending to the theological and methodological “unsaid(s)” that have, heretofore, been seldom acknowledged, one can begin to appreciate how the fragmentation of the discourse is inexorably linked to the fragmentation of the secular mythos. …”

The physiological effect of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopesticide on Aedes aegypti Larvae by Ting, Chuan Hsieh, Syahirah Zakaria, Siti Khadijah Mohd Bakhori, Shahrom Mahmud, Siti Nasuha Hamzah

“…Aedes aegypti is responsible for transmitting various mosquito-borne diseases. Recently, there have been concerns about the negative impacts of the insecticides used in vector control including insecticide resistance development in the mosquito population. …”
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Improving detection of chromosomal abnormalities in multiple myeloma using fluorescence in situ hybridization by Naw, Wah Wah

“…D13S319/LAMP1 and IGH@/MAF, interphase FISH probes for del13q14 and t(14;16)(q32;q23) respectively, are used in this study to detect multiple myeloma cells in bone marrow aspirate of 20 patients. While CC could not detect del13q14 and t(14;16)(q32;q23) in any of the 20 patients, interphase FISH detected these chromosomal abnormalities in half (10/20) of the patients. …”
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Automated detection and segmentation of vertebral bodies in volumetric abdominal magnetic resonance images by Lin, Dehui.

“…Detection and segmentation of the column of vertebral bodies are intermediate steps required to identify the bone marrow which is considered as the wrongly labeled visceral adipose tissue in the assessment of abdominal obesity. …”
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Optimization of culture conditions in HS5 stroma suppported hematopoietic culture. by Goh, Carlye Qian Ling.

“…Stroma cells play an essential role in the bone marrow niche, the environment where hematopoietic cells and progenitors self-renew and differentiate into multiple lineage. …”
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Microfluidics based cell-cell interaction model by Bak Thavatchalam, Subhashree

“…In this study such a microfuidic chip has been developed whereby the bone marrow stromal cells have been cultured within the chip in a 3D microenvironment. …”
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Activated invariant NKT cells regulate osteoclast development and function by Hu, M, Bassett, JHD, Danks, L, Howell, PGT, Xu, K, Spanoudakis, E, Kotsianidis, I, Boyde, A, Williams, GR, Horwood, N, Roberts, I, Karadimitris, A

“…Because these same progenitors give rise to osteoclasts (OCs), which also mediate the egress of hematopoietic progenitors and orchestrate bone remodeling, we hypothesized that iNKT cells would extend their myeloid cell regulatory role to the development and function of OCs. …”

Structural insights into human brachyury DNA recognition and discovery of progressible binders for cancer therapy by Newman, JA, Gavard, AE, Imprachim, N, Aitkenhead, H, Sheppard, HE, te Poele, R, Clarke, PA, Hossain, MA, Temme, L, Oh, HJ, Wells, CI, Davis-Gilbert, ZW, Workman, P, Gileadi, O, Drewry, DH

“…Brachyury is a transcription factor that plays an essential role in tumour growth of the rare bone cancer chordoma and is implicated in other solid tumours. …”

Laser-Guide-Star Satellite for Ground-Based Adaptive Optics Imaging of Geosynchronous Satellites by Marlow, Weston, Carlton, Ashley, Hyosang, Yoon, Clark, James, Haughwout, Christian, Cahoy, Kerri, Males, Jared, Close, Laird, Morzinski, Katie

“…The concept for a satellite guide star was first discussed in the literature by Greenaway and Clark in the early 1990s ("PHAROS: An Agile Satellite-Borne Laser Guidestar," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 2120, 1994, pp. 206-210), and expanded upon by Albert in 2012 ("Satellite-Mounted Light Sources as Photometric Calibration Standards for Ground-Based Telescopes," Astronomical Journal, Vol. 143, No. 1, 2012, p. 8). …”
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Strategies to mitigate establishment under the Wolbachia incompatible insect technique by Soh, Stacy, Ho, Soon Hoe, Ong, Janet, Seah, Annabel, Dickens, Borame Sue, Tan, Ken Wei, Koo, Joel Ruihan, Cook, Alex R., Sim, Shuzhen, Tan, Cheong Huat, Ng, Lee Ching, Lim, Jue Tao

“…Regular releases of male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can lead to the suppression of mosquito populations, thereby reducing the risk of transmission of vector-borne diseases such as dengue. However, due to imperfect sex-sorting under IIT, fertile Wolbachia-infected female mosquitoes may potentially be unintentionally released into the environment, which may result in replacement and failure to suppress the mosquito populations. …”
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Current collector health monitoring of LRT trains powered by three-phase AC power rail based on inductive coupling method by Zhao, Zhenyu, Chua, Eng Kee, Svimonishvili, Tengiz, Fan, Fei, Jie, Huamin, Wang, Wensong, Shu, Zhou, Sun, Quqin, See, Kye Yak

“…The monitoring system developed using the proposed method can be easily fitted on a train so that it doubles up as a train-borne health monitoring system (TBHMS) during revenue hours. …”
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Mechanical characterization of an endoprosthesis. by Tan, Xue Yu.

“…Loss of mandibular bone as a result of trauma, inflammatory diseases and benign or malignant tumors demonstrated the need of mandibular reconstruction. …”
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Automatic knee segmentation from multi-contrast MR images by Zhang, Kunlei

“…The automatic segmentations of knee bones, cartilages and menisci are evaluated on a comprehensive multi-contrast MRI database. …”
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Clinical, genetic and omics-based biomarkers that might support the identification of the development of psoriatic arthritis in individuals with psoriasis – a narrative review of t... by Grohmann, T, Vivekanantham, A, Coates, L, Pennington, S, FitzGerald, O

“…Furthermore, there are considerable delays in diagnosis and treatment of PsA, which lead to joint and bone deformation and chronic pain. It is therefore important to develop more precise diagnostic and screening tools. …”

BMP signaling promotes zebrafish heart regeneration via alleviation of replication stress by Vasudevarao, MD, Posadas Pena, D, Ihle, M, Bongiovanni, C, Maity, P, Geissler, D, Mohammadi, HF, Rall-Scharpf, M, Niemann, J, Mommersteeg, MTM, Redaelli, S, Happ, K, Wu, C, Beisaw, A, Scharffetter-Kochanek, K, D’Uva, G, Malek Mohammadi, M, Wiesmüller, L, Geiger, H, Weidinger, G

“…Pharmacological inhibition of ATM and ATR kinases revealed that DNA damage response signaling is essential for zebrafish heart regeneration. Manipulation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-Smad signaling using transgenics and mutants showed that BMP signaling alleviates cardiomyocyte replication stress. …”

Tropism of subgroup J avian leukosis virus as detected by in situ hybridization by Arshad, S. S., Smith, L. M., Howes, K., Russell, P. H., Venugopal, K., Payne, L. N.

“…Viral gene expression could not be detected in the bone marrow or tumour tissues using this test. Higher levels of viral gene expression in the bursa of Fabricius infected with RAV-1, but not with HPRS-103, might help explain the inability of the latter virus to induce lymphoid leukosis.…”
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Regulation of cell migration by BMP signaling by Leong, Leslie Boon Hao

“…A morphogen is a soluble signaling molecule which instructs cellular processes in a concentration-dependent manner. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) are morphogens essential for development and repair in both embryos and adults. …”
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