The Tudor domain protein Tapas, a homolog of the vertebrate Tdrd7, functions in the piRNA pathway to regulate retrotransposons in germline of Drosophila melanogaster by Patil, Veena S., Anand, Amit, Chakrabarti, Alisha, Kai, Toshie

“…In the current study, we identified the paralog of the Drosophila tej gene, tapas (tap), which is an ortholog of vertebrate Tdrd7. Like Tej, Tap is localized at the nuage. Alone, tap loss leads to a mild increase in transposon expression and decrease in piRNAs targeting transposons expressed in the germline. …”
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Structural mimicry of the dengue virus envelope glycoprotein revealed by the crystallographic study of an idiotype–anti-idiotype Fab complex by Wong, Yee Hwa, Goh, Boon Chong, Lim, She Yah, Teo, En Wei, Lim, Angeline P. C., Dedon, Pete C., Hanson, Brendon J., MacAry, Paul A., Lescar, Julien

“…We show that E1 can be utilized to detect HM14c10-like antibodies in sera from patients who recovered from DENV-1, infection suggesting that this is a public (common) idiotype. …”
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The magnitude and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infection in relation to human immunodeficiency virus infection and immune status, at ALERT hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Taye, Biruhalem, Desta, Kassu, Ejigu, Selamawit, Dori, Geme Urge

“…Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and intestinal parasitic infections are among the main health problems in developing countries like Ethiopia. Particularly, co-infections of these diseases would worsen the progression of HIV to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). …”
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Maternal infections during pregnancy and the risk of childhood leukaemia in the offspring: Evidence from large-scale cohort studies by He, J

“…In the I4C analysis, maternal urinary tract infection (HR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.10-2.58) and respiratory tract infection (HR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.05-2.26) were associated with increased risk of childhood leukaemia. Influenza-like illness showed a similar pattern but with less precise estimates (HR, 1.62; 95% CI, 0.76-3.42). …”

Financial elites and the spatial variation of inequality: examining the intersection of gender, race and class in Frankfurt, London, and New York by Kaempfer, K

“…Finally, it seeks to assess the influence of external stakeholders like executive search firms (ESFs) and regulators on the formation and reproduction of financial elites. …”

Development of image-based method for the quantitative assessment of cartilage damage from CT as a biomarker in osteoarthritis by Zheng, J-Q

“…<p>Preclinical studies, like those for drug development, require quantitative methods to assess osteoarthritis (OA). …”

Metabolic maturation of induced pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes by Lopez, C

“…By simultaneously targeting both maturation methods we have shown a degree of maturation through an increased movement towards reduced glycolysis and increased FAO in our iPSC-CMs.</p> <p>Like others this thesis has shown that iPSC-CMs mature slowly over time with changes in structural genes occurring during the first month of differentiation and continuing to increase up to 3 months, whereas metabolic changes took longer to develop. 3D culture on collagen-derived scaffolds and engineered heart tissue (EHT) accelerated this maturation time and increased mitochondrial oxidative metabolism while decreasing anaerobic glycolysis. …”

Molecular characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in cats, dogs and pet owners in a Veterinary Hospital by Afshar, Mohammad Farzad

“…Having close contact with animals like allowing them to lick face and having other animals had a significant association with carriage of staphylococci in this study. …”
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Impact of BPL penalty functions and PSF models in PET/CT radial spatial resolution recovery by Si, Wang Jie

“…Advanced reconstruction algorithms like TOF, BPL, and PSF models, along with OSEM have shown spatial resolution enhancements based on the FWHM measured. …”
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Carbon nanotube fence-wall for radio frequency isolation by Tan, Dunlin

“…Passive structures made of microstrip lines and via-fences were first designed using Ansys full wave solver HFSS. …”
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Visible light communication systems supporting wireless data access and indoor positioning applications by Yang, Helin

“…However, the development and deployment of indoor VLC and VLP systems face some key challenges, such as integration of VLC and VLP to provide simultaneous communication and positioning services, inter-cell interference (ICI) in indoor multi-cell VLC systems, negative effect of line-of-sight (LoS) blockages on the performance, and guaranteeing different quality of services (QoS) of various indoor devices. …”
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The IDentif.AI-x pandemic readiness platform: rapid prioritization of optimized COVID-19 combination therapy regimens by Blasiak, Agata, Truong, Anh T. L., Remus, Alexandria, Hooi, Lissa, Seah, Shirley Gek Kheng, Wang, Peter, Chye, De Hoe, Lim, Angeline Pei Chiew, Ng, Kim Tien, Teo, Swee Teng, Tan, Yee-Joo, Allen, David Michael, Chai, Louis Yi Ann, Chng, Wee Joo, Lin, Raymond T. P., Lye, David C., Wong, John Eu-Li, Tan, Gladys Gek-Yen, Chan, Conrad En Zuo, Chow, Edward Kai-Hua, Ho, Dean

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Employment of a high throughput functional assay to define the critical factors that influence vaccine induced cross-variant neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 by Gu, Yue, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Qian, Xinlei, Gupta, Rashi, Tan, Rebecca S. W., Kozma, Mary, Purushotorman, Kiren, Murali, Tanusya M., Tan, Nikki Y. J., Preiser, Peter Rainer, Lescar, Julien, Nasir, Haziq, Somani, Jyoti, Tambyah, Paul A., Smith, Kenneth G. C., Renia, Laurent, Ng, Lisa F. P., Lye, David C., Young, Barnaby E., MacAry, Paul A.

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Ultrastrong exciton-plasmon couplings in WS2 multilayers synthesized with a random multi-singular metasurface at room temperature by Wu, Tingting, Wang, Chongwu, Hu, Guangwei, Wang, Zhixun, Zhao, Jiaxin, Wang, Zhe, Chaykun, Ksenia, Liu, Lin, Chen, Mengxiao, Li, Dong, Zhu, Song, Xiong, Qihua, Shen, Zexiang, Gao, Huajian, Garcia-Vidal, Francisco J., Wei, Lei, Wang, Qi Jie, Luo, Yu

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新加坡华语句末语气词 ：在语料库基础上与普通话的对比统计 = Statistical comparison of Singaporean and Mainland Mandarin Chinese : a corpus-based study on sentence final particles... by 白欣彦 Pak, Xin Yan

“…For each SFP, samples of 100 lines containing the SFP were taken for MMC and SMC respectively. …”
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Mechanical performance and microstructural development of MgO-SiO2-H2O systems by Sonat, Cem

“…The high performance achieved by MgO-SiO2 mixes under ambient conditions has led to scientific interest in the exploration of their potential to be utilized in structural and non-structural construction applications. In line with this interest, the main goal of this study was to analyse the mechanical performance and microstructural development of MgO-SiO2-H2O systems and evaluate the stability of the formed phases under various conditions. …”
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Amino-functionalised β-diketiminate ligands (N-nacnacs): Synthesis and coordination chemistry with Main Group elements by Huan, D

“…The proposed mechanism suggests that in most cases, strong σ-donating groups favour the N,C-chelate aza-butadienyl configuration under ambient conditions. This is broadly in line with the experimental findings, with the exception of the R = P(SiMe₃)₂ system which, together with the σ-withdrawing R = Cl system, exists in the N-nacnac-chelate form at room temperature.…”

Genetic and observational associations of nuclear magnetic resonance-measured lipid-related traits and atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality in the Mexico City Prospective Study by Wang, Y

“…In cross-sectional analyses, complex correlation patterns within and across the same lipoprotein category within NMR lipid panels were observed, in line with their biochemical structures and interactions in lipid metabolism. …”

Smart window for tuning transparency and noise absorption by Shrestha, Milan

“…As a tunable optical surface scatter, it turns transparent with a smooth surface like a flat glass; but it turns ‘opaque’ (translucent) with the micro-rough surface. …”
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VR-CFD : interactive simulation of computational fluid dynamics by Yang, Sida

“…The developed VR-CFD application utilized an attractive design with bright colours, familiar game characters and game-like user interface aimed to make the introductory CFD class fun, interactive and engaging, helping students intuitively grasp the physics concepts. …”
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