Analysis of subtelomeric virulence gene families in Plasmodium falciparum by comparative transcriptional profiling by Witmer, Kathrin, Schmid, Christoph D., Brancucci, Nicolas M. B., Luah, Yen-Hoon, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Bozdech, Zbynek, Voss, Till S.

“…Here, we analysed promoters of upsA, upsB and upsC var, rifA1-type rif, stevor, phist and pfmc-2tm genes and investigated their role in endogenous gene transcription by comparative genome-wide expression profiling of transgenic parasite lines. We find that the three major var promoter types are functionally equal and play an essential role in singular gene choice. …”
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Elucidating the size-dependency of in vitro digested polystyrene microplastics on human intestinal cells health and function by Ma, Yiyuan, Koh, Cheryl Jie Yan, Lim, Hong Kit, Shi, Pujiang, Tay, Chor Yong

“…Herein, the potential deleterious biological effects of pristine and in vitro digested polystyrene (PS) MPs of varying sizes (i.e., 0.1, 1, and 10 µm) are systematically examined over a wide concentration range of 25–400 µg mL−1 on two human intestinal cell lines, namely Caco-2 and NCM 460. Specifically, significant internalization of 0.1 and 1 µm PS -MPs have been observed in both cell types 24 h postexposure. …”
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Label-free assessment of differentiation efficiency in iPSC-derived spinal cord progenitor cells via Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry (MRR) by Tan, Jerome Zu Yao, Chen, Jiahui, Roxby, Daniel, Chooi, Wai Hon, Nguyen, Tan Dai, Ng, Shi-Yan, Chew, Sing Yian, Han, Jongyoon

“…In this study, human iPSCs derived from Cord Lining Endothelial cells were differentiated into Spinal-cord Progenitor Cells (SCPCs) through a 10-day process. …”
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Luteolin restricts dengue virus replication through inhibition of the proprotein convertase furin by Peng, Minhua, Watanabe, Satoru, Chan, Kitti Wing Ki, He, Qiuyan, Zhao, Ya, Zhang, Zhongde, Lai, Xiaoping, Luo, Dahai, Vasudevan, Subhash G., Li, Geng

“…In addition, ADE-mediated dengue virus infection of human cell lines and primary PBMCs was inhibited. In a time-of-drug-addition study, luteolin was found to reduce infectious virus particle formation, but not viral RNA synthesis, in Huh-7 cells. …”
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Mythical heroines : the appropriation of myth in reconstructing female identities in ethnic American literature by Goh, I-Mei.

“…The three literary texts being investigated along these lines are Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. …”
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Functional analysis of root-preferential oil palm metallothionein promoter in tobacco by Masura, Subhi Siti, Shaharuddin, Noor Azmi, Masani, Mat Yunus Abdul, Chan, Kuang-Lim, Low, Eng-Ti Leslie, Chan, Pek-Lan, Rahmah, Abdul Rahman Siti, Amiruddin, Nadzirah, Abdullah, Mohd Puad, Azzeme, Azzreena Mohamad, Parveez, Ghulam Kadir Ahmad, Abd Rasid, Omar

“…Stable functional characterisation of tobacco transgenic lines using the T1 generation showed that a deletion construct, designated as RSP-2D (1107 bp), directed strong GUS expression at all stages of root development, particularly in mature roots. …”

Determinants of Expatriate Manager Failures in the International Assignment by Mansor, Mohd Fitri, Abd Hamid, Nurzawani, Kamil, Syahida, Abu, Noor Hidayah

“…The international assignment requires an organization send their staff abroad for high potential career development, to coordinate global lines of business, transfer the organization knowledge in abroad, expand into new markets worldwide and also manage an international subsidiary. …”
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The Influence of Root Geometry on Soil Cohesion and Anchoring Ability through Geologic Time by Colicci, Vittorio

“…We maintain that the earliest trees played a key role in surface stabilization within their ecosystems and likely paved the way for species that followed.…”
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Solder joint testing and failure analysis by Kang, Eng Tat.

“…These devices are also likely to undergo thermo-mechanical cycling during device processing and service and therefore, the joints are likely to have existing low-cycle fatigue cracks, which might adversely affect the joint mechanical integrity under various loading situations. …”
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Understanding motivation to adhere to guidelines for alcohol intake, physical activity, and fruit and vegetable intake among U.K. university students by de Visser, Richard O., Conroy, Dom, Davies, Emma, Cooke, Richard

“…University students are a group worth of attention because although they are less likely than older adults to exceed UK weekly alcohol intake guidelines or to be inactive, they are also less likely to meet FV consumption targets. …”
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Stalking in universities: responding effectively as an institution while prioritising the safety of victims by Short, Emma, Barnes, James

“…Young people make up the largest proportion of university students, and it is this group of people who are likely to be most at risk of sexual harassment and violent crime. …”

Time to fill up India’s strategic oil reserves by Narula, K

“…The first phase of its oil storage facilities, with a capacity of 5.3 million tonnes (Mt) (38.85 million barrels) is likely to be ready for commissioning in the first half of 2015; construction on the second phase, with a capacity of 12.5 Mt (roughly 90 million barrels) has been approved by the government. …”

Nuclear power in Saudi Arabia by Luciani, G

“…All of the above need to be pursued in parallel: hence my argument is not that nuclear power should be preferred to other solutions, but simply that it is likely to be part of the solution.…”

Euclidean terms in European languages, 1482–1703 by Wardhaugh, B

“…As well as the intrinsic interest of the formation and stabilization of a Euclidean tradition in these languages, the wide visibility of Euclidean material in the period makes it likely that the terminological choices made by early translators were influential in the wider formation of mathematical vocabularies in the languages concerned. …”

Adipose tissue fatty acid composition, serum lipids, and serum alpha-tocopherol in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients living on the island of Crete by Nikolakakis, N, Kounali, D, Tornaritis, M, Anastassou, A, Papadakis, E, Kassotakis, G, Kafatos, A

“…Among subjects with higher levels of MUFA in the adipose tissue, the CAPD patients were twice as likely to have high serum α-tocopherol (p < 0.001), and 2.6 times more likely to be in high risk of high total cholesterol (TC)/HDL (p = 0.08) compared to the controls. …”

Team learning : the link between caring working relationships, learning behaviors and knowledge. by Phua, Mary Bee Ling., Wong, Yvonne Wanling., Tan, Jacqueline Si Ying.

“…The paper also explains under what conditions are these relationships, learning behaviors and knowledge are likely to occur.…”
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Dung, hair, and mungbeans: household remedies in the Longmen recipes by Stanley-Baker, Michael, Yang, Dolly

“…Critical Translation of over 150 recipes carved into the walls of a cave in Longmen Cave, near Loyang in the 7th century. These likely represent Buddhist transmitted recipes, and were certainly presented in a context of Buddhist merit-building monuments. …”
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Power system modeling and simulation by Luo, Yishi

“…The dissertation initially develops a equivalent model under steady state and dynamic state with implement of parameters from PES-TR19, then the power flow calculation and dynamic contingency analysis including overloading, underloading, tripping of tie lines and changes in load composition are proceeded, finally, the white paper emphasizes on analyzing the rotor angle, frequency, voltage stability of some elements including generators, bus bars in Nordic-74 test system. …”
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Search in location based social network by Lew, Stephanie Yin Hui.

“…The project can be potentially expanded to support other kinds of geospatial shapes such as polygons or lines, apart of venue points and also other types of spatial querying such as collective or relevant region querying that returns relevant groups of spatial objects.…”
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Website performance study by Qian, Lei

“…Taking into consideration customers’ high expectation of web application performance and potential negative consequences brought by poor performance, this report offers a comprehensive range of solutions to enhance web performance so as to perfect end-user experiences and further boost business bottom lines where applicable. The experiment was carried out on the self-built blog web application. …”
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