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). …”

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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Preparation for and performance of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm experiment on board the International Space Station by Flores, Pamela, Schauer, Rylee, McBride, Samantha A., Luo, Jiaqi, Hoehn, Carla, Doraisingam, Shankini, Widhalm, Dean, Chadha, Jasmin, Selman, Leah, Mueller, Daniel Wyn, Floyd, Shannon, Rupert, Mark, Gorti, Sridahr, Reagan, Shawn, Varanasi, Kripa K., Koch, Christina, Meir, Jessica U., Muecklich, Frank, Moeller, Ralf, Stodieck, Louis, Countryman, Stefanie, Zea, Luis

“…In the case of the International Space Station (ISS), biofilms are an identified problem on the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS), namely on the water processor assembly (WPA). …”
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Engineering Mechanical Counter Pressure Spacesuits and Compression Garments: Active Pressurization and Design for Mobility by Kothakonda, Akshay

“…These cables may form part of suit life support system. This thesis focuses on developing tools such as methodology for sizing SMP’s, fabric models, and LoNE’s and as such does not use those tools to arrive at an optimum suit design. …”
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Filipino multicomponent intervention to maintain cognitive performance in high-risk population (FINOMAIN): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial by Dominguez, Jacqueline, De Guzman, Ma Fe, Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing, Sano, Mary, Waldemar, Gunhild, Phung, Thien Kieu Thi

“…Secondary outcomes are functional connectivity assessed through brain imaging, and measures of behavioral, functional level, and quality of life. Discussion: The study aims to provide scientific evidence on a public health intervention that is contextualized in a community setting to reduce dementia risk among older adults with MCI. …”
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High-density lipoprotein function is modulated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in a lipid-type dependent manner by Correa, Yubexi, Del Giudice, Rita, Waldie, Sarah, Thépaut, Michel, Micciula, Samantha, Gerelli, Yuri, Moulin, Martine, Delaunay, Clara, Fieschi, Franck, Pichler, Harald, Haertlein, Michael, Forsyth, V. Trevor, Le Brun, Anton, Moir, Michael, Russell, Robert A., Darwish, Tamim, Brinck, Jonas, Wodaje, Tigist, Jansen, Martin, Martín, César, Roosen-Runge, Felix, Cárdenas, Marité

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Competitive intrinsically motivated agents for resource allocation by Zhao, Guopeng

“…Finally, two case studies are conducted to explore the practical use of the proposed agents for resource allocation in real-life applications. One is for load balancing in a Large-Scale Collaborative Virtual Environment, and the other is related to Cloud resource management for enterprise users. …”
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The influence of pregnancy complications on fetal and neonatal cardiovascular development by Aye, C

“…</p> <p>Additionally, offspring born to a hypertensive pregnancy demonstrated an increased microvascular density loss over the first three months of life. This was associated with a reduction in vasculogenic potential in their human umbilical vein endothelial cells and also increased levels of maternal anti-angiogenic biomarkers at birth. …”

Cytotoxicity and mechanisms of action of Zerumbone-loaded nanostructured lipid carrier in triple negative breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-231 by Hosseinpour, Mahnaz

“…Breast cancer is a life-threatening disease mostly effecting women. …”
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Mitogenic activity of mesenchymal stem cells on hematopoietic stem cells via cellular analysis and gene expression by Mohadeseh, Hashem Boroojerdi

“…The holistic effect of MSC on HSC’s life cycle was deduced using various functional assays that measure proliferation, cell cycle, viability, and differentiation status of HSC. …”
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Effectiveness of a preventative multi-component training program for prospective memory performance among healthy older adults by Farzin, Azin

“…PM is the memory for future intentions and is an essential part of everyday life, especially among older adults. It has significant impacts on levels of independence and well-being as significant elements of healthy aging and longevity. …”
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From node embedding to community embedding on graphs by Cavallari, Sandro

“…On such platforms, the users’ information is explicitly provided and most of the information is implicitly contained in the links between different users. In robotics, it is possible to achieve more a “human-like” movement of an artificial skeleton if we represent the interaction of each major joint rather than adopting an independent approach. …”
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Integrative genomic analyses in adipocytes implicate DNA methylation in human obesity and diabetes by McAllan, Liam, Baranasic, Damir, Villicaña, Sergio, Brown, Scarlett, Zhang, Weihua, Lehne, Benjamin, Adamo, Marco, Jenkinson, Andrew, Elkalaawy, Mohamed, Mohammadi, Borzoueh, Hashemi, Majid, Fernandes, Nadia, Lambie, Nathalie, Williams, Richard, Christiansen, Colette, Yang, Youwen, Zudina, Liudmila, Lagou, Vasiliki, Tan, Sili, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, King, James W. D., Soong, Richie, Elliott, Paul, Scott, James, Prokopenko, Inga, Cebola, Inês, Loh, Marie, Lenhard, Boris, Batterham, Rachel L., Bell, Jordana T., Chambers, John Campbell, Kooner, Jaspal S., Scott, William R.

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The effects of atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling during tropical cyclone by Garg, Nikhil

“…This transfer of momentum (from atmosphere to ocean) is not a one-way link, i.e., there are feedback effects from ocean (both in terms of enthalpy and momentum) on the atmospheric boundary layer. …”
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Fluid-fluid displacement in porous-media microfluidics by Qiu, Yu

“…Many questions remain, however, regarding how the macroscopic displacement patterns are controlled by the microscale interactions between the fluid interface and the solid surface in systems under geometric confinement like microfluidic devices and porous media. This fluid-solid interaction—exacerbated by the roughness inherent to all natural and engineered surfaces—introduces a large energy dissipation near the solid boundary that challenges our ability to interpret laboratory experiments and develop mathematical models. …”
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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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