Investigating the role of self-sacrificing prosociality in intragroup and intergroup contexts by Katna, Dashalini P.

“…Parochial cooperation theories assume that strongly self-sacrificing members primarily desire and seek to achieve ingroup-favouring outcomes, and consequently become prepared to bear extreme costs to themselves. This altruism to help, however, does not always extend into intergroup contexts. …”
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Inorganic nanoparticles–driven self–assembly of natural small molecules in water for constructing multifunctional nanocapsules against plant diseases by Liu, Li-Wei, Ding, Zheng-Hao, Ren, Gang-Gang, Wang, Guang-Di, Pan, Xin, Wei, Guo-Hai, Zhou, Xiang, Wu, Zhi-Bing, Jin, Zhi-Chao, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Yang, Song

“…Additionally, both the inner cavities and outer surfaces of nanocapsules bear abundant sites and spaces that can be further tuned for loading other pesticide molecules or flexible construct complex multifunctional nanoparticles. …”
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Etika Malaysia Madani: Sistem Politik dan Perundangan by Wan Ahmad Fauzi, Wan Husain

“…M.A.D.A.N.I – Mampu, sejahterA, berDaya cipta, saling menghormAti, punyai keyakiNan, dan bersifat Ihsan berasaskan teladan yang ditunjukkan dalam pemerintahan Nabi Muhammad SAW menggariskan nilai sejagat yang jelas bagaimana ia perlu disulami dalam amalan bernegara dan pembinaan negara bangsa Malaysia. …”
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Selective lighting up of epiberberine alkaloid fluorescence by fluorophore-switching aptamer and stoichiometric targeting of human telomeric DNA G-quadruplex multimer by Zhang, Lihua, Liu, Hua, Shao, Yong, Lin, Clement, Jia, Huan, Chen, Gang, Yang, Danzhou, Wang, Ying

“…We found that, among the G-quadruplexes studied here and the various structurally similar alkaloids including epiberberine (EPI), berberine (BER), palmatine (PAL), jatrorrhizine (JAT), coptisine (COP), worenine (WOR), sanguinarine (SAN), chelerythrine (CHE), and nitidine (NIT), only the HTG DNA, especially with a 5′-TA-3′ residue at the 5′ end of the G-quadruplex tetrad (5′-TAG3(TTAG3)3-3′, TA[Q]) as the minimal sequence, is the most efficient FSA to selectively light up the EPI fluorescence. …”
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Wastewater-based epidemiology for preventing outbreaks and epidemics in Latin America - lessons from the past and a look to the future by Prado, Tatiana, Rey-Benito, Gloria, Miagostovich, Marize Pereira, Sato, Maria Inês Zanoli, Rajal, Veronica Beatriz, Filho, Cesar Rossas Mota, Pereira, Alyne Duarte, Barbosa, Mikaela Renata Funada, Mannarino, Camille Ferreira, da Silva, Agnes Soares

“…Despite the historical uses of this approach, particularly in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and for other pathogens, it was during the COVID-19 pandemic that occurred an exponential increase in environmental surveillance programs for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, with many experiences and developments in the field of public health using data for decision making and prioritizing actions to control the pandemic. …”
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Cost-utility analysis of molnupiravir plus usual care versus usual care alone as early treatment for community-based adults with COVID-19 and increased risk of adverse outcomes in... by Png, ME, Harris, V, Grabey, J, Hart, ND, Jani, BD, Butler, D, Carson-Stevens, A, Coates, M, Cureton, L, Dobson, M, Dorward, J, Evans, P, Francis, N, Gbinigie, OA, Hayward, G, Holmes, J, Hood, K, Khoo, S, Ahmed, H, Lown, M, McKenna, M, Mort, S, Nguyen-Van-Tam, J, Rahman, N, Richards, DB, Thomas, N, van Hecke, O, Hobbs, FR, Little, P, Yu, L-M, Butler, CC, Petrou, S

“…<p><strong>Background </p></strong>The cost-effectiveness of molnupiravir, an oral antiviral for early treatment of SARS-CoV-2, has not been established in vaccinated populations. …”

A multi-omics strategy to understand PASC through the RECOVER cohorts: a paradigm for a systems biology approach to the study of chronic conditions by Sun, J, Aikawa, M, Ashktorab, H, Beckmann, ND, Enger, ML, Espinosa, JM, Gai, X, Horne, BD, Keim, P, Lasky-Su, J, Letts, R, Maier, CL, Mandal, M, Nichols, L, Roan, NR, Russell, MW, Rutter, J, Saade, GR, Sharma, K, Shiau, S, Thibodeau, SN, Yang, S, Miele, L, NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Consortium

“…Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC or “Long COVID”), includes numerous chronic conditions associated with widespread morbidity and rising healthcare costs. …”

Best practices for ports and shipping companies to build resilience against pandemics by Tan, Hui En

“…The maritime industry has experienced similar kinds of pandemic outbreaks (SARS and Avian Flu), but they still faltered in the face of COVID-19. …”
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Patient-Centered Clinical Trial Design for Heart Failure Devices via Bayesian Decision Analysis by Chaudhuri, Shomesh E., Adamson, Phillip, Bruhn-Ding, Dean, Ben Chaouch, Zied, Gebben, David, Rincon-Gonzalez, Liliana, Liden, Barry, Reed, Shelby D., Saha, Anindita, Schaber, Daniel, Stein, Kenneth, Tarver, Michelle E., Lo, Andrew W.

“…This result reflects the willingness of heart failure patients to bear additional risks of the investigational device in exchange for its probable benefits. …”
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Towards Synergistic Understanding of Language Processing in Biological and Artificial Systems by Hosseini Asl, Eghbal

“…Over the past five years, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have achieved capabilities in the comprehension and production of language that are indistinguishable from those of humans, and their internal representations bear similarity to activity within the language network. …”
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N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed atroposelective annulation for access to thiazine derivatives with C-N axial chirality by Li, Tingting, Mou, Chengli, Qi, Puying, Peng, Xiaolin, Jiang, Shichun, Hao, Gefei, Xue, Wei, Yang, Song, Hao, Lin, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Jin, Zhichao

“…The obtained axially chiral thiazine derivative products bear multiple functional groups and are feasible for further transformations.…”
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Environmental contamination in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) intensive care unit—what is the risk? by Ong, Sean Wei Xiang, Lee, Pei Hua, Tan, Yian Kim, Ling, Li Min, Ho, Benjamin Choon Heng, Ng, Ching Ging, Wang, Dong Ling, Tan, Boon Huan, Leo, Yee Sin, Ng, Oon Tek, Wong, Michelle Su Yen, Marimuthu, Kalisvar

“…The risk of environmental contamination by severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is unclear. …”
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Rapid electrochemical detection of COVID-19 genomic sequence with dual-function graphene nanocolloids based biosensor by Ang, Wei Li, Lim, Rachel Rui Xia, Ambrosi, Adriano, Bonanni, Alessandra

“…Discovered in December 2019, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (aka SARS-CoV-2 or 2019-nCoV) has attracted worldwide attention and concerns due to its high transmissibility and the severe health consequences experienced upon its infection, particularly by elderly people. …”
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The determinants of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across countries by Chang, Dianna, Chang, Xin, He, Yu, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng

“…For healthcare factors, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) experience and healthcare infrastructure help countries perform better in combating the pandemic.…”
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An epigenetic locus associated with loss of smell in COVID-19 by Aslan, Elif Sibel, White, Kenneth, Meral, Gulsen, Akcay, Zeyneb Nur, Altundag, Aytug, Gur, Savas, Dokur, Mehmet, Baktir, Mehmet Akif, Batur, Lutfiye Karcioglu

“…Background/Aim: Loss of smell, also known as anosmia, is a prevalent and often prolonged symptom following infection with SARS-CoV-2. While many patients regain olfactory function within weeks, a significant portion experience persistent anosmia lasting over a year post-infection. …”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…One key disadvantage of grafting by diazonium chemistry is the inherent tendency of the grafted film to bear multilayers of organic molecules, which is not desired in most applications requiring modified electrodes. …”
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Comparison of transport methodologies on near-field pollutant dispersion in urban environments using CFD by Tee, Clarence Wei Tat

“…The two methodologies are validated by simulating the dispersion phenomena for two test cases which largely bear resemblance to urban settings: a three-dimensional street canyon setup and the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST) field experiment. …”
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Membrane cholesterol modulates oligomeric status and peptide-membrane interaction of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus fusion peptide by Meher, Geetanjali, Bhattacharjya, Surajit, Chakraborty, Hirak

“…The N-terminal fusion peptide (residues 770-788) of an S2 glycoprotein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), exposed upon receptor binding, is crucial for virus entry into the host cell. …”
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Strategies to increase response rate and reduce non-response bias in population health research: a series of randomised controlled trials during a large COVID-19 study by Atchison, CJ, Gilby, N, Pantelidou, G, Clemens, S, Pickering, K, Chadeau-Hyam, M, Ashby, D, Barclay, WS, Cooke, G, Darzi, A, Riley, S, Donnelly, C, Ward, H, Elliott, P

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Over 19 rounds, a random sample of individuals aged 5 years and older from the general population in England were invited by mail to complete an online questionnaire and return a swab for SARS-CoV-2 testing. We carried out several nested randomised controlled experiments to measure the impact on response rates of different interventions, including (1) variations in invitation and reminder letters and text messages, and (2) the offer of a conditional monetary incentive to return a swab, reporting absolute changes in response and relative response rate (RRR with 95% Confidence Intervals).…”

Diagnostic performance of GENEDIA W and ActiveXpress+ COVID-19 antigens tests among symptomatic individuals in Peru and The United Kingdom by Palomino-Padilla, S, Finch, L, de Vos, M, Savage, H, Villa-Castillo, L, Hayward, G, Cook, E, LSTM diagnostics group, UTB-IMTAvH group, CONDOR steering group, Escadafal, C, Body, R, Adams, ER, Ugarte-Gil, C, Cubas-Atienzar, AI

“…Analytical evaluation of both Ag-RDTs was assessed using serial dilutions of direct culture supernatant of a clinical SARS-CoV-2 isolate from the B.1.1.7 lineage.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>For GENEDIA brand, the values of overall sensitivity and specificity were 60.4% [95% CI 52.4–67.9%], and 99.2% [95% CI 97.6–99.7%] respectively; and for Active Xpress+ the overall values of sensitivity and specificity were 66.2% [95% CI 54.0–76.5%], and 99.6% [95% CI 97.9–99.9%] respectively. …”