21A.355J / STS.060J The Anthropology of Biology, Spring 2009 by Helmreich, Stefan

“…Looking at such cultural artifacts as cell lines, biodiversity databases, and artificial life models, and using primary sources in biology, social studies of the life sciences, and literary and cinematic materials, we rephrase Erwin Schrödinger's famous 1944 question, "What Is Life?" …”
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Synthesis design of a wideband bandpass filter with inductively coupled short-circuited multi-mode resonator by Zhang, Runqi, Zhu, Lei

“…The MMRs are formed by n sections of cascaded transmission lines, which are all set to be one quarter wavelength long with respect to the center frequency of the passband. …”
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Collective synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-2-pyridone alkaloids and their antiproliferation activities by Ding, Feiqing, Leow, Min Li, Ma, Jimei, William, Ronny, Liao, Hongze, Liu, Xue-Wei

“…Interestingly, among the six tumor cell lines investigated, torrubiellone C was found to induce potent and apoptotic inhibitory activities on Jurkat T cells with IC50 values of 7.05 μm. …”
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Substation reliability and its impacts on composite system adequacy by Ren, Shuhua

“…Failure events in substations and switching stations often result in multiple outages of generators, lines, and/or loads in power system. Station-originated outages are normally of short duration but their effect on the security and stability of power systems may be quite severe. …”
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A model green city? : the history of conservation discourse in Singapore 1965 to the present by Tan, Yee Ting

“…Promoting herself as the “City in a Garden”, it’s difficult to ascertain the boundaries between humans and nature. Along these lines of thought, is the problem of conservation. …”
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Towards an optimal and unbiased approach for tumor cell isolation by Sajay, Bhuvanendran Nair Gourikutty, Chang, Chia-Pin, Ahmad, Hamizah, Chung, Wong Chee, Puiu, Poenar Daniel, Rahman, Abdur Rub Abdur

“…This approach achieves an average of >90 % recovery of spiked tumor cells and >99 % total WBC depletion in whole blood across multiple cell lines, in a simple and easy-to-use assay. The results presented herein and ongoing improvements aim to fulfill the need for a highly reliable, unbiased, standardized, and optimized CTC isolation platform, using component technologies that are validated for cell isolation.…”
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Limited degradability of dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus during contrasting seasons in a tropical coastal environment by Chu, Jiangyong, Lønborg, Christian, Martin, Patrick

“…We conducted experiments during the inter-monsoon, the mid-southwest monsoon, and the late southwest monsoon seasons, which span the greatest range of biogeochemical conditions found in the area. …”
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Assessing the performance of approximate density functional theory on 95 experimentally characterized Fe(II) spin crossover complexes by Vennelakanti, Vyshnavi, Taylor, Michael G, Nandy, Aditya, Duan, Chenru, Kulik, Heather J

“…We study these complexes using density functional theory (DFT) with 30 functionals spanning across multiple rungs of “Jacob’s ladder” to understand the effect of exchange–correlation functional on electronic and Gibbs free energies associated with spin crossover. …”
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Mapping the Cellular Landscape of the Brain: A Scalable Approach to Comprehensive Microscopy Data Analysis by Kim, Minyoung E.

“…The framework, termed MorPheT (Morphology Phenotyping Tool), serves as an all-in-one solution, offering a suite of analysis modules spanning from image pre-processing to precise cell detection, atlas alignment, morphological phenotyping, and interactive visualizations. …”
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Insights from an Experiment Crowdsourcing Data from Thousands of US Amazon Users: The importance of transparency, money, and data use by Berke, Alex, Mahari, Robert, Pentland, Sandy, Larson, Kent, Calacci, Dana

“…This paper shares an innovative approach to crowdsourcing user data to collect otherwise inaccessible Amazon purchase histories, spanning 5 years, from more than 5,000 U.S. users. …”
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Computational Approaches for Understanding and Redesigning Enzyme Catalysis by Karvelis, Elijah

“…In this thesis, I address these shortcomings by developing and demonstrating computational strategies comprised of techniques spanning statistical mechanics, machine learning, and protein design, and I apply them to the enzyme ketol-acid reductoisomerase (KARI), whose economic viability for the production of isobutanol would be strengthened by enhancing its activity on one of its two native substrates: 2-acetolactate (ACL). …”
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Investigating the inner controls on explosive eruptions using textural analyses and petrology by Bernard, Olivier

“…Recently, it has been shown that most volcanoes around the globe and particularly in a subduction-setting, are able to produce both effusive and violently explosive eruptions with sometimes rapid transitions between eruption styles in the span of a few hours to minutes. However, predicting how a volcano will erupt proves challenging. …”
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Moris Mai : to be born by Cai, Yun, Har, Jiawei, Loh, Jing Ting, Toh, Yan Wei

“…Production of the documentary took place from July 2011 to March 2012, spanning across different districts in Timor-Leste, from the capital, Dili to Oecussi, a coastal enclave separated from Timor-Leste by West Timor. …”
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Joint modelling of longitudinal data: a scoping review of methodology and applications for non-time to event data by Ouko, RK, Mukaka, M, Ohuma, EO

“…Ultimately, 74 studies met inclusion criteria and spanned from 2001 to 2024, with the majority (64 studies; 86%) published between 2014 and 2024. …”

Ethnicity and anthropometric deficits in children: A cross-sectional analysis of national survey data from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa by Tusting, LS, Mishra, S, Gibson, HS, Lindsay, SW, Weiss, DJ, Flaxman, S, Bhatt, S

“…The study population comprised 138,312 children spanning 45 ethnic groups across 18 countries. In pairwise comparisons (accounting for multiple comparisons) between ethnic groups, height-for-age z-scores differed by at least 0.5 standard deviations in 29% of comparisons, weight-for-height z-scores in 36% of comparisons and weight-for-age z-scores in 20% of comparisons. …”

The COVID guidelines India project: a rapid living evidence synthesis during a pandemic in a LMIC setting by Singh, B, Alexander, H, Tharyan, P, Mathew, JL, Covid Management Guidelines India Group, Garner, P, Rupali, P, Core Committee, Rupali, P, Ryan, H, Steering Committee, Methodology Committee, External Advisory Panel, Expert Working Group – Antiviral, Expert Working Group – Anti-inflammatory, Expert Working Group - Antibody, Expert Working Group - Anticoagulation, Expert Working Group - Respiratory support, Expert Working Group - Other Supportive Therapy, Evidence Synthesis Team, Dissemination Team

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Since May 2021, a total of 20 guidelines have been developed spanning pharmacological, respiratory and other supportive interventions for management of COVID-19, with over 83,600 unique page views up to December 2023. …”

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and caloric restriction-common pathways affecting metabolism, health, and longevity by Duszka, Kalina, Gregor, András, Guillou, Hervé, König, Jürgen, Wahli, Walter

“…Consequently, several lines of evidence suggest that PPARs might be indispensable for beneficial outcomes related to CR. …”
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Viral content: a theory of vaccine hesitancy based on information encountering in the greater Manila area, Philippines by Sacramento, Simon Philip R., Sipin, Ian Dominic P.

“…Background: Ground experiences of the researchers indicate substantial concern about the side-effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine in some individuals who lined up to get vaccinated. The Philippine Department of Health, Food and Drug Administration temporarily suspended the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine to persons below 60 years old on April 8, 2021, due to reports of “rare cases of blood clots with low platelets detected in some individuals inoculated with the vaccine.” …”
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To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega-container ships (>14,000TEU) by Lai, Marie Jinbao

“…In order to bring down the per-unit cost of transporting the containers, many shipping lines have began to order container vessels with increased container carrying capacity. …”
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Gambling island : a look at Singapore Pools and its role on gambling in Singapore society by Ang, Darren

“…Through qualitative research, I then try to show that Singapore Pools has managed to “diffuse” itself into the daily lives of Singaporeans, blurring the lines between institutional gambling and social gambling and further sustaining both institutional gambling as well as social gambling.…”
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