Targeted hematopoietic stem cell depletion through SCF-blockade by Chan, Yan Y., Ho, Pui Y., Dib, Carla, Swartzrock, Leah, Rayburn, Maire, Willner, Hana, Ko, Ethan, Ho, Katie, Down, Julian D., Wilkinson, Adam C., Nakauchi, Hiro, Denis, Morgane, Cool, Taylor, Czechowicz, Agnieszka

“…Further, they highlight multiple approaches for efficacy in SCID settings and optimal combinations for WT settings. This work is likely to aid in the development of clinical non-genotoxic HSCT conditioning approaches that could benefit millions of people world-wide.…”
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Inclusions in calcite phantom crystals suggest role of clay minerals in dolomite formation by Farsang, Stefan, Pekker, Péter, Lampronti, Giulio I., Molnár, Zsombor, Milovský, Rastislav, Pósfai, Mihály, Ozdín, Daniel, Raub, Timothy D., Redfern, Simon Anthony Turner

“…While the micrometer-sized phyllosilicate and hematite particles were likely transported from the terra rossa and attached to the surface of growing calcite, the presence of phyllosilicates that are only a few atomic layers thick and of euhedral hematite, goethite, and dolomite crystals suggests that these particles precipitated along with the phantom calcite in situ, from an aqueous solution carrying terra rossa-derived and limestone-derived solutes. …”
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Aircraft noise, overheating and poor air quality in London primary schools' classrooms by Montazami, Azadeh

“…Through objective and subjective surveys, classrooms' indoor temperatures, air quality and background noise levels were evaluated and it was learnt that those schools located in the vicinity of Heathrow Airport are more likely to experience overheating and poor air quality. …”
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Preclinical development of antisense conjugates for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy 1 by Stoodley, J

“…It was concluded that this was likely due to the specific chemical properties of the compound rather than inherent limitations of anti-TfR1 antibodies, suggesting that further optimization of the conjugate’s chemical characteristics is necessary to improve therapeutic efficacy. …”

Dietary pattern trajectories in early childhood and their associations with patterns of maternal feeding practices in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort by Appannah, Geeta, Toh, Jia Ying, Lai, Jun Shi, Yong, Heng Yaw, Shariff, Zalilah Mohd, Tint, Mya Thway, Yuan, Wen Lun, Pang, Wei Wei, Godfrey, Keith M., Tan, Kok Hian, Yap, Fabian, Lee, Yung Seng, Eriksson, Johan G., Chong, Mary F. F.

“…Children whose mothers showed high adherence to the structured with autonomy support feeding practices at age 5 years were significantly more likely to be associated with the higher but decreasing ‘healthy’ DP trajectory group [OR = 3.62 (95% CI: 1.64, 7.99)]. …”
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3D bioprinting of high cell concentrations & cell spheroids to achieve physiologically relevant cell environments by Chua, Cliff Dun An

“…Results proved that the spheroids showed signs of growth and that the spheroids seemed to grow a liking to the alginate hydrogel be it the various concentrations of crosslinkers. …”
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Effective and efficient topic mining and exploration from geo-textual data by Zhao, Kaiqi

“…Worse still, the existing methods are frequency-based (the more a topic is mentioned, the more likely a user prefers the topic), while ignoring the user’s sentiment. …”
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Use of Mid Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) as screening tool in an urban township in the Eastern Cape: rationale for testing changed cut-off values to identify malnutrition by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Venter, Danie

“…The least squares regression formula (Y = 15.409 + 0.803x (males); Y = 15.13 + 0.83x (females)) was then used to predict where WHZ = -2 is most likely to correspond with a MUAC value in cm. The new predicted MUAC values of 13.8 cm (males) and 13.5 cm (females) were subsequently tested for sensitivity and specificity. …”
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A systematic review of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptomatology in religious people of Abrahamic faiths: implications for clinical practice by Hassan, H

“…There remains a dearth of literature on the experiences of ethnic minority fathers in particular, who may be less likely to access psychological support available. …”

Development and validation of questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers related to nutrition care process among clinical dietitians in Malaysia by Bahari, Zaini

“…It was appeared that the practice of the NCP was likely to be influenced by the individual dietetics professionals and their administrators. …”
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Xunzi's concern for yu (desire) and ritual approaches for its moral transformation by Zhou,Yalin

“…One’s pleasure-based liking is not merely painted by joy but a configuration of the more variable affective experiences, including the feeling of an 安 (security; at ease) and the feeling of comfort in fortunes and anxiety in misfortunes, and involves the higher and lower pleasures; and the potent force of wanting is normatively grounded in the general goal of living a truly happy life. …”
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Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…This finding indicates that national public health policies likely had a substantial and previously unrecognised role in protecting pregnant women. …”

Prevalence of West Nile virus in domesticated mammals (cattle, goat, horse and pig) in selected areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Mohammed, Mohammed Nma

“…Among the species, pigs were more likely to be WNV seropositive. In the cattle, location of sample collection was associated with WNV seropositivity, whereas in the goat, age was associated with WNV seropositivity. …”
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Detection, characterisation and risk factor of Leptospira spp. among dogs and dog handlers by Goh, Soon Heng

“…The poor knowledge was likely due to the lower education level. Lack of knowledge in terms of clinical sign of the disease will be a challenge for disease management. …”
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Advanced attack and defense techniques in machine learning systems by Zhao, Mengchen

“…Based on the observation of the transferability, we develop a defense algorithm to identify the data points that are most likely to be attacked. Empirical studies show that PGA significantly outperforms existing baselines and linear learning models are better substitute models than nonlinear ones. …”
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Conflict-free urban air mobility planning with an airspace-resource-centric approach by Dai, Wei

“…The result suggests that orthogonal crossings are more likely to be detected, which supports the selection of block shape as the airspace cells. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of Cu-Chalcogenide nanocrystals for potential applications in low-cost solar cells by Ahmadi, Mahshid

“…Hence, it can be deduced that the lattice is distorted and this likely to result in micro-strain in the crystal. The band gap of CuInxGa1-xSe2 NCs was measured optically (UV-Vis spectroscopy) and electrochemically (cyclic voltammetry). …”
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#Hooked? Extending the social cognitive model in examining the antecedents of problematic social network sites use among Singaporean adolescents and adults by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian

“…Most notably, a nuanced difference in how paternal and maternal relationships were associated with adolescents’ problematic SNSs was found—adolescents who had poor relationships with their fathers were more likely to depend on SNSs for identity formation—which had the strongest association with deficient self-regulation. …”
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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) by Tudor, Katarina Ivana, Tudor, Mario, McCleery, Jenny, Car, Josip

“…Of the 26 patients in the VP shunting group, 5 developed subdural hematoma postoperatively, while there were no complications among the 16 patients in the ETV group (OR 0.12, 95% CI 0.01 to 2.3, n = 42), but the estimate was too imprecise to determine whether this was likely to reflect a true difference in complication rates. …”
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Prioritising conservation areas in Southeast Asia: highlighting zoological biodiversity hotspots and assessing spatiotemporal patterns of the felids guild by Chiaverini, L

“…I highlighted that the most suitable habitats for this group of species showed often pronounced differences with the hotspots for terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity modelled in the first two chapters of this thesis, likely due to the fact that small felids are more specialised than the pool of species used to model biodiversity hotspots, and they require larger and more intact habitats. …”