Island area and remoteness shape plant and soil bacterial diversity through land use and biological invasion by Xu, Mingshan, Yang, Anna, Yang, Xiaodong, Cao, Wenting, Zhang, Zengke, Li, Zengyan, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Huaguo, You, Wenhui, Yan, En-Rong, Wardle, David A.

“…Biodiversity is declining dramatically due to human-driven land use change and biological invasion, but our knowledge of how such drivers influence plant and heterotroph diversity on island ecosystems remains limited. …”
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Water rapid hardening polyurethane for minimally invasive surgery: proof-of-concept by Neo, Jordon Ting Xuan

“…Research on the fabrication of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) thin films will also be done and examine their interactions with ethanol and water.…”
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A robotic/mechatronic mammotome system for minimally invasive breast cancer surgery by Ranjan Kumar Mishra

“…This report describes the details of work done based on the novel objective of developing a minimally invasive surgical alternative for breast cancer treatment. …”
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance before invasive coronary angiography in suspected non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Shanmuganathan, M, Nikolaidou, C, Burrage, MK, Borlotti, A, Kotronias, R, Scarsini, R, Banerjee, A, Terentes-Printzios, D, Pitcher, A, Gara, E, Langrish, J, Lucking, A, Choudhury, R, Luigi De Maria, G, Banning, A, Oxford Acute Myocardial Infarction (OxAMI) Study Investigators, Piechnik, SK, Channon, KM, Ferreira, VM

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> This study sought to assess the diagnostic utility of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) before invasive coronary angiogram (ICA) in suspected NSTEMI.…”

Serotype distribution and incidence of invasive early onset and late onset group B streptococcal disease amongst infants in Singapore by Kam, Kai-Qian, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Tee, Nancy Wen Sim, Ang, Michelle Lay Teng, Tan, Natalie Woon Hui, Yeo, Kee Thai, Li, Jiahui, Chong, Chia Yin

“…Background: The current group B streptococcal (GBS) preventive measures had reduced invasive GBS early onset disease (EOD) incidences worldwide, but the late onset disease (LOD) incidences had remained unchanged. …”
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Monocyte-derived extracellular vesicles, stimulated by Trypanosoma cruzi, enhance cellular invasion in vitro via activated TGF‐β1 by Ansa-Addo, Ephraim A., Pathak, Paras, McCrossan, Maria V., Volpato Rossi, Izadora, Abdullahi, Mahamed, Stratton, Dan, Lange, Sigrun, Ramirez, Marcel I., Inal, Jameel

“…Active, mature TGF‐β1 (at 175 pg/×105 in THP‐1 lEVs) was detected in concentrated lEV‐/cell‐free supernatant by western blotting, only after THP‐1 lEVs had interacted with Mtr. The TGF‐β1 receptor (TβRI) inhibitor, SB‐431542, reduced the enhanced cellular invasion due to monocyte‐lEVs.…”
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Non-invasive versus arterial pressure monitoring in the pre-hospital critical care environment: a paired comparison of concurrently recorded measurements by Perera, Y, Poole, K, Raitt, J, Metcalfe, D, Lewinsohn, A

“…<p><strong> Methods</strong></p> A retrospective cohort study was undertaken using data from patients treated by a pre-hospital critical team between 1st May 2020 and 30th April 2023 that had NIBP measured concurrently with invasive blood pressure (IBP) arterial manometry. …”

An induced population of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes more resistant to complement lysis promotes a phenotype with greater differentiation, invasiveness, and release of extracel... by Rossi, Izadora, Nunes, Maria Alice Ferreira, Sabatke, Bruna, Ribas, Hennrique Taborda, Winnischofer, Sheila Maria Brochado, Ramos, Augusto Savio Peixoto, Inal, Jameel, Ramirez, Marcel I.

“…This 2R population was characterized in several aspects and compared to Wild type population. The 2R population had a favored metacyclogenesis compared with wild-type (WT) parasites. 2R metacyclic trypomastigotes had a two-fold increase in resistance to complementmediated lysis and were at least three times more infective to eukaryotic cells, probably due to a higher GP82 expression in the resistant population. …”
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The prognostic impact of minimally invasive esophagectomy on survival after esophagectomy following a delayed interval after chemoradiotherapy; a secondary analysis of the DICE stu... by Markar, SR, Sgromo, B, Evans, R, Griffiths, EA, Alfieri, R, Castoro, C, Gronnier, C, Gutschow, CA, Piessen, G, Capovilla, G, Grimminger, PP, Low, DE, Gossage, J, Gisbertz, SS, Ruurda, J, van Hillegersberg, R, D'journo, XB, Phillips, AW, Rosati, R, Hanna, GB, Maynard, N, Hofstetter, W, Ferri, L, Berge Henegouwen, MI, Owen, R

“…<p><strong> Results: </strong></p> 428 patients (145 MIE and 283 OE) had surgery between 12 weeks and two years after CRT. …”

Effect of early and later prone positioning on outcomes in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: analysis of the prospective COVID-19 cr... by Simpkin, AJ, McNicholas, BA, Hannon, D, Bartlett, R, Chiumello, D, Dalton, HJ, Gibbons, K, White, N, Merson, L, Fan, E, Panigada, M, Grasselli, G, Motos, A, Torres, A, Barbé, F, Ng, PY, Fanning, JP, Nichol, A, Suen, JY, Bassi, GL, Fraser, JF, Laffey, JG

“…Background: Prone positioning of patients with COVID-19 undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is widely used, but evidence of efficacy remains sparse. …”

论萧乾小说中的基督教因素 = Christianity elements in Xiao Qian’s novels by 杨楚依 Yang, Chuyi

“…Along with the invasion of imperialism, Christianity had penetrated into the culture and the society of China. …”
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Glycophorin C (CD236R) mediates vivax malaria parasite rosetting to normocytes by Malleret, Benoit, Lau, Yee-Ling, Lee, Wenn-Chyau, Mauduit, Marjorie, Fong, Mun-Yik, Cho, Jee Sun, Suwanarusk, Rossarin, Zhang, Rou, Albrecht, Letusa, Costa, Fabio T. M., Preiser, Peter, McGready, Rose, Renia, Laurent, Nosten, Francois, Russell, Bruce

“…Importantly, mature erythrocytes (normocytes) rather than reticulocytes preferentially form rosetting complexes, indicating this process is unlikely to directly facilitate merozoite invasion. While antibodies against host erythrocyte receptors CD235a and CD35 had no effect; Fab against the BRIC 4 region of CD236R significantly inhibited rosette formation. …”
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Stability of peptide nucleic acid influenced by peptoid-like sidechains : MD simulation study. by Yeo, Sven Hwea Jie.

“…It is probable that stability conferred could be attributed to desolvation and related effects, but further investigations need to be done. We put forward several candidates for cleavage moieties relevant to our intended application.…”
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Effects of HSV-G47∆ oncolytic virus on telomerase and telomere length alterations in glioblastoma multiforme cancer stem cells under hypoxia and normoxia conditions by Vazifehmand, Reza, Saeed Ali, Dhuha, Monem Homaie, Foroozandeh, Molaei Jalalvand, Fatemeh, Othman, Zulkefley, Deming, Chau, Stanslas, Johnson, Sekawi, Zamberi

“…Results: Data revealed that U251CSCs had longer telomeres when exposed to HSV-G47Δ in nor-moxic conditions but had significantly shorter telomeres in hypoxic conditions. …”

Effect of mangostin on the functional activity and integrity of the Plasmodium falciparum and infected and Uninfected red blood cells membrane by Ibraheem, Z.O., Majid, R.A., Noor, S.M., Farook, M.D., Basir, R.

“…The results showed that mangostin had a good growth inhibitory effect against Plasmodium falciparum with a moderate selectivity as compared to its effect against RBCs. …”

Assessment of novel pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines in humans by Venkatraman, N

“…This formed the basis to test the efficacy of R21/MM, which had a favourable reactogenicity profile, using controlled human malaria infection in malaria-naïve UK volunteers. …”

Development of biomimetic 3D cancer platform for drug testing by Ker, Sia Fong

“…Hence, future work or improvement to the 3D biomimetic culture model have to be done before we could fully understand whether EMT and MET of highly invasive tumor cell lines are critically determined by the physical and material characteristics of the microenvironment.…”
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Assembling a desktop robotic arm based hydrogel extrusion system by Khadijah Mohamed Hussain

“…This robotic arm 3D bioprinter is aimed to be able to perform minimally-invasive operations for the restoration and transplantation of essential organs done by surgeons straight onto a living wounded body. …”
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Modeling renography data and formulating indices for quantitative means in differentiating kidney obstruction by Suriyanto

“…Then, the model was compared to clinical data from renography and it had been verified in this project that the mathematical model was accurate in predicting the relative severity of obstructed kidney. …”
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Mapping the Unseen: In Vivo CEST-MRI of Creatine Reveals Improved Cardiac Energetics in Subjects with Obesity Following Bariatric Surgery by Yurista, Salva R., Chen, Shi, Eder, Robert A., Garrett, Thomas, Butsch, W. S., Aminian, Ali, Tang, W. H. W., Farrar, Christian T., Gee, Denise, Abel, E. D., Das, Saumya, Nguyen, Christopher T.

“…The median age was 46.5 years, 67% were female, and 16.67% had diabetes. Bariatric surgery led to significant weight loss, with achieved mean BMI of 31.0 ± 2.0. …”
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