Evolutionary biology and life histories by C. R. Brown, D. L. Thomson

“…In sheep, the cost of reproduction was a quadratic function of a mother’s age, being greatest for the youngest and oldest females, but this cost applied only during severe environmental conditions (cold and wet winters) that coincided with high population density (Tavecchia et al., 2005). …”
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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: systematic review and economic evaluation by Julia Geppert, Peter Auguste, Asra Asgharzadeh, Hesam Ghiasvand, Mubarak Patel, Anna Brown, Surangi Jayakody, Emma Helm, Dan Todkill, Jason Madan, Chris Stinton, Daniel Gallacher, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Yen-Fu Chen

“…When using software with vessel suppression function only, reading time was similar with and without software (one study). …”
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Climate Change and Outdoor Workers: A Narrative Review by Mehdi Asghari, Mohammad Javad Ghanadzadeh, Razieh Soltani Gerdfaramarzi

“…Heat strain, volume depletion and kidney function in California agricultural workers. Occupational and environmental medicine. 2017;74(6):402-9. …”
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Comparative ICE genomics: insights into the evolution of the SXT/R391 family of ICEs. by Rachel A F Wozniak, Derrick E Fouts, Matteo Spagnoletti, Mauro M Colombo, Daniela Ceccarelli, Geneviève Garriss, Christine Déry, Vincent Burrus, Matthew K Waldor

“…Furthermore, selection pressure to maintain ICE mobility appears to have restricted insertions of variable DNA into intergenic sites that do not interrupt core functions. The variable genes confer diverse element-specific phenotypes, such as resistance to antibiotics. …”
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Insights into physicochemical properties, stability in various aqueous media, and antibacterial activity of gallium-containing amorphous calcium phosphates by Renats Vasiljevs, Marika Sceglova, Liga Stipniece, Janis Locs

“…Furthermore, modification of ACP with metal ions to confer specific biological functions may affect its stability. …”
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Can Two Human Intelligences (HIs or <em>Noes</em>) and Two Artificial Intelligences (AIs) Get Involved in Interlinguistic Communication? – A Transdisciplinary Quest by Ekaterini Nikolarea

“…Finally, the objective of this study is twofold: (1) to wish for a collection of articles written about how language functions in bilingual and multilingual environments as well as in international conferences and (2) to motivate scientists from different fields to learn/know how nous (human brain and mind) operates in interlinguistic situations in general and scientific interlinguistic situations in particular (e.g. …”
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A cryptic promoter in the exon of HKR1 drives expression of a truncated form of Hkr1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. by Toshihiro Kondo, Yuna Hosokawa, Ryotaro Ozawa, Shin Kasahara

“…This shorter protein still conferred resistance to the HM-1 killer toxin, suggesting that this cryptic promoter helps carry out Hkr1-mediated signal transduction efficiently by producing a specific Hkr1 domain with functions as a signaling messenger. …”
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Porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks for cancer theranostics by Liandi Guan, Fang Liu, Cun Zhang, Wei Wang, Jianwei Zhang, Qionglin Liang

“…These materials enhance the solubility and stability of porphyrins and facilitate their stable functionalized assemblies, conferring the potential for multimodal imaging diagnostics and precision therapeutics. …”
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L'autonomie de l'enfant en question by Jean-Claude Quentel

“…No doubt the exercise of autonomy is an issue but we need to ask whether autonomy itself and the processes which it presupposes can be simply conferred or decreed. How answer that question in terms of the status of the child and the specificity of its functioning ?…”
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Self-assembled metal clustersomes and chirality transfer to colloidal photonic crystals by Ya-Jie Wang, Ke-Xin Zheng, Yi-He Yu, Zhengkun Xie, Pengyao Xing, Shuang-Quan Zang

“…Compared with traditional liposomes and polymersomes, metal clustersomes could provide expanded functionalities.…”
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Multidrug resistance and major facilitator superfamily antimicrobial efflux pumps of the ESKAPEE pathogen Staphylococcus aureus by Ebenezer Aborah, Matthew Ayitah, Kwesi Felix Boafo, Anely Ortiz-Alegria, Manjusha Lekshmi, Chandrashekar K. Dhanush, Sanath Kumar, Manuel F. Varela

“…This review article addresses MRSA as a serious pathogen, the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, and the functional and structural roles of the multidrug efflux pumps of the MFS in conferring pathogenicity.…”
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Improving resistance to lepidopteran pests and herbicide using Sanming dominant genic male sterile rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Zhen Li, Xu Liu, Hua Zhang, Pingbo Li, Fangyin Yao

“…Twelve novel lines were developed, each carrying a crystal toxin gene conferring resistance to lepidopteran pests and the ALS627N allele conferring resistance to herbicide imazethapyr in the background of a mainstay japonica variety. …”
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Histone H3 lysine 18 lactylation attenuates neuroinflammation and neurological damage by regulating microglial plxnb2 after ischemic stroke by Ping Li, Yao Wang, Yuan Xu, Linyu Feng, Na Jiang, Yongkang Fang, Guini Song, Lingling Yu, Li Xu, Zhou Zhu, Suiqiang Zhu, Wei Wang, Minjie Xie

“…However, the spatiotemporal expression and functional role of histone lactylation in microglial reprogramming and neurological injuries after ischemic stroke remain elusive. …”
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CRISPR–Cas9-mediated promoter editing of FERONIA-Like receptor 13 increases plant growth and disease resistance in rice by Yanan Guo, Yinyao Qi, Kai Liu, Xiao Luo, Weiyu Xiao, Xiaonan Qiang, Junjie Xing, Feng Yu, Zhenghong Zhao, Long Wang, Lifeng Wang

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Weizmannia coagulans: an ideal probiotic for gut health by Shiqi Zhang, Pinglan Li, Suwon Lee, Yu Wang, Chunming Tan, Nan Shang

“…The merit of its stability in processing and storage provides W. coagulans spores many possibilities for its use in various types of functional foods. This review presents an overview of the characteristics of W. coagulans that make it an ideal probiotic candidate and highlights the proposed health benefits with scientific evidence conferred by the administration of W. coagulans.…”
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Severe Leptospirosis with Multiple Organ Failure Successfully Treated by Plasma Exchange and High-Volume Hemofiltration by Vincent Bourquin, Belén Ponte, Bernard Hirschel, Jérôme Pugin, Pierre-Yves Martin, Patrick Saudan

“…The patient underwent plasma exchanges and high-volume hemofiltration (HVHF) with complete recovery of hepatic and kidney functions. Discussion. Plasma exchanges and HVHF may confer survival benefit on patients with severe leptospirosis, refractory septic shock, and multiple-organ failure.…”
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Characterizing Electron Flow through Catechol‐Graphene Composite Hydrogels by Eunkyoung Kim, Rita Argenziano, Zhiling Zhao, Chen‐yu Chen, Margaret Shen, William E. Bentley, Alessandra Napolitano, Gregory F. Payne

“…Catechol confers redox‐activity and enables charge‐storage through a redox mechanism. …”
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Elevated catalase expression in a fungal pathogen is a double-edged sword of iron. by Arnab Pradhan, Arnab Pradhan, Carmen Herrero-de-Dios, Rodrigo Belmonte, Susan Budge, Angela Lopez Garcia, Aljona Kolmogorova, Keunsook K Lee, Brennan D Martin, Antonio Ribeiro, Attila Bebes, Raif Yuecel, Neil A R Gow, Carol A Munro, Donna M MacCallum, Janet Quinn, Alistair J P Brown

“…Furthermore, our direct comparisons of fitness in vitro using isogenic barcoded CAT1, cat1Δ and tetON-CAT1 strains show that, while ectopic catalase expression confers a fitness advantage during peroxide stress, it confers a fitness defect in the absence of stress. …”
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An investigation of SMART Recovery: protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of individuals making a new recovery attempt from alcohol use disorder by John F Kelly, Samuel A Levy, Bettina B Hoeppner

“…Secondary outcomes include psychiatric distress; quality of life and functioning. Moderator variables include sex/gender; race/ethnicity; spirituality. …”
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TRYBE®: an Fc-free antibody format with three monovalent targeting arms engineered for long in vivo half-life by Emma Davé, Oliver Durrant, Neha Dhami, Joanne Compson, Janice Broadbridge, Sophie Archer, Asher Maroof, Kevin Whale, Karelle Menochet, Pierre Bonnaillie, Emily Barry, Gavin Wild, Claude Peerboom, Pallavi Bhatta, Mark Ellis, Matthew Hinchliffe, David P. Humphreys, Sam P. Heywood

“…We demonstrate the format’s broad functionality by co-targeting of soluble and cell surface antigens. …”
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