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Role and expression of <i>cry1</i> in the adductor muscle of the oyster <i>Cr...
Cryptochromes are flavin- and pterin-containing photoreceptors of the cryptochrome/photolyase family. They play critical roles in organisms, among are which light-dependent and... -
Burnout and safety outcomes - a cross-sectional nationwide survey of EMS-work...
Abstract Background The association between burnout and patient safety has been analyzed in many studies for nurses, physicians, and residents. However, studies concerning... -
Fat mass and fat distribution are associated with low back pain intensity and...
Abstract Background Determining the association between body composition and low back pain (LBP) will improve our understanding of the mechanisms by which obesity affects LBP,... -
Low levels of pyruvate induced by a positive feedback loop protects cholangio...
Abstract Background Cancer cells avidly consume glucose and convert it to lactate, resulting in a low pyruvate level. This phenomenon is known as the Warburg effect, and is... -
On-demand virtual optical network access using 100 Gb/s Ethernet
Our Terabit LAN initiatives attempt to enhance the scalability and utilization of lambda resources. This paper describes bandwidth-on-demand virtualized 100GE access to WDM... -
Circular RNA circ-ITCH inhibits bladder cancer progression by sponging miR-17...
Abstract Background Circ-ITCH is a circRNA generated from several exons of itchy E3 ubiquitin protein ligase (ITCH) and tumor suppressor served as a sponge for certain miRNAs... -
Sparse generalized linear model with L 0 approximation f...
Abstract Background Feature selection and prediction are the most important tasks for big data mining. The common strategies for feature selection in big data mining are L 1,... -
Module and individual domain deletions of NRPS to produce plipastatin derivat...
Abstract Background Plipastatin, an antifungal lipopeptide, is synthesized by a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) in Bacillus subtilis. However, little information is... -
Genome-wide transcriptional adaptation to salt stress in Populus
Abstract Background Adaptation to abiotic stresses is crucial for the survival of perennial plants in a natural environment. However, very little is known about the underlying... -
Thermal expansion feedback for wave-front shaping
Focusing inside scattering media is a challenging task with a variety of applications in biomedicine. State of the art methods mostly require invasive feedback inside or behind... -
Highly active promoters and native secretion signals for protein production d...
Abstract Background The filamentous ascomycete Aspergillus niger is used in many industrial processes for the production of enzymes and organic acids by batch and fed-batch... -
The inference of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) historical population att...
Abstract Background Commercial whaling caused extensive demographic declines in many great whale species, including gray whales that were extirpated from the Atlantic Ocean and... -
Association between empirically derived dietary patterns with blood lipids, f...
Abstract Background Dietary patterns (DPs) in India are heterogenous. To date, data on association of indigenous DPs in India with risk factors of nutrition-related... -
The correlation between poor prognosis and increased yes-associated protein 1...
Abstract Background The Hippo pathway plays a vital role in liver regeneration and development by determining cellular lineage and regulating cell proliferation and apoptosis.... -
Bacterial communities and metabolic activity of faecal cultures from equol pr...
Abstract Background Isoflavones are polyphenols with estrogenic activity found mainly in soy and soy-derived products that need to be metabolised in the intestine by the gut... -
The interaction of behavioral context and motivational-volitional factors for...
Abstract Background In order to generate more effective interventions to promote exercise and sport in adolescence, a better understanding of the interaction of influencing... -
ABO antigen and secretor statuses are not associated with gut microbiota comp...
Abstract Background Host genetics is one of several factors known to shape human gut microbiome composition, however, the physiological processes underlying the heritability are... -
The phenotypic signature of adaptation to thermal stress in Escherichia coli
Abstract Background In the short-term, organisms acclimate to stress through phenotypic plasticity, but in the longer term they adapt to stress genetically. The mutations that... -
Capturing the diversity of the human gut microbiota through culture-enriched ...
Abstract Background The human gut microbiota has been implicated in most aspects of health and disease; however, most of the bacteria in this community are considered... -
Quinones are growth factors for the human gut microbiota
Abstract Background The human gut microbiome has been linked to numerous components of health and disease. However, approximately 25% of the bacterial species in the gut remain...
