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Thermo-optic tuning and switching in SOI waveguide Fabry-Perot microcavities
Compact silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide thermo-optically tunable Fabry-Perot microcavities with silicon/air Bragg mirrors are demonstrated. Quality factors of Q=4,584 are... -
Adolescent BMI and early-onset type 2 diabetes among Ethiopian immigrants and...
Abstract Background We assessed in a nationwide cohort the association between adolescent BMI and early-onset ( -
Physical activity and overweight/obesity among Malaysian adults: findings fro...
Abstract Background Overweight and obesity are growing health problems both worldwide and in Malaysia due to such lifestyle changes as decreased physical activity (PA),... -
Prototype foamy virus elicits complete autophagy involving the ER stress-rela...
Abstract Background Prototype foamy virus (PFV) is a member of the Spumaretrovirinae subfamily of retroviruses, which maintains lifelong latent infection while being... -
A 5-day intensive curriculum for interns utilizing simulation and active-lear...
Abstract Objective Simulation-based learning strategies have demonstrated improved procedural competency, teamwork skills, and acute patient management skills in learners. “Boot... -
Development of a promoter shutoff system in <i>Aspergillus oryzae</i> using a...
Promoter shutoff is a general method for analyzing essential genes, but in the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, no tightly repressed promoters have been reported. To overcome the... -
Correction to: SALP, a new single-stranded DNA library preparation method esp...
After publication of the original article [1] the authors noted that the additional files had not been uploaded correctly. -
Correction to: Comparison of multiple transcriptomes exposes unified and dive...
After publication of this article [1], the authors noted that the legends for supplementary files Figures S3 and S4 were truncated in the production process, therefore lacking... -
s·nr: a visual analytics framework for contextual analyses of private and pub...
Abstract Background Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) has been widely accepted as an essential tool in molecular biology. Reduced costs and automated analysis pipelines make the... -
Condition-specific promoter activities in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Abstract Background Saccharomyces cerevisiae is widely studied for production of biofuels and biochemicals. To improve production efficiency under industrially relevant... -
Golgi tethering factor golgin-97 suppresses breast cancer cell invasiveness b...
Abstract Background Golgin-97 is a tethering factor in the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and is crucial for vesicular trafficking and maintaining cell polarity. However, the... -
Genetic tool for fate mapping of Oct4 (Pou5f1)-expressing cells and their pro...
Abstract Background Methods based on site-specific recombinases are widely used in studying gene activities in vivo and in vitro. In these studies, constitutively active or... -
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... -
Omalizumab in patients with severe asthma and persistent sputum eosinophilia
Abstract Omalizumab, a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the IgE molecule, is the first biologic approved for moderate-to-severe allergic asthmatics, who... -
Genome-wide DNA methylation at birth in relation to in utero arsenic exposure...
Abstract Background In utero arsenic exposure may alter fetal developmental programming by altering DNA methylation, which may result in a higher risk of disease in later life.... -
Molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from food surveil...
Abstract Background Staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) is one of the most common food-borne diseases in the world. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence... -
Novel mutation in the CHST6 gene causes macular corneal dystrophy in a black ...
Abstract Background Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that is characterized by progressive corneal opacity that starts in early childhood... -
Filamentation-free self-written waveguides in a photopolymerizable medium ini...
The inscription of light-induced self-written waveguides (LISW) with multimode optical fibers cannot be achieved by using coherent light because of the filamentation phenomena... -
The magnitude and mechanisms of the weekend effect in hospital admissions: A ...
Abstract Background Growing literature has demonstrated that patients admitted to hospital during weekends tend to have less favourable outcomes, including increased mortality,... -
Comparative transcriptomic analyses of normal and malformed flowers in sugar ...
Abstract Background Sugar apple (Annona squamosa L.), a popular fruit with high medicinal and nutritional properties, is widely cultivated in tropical South Asia and America....
