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Automation And Simplification: Drivers Of Innovative Collection And Use Of Patient-Reported Outcomes Data, Jason M. Guattery, Jimmy Johnson, Ryan P. Calfee

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A Broad Spectrum Protein Glycosylation System Influences Type Ii Protein Secretion And Associated Phenotypes In Vibrio Cholerae, Dina Vorkapic, Mario F Feldman, Et Al

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Protein secretion plays a crucial role for bacterial pathogens, exemplified by facultative human-pathogen

Adaptation Of Translational Machinery In Malaria Parasites To Accommodate Translation Of Poly-Adenosine Stretches Throughout Its Life Cycle, Jessey Erath, Sergej Djuranovic, Slavica Pavlovic Djuranovic

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Malaria is caused by unicellular apicomplexan parasites of the genus

Computational Search For Uv Radiation Resistance Strategies In Deinococcus Swuensis Isolated From Paramo Ecosystems, Jorge Díaz-Riaño, Leonardo Posada, Iván Camilo Acosta, Carlos Ruíz-Pérez, Catalina García-Castillo, Alejandro Reyes, María Mercedes Zambrano

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Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is widely known as deleterious for many organisms since it can cause damage to biomolecules either directly or indirectly via the formation of reactive oxygen species. The goal of this study was to analyze the capacity of high-mountain Espeletia hartwegiana plant phyllosphere microorganisms to survive UVR and to identify genes related to resistance strategies. A strain of Deinococcus swuensis showed a high survival rate of up to 60% after UVR treatment at 800J/m2 and was used for differential expression analysis using RNA-seq after exposing cells to 400J/m2 of UVR (with >95% survival rate). Differentially expressed genes were …

Adaptation Of An Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Health Intervention For Rural African Americans In The Southeast, Kiana D. Bess, Leah Frerichs, Tiffany Young, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Gaurav Dave, Kia Davis, Shirley Mcfarlin, Sable Watson, Mysha Wynn, Crystal W. Cene

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Lxr-Inverse Agonism Stimulates Immune-Mediated Tumor Destruction By Enhancing Cd8 T-Cell Activity In Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Katherine J. Carpenter, Aurore-Cecile Valfort, Nick Steinauer, Arindam Chatterjee, Suomia Abuirqeba, Shabnam Majidi, Monideepa Sengupta, Richard J. Di Paolo, Laurie P. Shornick, Jinsong Zhang, Colin A. Flaveny

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Deficiency Of Dietary Fiber In Slc5a8-Null Mice Promotes Bacterial Dysbiosis And Alters Colonic Epithelial Transcriptome Towards Proinflammatory Milieu, Sathish Sivaprakasam, Pramodh K. Ganapathy, Mohd Omar Faruk Sikder, Moamen Elmassry, Sabarish Ramachandran, Kameswara Rao Kottapalli, Vadivel Ganapathy

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A Brief Review Of Low-Dose Rate (Ldr) And High-Dose Rate (Hdr) Brachytherapy Boost For High-Risk Prostate, Benjamin W Fischer-Valuck, Hiram A Gay, Sagar Patel, Brian C Baumann, Jeff M Michalski

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For patients with unfavorable or high-risk prostate cancer, dose escalated radiation therapy leads to improved progression free survival but attempts to deliver increased dose by external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) alone can be limited by late toxicities to nearby genitourinary and gastrointestinal organs at risk. Brachytherapy is a method to deliver dose escalation in conjunction with EBRT with a potentially improved late toxicity profile and improved prostate cancer related outcomes. At least three randomized controlled trials have demonstrated improved biochemical control with the addition of either low-dose rate (LDR) or high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy to EBRT, although only ASCENDE-RT compared …

A Targeted Gene Panel That Covers Coding, Non-Coding And Short Tandem Repeat Regions Improves The Diagnosis Of Patients With Neurodegenerative Diseases, Allen Chi-Shing Yu, Aldrin Kay-Yuen Yim, Anne Yin-Yan Chan, Liz Y P Yuen, Wing Chi Au, Timothy H T Cheng, Xiao Lin, Jing-Woei Li, Larry W L Chan, Vincent C T Mok, Ting-Fung Chan, Ho Yin Edwin Chan

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Genetic testing for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) is highly challenging because of genetic heterogeneity and overlapping manifestations. Targeted-gene panels (TGPs), coupled with next-generation sequencing (NGS), can facilitate the profiling of a large repertoire of ND-related genes. Due to the technical limitations inherent in NGS and TGPs, short tandem repeat (STR) variations are often ignored. However, STR expansions are known to cause such NDs as Huntington's disease and spinocerebellar ataxias type 3 (SCA3). Here, we studied the clinical utility of a custom-made TGP that targets 199 NDs and 311 ND-associated genes on 118 undiagnosed patients. At least one known or likely pathogenic …

Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary To Wild Banana Seed Ingestion, Divya K Natarajan, Phonexay Homthavong, Indi Trehan

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The Distribution Of Underrepresented Minorities In U.S. Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programs, Muyibat A Adelani, Melvyn A Harrington, Corey O Montgomery

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BACKGROUND: Orthopaedic surgery has generally lagged behind other surgical subspecialties with respect to racial and ethnic diversity in its U.S. residency programs. Efforts have been made to increase the number of underrepresented minorities (URMs) applying to orthopaedic surgery residencies; however, the impact on diversity at the residency program level is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine whether orthopaedic surgery residency programs have become more racially diverse over time.

METHODS: The Graduate Medical Education Track database was queried for individual racial/ethnic identification of orthopaedic surgery residents in U.S. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited programs for 15 …

Two-Photon Microperimetry: Sensitivity Of Human Photoreceptors To Infrared Light, Daniel Ruminski, Grazyna Palczewska, Maciej Nowakowski, Agnieszka Zielińska, Vladimir J Kefalov, Katarzyna Komar, Krzysztof Palczewski, Maciej Wojtkowski

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Microperimetry is a subjective ophthalmologic test used to assess retinal function at various specific and focal locations of the visual field. Historically, visible light has been described as ranging from 400 to 720 nm. However, we previously demonstrated that infra-red light can initiate visual transduction in rod photoreceptors by a mechanism of two-photon absorption by visual pigments. Here we introduce a newly designed and constructed two-photon microperimeter. We provide for the first time evidence of the presence of a nonlinear process occurring in the human retina based on psychophysical tests using newly developed instrumentation. Since infra-red light penetrates the aged …

Building A Culture Of Health And Well-Being At Merck, Cathryn E. Gunther, Virginia Peddicord, Joseph Kozlowski, Yi Li, Danielle Menture, Raymond Fabius, Sharon Glave Frazee, Peter J. Nigro

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A Fatal Case Of Disseminated Microsporidiosis Due To Anncaliia Algerae In A Renal And Pancreas Allograft Recipient, Neil W. Anderson, Atis Muehlenbachs, Sana Arif, Jackrapong Bruminhent, Paul J. Deziel, Raymund R. Razonable, Mark P. Wilhelm, Maureen G. Metcalfe, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Bobbi S. Pritt

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Alcohol Binge-Induced Cardiovascular Dysfunction Involves Endocannabinoid–Cb1-R Signaling, Janos Paloczi, Csaba Matyas, Resat Cinar, Zoltan V. Varga, György Hasko, Thomas H. Schindler, George Kunos, Pal Pacher

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Standard Operating Procedure For Somatic Variant Refinement Of Sequencing Data With Paired Tumor And Normal Samples, Erica K. Barnell, Peter Ronning, Katie M. Campbell, Kilannin Krysiak, Benjamin J. Ainscough, Lana M. Sheta, Shahil P. Pema, Alina D. Schmidt, Megan Richters, Kelsy C. Cotto, Arpad M. Danos, Cody Ramirez, Zachary L. Skidmore, Nicholas C. Spies, Jasreet Hundal, Malik S. Sediqzad, Jason Kunisaki, Felicia Gomez, Lee Trani, Matthew Matlock, Alex H. Wagner, S. Joshua Swamidass, Malachi Griffith, Obi L. Griffith

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Obesity Alters The Muscle Protein Synthetic Response To Nutrition And Exercise, Joseph W Beals, Nicholas A Burd, Daniel R Moore, Stephan Van Vliet

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Improving the health of skeletal muscle is an important component of obesity treatment. Apart from allowing for physical activity, skeletal muscle tissue is fundamental for the regulation of postprandial macronutrient metabolism, a time period that represents when metabolic derangements are most often observed in adults with obesity. In order for skeletal muscle to retain its capacity for physical activity and macronutrient metabolism, its protein quantity and composition must be maintained through the efficient degradation and resynthesis for proper tissue homeostasis. Life-style behaviors such as increasing physical activity and higher protein diets are front-line treatment strategies to enhance muscle protein remodeling …

Associations Among Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation, Physical Activity Facilities, And Physical Activity In Youth During The Transition From Childhood To Adolescence, Morgan N Clennin, Min Lian, Natalie Colabianchi, Andrew Kaczynski, Marsha Dowda, Russell R Pate

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BACKGROUND: This study aims to examine the longitudinal association of neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation (SED) with physical activity in youth during the transition from elementary to middle school, and to determine if access to physical activity facilities moderates this relationship.

METHODS: Data were obtained from the Transitions and Activity Changes in Kids (TRACK) study, which was a multilevel, longitudinal study designed to identify the factors that influence changes in physical activity as youth transition from elementary to middle school. The analytic sample for the current study included 660 youth with complete data in grades 5 (baseline) and 7 (follow-up). A repeated …

Pcna Accelerates The Nucleotide Incorporation Rate By Dna Polymerase Δ, Tanumoy Mondol, Joseph L. Stodola, Roberto Galletto, Peter M. Burgers

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Stroke Detection With 3 Different Pet Tracers, Ayca Dundar, Michael S. Bold, Busranur Agac, Ayse Tuba Kendi, Saul N. Friedman

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Regulation Of Rep Helicase Unwinding By An Auto-Inhibitory Subdomain, Monika A. Makuratha, Kevin D. Whitley, Binh Nguyen, Timothy M. Lohman, Yann R. Chemla

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Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy Of Ovary And Fallopian Tube, Bin Rao, Xiandong Leng, Yifeng Zeng, Yixiao Lin, Ruimin Chen, Qifa Zhou, Andrea R. Hagemann, Lindsay M. Kuroki, Carolyn K. Mccourt, David G. Mutch, Matthew A. Powell, Ian S. Hagemann, Quing Zhu

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Pretreatment Volume Of Mri-Determined White Matter Injury Predicts Neurocognitive Decline After Hippocampal Avoidant Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy For Brain Metastases: Secondary Analysis Of Nrg Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0933, Joseph A. Bovi, Clifford G. Robinson, Jiayi Huang, Et Al

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Updated Results From The Phase 3 Helios Study Of Ibrutinib, Bendamustine, And Rituximab In Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Nancy Lee Bartlett, Et Al.

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Shared Autonomic Pathways Connect Bone Marrow And Peripheral Adipose Tissues Across The Central Neuraxis, Natalie K Y Wee, Madelyn R Lorenz, Yusuf Bekirov, Mark F Jacquin, Erica L Scheller

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Bone marrow adipose tissue (BMAT) is increased in both obesity and anorexia. This is unique relative to white adipose tissue (WAT), which is generally more attuned to metabolic demand. It suggests that there may be regulatory pathways that are common to both BMAT and WAT and also those that are specific to BMAT alone. The central nervous system (CNS) is a key mediator of adipose tissue function through sympathetic adrenergic neurons. Thus, we hypothesized that central autonomic pathways may be involved in BMAT regulation. To test this, we first quantified the innervation of BMAT by tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) positive nerves …

Perturbing Cohesin Dynamics Drives Mre11 Nuclease-Dependent Replication Fork Slowing, Denisse Carvajal-Maldonado, Andrea K. Byrum, Jessica Jackson, Sarah Wessel, Delphine Lemacon, Laure Guitton-Sert, Annabel Quinet, Stephanie Tirman, Simona Graziano, Jean-Yves Masson, David Cortez, Susana Gonzalo, Nima Mosammaparast, Alessandro Vindigni

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Need To Improve Availability Of "Access" Group Antibiotics And Reduce The Use Of "Watch" Group Antibiotics In India For Optimum Use Of Antibiotics To Contain Antimicrobial Resistance, Sumanth Gandra, Anita Kotwani

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History Of Fatigue In Multiple Sclerosis Is Associated With Grey Matter Atrophy, Miklos Palotai, Aria Nazeri, Michele Cavallari, Brian C. Healy, Bonnie Glanz, Stefan M. Gold, Howard L. Weiner, Tanuja Chitnis, Charles R.G. Guttmann

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Hif-Transcribed P53 Chaperones Hif-1Α, Esha Madan, Christopher J. Pelham, Et Al

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Pain Inhibits Grpr Neurons Via Gabaergic Signaling In The Spinal Cord, Rita Bardoni, Kai-Feng Shen, Hui Li, Joseph Jeffry, Devin M. Barry, Antonella Comitato, Yun-Qing Li, Zhou-Feng Chen

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