Of Kids And Cats: Placebo By Proxy
Treatment responses in (small) children are difficult to assess since descriptions of symptoms and symptom changes are not easily available without the use of language,…
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Diverse Populations Are Needed To Understand The Genetics Of Complex Traits
Across the human genome, there are a few million base pairs that differentiate one person from another. Though these differences account for only 0.1% of…
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Migration Of Atoms In Nano-Sandwiches
The migration of substances in complex systems is most commonly a result of diffusion – a mechanism in which atoms or molecules migrate from the…
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Biologically-Plausible Spiking Neural Networks For Object Recognition
Primates are so fast and accurate in understanding the surrounding visual world. Their visual cortex lets them do invariant object recognition in just 100-150ms [1]….
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Putting Visual Information Into Context
The cerebral cortex is the seat of advanced human faculties such as language, long-term planning, and complex thought. Research over the last 60 years has shown…
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Applications Of The Two-relaxation-time Lattice Boltzmann Method To Advective-Diffusive-Reactive Transport
Important geochemical and biogeochemical processes such as organic carbon decomposition and contaminant remediation take place at the pore scale. Pore-scale modeling provides a powerful tool…
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When Electrons In Gold Nanoparticles Become Hot, They Transform A Glass of Water Into Clean Fuel
Metals possess many electrons that can easily absorb energy from the environment — for instance, in form of light or heat — and use that…
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Improved Stability Of Live, Attenuated Vaccine gdhA Derivative Pasteurella Multocida B:2 By Freeze Drying Technique
The use of live attenuated vaccine gdhA derivative Pasteurella multocida B:2 that can be administered intranasally is an alternative way to protect cattle and buffaloes…
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Preventing Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease With Nicotinamide Riboside
Alcohol-induced liver disease is a progressive disease, starting from liver steatosis, which then progresses to liver fibrosis or even cirrhosis and liver cancer. It is…
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Exploring How An RNA-binding Protein Affects Stress-exposed Cells
Faced with sudden external physical stress, e.g.temperature shifts, desiccation, pH changes, cells need to adapt rapidly. Part of the adaptation is to counter the cellular…
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Squeezing Dynamics In A Nanowire System
Nanowires provide novel mechanisms for scaling down semiconductor electronics [1]. Semiconducting nanowires have electronically switchable characteristics suitable for simple readout that is appropriate for sensing….
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