CD4 T lymphocytes are T-helper cells that harmonize the immune system to avert pathogenic infection. They do so by recruitment and activation of other immune…
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The Karakoram-Himalaya mountain ranges, spread across Pakistan, India, China, Bhutan, and Nepal, are a home for thousands of glaciers. Glaciers are the natural reservoirs of freshwater…
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The selection of students for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs determines who will be leaders in higher education and fields that underpin…
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As an existential reality, existential isolation refers to the fundamental gap between individuals where it is impossible to know with certainty how anyone else subjectively…
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Emotional intelligence (EI) has been a very popular subject over the past 25 years, especially after Goleman popularized it with his best-selling book in 1995….
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Sexting is apparently here to stay. According to a recent study, 1 in 4 American teens have received a sext, and 1 in 7 teens…
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The Arctic Ocean is undergoing a series of changes in sea ice, whose concentration and thickness, as well as multiyear ice volume, has decreased significantly….
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Most people have feelings of shyness or nervousness in social situations. Many feel apprehensive before oral exams, feel shy and tongue-tied on a first date,…
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The recent space missions devoted to the exploration of the so-called “minor bodies” (i.e., comets, asteroids, and dwarf planets), comprising ESA Rosetta and NASA Dawn,…
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Hundreds of thousands of asteroids are orbiting our Sun with different orbital periods according to their mean distance to the Sun, or semimajor axis. All…
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The prevalence of multitasking has reached new heights. The newest technological advances have made switching between ongoing tasks and attending to several media sources at…
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