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Development and Preclinical Evaluation of Enzyme Prodrug Therapies Targeted to the Tumor Vasculature
(2014)
Breast cancer is a global health concern of high prevalence that lacks safe and effective therapies for advanced cases. A targeted enzyme prodrug therapy aims to address this issue using an enzyme localized to the tumor ...
Innovative Visualizations Shed Light on Avian Nocturnal Migration
(PLos One, 2016-08-24)
Globally, billions of flying animals undergo seasonal migrations, many of which occur at night. The temporal and spatial scales at which migrations occur and our inability to directly observe these nocturnal movements makes ...
A Pectate Lyase-Coding Gene Abundantly Expressed during Early Stages of Infection Is Required for Full Virulence in Alternaria brassicicola
(PLos One, 2015-05-21)
Alternaria brassicicola causes black spot disease of Brassica species. The functional importance of pectin digestion enzymes and unidentified phytotoxins in fungal pathogenesis has been suspected but not verified in A. ...
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE RHEOLOGY AND STABILITY BEHAVIOUR OF SURFACTANT STABILIZED WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION
(2016-12-16)
Formation water almost always comes out with crude oil production. Under extreme mixing and high turbulence provided by pumps, valves, chokes and pipelines in the production system, water and oil can mix to form highly ...
Developing a Pricing Strategy for the Los Angeles Dodgers
(2014-06-22)
The article discusses the downfall of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California, and also suggests to develop pricing policies for its revival. It mentions that the number of ...
Probing Dark Energy Using Galaxy Clustering Data
(2011)
Dark energy is the most important unsolved mystery in cosmology today. Galaxy clustering provides one of the prime probes of dark energy. This work is focused on developing robust analysis techniques for interpreting galaxy ...
Intersection Numbers in a Hyperbolic Surface
(2013)
For a compact surface $S$ with constant negative curvature $-\kappa$ (for some $\kappa>0$) and genus $\mathfrak g\geq2$, we show that the tails of the distribution of $i(\alpha,\beta)/l(\alpha)l(\beta)$ (where $i(\alpha,\beta)$ ...
The Role of NF-Y Transcription Factors in Plant Development
(2012)
Due to their sessile nature, plants must coordinate their growth and development based on the surrounding environmental conditions. This coordination is regulated by alterations in gene expression, leading to appropriate ...
Cross-Cultural Musical Healing Practices: Egocentric and Sociocentric Approaches Undergraduate
(2015)
The maintenance of health and healing when illness arises can be approached from different perspectives, apparent in diverse healing practices around the world. One system of healthcare delivery that has occupied a powerful ...
LITERATE IDENTITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EXAMINING THE NEW LITERACY SKILLS AND NEW LITERACY PRACTICES OF 6TH GRADERS
(2014-12-12)
This qualitative research study was done in an effort to increase our knowledge within the literacy field regarding new literacies and literate identities. This research study explored the new literacy practices and new ...