Soluble sugars serve five main purposes in multicellular organisms: as sources of carbon
skeletons, osmolytes, signals, and transient energy storage and as transport molecules. Most …

Objective. To review the effects of tobacco use on oral health, with particular emphasis on
the effects of periodontal diseases, dental implant failures, and risk of development of oral …

Lifestyle behaviors such as cigarette smoking, weight gain during pregnancy, and use of
other drugs play an important role in determining fetal growth. The relationship between …

… Among the four mushroom extracts, the water extract from L. edodes showed the most
potent radical scavenging activity in each assay, showing 75.9% (at 20 mg/ml) in the β-carotene …

Background Optical sensors on wearable devices can detect irregular pulses. The ability of
a smartwatch application (app) to identify atrial fibrillation during typical use is unknown. …

With the availability of complete genome sequence for Drosophila melanogaster, one of the
next strategic goals for fly researchers is a complete gene knockout collection. The P-…

In ciphertext policy attribute-based encryption (CP-ABE), every secret key is associated with
a set of attributes, and every ciphertext is associated with an access structure on attributes. …

Background For many people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), the route of exposure,
risk of transmission, and severity of associated liver disease are unknown. We studied …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore innovations in customer experience at the
intersection of the digital, physical and social realms. It explicitly considers experiences …

PD-1 blockade unleashes CD8 T cells 1 , including those specific for mutation-associated
neoantigens (MANA), but factors in the tumour microenvironment can inhibit these T cell …