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Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Anapafseos 5 Agios Nikolaos 72100 Crete Greece,00302841026182,00306932607174,alsfakia@gmail.com,

Novel treatment for mild and moderate VPI using implantable AlloDerm for posterior pharyngeal wall augmentation:...
Novel treatment for mild and moderate VPI using implantable AlloDerm for posterior pharyngeal wall augmentation: Case series and review of surgical techniquesAuthor links open overlay panelKunal R.ShettyaLibby M.WardaJessica R.LevibGregoryGrillonebaBoston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord St., Boston, MA 02118, USAbDepartment of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, 830 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USAReceived 31 July 2019, Available online 5 August...
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Sleepless and desynchronized: Impaired inter trial phase coherence of steady-state potentials following...
Sleepless and desynchronized: Impaired inter trial phase coherence of steady-state potentials following sleep deprivationPublication date: 15 November 2019Source: NeuroImage, Volume 202Author(s): M. Eidelman-Rothman, E. Ben-Simon, D. Freche, A. Keil, T. Hendler, N. Levit-BinnunAbstractSleep loss has detrimental effects on cognitive and emotional functioning. These impairments have been associated with alterations in EEG measures of power spectrum and event-related potentials, however the impact of...
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Pediatric Dermatology  Early View Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue BRIEF REPORTSMicrophthalmia...
Pediatric Dermatology Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issueBRIEF REPORTSMicrophthalmia and linear skin defects syndrome: Precise diagnosis guides prognosisKerrie G. Satcher MD, Gustavo H. B. Maegawa MD, PhD, Jennifer J. Schoch MDVersion of Record online: 02 August 2019ORIGINAL ARTICLESPatterned cutaneous hypopigmentation phenotype characterization: A retrospective study in 106 childrenEugénie Belzile MD, Catherine McCuaig MD, Jean‐Baptiste Le Meur PhD, Jérôme Coulombe MD, Afshin...
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Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents: Letter to Health Care Providers - Potentially...
Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents: Letter to Health Care Providers - Potentially Associated with Increased MortalityAUDIENCE: Cardiology, Risk Manager, Health ProfessionalISSUE: Earlier this year, FDA notified health care professionals about a late mortality signal in patients treated for peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the femoropopliteal artery with paclitaxel-coated balloons and paclitaxel-eluting stents. We are issuing this update to provide the latest information on...
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Photochemistry and Photobiology Early View Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue ...
Photochemistry and PhotobiologyEarly ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issueResearch ArticlesA Peptide YGDEY from Tilapia Gelatin Hydrolysates Inhibits UVB‐mediated Skin Photoaging by Regulating MMP‐1 and MMP‐9 Expression in HaCaT CellsZhenbang Xiao, Peng Liang, Jiali Chen, Mei‐Fang Chen, Fang Gong, Chengyong Li, Chunxia Zhou, Pengzhi Hong, Ping Yang, Zhong‐Ji QianVersion of Record online: 01 August 2019A processed anti‐aging mechanism of YGDEY in the UVB‐induced photoaging HaCaT...
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Unsteady numerical simulation on helium cooldown process for the 650 MHz two-cell superconducting cavity...
Unsteady numerical simulation on helium cooldown process for the 650 MHz two-cell superconducting cavityAbstractBackgroundSuperconducting cavity is usually needed to be gradually cooled from room temperature to the superconducting temperature zone (4.2 K and below) in the testing and sophisticated operation process of superconducting cavity.PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the cooling law on the helium cooldown process for the 650 MHz two-cell superconducting cavity with the unsteady...
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3D Reconstruction Approach for Outdoor Scene Based on Multiple Point Cloud Fusion Abstract Multiple...
3D Reconstruction Approach for Outdoor Scene Based on Multiple Point Cloud FusionAbstractMultiple point cloud fusion is one of the most widely used methods for outdoor scene 3D reconstruction. However, being based on the traditional registration methods, their performance critically influences the quality of the 3D reconstruction. This paper proposes a 3D reconstruction method that fuses different sensors point cloud, which comes from laser scanning and structure from motion. First, a scale-based...
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A novel astrovirus identified in wild rhesus monkey feces in China Abstract The discovery and analysis...
A novel astrovirus identified in wild rhesus monkey feces in ChinaAbstractThe discovery and analysis of pathogens carried by non-human primates are important for understanding zoonotic infections in humans. We identified a highly divergent astrovirus (AstV) from fecal matter from a rhesus monkey in China, which has been tentatively named "monkey-feces-associated AstV" (MkAstV). The full-length genome of MkAstV was determined to be 7377 nt in length. It exhibits the standard genomic AstV organization...
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Cytoplasmic SIRT1 inhibits cell migration and invasion by impeding epithelial–mesenchymal transition...
Cytoplasmic SIRT1 inhibits cell migration and invasion by impeding epithelial–mesenchymal transition in ovarian carcinomaAbstractSirtuin1 (SIRT1) is a mammalian NAD+-dependent type III deacetylase that plays paramount roles in diverse cellular processes. The nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of SIRT1 was discovered more than a decade ago, but the roles of subcellular SIRT1 localization in tumor progression remain unclear. Here, we report that cytoplasmic SIRT1 acts as a tumor suppressor in ovarian carcinoma....
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The Journal of Neuroscience Online Table of Contents Alert 7 August 2019; Vol. 39, No. 32 This Week...
The Journal of Neuroscience Online Table of Contents Alert7 August 2019; Vol. 39, No. 32This Week in The JournalThis Week in The JournalThe Journal of Neuroscience, 7 August 2019, 39(32):6217; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.twij.39.32.2019http://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/32/6217Journal ClubImportance of Lipids for Nervous System Integrity: Cooperation between Gangliosides and Sulfatides in Myelin StabilityGiulia Bonetto and Coralie Di ScalaThe Journal of Neuroscience, 7 August 2019, 39(32):6218-6220; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0377-19.2019http://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/32/6218Dorsal...
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Noema and Noesis. Part II: Functions of Noematic Synthesis Abstract In the paper, being the second part...
Noema and Noesis. Part II: Functions of Noematic SynthesisAbstractIn the paper, being the second part of the work entitled Noema and Noesis, the formal model of the noematic synthesis functions is presented. Together with functions of noetic synthesis, they are understood as components of functions of intentional reference, which are to be, in turn, formalizations of intentional acts of reference performed in the stream of consciousness. Noemata are understood as mental representations associated...
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Increased reactive oxygen species production and maintenance of membrane potential in VDAC-less Neurospora...
Increased reactive oxygen species production and maintenance of membrane potential in VDAC-less Neurospora crassa mitochondriaAbstractThe highly abundant voltage-dependent anion-selective channel (VDAC) allows transit of metabolites across the mitochondrial outer membrane. Previous studies in Neurospora crassa showed that the LoPo strain, expressing 50% of normal VDAC levels, is indistinguishable from wild-type (WT). In contrast, the absence of VDAC (ΔPor-1), or the expression of an N-terminally...
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Electronic search strategies fail to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in neurosurgery Publication...
Electronic search strategies fail to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in neurosurgeryPublication date: September 2019Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Volume 184Author(s): Rodrigo Panico Gorayeb, Maria João Forjaz, António Gonçalves Ferreira, Gonçalo N.S. Duarte, Tiago Machado, Joaquim José FerreiraAbstractRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard studies to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. Although they are frequently identified through open...
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Étude anatomoclinique et immunohistochimique d'une tumeur dérivant des glandes ano-génitales de type...
Étude anatomoclinique et immunohistochimique d'une tumeur dérivant des glandes ano-génitales de type mammaire : l'hidradénome papillifèrePublication date: September 2019Source: Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie, Volume 146, Issues 8–9Author(s): A. Blind, N. Weingertner, B. CribierRésuméButPréciser les caractéristiques cliniques, histologiques, immunohistochimiques d'une grande série de cas d'hidradénomes papillifères et souligner les similitudes avec les tumeurs mammaires.MéthodesNous avons...
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Recruiting Medical Students to Interventional Radiology: Current State of Affairs Publication date:...
Recruiting Medical Students to Interventional Radiology: Current State of AffairsPublication date: September 2019Source: Academic Radiology, Volume 26, Issue 9Author(s): Juri Bassuner, David Duncan, Chris Molloy, Mina S. Makary, Brycen Bodell, Dylan Assael, Riz Ahmed, Geogy VatakencherryObjectiveInterventional radiology/diagnostic radiology (IR/DR) is the newest primary specialties offered to trainees, one that medical students can now apply to directly out of medical school. However, medical students...
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Brain tissue segmentation using improved kernelized rough-fuzzy C-means with spatio-contextual information...
Brain tissue segmentation using improved kernelized rough-fuzzy C-means with spatio-contextual information from MRIPublication date: October 2019Source: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Volume 62Author(s): Anindya Halder, Nur Alom TalukdarAbstractSegmentation of brain tissues from MRI often becomes crucial to properly investigate any region of the brain in order to detect abnormalities. However, the accurate segmentation of the brain tissues is a challenging task as the different tissue regions are usually...
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Atmospheric black carbon concentrations in Mexico Publication date: 1 December 2019 Source: Atmospheric...
Atmospheric black carbon concentrations in MexicoPublication date: 1 December 2019Source: Atmospheric Research, Volume 230Author(s): Oscar Peralta, Abraham Ortínez-Alvarez, Roberto Basaldud, Naxieli Santiago, Harry Alvarez-Ospina, Karen de la Cruz, Valter Barrera, María de la Luz Espinosa, Isabel Saavedra, Telma Castro, Amparo Martínez-Arroyo, Víctor H. Páramo, Luis G. Ruíz-Suárez, Felipe A. Vazquez-Galvez, Arturo GavilánAbstractAtmospheric black carbon concentrations were measured at two urban sites...
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  Automated Organ-Level Classification of Free-Text Pathology Reports to Support a Radiology...
 Automated Organ-Level Classification of Free-Text Pathology Reports to Support a Radiology Follow-up Tracking Engine Neural network–based algorithms perform well in organ-level classification of multi-institution free-text pathology reports and learn features familiar to and understandable by humans.   Jackson M. Steinkamp, Charles M. Chambers... Tessa S. CookCommentary: Deep Learning Approaches Substantially Improve Automated Extraction of Information from Free-Text Medical ReportsTiffany Ting...
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  Automated Organ-Level Classification of Free-Text Pathology Reports to Support a Radiology...
 Automated Organ-Level Classification of Free-Text Pathology Reports to Support a Radiology Follow-up Tracking Engine Neural network–based algorithms perform well in organ-level classification of multi-institution free-text pathology reports and learn features familiar to and understandable by humans.   Jackson M. Steinkamp, Charles M. Chambers... Tessa S. CookCommentary: Deep Learning Approaches Substantially Improve Automated Extraction of Information from Free-Text Medical ReportsTiffany Ting...
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 Becton Dickinson Says Diagnostics Uptake Remains Strong, Chinese Market FlourishingPublished on Aug...
 Becton Dickinson Says Diagnostics Uptake Remains Strong, Chinese Market FlourishingPublished on Aug 07, 2019 Pediatric Cancer Researchers, Clinicians Look to Enhance Molecular Data Collection, DistributionPublished on Aug 07, 2019 UCSD Researchers Develop Assay Combining Methylation Status, Chromosome Conformation AnalysisPublished on Aug 07, 2019 Genomics Medicine Ireland Aims to Allay Data Security Concerns While Seeking New PartnershipsPublished on Aug 07, 2019Recommended for Youpremium NanoString...
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Comparison of adverse events between cluster and conventional immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis patients...
Comparison of adverse events between cluster and conventional immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis patients with or without asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysisAuthor links open overlay panelZihanJiangHaoXiaoHongtingZhangShixiLiuJuanMengSichuan University (四川大学), West China Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chengdu, ChinaReceived 24 May 2019, Available online 7 August 2019.Show lesshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.07.013Get rights and contentAbstractBackgroundCluster schedule...
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How to respond to a denial of service at a restaurant or coffee shopEMS, police and fire personnel need...
How to respond to a denial of service at a restaurant or coffee shopEMS, police and fire personnel need to prepare for being asked to leave a restaurant, coffee shop or grocery storeYesterday at 6:03 AMTwo uniformed paramedics were turned away at a Florida McDonald's restaurant by an employee, since terminated, who refused to serve "anyone with a badge." The widely circulated news story was based on a Facebook post from one of the paramedics and aired on a local news channel without additional comment...
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6 steps to prevent an oxygen tank explosion/regulator fire.   An EMT was injured when an oxygen tank...
6 steps to prevent an oxygen tank explosion/regulator fire.   An EMT was injured when an oxygen tank caught fire in the ambulance during a patient transport, a rare but serious threatToday at 8:16 AMAn EMS crew was completing a patient transport to an emergency department in Norwalk, Connecticut, when the oxygen tank on their transport stretcher apparently caught fire and/or exploded. Follow-up reports from Norwalk Fire Department confirmed that there were burn marks on the walls and ceiling of the...
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Emergency Department to ICU Time Is Associated With Hospital Mortality: A Registry Analysis of 14,788...
Emergency Department to ICU Time Is Associated With Hospital Mortality: A Registry Analysis of 14,788 Patients From Six University Hospitals in the NetherlandsObjectives: Prolonged emergency department to ICU waiting time may delay intensive care treatment, which could negatively affect patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether emergency department to ICU time is associated with hospital mortality. Design, Setting, and Patients: We conducted a retrospective observational...
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How to respond to a denial of service at a restaurant or coffee shop By Greg Friese, Editor-in-Chief...
How to respond to a denial of service at a restaurant or coffee shopBy Greg Friese, Editor-in-ChiefEMS, police and fire personnel need to prepare for being asked to leave a restaurant, coffee shop or grocery store6 steps to prevent an oxygen tank explosion/regulator fireBy Michael FraleyAn EMT was injured when an oxygen tank caught fire in the ambulance during a patient transport, a rare but serious threatOTHER HIGHLIGHTSBack to school: Tourniquet training for high school studentsBy Greg Friese,...
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Early Childhood Vaccination Status of Preterm Infants  Annika M. Hofstetter, Elizabeth N. Jacobson,...
Early Childhood Vaccination Status of Preterm Infants Annika M. Hofstetter, Elizabeth N. Jacobson, M. Patricia deHart and Janet A. EnglundFamily PartnershipsPatient-Clinician Collaboration in the Development of an IBD Transfer ToolkitSamantha T. Kennedy, Michele Herzer Maddux and IMPROVECARENOW PEDIATRIC IBD LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM
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Abortion Rights in Peril — What Clinicians Need to Know E. Nash N Engl J Med 2019;381:497-499 | Published...
Abortion Rights in Peril — What Clinicians Need to KnowE. NashN Engl J Med 2019;381:497-499 | Published Online June 19, 2019Changing Medical Practice, Not Patients — Putting an End to Conversion TherapyC.G. Streed, Jr., J.S. Anderson, C. Babits, and M.A. FergusonN Engl J Med 2019;381:500-502Sustainable Discovery and Development of Antibiotics — Is a Nonprofit Approach the Future?T.B. Nielsen and OthersN Engl J Med 2019;381:503-505 | Published Online June 19, 2019Bearing WitnessC. HartnickN Engl J...
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Teaching Topic  Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma  REVIEW ARTICLE Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma...
Teaching Topic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma REVIEW ARTICLEPheochromocytoma and ParagangliomaH.P.H. Neumann, W.F. Young, Jr., and C. Eng     With the widespread use of cross-sectional imaging, the incidental discovery of an adrenal mass is becoming common. In addition, asymptomatic cases of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma are increasingly being discovered on the basis of family and germline-mutation testing.Clinical Pearls  What percentage of patients presenting with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma...
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Regional anesthesia and pain management in patients with sleep apnea: can they improve outcomes? Purpose...
Regional anesthesia and pain management in patients with sleep apnea: can they improve outcomes?Purpose of Review In several guidelines, regional anesthesia and analgesia have been suggested as safer alternatives for general anesthesia and systemic analgesia for their safety profile in patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, the underlying scientific basis is still evolving. The present review is intended to provide an up-to-date account on the question whether the use of...
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Teaching Topic  Vitamin D and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes  ORIGINAL ARTICLE Vitamin D Supplementation...
Teaching Topic Vitamin D and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes ORIGINAL ARTICLEVitamin D Supplementation and Prevention of Type 2 DiabetesA.G. Pittas and Others  Over the past decade, a low blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D level has emerged as a possible risk factor for type 2 diabetes, and vitamin D supplementation has been proposed as a potential intervention to lower diabetes risk. Pittas et al. conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial which evaluated whether vitamin D supplementation, regardless...
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Comparison of Health, Development, Maternal Bonding, and Poverty Among Children Born After Denial of...
Comparison of Health, Development, Maternal Bonding, and Poverty Among Children Born After Denial of Abortion vs After Pregnancies Subsequent to an AbortionAmong Women Seeking Abortion, Continuing Pregnancy Linked to Worse Physical HealthRita Rubin, MAIncreasing Cases of Shingles in the Eye Raise Key QuestionsRebecca Voelker, MSJ
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Closing the gap between type A and type B aortic dissections Purpose of review Given its rarity little...
Closing the gap between type A and type B aortic dissectionsPurpose of review Given its rarity little is known about natural history, surgical indications, and results of acute non-A non-B dissections. With this review, we aim to review the current knowledge of this subject. Recent findings non-A non-B aortic dissections should be differentiated from type B aortic dissections. A strikingly high proportion of these patients have a complicate course requiring treatment and the mortality of patients...
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Proteomic analysis reveals a role for PAX8 in peritoneal colonization of high grade serous ovarian...
Proteomic analysis reveals a role for PAX8 in peritoneal colonization of high grade serous ovarian cancer that can be targeted with micelle encapsulated thiostreptonLaura R. Hardy, Melissa R. Pergande, Karina Esparza, Kimberly N. Heath, Hayat Önyüksel et al. Oncogene 2019 38 :6003 - 6016; July 11, 2019; 10.1038/s41388-019-0842-2Abstract | Full TextHsa_circ_101555 functions as a competing endogenous RNA of miR-597-5p to promote colorectal cancer progressionZhenlong Chen, Rui Ren, Daiwei Wan, Yilin...
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 Technologies in Treatment of Head & Neck  Margin Analysis in Head and Neck Cancer: State...
 Technologies in Treatment of Head & Neck Margin Analysis in Head and Neck Cancer: State of the Art and Future Directions.Related ArticlesMargin Analysis in Head and Neck Cancer: State of the Art and Future Directions. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Aug 05;: Authors: Li MM, Puram SV, Silverman DA, Old MO, Rocco JW, Kang SY Abstract BACKGROUND: The status of surgical margins is the most important prognosticator for patients undergoing surgical resection of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)....
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Air in the Spleen A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history...
Air in the SpleenA 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of epigastric and left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Her medical history included polysubstance use disorder (including cocaine and heroin use) and hepatitis C virus infection, as well as rheumatoid arthritis, for…The New England Journal of Medicine: Search Results in Images in Clinical MedicinenowMassive SplenomegalyA 35-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 3-week history of fatigue...
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Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Anapafseos 5 Agios Nikolaos 72100 Crete Greece,00302841026182,00306932607174,alsfakia@gmail.com,
 SAGE Publications Ltd: Journal of International Medical Research: Table of Contents Identification... SAGE Publications Ltd: Journal of International Medical Research: Table of ContentsIdentification of potential core genes in Kawasaki disease using bioinformatics analysisJournal of International Medical Research, Ahead of Print.SAGE Publications Ltd: Journal of International Medical Research: Table of Contents3mMark above section as read North American Neuro-Ophthalmology SocietyWhat's New in the...
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 The Journal of Physiology  Rebuttal from Alex J. Smith and Alan S. Verkman The Journal of...
 The Journal of Physiology Rebuttal from Alex J. Smith and Alan S. VerkmanThe Journal of Physiology21hCrossTalk proposal: The glymphatic system supports convective exchange of cerebrospinal fluid and brain interstitial fluid that is mediated by perivascular aquaporin‐4The Journal of Physiology21hDistinct pattern of oculomotor impairment associated with acute sleep loss and circadian misalignmentKey points Inadequate sleep and irregular work schedules have not only adverse consequences for individual...
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 bioRxiv Subject Collection: Evolutionary Biology Spatial structure undermines parasite suppression...
 bioRxiv Subject Collection: Evolutionary BiologySpatial structure undermines parasite suppression by gene drive cargo [NEW RESULTS]Gene drives may be used in two ways to suppress vectored diseases. Both involve engineering the drive to spread in the vector population. One has the drive directly depress vector numbers, possibly to extinction. The other leaves intact the vector population but suppresses the disease agent during its interaction with the vector. This second application may use a drive...
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