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Structure of a protective epitope reveals the importance of acetylation of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide.
Pedro Henriques, Lucia Dello Iacono, Ana Gimeno, Alessia Biolchi, Maria Rosaria Romano, Ana Arda, Gonҫalo JL Bernardes, Jesus Jimenez-Barbero, Francesco Berti, Rino Rappuoli, Roberto Adamo
Nov 16, 2020
Meningococcal meningitis remains a substantial cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Until recently, countries in the African meningitis belt were susceptible to devastating outbreaks, largely attributed to serogroup A...
Neisseria meningitidis Carbohydrates structural glycobiology vaccines Acetylation Adolescent Antibodies Bacterial Child Clinical Trials Phase II as Topic Crystallography X-Ray Epitopes Female Humans Immunogenicity Vaccine Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments Male Meningitis Meningococcal Meningococcal Vaccines Molecular Docking Simulation Multicenter Studies as Topic Neisseria meningitidis Polysaccharides Bacterial Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Serogroup Serum Bactericidal Antibody Assay vaccines Conjugate
Presence of anti-eukaryotic initiation factor-2B, anti-RuvBL1/2 and anti-synthetase antibodies in patients with anti-nuclear antibody negative systemic sclerosis
John D Pauling, Gloria Salazar, Hui Lu, Zoe E Betteridge, Shervin Assassi, Maureen D Mayes, Neil J McHugh
Apr 01, 2018
Objectives: Autoantibodies targeting ubiquitously expressed nuclear antigens can be identified in most patients with SSc. Cytoplasmic autoantibodies (in otherwise ANA-negative sera) targeting eukaryotic initiation factor-2B...
Integrating Digital Technologies in Accounting Preservice Teacher Education
Ana Rodrigues
Jan 01, 2022
The importance of developing technological skills at the undergraduate level to form better professionals is no longer questionable, assuming a particular role in subjects as accounting education. However, it appears that...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Presence of anti-eukaryotic initiation factor-2B, anti-RuvBL1/2 and anti-synthetase antibodies in patients with anti-nuclear antibody negative systemic sclerosis
John D Pauling, Gloria Salazar, Hui Lu, Zoe E Betteridge, Shervin Assassi, Maureen D Mayes, Neil J McHugh
Apr 01, 2018
Objectives: Autoantibodies targeting ubiquitously expressed nuclear antigens can be identified in most patients with SSc. Cytoplasmic autoantibodies (in otherwise ANA-negative sera) targeting eukaryotic initiation factor-2B...
Teaching and Learning for Global Citizenship in the EFL Classroom
This chapter reports on a case study that aimed to understand how global citizenship education (GCE) can be integrated in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum. In order to do that, the authors analyze the practicum...
Sustainable Development Education Curriculum Development and Instructional Design Social Sciences and Humanities
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The Catalytic Role of Mobile Banking to Improve Financial Inclusion in Developing Countries
Financial inclusion is challenged by numerous factors that include country regulations and policies, poor infrastructure, lack of financial education and literacy, low income levels, political instability, geographical barriers...
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Nationally Known Hispanic Educator to Lecture at Winthrop
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Well-known Hispanic educator Ana Guzman will speak at Winthrop on May 4. Guzman, president of Palo Alto Community College, also served as senior advisor to the U.S. secretary of education.
Published by: Winthrop University
European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) SLE classification criteria item performance.
Martin Aringer, Ralph Brinks, Thomas Dörner, David Daikh, Marta Mosca, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Josef S Smolen, David Wofsy, Dimitrios T Boumpas, Diane L Kamen, David Jayne, R Cervera, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Betty Diamond, Dafna D Gladman, Bevra Hahn, Falk Hiepe, Søren Jacobsen, Dinesh Khanna, Kirsten Lerstrøm, Elena Massarotti, Joseph McCune, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Matthias Schneider, Murray Urowitz, George Bertsias, Bimba F Hoyer, Nicolai Leuchten, Gabriela Schmajuk, Chiara Tani, Sara K Tedeschi, Zahi Touma, Branimir Anic, Florence Assan, Tak Mao Chan, Ann Elaine Clarke, Mary K Crow, László Czirják, Andrea Doria, Winfried Graninger, Bernadett Halda-Kiss, Sarfaraz Hasni, Peter M Izmirly, Michelle Jung, Gábor Kumánovics, Xavier Mariette, Ivan Padjen, José M Pego-Reigosa, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Íñigo Rúa-Figueroa, Raphaèle Seror, Georg H Stummvoll, Yoshiya Tanaka, Maria G Tektonidou, Carlos Vasconcelos, Edward M Vital, Daniel J Wallace, Sule Yavuz, Pier Luigi Meroni, Marvin J Fritzler, Ray Naden, Karen Costenbader, Sindhu R Johnson
Feb 12, 2021
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2019 classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus system showed high specificity, while attaining also high...
Internet Addiction
Different educational programs aim to reduce or control Internet addiction. These are based on a traditional methodology that can be recognized as an exposition or master class (participatory or not). In this type of educational...
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Reactor staging influences microbial community composition and diversity of denitrifying MBBRs- Implications on pharmaceutical removal
Elena Torresi, Arda Gülay, Fabio Polesel, Marlene M. Jensen, Magnus Christensson, Barth F. Smets, Benedek Gy Plósz
Jul 31, 2018
The subdivision of biofilm reactor in two or more stages (i.e., reactor staging) represents an option for process optimisation of biological treatment. In our previous work, we showed that the gradient of influent organic...
The Post-COVID-19 E-Services Continuance Usage in Low-Income Countries
The COVID-19 pandemic renewed the role of digital government for conventional delivery of e-services while creating a paradigm shift for the telecommuting ecosystem. Prior to COVID-19, e-services usage had been slow in...
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Public Security Sentiment Analysis on Social Web
This article presents (1) the results of a literature review on social web mining and sentiment analysis on public security; (2) the idea of a framework for the analytical process involved in the literature review themes; and...
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A Systematic Literature Review on Hospitality Analytics
With the growth of data generated by all systems involved in a hotel, terms like big data and business analytics (BA) gain strength within the hotel industry. Business analytics can be used in hospitality management to increase...
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Reactor staging influences microbial community composition and diversity of denitrifying MBBRs- Implications on pharmaceutical removal
Elena Torresi, Arda Gülay, Fabio Polesel, Marlene M. Jensen, Magnus Christensson, Barth F. Smets, Benedek Gy Plósz
Jul 31, 2018
The subdivision of biofilm reactor in two or more stages (i.e., reactor staging) represents an option for process optimisation of biological treatment. In our previous work, we showed that the gradient of influent organic...
Professionalism Perception and Client Satisfaction
This research aims to evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction of the nightclubs with the security guards, as well as the perception of their professionalism in performing their duties. Using survey data from 479 nightclubs...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Sports Tourism Products
In addition to good accommodation and sports infrastructure, Slovenia has an extremely developed system of training, testing, and rehabilitation of athletes. Slovenian athletes have always topped in various sports providing...
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Machine Learning Applied to Health Information Exchange
The interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has grown in the last few years. The healthcare community is no exception. The present work is focused on the exchange of medical information, using the Health Level Seven (HL7)...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model for Selecting a Maturity Model
This paper proposes a decision model for a maturity model choice problem via the multiple-criteria decision analysis method. The authors implemented the model in FITradeoff decision support system to select a project management...
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Developing and Refining New Candidate Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Classification
Sara K Tedeschi, Sindhu R Johnson, Dimitrios Boumpas, David Daikh, Thomas Dörner, David Jayne, Diane Kamen, Kirsten Lerstrøm, Marta Mosca, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Corine Sinnette, David Wofsy, Josef S Smolen, Raymond P Naden, Martin Aringer, Karen H Costenbader
Feb 13, 2020
OBJECTIVE: To define candidate criteria within multiphase development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) classification criteria, jointly supported by the American College of Rheumatology and the European League Against...
Integration and Open Access System Based on Semantic Technologies
The aim of this work is the development of an information system that, by integrating data from different sources and applying semantic technologies, makes it possible to publish and share with society the scientific production...
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Application of Artificial Intelligence in Neuromarketing to Predict Consumer Behaviour Towards Brand Stimuli
This research aims to analyse the current level of accuracy in predicting consumer behaviour in response to brand stimuli using artificial intelligence, comparing the results with an analysis conducted using neuromarketing...
Computational Intelligence Computer Science and Information Technology Systems and Software Engineering
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Human Mitochondrial DNA-Protein Complexes Attach to a Cholesterol-Rich Membrane Structure.
Joachim M Gerhold, Şirin Cansiz-Arda, Madis Lõhmus, Oskar Engberg, Aurelio Reyes, Helga van Rennes, Alberto Sanz, Ian J Holt, Helen M Cooper, Johannes N Spelbrink
Nov 23, 2017
The helicase Twinkle is indispensable for mtDNA replication in nucleoids. Previously, we showed that Twinkle is tightly membrane-associated even in the absence of mtDNA, which suggests that Twinkle is part of a membrane-attached...
Proopiomelanocortin Processing in the Hypothalamus Is Directly Regulated by Saturated Fat
Daniela S Razolli, Thiago M de Araújo, Marcella R Sant Apos Ana, Peter Kirwan, Dennys E Cintra, Florian T Merkle, Licio A Velloso
Jun 28, 2019
In outbred mice, susceptibility or resistance to diet-induced obesity is associated with rapid changes in hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) levels. Here, we evaluated 3 hypotheses that potentially explain the development...
Application of Short Video Semantic Understanding Technology Based on Big Data Analysis in Education Management
With the emergence of short video and the development of mobile internet, short video software, such as TikTok and Kwai, has emerged. Based on the semantic understanding technology of teaching short videos, a teaching management...
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Gamification and Player Profiles in Higher Education Professors
This paper conducts descriptive quantitative research of the player profile of a set of 808 university professors, and the player profiles that participants consider most suitable for learning when educational gamification is...
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