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Legacy of Cristina Grabiel to Continue at Winthrop
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Friends of Grabiel have established the Maria Cristina Grabiel y de la Guardia Fund, which will be used to provide awards for students pursuing careers in higher education or social justice and who have a vision for how they...
Published by: Winthrop University
The evolving view of the hematopoietic stem cell niche.
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) reside in specialized microenvironments known as niches. The niche is essential to support HSC function and to maintain a correct balance between self-renewal and differentiation. Recent advances...
Unravelling compulsory happiness in exile
Natasha Tanna
Jul 19, 2018
A number of feminist critics of Latin American women writers in exile have suggested that women in exile may flourish as they are freed from the traditional gender restrictions imposed on them in their home countries. In this...
Geoinformation Technologies in Land Use Monitoring of Fast-Growing Cities for Sustainable Urban Development
Cristina Henriques
Apr 09, 2021
To understand the territory of fast-growing cities, where there are multiple stakeholders involved, the observation of such dynamics seems indispensable to formulate and implement policies and actions based on a better...
Urban & Regional Development Geographic Information Systems Physical Sciences and Engineering Computer Science and Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Digital Participatory Platforms for Urban Regeneration
Despite the increase in the globally connected population, there is still a high percentage of European citizens who do not have basic digital skills. In the era of smart cities, the Digital Divide affects the possibility for...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Digital Health Literacy
Cristina Vaz de Almeida
Jan 01, 2021
Digital requires humanization. The pandemic has shown the importance of health organizations adapting rapidly to teleconsultation services, investing in e-health with quality criteria and monitoring outcomes. Through a...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The Impact of Customer Relationship Management Systems on Dynamic Capabilities at Firms
The banking industry has been forced to restructure its processes to get adapted to a more technological environment as a consequence of the changes experienced in the market. Academic literature has paid special attention to...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Opening Pandora's Box
Global strategy research is rapidly increasing in quantity but is found in divergent literature and disciplines. Now is the time to offer a comprehensive review that identifies, synthesizes, and integrates previous research and...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
EFL Teachers' Perceptions on the Potential of MOOCs for Lifelong Learning
Despite its numerous advantages, globalization, information society and the emergence of information and communication technologies (ICT) have caused quick changes in society, provoking the rapid obsolescence of knowledge and...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Oocytes & Embryos: MBK-2 and CDK-1 Localization in C. elegans
Cristina Feathers
Jan 01, 0001
PAM-1, the puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase is necessary for the formation of the anteroposterior axis and meiotic exit within the early embryonic stages of Caenorhabditis elegans. This protein is also found to influence the...
Published by: Ursinus College
Buffering noise
KAT2A is a histone acetyltransferase recently identified as a vulnerability in at least some forms of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Its loss or inhibition prompts leukemia stem cells out of self-renewal and into differentiation...
Quality Tools and Their Applications in Industry
Ionica Oncioiu, Ana Ifrim, Cătălin Silvestru, Mihai-Alexandru Stoica, Cristina Icociu, Marian Lupescu
Jan 01, 2023
Almost all quality improvement methods require data collection and analysis to solve quality problems. The combination of six sigma and agile creates a six sigma agile methodology that aims to reach quality levels according to...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A Systematic Literature Review on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Entrepreneurial Activity
Cristina Blanco-González-Tejero, Belén Ribeiro-Navarrete, Enrique Cano-Marin, William McDowell
Jan 01, 2023
New models of entrepreneurship are emerging because of increasing digitalization and the development of artificial intelligence (AI). There is a lack of existing research on the intersection between digitalization and...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Identification of a 24-kDa cytokine that is required for development of cytolytic T lymphocytes
It is known that the production of cytolytic T lymphocytes requires growth factors such as interleukins 2 and 4 (IL-2 and IL-4). Elsewhere we have described bioassays that detect a cytokine that operates in concert with growth...
Published by: Rockefeller University
Feeling the strain
Olivine-type phosphates LiFePO4 and NaFePO4 are among the most widely studied cathode materials for rechargeable batteries. To improve their rate behaviour for future electronic and vehicle applications, it is vital that the Li+...
Effective therapeutic strategies in a preclinical mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Cristina Nuevo-Tapioles, Fulvio Santacatterina, Brenda Sánchez-Garrido, Cristina Núñez de Arenas, Adrián Robledo-Bérgamo, Paula Martínez-Valero, Lara Cantarero, Beatriz Pardo, Janet Hoenicka, Michael P Murphy, Jorgina Satrústegui, Francesc Palau, José M Cuezva
Aug 02, 2021
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a neuropathy that lacks effective therapy. CMT patients show degeneration of peripheral nerves, leading to muscle weakness and loss of proprioception. Loss of mitochondrial oxidative...
Better healthcare can reduce the risk of COVID-19 in-hospital post-partum maternal death
OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 in post-partum women is commonly overlooked. The present study assessed whether puerperium is an independent risk factor of COVID-19 related in-hospital maternal death and whether fatality is preventable in...
Chemical Biology of Dynein
Cristina C Santarossa
Jan 01, 0001
Cytoplasmic dynein is a AAA (ATPase Associated with various Activities) motor protein that transports cellular cargoes towards the microtubule minus-end. Despite its essential role in intracellular transport, dynein remains the...
Published by: Rockefeller University
Italian cohort of patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease is characterised by variation in glycerophospholipid, free fatty acids and amino acid levels.
Targeting and Recognition of Toll-Like Receptors by Plant and Pathogen Lectins.
We have reported that some lectins act as agonists of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and have immunomodulatory properties. The plant lectin ArtinM, for example, interacts with N-glycans of TLR2, whereas other lectins of microbial...
Implementing alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary health care
BACKGROUND: Alcohol is one of the most important risk factors contributing to the global burden of disease. Screening and brief interventions in primary care settings are effective in reducing alcohol consumption. However...
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