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Characteristics and homogeneity of N6-methylation in human genomes.
A novel DNA modification, N-6 methylated deoxyadenosine (m6dA), has recently been discovered in eukaryotic genomes. Despite its low abundance in eukaryotes, m6dA is implicated in human diseases such as cancer. It is therefore...
Long-term association of a transcription factor with its chromatin binding site can stabilize gene expression and cell fate commitment.
Some lineage-determining transcription factors are overwhelmingly important in directing embryonic cells to a particular differentiation pathway, such as Ascl1 for nerve. They also have an exceptionally strong ability to force...
On Intellectual Conversion
Garrett Barden
Jun 30, 2010
This essay focusses on two questions: What is intellectual conversion? Why is naive realism attractive?
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Social determinants of depression and suicidal behaviour in the Caribbean
Catherine R Brown, Ian R Hambleton, Natasha Sobers-Grannum, Shawn M Hercules, Nigel Unwin, E Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan, Madhuvanti M Murphy, U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR)
Jul 18, 2019
BACKGROUND: Depressive disorder is the largest contributor to years lived with disability in the Caribbean, adding 948 per 100,000 in 2013. Depression is also a major risk factor for suicidal behaviour. Social inequalities...
Composing a National Picture from Local Scenes
This contribution examines the relationship between local population studies and the national picture by considering the example of the Victorian fertility transition in England and Wales. It begins by summarising the history of...
The Belt and Road Initiative: China's Rise, America's Balance, and Latin America's Struggle
Garrett Bullock
Jan 01, 0001
This research attempts to understand the evolving relationship between China, the United States, and Latin America. Specifically, it explores China's rapid rise as a formidable geopolitical power, the United States' mixed...
Belt and Road Initiative national humiliation Constructivism China Ecuador Argentina Arts and Humanities Asian History Asian Studies Comparative Politics History International Relations Latin American History Latin American Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
To Carl Schmitt, Letters and Reflections, by Jacob Taubes, translated by Keith Tribe, with an Introduction by Mike Grimshaw, New York: Columbia University Press, 120 pp., Hardcover, $26.00/£22.00, ISBN: 9780231154123, Publication Date
Samuel Garrett Zeitlin
Jun 28, 2021
As a young boy in the 1930s, Jacob Taubes (1923-1987) and his family left Austria for Switzerland to escape Nazism. In Switzerland, Taubes received both ordination as a rabbi and a classical education in philosophy (culminating...
Becoming a Superpower: China's Rise and the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America
Garrett Bullock
Jan 01, 0001
Is China a Superpower? Will it become one? After half a century of establishing a strong international military presence, thriving economic growth, domestic/international political authority, and considerable cultural "soft...
China Belt and Road Initiative national humiliation latin America superpower soy military Economy culture Asian History Asian Studies International Economics International Relations Latin American History Latin American Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
Measuring the conservation attitudes of local communities towards the African elephant Loxodonta africana, a flagship species in the Mara ecosystem.
Gaining insights into local people's views, values and preferences for different conservation management options are increasingly gaining importance among conservationists and decision-makers. This can be achieved through the...
Development of a CRISPR System to Mutate Lpar4 in Chick Retinal Ganglion Cells
Garrett Driscoll
Jan 01, 0001
Growth cones direct axon pathfinding during neural development by detecting environmental stimuli, known as axon guidance molecules. In vitro studies have shown inhibitory axon guidance molecules to cause growth cones to change...
lysophosphatidic acid LPA LPA Receptors LPA4 chicken Growth Cones Animal Sciences Cell Biology developmental biology Poultry or Avian Science
Published by: Winthrop University
The Bible Belt Stretched Too Tight
Garrett Woolf
Jan 01, 0001
A prose story
Winthrop Anthology Creative Writing art poetry prose writing Magazine Literary Magazine Creative Writing Nonfiction
Published by: Winthrop University
On Intellectual Conversion
Garrett Barden
Jun 30, 2010
This essay focusses on two questions: What is intellectual conversion? Why is naive realism attractive?
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mindful Eating and Perceived Stress in College Students
Emily G. Garrett
Jan 01, 0001
Background: Evidence suggests that in college student populations, stress levels often manifest as maladaptive eating and/or functional gastrointestinal disorders. These conditions can degrade wellbeing and academic performance...
Mindfulness Mindful eating perceived stress Maladaptive eating Gastrointestinal disorder Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Human and Clinical Nutrition
Published by: Winthrop University
Quantum corrections to generic branes
Abstract: We study quantum corrections to hypersurfaces of dimension d + 1 > 2 embedded in generic higher-dimensional spacetimes. Manifest covariance is maintained throughout the analysis and our methods are valid for arbitrary...
Shapes of gravity
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If the graviton is the only high spin particle present during inflation, then the form of the observable tensor three-point function is fixed by...
Influenza virus-infected dendritic cells stimulate strong proliferative and cytolytic responses from human CD8+ T cells
Bhardwaj, N., Bender, A., Gonzalez, N., Bui, L.K., Garrett, M.C., and Steinman, R.M. Influenza virus-infected dendritic cells stimulate strong proliferative and cytolytic responses from human CD8+ T cells. J. Clin. Invest. 94...
Published by: The American Society for Clinical Investigation
Medical provision and urban-rural differences in maternal mortality in late nineteenth century Scotland.
This paper examines the effect of variable reporting and coding practices on the measurement of maternal mortality in urban and rural Scotland, 1861-1901, using recorded causes of death and women who died within six weeks of...
Leakage does not fully offset soy supply-chain efforts to reduce deforestation in Brazil.
Zero-deforestation supply chain policies that leverage the market power of commodity buyers to change agricultural producer behavior can reduce forest clearing in regions with rapid commodity expansion and weak forest...
Adapting the Own Children Method to allow comparison of fertility between populations with different marriage regimes.
The Own Children Method (OCM) is an indirect procedure for deriving age-specific fertility rates and total fertility from children living with their mothers at a census or survey. The method was designed primarily for the...
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