Objective Polarized light can be used to obtain images of superficial tissue layers such as
skin, and some example images are presented. This study presents a study of the transition of …

Recent clinical trials have demonstrated a clear survival advantage in advanced head and
neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade. …

Background Public use of the Internet for health information is increasing but its effect on
health care is unclear. We studied physicians' experience of patients looking for health …

During the past decade, there has been a great expansion in the development of
microencapsulated food ingredients. Microencapsulation is a process of entrapping solid particles, …

Given a set of multidimensional data points, skyline query retrieves a set of data points that
are not dominated by any other points. This query is useful for multi-preference analysis and …

Linearly polarized light that illuminates skin is backscattered by superficial layers and rapidly
depolarized by birefringent collagen fibers. It is possible to distinguish such superficially …

Host defense peptides (often called cationic antimicrobial peptides) have pleiotropic
immunomodulatory functions. The human host defense peptide LL-37 is up-regulated at sites of …

Ire1 is an ancient transmembrane sensor of ER stress with dual protein kinase and ribonuclease
activities. In response to ER stress, Ire1 catalyzes the splicing of target mRNAs in a …

Plant-bacterial combinations can increase contaminant degradation in the rhizosphere, but
the role played by indigenous root-associated bacteria during plant growth in contaminated …

DNA methylation is the most studied epigenetic modification, capable of controlling gene
expression in the contexts of normal traits or diseases. It is highly dynamic during early …