Into the clinic: Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC), a first-in-class intratumoral oncolytic viral therapy by Ann W. Silk, Howard L. Kaufman, Hasan Rehman, Michael P. Kane

“…Limiting factors include the intratumoral route of administration, which is unfamiliar to medical oncologists, biosafety concerns related to the use of a live virus in the clinic, and the explosion of other therapeutic strategies now available for the treatment of advanced melanoma. …”
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Dancing to the Bhangra in New York City by Anjali Gera Roy

“…Nearly two decades after Rekha Malhotra alias DJ Rekha launched Basement Bhangra, a “party that mixes South Asian bhangra music with hip-hop, dancehall and electronic sounds to create an unforgettable New York City dance experience” at SOB’s on Varick Street, which subsequently moved to Le Poisson Rouge, it has been voted by Time Out New York readers as the “best live music venue”. Born in London and raised in Queens and Long Island, Brooklyn based DJ Rekha, who is credited with pioneering bhangra, had been invited to perform at events like P.S. 1’s Warm Up Series, Central Park’s Summerstage, Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturdays, and the annual flagship Loving Day celebration held in New York City, recognized by Newsweek as one of the most influential South Asians in the US and received accolades from The New York Times, CNN, The Fader, The Village Voice, and The Washington Post.  …”
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Shifting Musical Imaginaries at the Polynesian Cultural Center by Cynthia L. Van Gilder, Dana R. Herrera

“…Polynesian music and dance performances are the definitive centerpiece of the PCC experience, and visitors are treated to live entertainment repeatedly throughout the park. …”
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Competitive interactions for food resources between invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies and their native competitors in the context of global warming by Piotr Kłosiński, Jarosław Kobak, Tomasz Kakareko

“…The fish competed for food (live chironomidae larvae provided at rates below satiation) for 1 hour at night. …”
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Intersexual relationships in mandrills: dominance, sexual conflict and the influence of social integration by Nikolaos Smit

“…The conflict of evolutionary interests between the sexes is commonly imprinted in social dynamics and physical asymmetries between the sexes. In species that live in polygynandrous groups, male-biased sexual size dimorphism often allows males to socially dominate and sexually coerce females. …”
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Obstetric Characteristics and Management of Patients with Postpartum Psychosis in a Tertiary Hospital Setting by C. E. Shehu, M. A. Yunusa

“…There were 12 (52.2%) live births, and 11 (47.8%) perinatal deaths and the fetal sex ratio was equal. …”
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Image Quality Evaluation Based on Gradient, Visual Saliency, and Color Information by Hua-Wen Chang, Xiao-Dong Bi, Cheng-Yang Du, Chang-Wei Mao, Ming-Hui Wang

“…The experimental results on five benchmark databases (i.e., CSIQ, IVC, LIVE, TID2013, and TID2008) show that the proposed IQE method performs better than other methods in the correlation with subjective quality judgment.…”
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A Provably Secure Proxy Signcryption Scheme Using Bilinear Pairings by Nai-Wei Lo, Jia-Lun Tsai

“…As people in modern societies are busier than any human era and computer network has profound impact on how people work and live through fast and convenient information exchange, people need more help from each other to accomplish more work via network connections in limited period of time. …”
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Risk Factors for Child Mortality in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Population-Based Data by Michael N. K. Babayara, Bright Addo

“…Cases were children who died before age five and controls were live children within the same year group. Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed using STATA (v13). …”
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Radon Natural Radioactivity Measurements for Evaluation of Primary Pollutants by Fenjuan Wang, Zhenyi Zhang, Maria Pia Ancora, Xiaodong Deng, Hua Zhang

“…Radon is naturally released from the soil into the surface layer of the atmosphere, and by monitoring the natural radioactivity data of radon and its shot-live decay products we can get valuable information about the dilution properties of the lower boundary layer. …”
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A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Chemoprophylaxis for Tuberculosis by Shraddha Chavan, David Newlands, Cairns Smith

“…There is a pressing need to expand the evidence base to low and middle income countries where the vast majority of sufferers from tuberculosis live.…”
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Identifikasi Morfologi Tumbuhan Kantong Semar (Nepenthes Sp.) Sebagai Bahan Ajar Tumbuhan Tingkat Tinggi Di Kawasan Wisata Gunung Galunggung Kabupaten Tasikmalaya by Rinaldi Rizal Putra, Rita Fitriani

“…Nepenthes are known as tropical plants that can live and survive in extreme conditions with low nutrients. …”
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Intelligent Scheduling Method Supporting Stadium Sharing by Lei Fang

“…So it is considerably significant to open shared stadiums near where citizens live for booking. Therefore, how to allow citizens to book a suitable stadium according to their own needs through mobile phones or computers is an urgent problem to be solved. …”
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Hasonlóságok és különbségek a pályázati projektek sikerében - az Ausztria-Magyarország határon átnyúló együttműködési program sikervizsgálata (Similarities and Differences in the S... by Zoltán Birkner, Nikoletta Kaszás, Tamás Kovács, Kornél Németh

“…Cross-border co-operations are of outstanding importance since the length of the state border is comparatively large and a significant part of the Hungarian inhabitants live in the border region (Horváth, 2002). In the course of our research we studied the success of projects in the frame of the Austria-Hungary Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013. …”
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Application of IoT and Cloud Computing in Automation of Agriculture Irrigation by Khongdet Phasinam, Thanwamas Kassanuk, Priyanka P. Shinde, Chetan M. Thakar, Dilip Kumar Sharma, Md. Khaja Mohiddin, Abdul Wahab Rahmani

“…All living things, including plants, animals, and humans, need water in order to live. …”
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Probiotics to Prevent the Need for, and Augment the Use of, Antibiotics by Gregor Reid

“…The use of probiotics ("live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host") has re-emerged as a means to restore and boost the beneficial microbes in our bodies. …”
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Habiter en écovillage, une [éco]utopie du xxie siècle ? by Sylvia Amar

“…Numerous initiatives are mobilizing to make the Earth a better place to live. Positioned as alternatives to urban life, intentional communities and/or ecovillages are now among the most dynamic and structured. …”
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Gagauz Identity in the Post-Soviet Period by Nesibe Ayşe Sağlam, Yusuf Adıgüzel

“…The article also explores how individuals live, maintain and pass down their ethnic identity through media practices and socialisation areas like family, school, church where daily lives are spent. …”
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Aspects of the Biology and Culture of the Butterfly Fish, <i>Pantodon buchholzi</i>; A Potential Aquarium Fish in Nigeria by A.T. Ibim, J.O. Ike

“…The adults are carnivorous, surface hunters, while the juveniles are passive insectivores that prefer live foods, but can be lured into eating fish feed over time. …”
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The Equitable Income Distribution in Islam Through Transmigration: Phenomenological Study of Merbau Village, Riau by May Shinta Retnowati, Arti Mutiara Sukma, Muhammad Faruq Averro

“…And also maintain the old culture of the community to live in harmony between residents even though they are different.…”
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