Polarity-JaM: an image analysis toolbox for cell polarity, junction and morphology quantification by Wolfgang Giese, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Olya Oppenheim, Emir Bora Akmeriç, Julia Kraxner, Deborah Schmidt, Kyle Harrington, Holger Gerhardt

“…We propose a holistic image analysis workflow that is accessible to the end user in bench science, enabling comprehensive analysis of image data.…”
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A split intein and split luciferase-coupled system for detecting protein-protein interactions by Zhong Yao, Jiyoon Kim, Betty Geng, Jinkun Chen, Victoria Wong, Anna Lyakisheva, Jamie Snider, Marina Rudan Dimlić, Sanda Raić, Igor Stagljar

“…Using a reference PPI set, we demonstrated an improvement in both sensitivity and specificity over the original SIMPL assay. …”
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Dynamic Warping Network for Semantic Video Segmentation by Jiangyun Li, Yikai Zhao, Xingjian He, Xinxin Zhu, Jing Liu

“…Firstly, we design a flow refinement module (FRM) to optimize the precomputed optical flow. …”
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Process industry disrupted: AI and the need for human orchestration by M.W. Vegter, V. Blok, R. Wesselink

“…We showed subtle but important differences that come with the respective job related duties. …”
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Remimazolam Anesthesia for Thyroid Surgery by Sae Nakagawa, Tomoharu Shakuo, Sakurako Matsudo, Hiroaki Soda, Kenji Shida

“…In the operating room, we administered flumazenil intravenously to confirm recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and active postoperative hemorrhage. …”
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Sing A Song for Home: How Displaced Iranian Song-Writers in LA Conceive of Home and Homeland by Pouya Morshedi, Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott

“…We ask how being apart from home impacts the very definition of home. …”
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Targeting quorum sensing for manipulation of commensal microbiota by Zachary Ziegert, Matthew Dietz, Max Hill, Marjais McBride, Elizabeth Painter, Mikael H. Elias, Christopher Staley

“…We highlight host-microbe interactions facilitated by QS and describe cross-talk between QS and the mammalian endocrine and immune systems, as well as host surveillance of QS. …”
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Composition and liquid-to-solid maturation of protein aggregates contribute to bacterial dormancy development and recovery by Celien Bollen, Sofie Louwagie, Femke Deroover, Wouter Duverger, Ladan Khodaparast, Laleh Khodaparast, Dieter Hofkens, Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau, Liselot Dewachter, Jan Michiels

“…Here, we present further support for a direct relationship between both. …”
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Detecting travel modes from smartphone-based travel surveys with continuous hidden Markov models by Guangnian Xiao, Qin Cheng, Chunqin Zhang

“…First, we conduct a travel survey with smartphones in Shanghai City, China. …”
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High pulse pressure is associated with an increased risk of prediabetes in hypertensive individuals: A retrospective study based on an adult Chinese population. by Zhanxing Wu, Zhongqing Chen, Wenfei Zeng, Ganggang Peng, Zhenhua Huang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, we retrospectively included 184,252 adults from 32 regions in China, spanning from 2010 to 2016. …”
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New insights into the DNA extraction and PCR amplification of minute ascomycetes in the genus Laboulbenia (Pezizomycotina, Laboulbeniales) by Warre Van Caenegem, Danny Haelewaters

“…A total of 196 extractions were made, 111 of which were successful. We found that halving the reagents used in the single cell-based extraction kit did not significantly affect the probability of successful DNA extraction. …”
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Contribution of Neuronal and Glial Two-Pore-Domain Potassium Channels in Health and Neurological Disorders by Yuncheng Luo, Lu Huang, Ping Liao, Ruotian Jiang

“…We also discuss the potential role of glial K2P channels in neurological disorders. …”
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Vulnerability analysis on random matrix theory for power grid with flexible impact loads by Chuan Long, Shengyong Ye, Xinying Zhu, Minghai Xu, Xinting Yang, Yuqi Han, Liyang Liu

“…Then, we construct a vulnerability analysis model combining the random matrix theory and the real-time separation window. …”
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Controlling Underwater Robots with Electronic Nervous Systems by Joseph Ayers, Nikolai Rulkov, Dan Knudsen, Yong-Bin Kim, Alexander Volkovskii, Allen Selverston

“…We are developing robot controllers based on biomimetic design principles. …”
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Automatic Calculation of Cardiometric Coefficients on Chest X-Ray Images by Alexey Kornaev, Dmitry Lvov, Ilya Pershin, Semen Kiselev, Danil Afonchikov, Iskander Bariev, Bulat Ibragimov

“…We engaged four experienced radiologists to manually label 800 chest X-ray images each. …”
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Size, spines, and primes: the drivers of collar spine numbers among echinostome trematodes by Bronwen Presswell, Priscila M. Salloum, Jerusha Bennett, Katherine E. Buschang, Robert Poulin

“…Second, we tested whether variation among species in the number of spines might reflect selective pressures. …”
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Comparative Analyses and Phylogenetic Dependence in Traits and Trends of the Dipterocarpaceae by Nazrin Malik, David Edwards, Robert P. Freckleton

“…We found substantial evidence of phylogenetic conservatism of plant traits in dipterocarp species, with a moderate to strong phylogenetic signal, and that the elevational gradient shapes dipterocarp species distribution pan‐tropically. …”
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Canine Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty with a Tissue Insertion Device: Technique and Long-Term Outcome by Conan Y. Chen, Steven J. Solar, Daniel S. Lewis, Kali Barnes, Batya G. Wiener, Satya Baliga, Eric Chiang, Tim E. Askew, Allen O. Eghrari, Micki D. Armour

“…Introduction. We describe a case of canine Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) using an open-source canine tissue delivery device. …”
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Cloud Service Selection Using Multicriteria Decision Analysis by Md Whaiduzzaman, Abdullah Gani, Nor Badrul Anuar, Muhammad Shiraz, Mohammad Nazmul Haque, Israat Tanzeena Haque

“…In addition, we present a taxonomy derived from a survey of the current literature. …”
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Abortion and contraception within prison health care: a qualitative study by Martha J. Paynter, Clare Heggie, Anja Mcleod, Wendy V. Norman

“…Results We conducted six focus groups with 35 recently incarcerated participants. …”
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