Analysis of Drivers’ Eye-Movement Characteristics When Driving around Curves by Yuan-yuan Ren, Xian-sheng Li, Xue-lian Zheng, Zhe Li, Qi-chao Zhao

“…However, there is still no consensus on what the gaze target is and what functional significance the point might have. To improve theories on this subject, research was done to investigate drivers’ visual characteristics. …”
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EXPRESSION OF GENES ENCODING IMMUNOPROTEASOME SUBUNITS INDUCIBLE BY MACROPHAGES INFECTED WITH M. bovis BGC AND M. Tuberculosis H37RV by S. N. Andreevskaya, T. G. Smirnova, A. V. Timofeev, E. E. Larionova, L. N. Chernousova

“…It was assumed that the inhibited transcription of this subunit, when inoculated with the virulent M. tuberculosis strain, might lead to the blocked assembly of the whole immunoproteasome and to its reduced functional activity. …”
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Reducing Upper-Limb Muscle Effort with Model-Based Gravity Compensation During Robot-Assisted Movement by Leigang Zhang, Hongliu Yu, Desheng Li

“…However, the weight of the arm impedes the execution of tasks and movements due to the functional disability. The purpose of this paper is to develop a gravity compensation strategy for an end-effector upper limb rehabilitation robot based on an arm dynamics model to reduce the arm’s muscle activation level. …”
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Comprehensive computational analysis reveals H5N1 influenza virus-encoded miRNAs and host-specific targets associated with antiviral immune responses and protein binding. by Fatima Noor, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Jen-Tsung Chen, Usman Ali Ashfaq, Mohammad K Okla, Mostafa A Abdel-Maksoud, Yasmeen A Alwasel, Wahidah H Al-Qahtani, Huda Alshaya, Ghulam Yasin, Sidra Aslam

“…As the mechanism of its pathogenesis inside the host is still lacking, in this in-silico study we hypothesized that H5N1V might create miRNAs, which could target the genes associated with host cellular regulatory pathways, thus provide persistent refuge to the virus. …”
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Cephalometric characteristics of Class II division 1 malocclusion in a Saudi population living in the western region by Ali H. Hassan

“…The presence of prognathic maxilla, in this sample, indicates that the use of head gear therapy might be more appropriate than functional appliances when treating Class II division 1 malocclusion in Saudis living in the Western region. …”
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Dynamics of a Predator-Prey Model with Fear Effect and Time Delay by Junli Liu, Pan Lv, Bairu Liu, Tailei Zhang

“…In this paper, we propose a time-delayed predator-prey model with Holling-type II functional response, which incorporates the gestation period and the cost of fear into prey reproduction. …”
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Insights into the Biology and Therapeutic Applications of Neural Stem Cells by Lachlan Harris, Oressia Zalucki, Michael Piper, Julian Ik-Tsen Heng

“…The cerebral cortex is essential for our higher cognitive functions and emotional reasoning. Arguably, this brain structure is the distinguishing feature of our species, and yet our remarkable cognitive capacity has seemingly come at a cost to the regenerative capacity of the human brain. …”
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Burn injury reduces neutrophil directional migration speed in microfluidic devices. by Kathryn L Butler, Vijayakrishnan Ambravaneswaran, Nitin Agrawal, Maryelizabeth Bilodeau, Mehmet Toner, Ronald G Tompkins, Shawn Fagan, Daniel Irimia

“…While a few studies suggest that a link between neutrophil motility and patient mortality might exist, so far, cumbersome assays have prohibited exploration of the prognostic and diagnostic significance of chemotaxis after burn injury. …”
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VelC positively controls sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans. by Hee-Soo Park, Tae-Young Nam, Kap-Hoon Han, Sun Chang Kim, Jae-Hyuk Yu

“…These results suggest that VelC functions as a positive regulator of sexual development. …”
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Spike-timing-based computation in sound localization. by Dan F M Goodman, Romain Brette

“…However, beyond simple time differences, the way in which neurons might extract this information is unclear and the potential computational advantages are unknown. …”
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Heatstroke-Induced Inflammatory Response and Therapeutic Biomarkers by Piyush Baindara, Aritra Jana, Roy Dinata, Santi M. Mandal

“…Additionally, we discussed therapeutically relevant biomarkers of heatstroke which might be helpful in the early detection of heatstroke possibilities and candidate drug targets to control or minimize heatstroke events.…”
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Xpf and not the Fanconi anaemia proteins or Rev3 accounts for the extreme resistance to cisplatin in Dictyostelium discoideum. by Xiao-Yin Zhang, Judith Langenick, David Traynor, M Madan Babu, Rob R Kay, Ketan J Patel

“…Other DNA damage-resistant organisms and chemoresistant cancer cells might adopt a similar strategy to develop resistance to DNA crosslinking agents.…”
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Pedophiles Are Not Always Child-Molesters: A Literature Review on the Virtuous Pedophiles Community by Tiffany Tan, Elizabeth Kristi Poerwandari

“…As mental health practitioners, we are encouraged to focus more on their psychological distress and then devise strategies that might help improve their daily functioning. …”
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Throwing Stick to Spear Thrower - Study of Ethnographic Artefacts and Experimentation by Luc Bordes

“…Experimental replicas and throwing tests have been used here to try to shed light on the potential and limits of such implements which could have been used simultaneously for both functions.…”
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Dissociable neural mechanisms underlying the modulation of pain and anxiety? An FMRI pilot study. by Katja Wiech, Robert Edwards, Graham Lorimer Moseley, Chantal Berna, Markus Ploner, Irene Tracey

“…Safety signaling engaged elements of the descending pain control system, including the rostral anterior cingulate cortex that showed increased functional connectivity with the periaqueductal gray and VLPFC. …”
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The changing roles of mass media amidst the growth of the digital media by Boonchai Hongcharu

“…Thus, we explore this issue along with the factors and implications that this trend might bring about. This is the first study to conduct an in-depth comparative analysis along with literature review to understand this major change in media consumption. …”
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Toll-like receptor 1/2 activation reduces immunoglobulin free light chain production by multiple myeloma cells in the context of bone marrow stromal cells and fibronectin. by Jahan Abdi, Frank Redegeld

“…Toll-like receptor (TLRs) activation in multiple myeloma (MM) cells induces heterogeneous functional responses including cell growth and proliferation, survival or apoptosis. …”
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Interkinetic nuclear movements promote apical expansion in pseudostratified epithelia at the expense of apicobasal elongation. by Marina A Ferreira, Evangeline Despin-Guitard, Fernando Duarte, Pierre Degond, Eric Theveneau

“…We then discuss how such program might functionally link INM, tissue growth and differentiation.…”
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Determinants of attitude and buying intention of organic milk by Ivica Faletar, Marija Cerjak, Damir Kovačić

“…According to the results of this study recommendations for marketing practice and especially for communication policy might be created. Communication directed to female population should use classic advertising based on functional information, while the one directed to male population should use more emotional advertising. …”
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CHINA AND THE REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM by Yana Leksyutina

“…Given the huge economic might that China has accumulated and its willingness to assume greater international responsibilities and leadership functions, China can be regarded as one of the countries that play a key role in the processes of reforming the international economic system and global economic governance. …”
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