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Genetic Susceptibility to Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by STEVENS, Kristen N, VACHON, Celine M, COUCH, Fergus J

“…Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC), defined by the absence of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER-2 expression, account for 12% to 24% of all…”
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Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver by Buitenwerf, R., Bond, W. J., Stevens, N., Trollope, W. S. W.

“…For the past century, woody plants have increased in grasslands and savannas worldwide. Woody encroachment may significantly alter ecosystem functioning…”
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Prevalence of Meibomian Gland Atrophy in a Pediatric Population by Gupta, Preeya K, Stevens, Madelyn N, Kashyap, Namita, Priestley, Yos

“…PURPOSE:To report the prevalence of meibomian gland atrophy and gland tortuosity in a pediatric population. METHODS:Participants who presented with no history…”
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Wound healing dressings and drug delivery systems: a review by Boateng, Joshua S, Matthews, Kerr H, Stevens, Howard N E, Eccleston, Gillian M

“…The variety of wound types has resulted in a wide range of wound dressings with new products frequently introduced to target different aspects of the wound…”
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How Low Should You Go? Determining the Optimal Cutoff for Exhaled Carbon Monoxide to Confirm Smoking Abstinence When Using Cotinine as Reference by Cropsey, Karen L., Trent, Lindsay R., Clark, Charles B., Stevens, Erin N., Lahti, Adrienne C., Hendricks, Peter S.

“…Confirming abstinence during smoking cessation clinical trials is critical for determining treatment effectiveness. Several biological methods exist for…”
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In Vitro Approach for Identification of the Most Effective Agents for Antimicrobial Lock Therapy in the Treatment of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus by Hogan, S, Zapotoczna, M, Stevens, N T, Humphreys, H, O'Gara, J P, O'Neill, E

“…Infection of intravascular catheters by Staphylococcus aureus is a significant risk factor within the health care setting. To treat these infections and…”
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Dynamic dimensioning approach for operating reserves: Proof of concept in Belgium by De Vos, K., Stevens, N., Devolder, O., Papavasiliou, A., Hebb, B., Matthys-Donnadieu, J.

“…This article discusses a new method for the sizing of operating reserves by electric power system operators. Operating reserves are used by system operators to…”
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Toward a model for lexical access based on acoustic landmarks and distinctive features by Stevens, Kenneth N

“…This article describes a model in which the acoustic speech signal is processed to yield a discrete representation of the speech stream in terms of a sequence…”
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Biodetection of an odor signature in white-tailed deer associated with infection by chronic wasting disease prions by Golden, Glen J, Ramirez, Elizabeth A, Stevens, Hayley N, Bourbois, Jennifer, Grove, Daniel M, Bowen, Richard A, DeLiberto, Thomas J, Kimball, Bruce A

“…Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has become a major concern among those involved in managing wild and captive cervid populations. CWD is a fatal, highly…”
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Disentangling the effect of growth from development in size‐related trait scaling relationships by Millan, M., Ottaviani, G., Beckett, H., Archibald, S., Mangena, H., Stevens, N.

“…In plant ecology, the terms growth and development are often used interchangeably. Yet these constitute two distinct processes. Plant architectural traits…”
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Initiation of the western branch of the East African Rift coeval with the eastern branch by Roberts, E. M., Stevens, N. J., O’Connor, P. M., Dirks, P. H. G. M., Gottfried, M. D., Clyde, W. C., Armstrong, R. A., Kemp, A. I. S., Hemming, S.

“…The East African Rift System transects the anomalously high-elevation Ethiopian and East African plateaux that together form part of the 6,000-km-long African…”
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Approaches to the detection of Clostridioides difficile in the healthcare environment by Grainger, R.J., Stevens, N.T., Humphreys, H.

“…Clostridioides difficile, a spore-forming bacillus, is a major cause of healthcare-associated infection, and can survive for prolonged periods in the inanimate…”
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Eradication of Staphylococcus aureus Catheter-Related Biofilm Infections Using ML:8 and Citrox by Hogan, S, Zapotoczna, M, Stevens, N T, Humphreys, H, O'Gara, J P, O'Neill, E

“…Staphylococci are a leading cause of catheter-related infections (CRIs) due to biofilm formation. CRIs are typically managed by either device removal or…”
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Economic anxieties, fear of crime, and punitive attitudes in Latin America by Singer, Alexa J, Chouhy, Cecilia, Lehmann, Peter S, Stevens, Jessica N, Gertz, Marc

“…Using data from the 2012 AmericasBarometer survey collected in nine Latin American countries (n = 14,705), this study examines two theoretically relevant…”
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Potential use of targeted enzymatic agents in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm related infections by Hogan, S, Zapotoczna, M, Stevens, N.T, Humphreys, H, O’Gara, J.P, O’Neill, E

“…Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of healthcare associated infections. The ability of S. aureus to attach and subsequently accumulate on the…”
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Indication of Possible Shifts in Copepod Species Composition in St. Pauls Inlet, a Fjordal Estuary Connected to the Gulf of St. Lawrence by Stevens, Erin N., Campbell, Christine E.

“…St. Pauls Inlet, a coastal brackish lake/estuary within Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada), is a semi-enclosed body of water with a…”
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Network modeling links breast cancer susceptibility and centrosome dysfunction by Stevens, Kristen N, Kirchhoff, Tomas, Nathanson, Katherine L, Gunsalus, Kristin C, Gruber, Stephen B, Hernández, Pilar, Weber, Barbara L, Assmann, Volker, Rual, Jean-François, Ahn, Jin Sook, Solé, Xavier, Lázaro, Conxi, Bertin, Nicolas, Offit, Kenneth, Moreno, Víctor, ElShamy, Wael M, Pujana, Miguel Angel, Han, Jing-Dong J, Hill, David E, Tewari, Muneesh, Rennert, Gad, Rozek, Laura S, Venkatesan, Kavitha, Ayivi-Guedehoussou, Nono, Vidal, Marc, Starita, Lea M, Livingston, David M, Greenberg, Roger A, Cusick, Michael E, Levine, Douglas, Gelman, Rebecca S, Gold, Bert, Parvin, Jeffrey D, Sobhian, Bijan

“…Many cancer-associated genes remain to be identified to clarify the underlying molecular mechanisms of cancer susceptibility and progression. Better…”
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Contemporary outcomes of surgical ventricular septal defect closure by Anderson, Brett R., MD, MBA, Stevens, Kristen N., PhD, Nicolson, Susan C., MD, Gruber, Stephen B., MD, PhD, Spray, Thomas L., MD, Wernovsky, Gil, MD, Gruber, Peter J., MD, PhD

“…Objectives Surgical closure of ventricular septal defects remains the most common pediatric cardiac surgical procedure. No studies, however, have…”
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Three-dimensional in situ observations of short fatigue crack growth in magnesium by King, A., Ludwig, W., Herbig, M., Buffière, J.-Y., Khan, A.A., Stevens, N., Marrow, T.J.

“…Three-dimensional (3D) short fatigue crack growth behaviour in a cast magnesium alloy, Elektron 21, was studied using a combination of X-ray diffraction…”
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A database of chemical absorption in human skin with mechanistic modeling applications by Stevens, Jessica N., Prockter, Alyson K., Fisher, Hunter A., Tran, Hien, Evans, Marina V.

“…Whether from environmental and occupational hazards or from topical pharmaceuticals, the human skin comes into contact with various chemicals every day. In…”
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