Search Results - "Sylvester, A"

Quantifying real-time opening disk load during planting operations to assess compaction and potential for planter control by Badua, Sylvester A., Sharda, Ajay, Aryal, Bhaskar

“…Uniform plant spacing, seeding depth, and emergence are important factors heavily influenced by both machine settings and soil conditions. Understanding load…”
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Nectary photosynthesis contributes to the production of mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) floral nectar by Clearwater, Michael J., Noe, Stevie T., Manley‐Harris, Merilyn, Truman, Georgia‐Leigh, Gardyne, Stephen, Murray, Jessica, Obeng‐Darko, Sylvester A., Richardson, Sarah J.

“…Summary Current models of floral nectar production do not include a contribution from photosynthesis by green nectary tissue, even though many species have…”
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Early enteral feeding versus “nil by mouth” after gastrointestinal surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials by Lewis, Stephen J, Egger, Matthias, Sylvester, Paul A, Thomas, Steven

“…AbstractObjective: To determine whether a period of starvation (nil by mouth) after gastrointestinal surgery is beneficial in terms of specific…”
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Rational design of a new antibiotic class for drug-resistant infections by Durand-Reville, Thomas F., Miller, Alita A., O’Donnell, John P., Wu, Xiaoyun, Sylvester, Mark A., Guler, Satenig, Iyer, Ramkumar, Shapiro, Adam B., Carter, Nicole M., Velez-Vega, Camilo, Moussa, Samir H., McLeod, Sarah M., Chen, April, Tanudra, Angela M., Zhang, Jing, Comita-Prevoir, Janelle, Romero, Jan A., Huynh, Hoan, Ferguson, Andrew D., Horanyi, Peter S., Mayclin, Stephen J., Heine, Henry S., Drusano, George L., Cummings, Jason E., Slayden, Richard A., Tommasi, Ruben A.

“…The development of new antibiotics to treat infections caused by drug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens is of paramount importance as antibiotic resistance…”
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The "Universal" in UHC and Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: policy and implementation challenges and dilemmas of a lower middle income country by Agyepong, Irene Akua, Abankwah, Daniel Nana Yaw, Abroso, Angela, Chun, ChangBae, Dodoo, Joseph Nii Otoe, Lee, Shinye, Mensah, Sylvester A, Musah, Mariam, Twum, Adwoa, Oh, Juwhan, Park, Jinha, Yang, DoogHoon, Yoon, Kijong, Otoo, Nathaniel, Asenso-Boadi, Francis

“…Despite universal population coverage and equity being a stated policy goal of its NHIS, over a decade since passage of the first law in 2003, Ghana continues…”
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IL-13 promotes collagen accumulation in Crohn's disease fibrosis by down-regulation of fibroblast MMP synthesis: a role for innate lymphoid cells? by Bailey, Jennifer R, Bland, Paul W, Tarlton, John F, Peters, Iain, Moorghen, Moganaden, Sylvester, Paul A, Probert, Christopher S J, Whiting, Christine V

“…Fibrosis is a serious consequence of Crohn's disease (CD), often necessitating surgical resection. We examined the hypothesis that IL-13 may promote collagen…”
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Cloning and variation of ground state intestinal stem cells by Wang, Xia, Yamamoto, Yusuke, Wilson, Lane H., Zhang, Ting, Howitt, Brooke E., Farrow, Melissa A., Kern, Florian, Ning, Gang, Hong, Yue, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Chevalier, Benoit, Bertrand, Denis, Wu, Lingyan, Nagarajan, Niranjan, Sylvester, Francisco A., Hyams, Jeffrey S., Devers, Thomas, Bronson, Roderick, Lacy, D. Borden, Ho, Khek Yu, Crum, Christopher P., McKeon, Frank, Xian, Wa

“…Stem cells of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, liver and other columnar epithelia collectively resist cloning in their elemental states. Here we…”
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Sugar and dihydroxyacetone ratios in floral nectar suggest continuous exudation and reabsorption in Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb by Obeng-Darko, Sylvester A., Brooks, Peter R., Veneklaas, Erik J., Finnegan, Patrick M.

“…Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. can accumulate high concentrations of dihydroxyacetone (DHA), precursor of the antimicrobial compound methylglyoxal found…”
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Prognostics of slow speed bearings using a composite integrated Gaussian process regression model by Aye, Sylvester A., Heyns, P. Stephan

“…Prognostics of manufacturing systems enables improved maintenance scheduling and cost reduction through reduced downtime, improved allocation of maintenance…”
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Dihydroxyacetone in the Floral Nectar of Ericomyrtus serpyllifolia (Turcz.) Rye (Myrtaceae) and Verticordia chrysantha Endl. (Myrtaceae) Demonstrates That This Precursor to Bioactive Honey Is Not Restricted to the Genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) by Obeng-Darko, Sylvester A., Sloan, Jean, Binks, Rachel M., Brooks, Peter R., Veneklaas, Erik J., Finnegan, Patrick M.

“…Ma̅nuka honey is known for its strong bioactivity, which arises from the autocatalytic conversion of 1,3-dihydroxyacetone (dihydroxyacetone, DHA) in the floral…”
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Religions in All Ages and Places: Discerning Colonialism with Jonathan Z. Smith by Johnson, Sylvester A

“…If Jonathan Z. Smith was not the first to trouble the category of religion, he was certainly among the most successful in troubling scholars of religion about…”
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Development of a machine learning based fileless malware filter system for cyber-security by Obini, Umaru C., Jeremiah, Chukwu, Igwe, Sylvester A.

“…Over the years, the increased rate of perturbated malware based cyber-attack has presented many challenges and triggered the need for immediate solution all…”
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Applications of random forest feature selection for fine‐scale genetic population assignment by Sylvester, Emma V. A., Bentzen, Paul, Bradbury, Ian R., Clément, Marie, Pearce, Jon, Horne, John, Beiko, Robert G.

“…Genetic population assignment used to inform wildlife management and conservation efforts requires panels of highly informative genetic markers and sensitive…”
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A school based cluster randomised health education intervention trial for improving knowledge and attitudes related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Mbulu district, northern Tanzania by Mwidunda, Sylvester A, Carabin, Hélène, Matuja, William B M, Winkler, Andrea S, Ngowi, Helena A

“…Taenia solium causes significant economic and public health impacts in endemic countries. This study determined effectiveness of a health education…”
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Programmed cell death-1, PD-1, is dysregulated in T cells from children with new onset type 1 diabetes by Granados, Hector M, Draghi, 2nd, Andrew, Tsurutani, Naomi, Wright, Kyle, Fernandez, Marina L, Sylvester, Francisco A, Vella, Anthony T

“…Programmed death cell 1 (PD-1) is an inhibitor of T cell activation and is also functionally linked to glycolysis. We hypothesized that PD-1 expression is…”
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Combination of proviral and antiviral roles of B cell-intrinsic STAT1 expression defines parameters of chronic gammaherpesvirus infection by Johansen, Erika R, Schmalzriedt, Damon L, Avila, Danilela, Sylvester, Paul A, Rahlf, Cade R, Bobek, Jordan M, Sahoo, Daisy, Dittel, Bonnie N, Tarakanova, Vera L

“…Gammaherpesviruses are species-specific, ubiquitous pathogens that establish lifelong infection in their hosts and are associated with cancers, including B…”
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Maternal Outcomes Following Active vs. Expectant Management of Previable Preterm Pre-Labor Rupture of Membranes: A Meta-Analysis by Sylvester, Megan A, Mintz, Gabrielle, Sisti, Giovanni

“…The diagnosis of previable preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes (PROM) is known to be associated with poor outcomes for both the mother and the fetus…”
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Conserved Gammaherpesvirus Protein Kinase Counters the Antiviral Effects of Myeloid Cell-Specific STAT1 Expression To Promote the Establishment of Splenic B Cell Latency by Sylvester, P A, Jondle, C N, Stoltz, K P, Lanham, J, Dittel, B N, Tarakanova, V L

“…Gammaherpesviruses establish lifelong infections and are associated with B cell lymphomas. Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) infects epithelial and myeloid…”
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Monitoring environmental microbiomes: Alignment of microbiology and computational biology competencies within a culturally integrated curriculum and research framework by Lee, J. S., Lowell, J. L., Whitewater, K., Roane, T. M., Miller, C. S., Chan, A. P., Sylvester, A. W., Jackson, D., Hunter, L. E.

“…Abstract We have developed a flexible undergraduate curriculum that leverages the place‐based research of environmental microbiomes to increase the number of…”
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Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 Supports the Establishment of Chronic Gammaherpesvirus Infection in a Route- and Dose-Dependent Manner by Johnson, K E, Sylvester, P A, Jondle, C N, Aurubin, C A, Tarakanova, V L

“…Gammaherpesviruses are ubiquitous pathogens that establish lifelong infections and are associated with several malignancies, including B cell lymphomas…”
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