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From Data Mining of Chitinophaga sp. Genome to Enzyme Discovery of a Hyperthermophilic Metallocarboxypeptidase.
Gabriela Cabral Fernandes, Elwi Guillermo Machado Sierra, Paul Brear, Mariana Rangel Pereira, Eliana GM Lemos
May 04, 2021
For several centuries, microorganisms and enzymes have been used for many different applications. Although many enzymes with industrial applications have already been reported, different screening technologies, methods and...
Combined Learning Models Based on Constructionism Applied in Modern Learning of Biology
Iancu Mariana
Jan 01, 2019
The purpose of this research has been to identify modern and effective learning models, based on constructionism, in learning biological concepts. The author shows that the cognitive, formative, and emotional benefits, of...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Conceptualising responsibility in the aftermath of the horsemeat adulteration incident
Áine Regan, Afrodita Marcu, Liran Christine Shan, Patrick Wall, Julie Barnett, Áine Mcconnon
May 01, 2015
Understanding how consumers react to what is happening as a crisis evolves is crucial for those charged with risk management and risk communication. Responsibility, blame and accountability are important concepts in any crisis...
'Would you eat cultured meat?'
Wim Verbeke, Afrodita Marcu, Pieter Rutsaert, Rui Gaspar, Beate Seibt, Dave Fletcher, Julie Barnett
Apr 01, 2015
Cultured meat has evolved from an idea and concept into a reality with the August 2013 cultured hamburger tasting in London. Still, how consumers conceive cultured meat is largely an open question. This study addresses...
Design Thinking and Compliance as Drivers for Decision Support System Adoption in Agriculture
To respond to increasing demands for good agricultural practices (GAP) and food safety, governments globally are introducing stringent regulations to govern agricultural compliance that affect production, storage, and sales...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
From Face Perception to Individual Recognition: The Missing Link
Sofia Mariana Landi
Jan 01, 0001
Recognizing other individuals is a key social aspect of our everyday lives. To recognize a familiar individual, we must establish a link between sensory inputs and a representation of that individual held in memory. In primates...
Published by: Rockefeller University
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Rocío Deanna, Bethann Garramon Merkle, Kwok Pan Chun, Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt, Ivan Baxter, Nora Oleas, Alejandro Bortolus, Patricia Geesink, Luisa Diele-Viegas, Valeria Aschero, María José de Leone, Sonia Oliferuk, Rui Zuo, Andrea Cosacov, Mariana Grossi, Sandra Knapp, Alicia Lopez-Mendez, Elina Welchen, Pamela Ribone, Gabriela Auge
Apr 26, 2022
Published by: Nature Communications
Strategies for dismissing dietary risks
Communication around chronic dietary risks has proved challenging as dietary health risks are ostensibly met with attenuated perceptions of their likelihood and consequences. In this article, we examine the strategies that an...
TAPBPR mediates peptide dissociation from MHC class I using a leucine lever.
F Tudor Ilca, Andreas Neerincx, Clemens Hermann, Ana Marcu, Stefan Stevanović, Janet E Deane, Louise H Boyle
Dec 19, 2018
Antigen Presentation Antigen processing human immunology Inflammation Major Histocompatibility Complex Amino Acid Sequence Antigen Presentation Binding Sites HLA-A Antigens HeLa Cells Histocompatibility Antigens Class I Humans Immunoglobulins Leucine Membrane Proteins Molecular Docking Simulation Mutation Peptides Protein Binding Protein Domains
'Would you eat cultured meat?'
Wim Verbeke, Afrodita Marcu, Pieter Rutsaert, Rui Gaspar, Beate Seibt, Dave Fletcher, Julie Barnett
Apr 01, 2015
Cultured meat has evolved from an idea and concept into a reality with the August 2013 cultured hamburger tasting in London. Still, how consumers conceive cultured meat is largely an open question. This study addresses...
The Consequences of Assisted Reproduction Technologies on the Offspring Health Throughout Life
The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) worldwide has led to the conception and birth of over eight million babies since being implemented in 1978. ART use is currently on the rise, given growing infertility and the...
Self-conscious emotions in patients suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain
Objective: The role of self-conscious emotions (SCEs) including shame, guilt, humiliation and embarrassment are of increasing interest within health. Yet, little is known about SCEs in the experience of chronic pain. This...
Investigating the critical variables of azithromycin oral absorption using <i>in vitro </i>tests and PBPK Modeling
Azithromycin is an antibiotic listed in the essential list of medicines for adults and pediatrics. Conflicting evidence has been found regarding azithromycin classification according to the Biopharmaceutics classification system...
Strategies for dismissing dietary risks
Communication around chronic dietary risks has proved challenging as dietary health risks are ostensibly met with attenuated perceptions of their likelihood and consequences. In this article, we examine the strategies that an...
Conceptualising responsibility in the aftermath of the horsemeat adulteration incident
Áine Regan, Afrodita Marcu, Liran Christine Shan, Patrick Wall, Julie Barnett, Áine Mcconnon
May 01, 2015
Understanding how consumers react to what is happening as a crisis evolves is crucial for those charged with risk management and risk communication. Responsibility, blame and accountability are important concepts in any crisis...
Beyond information seeking
P. Rutsaert, J. Barnett, R. Gaspar, A. Marcu, Z. Pieniak, B. Seibt, M.L. Lima, D. Fletcher, W. Verbeke
Jan 01, 2015
Successfully engaging consumers in a dialogue may provide opportunities for better tailored and more effective communication about food-related risks and benefits. Using an online deliberation concept and software, VIZZATA™...
Conversion of Indigenous People in the Peruvian Andes
Gabriela Ramos
Jan 21, 2016
Historical and anthropological approaches to conversion in the Andes have often been influenced by political attitudes toward the effects of Spanish colonialism, both in the Andean past and in contemporary society. The...
The Grizzly, November 8, 2018
Courtney A DuChene, Shelsea Deravil, Kim Corona, Madison Rodak, Sophia DiBattista, Skylar Haas, Kevin Leon, Reagan Ketchum, Mark LeDuc
Jan 01, 0001
UC's First African-American Graduate Passes Away: W. Robert Crigler Graduated from Ursinus in 1956 "This is Their Home and They Belong Here": Ursinus Released a Statement Affirming the Rights of Trans Students in the Wake of...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper W. Robert Crigler transgender students Rebecca Evans Shannon Zottola campus sculptures Ritter Center Basketball Sam Cila Gabriela Howell cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
Direct and secondary object ditransitive structures in Old Romanian
Gabriela Pană Dindelegan
May 16, 2014
In the present article we investigate the ditransitive syntactic construction involving a [+animate] direct object and a [–animate] secondary object. The configuration, which was inherited from Latin, distinguishes Romanian from...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Consumers' confidence, reflections and response strategies following the horsemeat incident
J. Barnett, F. Begen, S. Howes, A. Regan, A. McConnon, A. Marcu, S. Rowntree, W. Verbeke
Jan 01, 2016
Following the discovery of horsemeat in beef products in Europe in 2013, restoring consumers' confidence in processed meat products as well as in all the agencies involved - producers, food safety authorities, retailers -...
Direct and secondary object ditransitive structures in Old Romanian
Gabriela Pană Dindelegan
May 16, 2014
In the present article we investigate the ditransitive syntactic construction involving a [+animate] direct object and a [–animate] secondary object. The configuration, which was inherited from Latin, distinguishes Romanian from...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Mammalian autophagy and the plasma membrane.
Autophagy (literally 'self-eating') is an evolutionarily conserved degradation process where cytoplasmic components are engulfed by vesicles called autophagosomes, which are then delivered to lysosomes, where their contents are...
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