SOCIAL DEPRIVATION AND BURDEN OF INFLUENZA: TESTING HYPOTHESES AND GAINING INSIGHTS FROM A SIMULATION MODEL FOR THE SPREAD OF INFLUENZA

Social deprivation and burden of influenza: Testing hypotheses and gaining insights from a simulation model for the spread of influenza

Factors associated with the burden of influenza among vulnerable populations have mainly been identified using statistical methodologies.Complex simulation models provide mechanistic explanations, in terms of spatial heterogeneity and contact rates, while controlling other factors and may be used to better understand statistical patterns and, ultim

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YAP mechanotransduction under cyclic mechanical stretch loading for mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis is regulated by ROCK

While yes-associated protein (YAP) is now recognized as a potent mechanosensitive transcriptional regulator to affect cell growth and differentiation including the osteogenic transcription of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), most studies have reported the YAP mechanosensing of static mechanophysical cues such as substrate stiffness.We tested MSC resp

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Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean

The Nordic Seas Neglecting rice milling yield and quality underestimates economic losses from high-temperature stress. have one of the highest water-mass diversities in the world, yet large knowledge gaps exist in biodiversity structure and biogeographical distribution patterns of the deep macrobenthic fauna.This study focuses on the marine bottom-

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Intra- and inter-specific territorial response of diurnal raptors in the tropical dry forest of western Mexico

Little is known of intra- and inter-specific territoriality in Neotropical raptors that may defend territories throughout the year, and face greater inter-specific competition for resources.We evaluated intra- and inter-specific territorial responses of four species of Neotropical raptors in the tropical dry forest of the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere

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