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Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bribery, motivations for bribery and life satisfaction in transitional countries [PDF]

, 2020
The focus on bribery and corruption and its impact on life satisfaction is relatively new in the economics and development studies literature. This paper contributes to this emerging field by asking whether reasons for making informal payments are ...
Hinks, Timothy
core   +1 more source

A new flow chip in combination with multiphoton microscopy as a protocol for longitudinal 3D imaging of tissue calcification under shear stress

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Miniaturized flow chip platform enabling continuous perfusion and longitudinal multiphoton 3D imaging of vascular smooth muscle cell constructs under physiological flow. Brightfield imaging guides region selection, while CellTracker Green and mRuby‐labeled fetuin‐A visualize cells and mineral deposition, respectively. Magnesium supplementation markedly
Vytautas Kučikas, Aaron D. Morgan, Ignas Čiurlionis, Christian Böhm, Stefan Jockenhövel, Willi Jahnen‐Dechent, Marc A. M. J. van Zandvoort   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unkept Promises: On the Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Korea

Laws
While the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Anti-Bribery Convention is often considered a success in the fight against global corruption, ensuring its implementation remains challenging.
Dae Un Hong, Jae Sun Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Cracking the Code: Which Ocular Symptoms Predict Dry Eye Signs? Insights From a Large International Sicca Registry

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The study aimed to identify symptom‐based predictors of dry eye disease (DED) signs in the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) cohort. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis examining 16 ocular symptoms (most graded 0–4) and artificial tear (AT) use (graded 0–3) as predictors of DED signs (abnormal ocular ...
Pragnya R. Donthineni, Chloe Shields, Rohit Muralidhar, Shreya Bhatt, Alan Baer, Robert Fox, Sara S. McCoy, Anat Galor   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facial Cosmetic Therapy Use Among Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: An Australian Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with numerous facial manifestations for which patients may engage in cosmetic therapies. It is unclear how patients with SSc use these therapies. This study sought to characterize patient engagement and experiences with cosmetic therapies for SSc‐related and non‐SSc–related facial changes.
Zachary Warren, Diane Apostolopoulos, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Amanda M. Saracino, Laura Ross, Nava Ferdowsi, Jennifer Walker, Cindy Hall, Kim Griggs, Susanna Proudman, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESTABLISHING CRIMINOLOGICAL LAWS OF CRIMINALITY IN UKRAINE USING CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2013
Objective: To explain, predict and counteract bribery in Russia and Ukraine. Methods: Analysis of time series of criminological data, including revealing trends and obtaining trend equations, calculating the central tendency and dispersion measures ...
O. A. Ol’Kova
doaj  

What Is Corruption and Bribery? A Social Representations Study From the Views of Young Adults

SAGE Open
Corruption and bribery are often seen as the same in public messages, but people might understand them in different ways. These varying perceptions can significantly influence how anti-corruption efforts are received and understood.
Lim Mengzhen, Elizaveta Berezina, Colin Mathew Hugues D. Gill, Nor Fariza Mohd Nor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electrospun Wood‐Derived Biopolymers as Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrospinning transforms wood‐derived cellulose and lignin into architecturally defined, binder‐free carbon electrodes with tuneable porosity and functionality. This review shows how fibre design enables decoupled charge and mass transport, enhancing performance across battery systems, while identifying key challenges in spinnability, scalability ...
Michael W. Thielke, Hattie R. Chisnall, Jesus Vazquez Chavez, Ana B. Jorge Sobrido   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bribery [PDF]

, 2017
Bribery involves an illicit transaction and relation that comprises of at least two willing or consenting actors; one who ‘actively’ offers, promises to give, or gives, and one who ‘passively’ requests, agrees to receive, or accepts, a bribe or inducement.
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