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mSystems, 2020 A diverse set of prophage-mediated mechanisms protecting bacterial hosts from infection has been recently uncovered within cluster N mycobacteriophages isolated on the host, Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155.
Catherine M. Mageeney +7 more
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2020 Background The ongoing African swine fever virus (ASFv) epidemic has had a major impact on pig production globally and biosecurity efforts to curb ASFv infectivity and transmission are a high priority.
Joshua A. Jackman +3 more
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Maladaptive (dark-side) and adaptive (bright-side) personality traits and defense styles
Acta Psychologica, 2023 This study explores the relationship between bright- and dark-side personality traits and four major styles of defense mechanisms (DMs) as this relationship remains unexplored and important in understanding the DMs. In all, 435 adult working participants
Adrian Furnham, Stephen Cuppello
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Associations between defense mechanisms and life satisfaction among North Korean refugees
Annals of General Psychiatry, 2021 Background The present study investigated associations between defense mechanisms and life satisfaction among North Korean refugees living in South Korea.
Chang Woo Lee +6 more
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, 1990 Presents a letter to the editor referencing the article "The Nefarious East," published in the September 24 issue of this ...
Bhagwati, Jagdish N.
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Ecological Psychology, 2006 In Life Itself and in Essays on Life Itself, Robert Rosen (1991, 2000) argued that machines were, in principle, incapable of modeling the defining feature of living systems, which he claimed to be the existence of closed causal loops. Rosen's argument has been used to support critiques of computational models in ecological psychology.
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mSphere, 2019 Although the role of high-risk human papillomaviruses (hrHPVs) as etiological agents in cancer development has been intensively studied during the last decades, there is still the necessity of understanding the impact of the HPV E6 and E7 oncogenes on ...
Ruwen Yang +9 more
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Change in coping and defense mechanisms across adulthood: Longitudinal findings in a European American sample. [PDF]
, 2014 This study examined longitudinal changes in coping and defense mechanisms in an age- and gender-stratified sample of 392 European-American adults. Nonlinear age-related changes were found for the coping mechanisms of sublimation and suppression and the ...
Chui, Helena +5 more
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Human Neutrophil Elastase Degrades SPLUNC1 and Impairs Airway Epithelial Defense against Bacteria [PDF]
, 2013 Background:Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are a significant cause of mortality of COPD patients, and pose a huge burden on healthcare. One of the major causes of AECOPD is airway bacterial (e.g.
Bowler, RP +5 more
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Investigating defensive functioning and alexithymia in substance use disorder patients
BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background Substance Use Disorder (SUD) causes a great deal of personal suffering for patients. Recent evidence highlights how defenses and emotion regulation may play a crucial part in the onset and development of this disorder.
Alessandro Taurino +3 more
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