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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Field Trips - the Tourism and Entertainment Management Field Trip to The Gambia, West Africa [PDF]

, 2011
Since 2008 students from the Tourism & Entertainment Management Subject Group at Leeds Metropolitan University have been offered the opportunity to spend seven nights in The Gambia, West Africa on an educational field visit.
Hind, D, Wright, R
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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan, Mathew Stanley, Olawale Raimi, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Helge C Dorfmueller, Daan M. F. van Aalten   +5 more
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Optimizing group utility in itinerary planning: a strategic and crowd-aware approach

Journal of Big Data
Itinerary recommendation is a complex sequence prediction problem with numerous practical applications. The task becomes significantly more challenging when optimizing multiple factors simultaneously, such as user queuing times, crowd levels, attraction ...
Junhua Liu, Aldy Gunawan, Kristin L. Wood, Kwan Hui Lim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Including the Temporal Dimension in the Generation of Personalized Itinerary Recommendations

IEEE Access
Tourists spend a lot of effort in planning itineraries when organizing a trip. This is a complex activity that involves selecting the places to visit and dealing with a number of temporal issues to generate a schedule for the visit.
Federica Cena, Luca Console, Marta Micheli, Fabiana Vernero   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Shortest Path to Happiness: Recommending Beautiful, Quiet, and Happy Routes in the City [PDF]

, 2014
When providing directions to a place, web and mobile mapping services are all able to suggest the shortest route. The goal of this work is to automatically suggest routes that are not only short but also emotionally pleasant.
Aiello, Luca Maria, Quercia, Daniele, Schifanella, Rossano   +2 more
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Physician Referral Patterns to Physical Therapists for Managing Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From an Integrated Health System

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to describe the frequency and timing of physician referrals to physical therapists (PTs) and other treatments prescribed over 12 months in patients with recent onset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The study also aims to identify determinants of early PT referrals.
Samannaaz S. Khoja, Joel M. Stevans, Gustavo J. Almeida, Clair Smith, Janet K. Freburger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Itinerary Recommendation Generation using Enhanced Simulated Annealing Algorithm

Procedia Computer Science, 2019
Abstract The trend of traveling has increased in recent years along with the easy access to information. Travelers create the itinerary before they are travelling to an area. However, creating itinerary is not easy, many factors need to be considered before deciding where to go, such as the “must visited” places in that area, distance between tourist
Novita Hanafiah, Indra Wijaya, Steffan Xavier, Choandrio Grolyus Young, Dennise Adrianto, Muhsin Shodiq   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Plan's CCCD approach - Country study PLAN-Kenya [PDF]

, 2009
The field study for Kenya, a part of the strategic formative evaluation on CCCD, was carried out August 16-23, 2009. This country study aimed at studying CCCD as an approach for development and how it was applied by Plan Kenya.
Boer, F.A., de
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A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives and Preferences in Lupus Management to Guide Lupus Guidelines Development

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg, Izzy Hartel, Lisa R. Sammaritano, Anca Askanase, Bonnie L. Bermas, Maria Dall'Era, Alí Duarte‐García, Victoria P. Werth, Brad Rovin, Reem A. Mustafa, Amy S. Turner, Bené Williams, Brian L. Ung, Hiya Bhavsar, Monique C. Gore‐Massy, Nahirannette Pulido, Natacha Guerrero, Natalie M. Smith, Wambui Machua, Linda T. Hiraki, Mary Beth Son   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source