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Bactericidal activity of M protein conserved region antibodies against group A streptococcal isolates from the Northern Thai population

BMC Microbiology, 2006
Background Most group A streptococcal (GAS) vaccine strategies have focused on the surface M protein, a major virulence factor of GAS. The amino-terminus of the M protein elicits antibodies, that are both opsonic and protective, but which are type ...
Pruksachatkunakorn Chulabhorn, Olive Colleen, Yoonim Nonglak, Pruksakorn Sumalee   +3 more
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Transfer of a novel discriminative function across functional stimulus class members in rats. [PDF]

J Exp Anal Behav
Abstract This experiment explored a rodent model of functional class formation by assessing the transfer of a novel discriminative function across class members. Following simple successive discrimination reversal training and consistently strong probe performance indicative of the formation of two six‐member functional classes (X1–X6 and Y1–Y6 ...
Mason MG, Richardson EJ, Giarrusso C, Murphy SM, Bruce KE, Galizio M.   +5 more
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Pedigree-based QTL analysis of flower size traits in two multi-parental diploid rose populations [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Rose (Rosa spp.) is one of the most economically important ornamental species worldwide. Flower diameter, flower weight, and the number of petals and petaloids are key flower-size parameters and attractive targets for DNA-informed breeding.
Zena Rawandoozi, Ellen L. Young, Shuyin Liang, Xuan Wu, Qiuyi Fu, Tessa Hochhaus, Muqing Yan, Maad Y. Rawandoozi, Patricia E. Klein, David H. Byrne, Oscar Riera-Lizarazu   +10 more
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Patient- and Clinician-Reported Outcomes and Outcome Measures Evaluating Maxillary Full Arch Fixed Prostheses Supported by Different Numbers of Implants: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Clin Oral Implants Res
ABSTRACT Objectives This systematic review aimed to evaluate both patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) and clinician‐reported outcomes (ClinROs) and their outcome measures (PROMs and CROMs), related to the number of implants used for an implant‐supported full arch fixed dental prosthesis (IFADPs) in the edentulous maxilla.
Francisco H, Pinto C, Romito GA, Panutti CM, Marques D, Caramês J.   +5 more
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Age at First RSV Hospitalisation and the Risk of Subsequent Bacterial Pneumonia. [PDF]

Acta Paediatr
Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 6, Page 1298-1300, June 2026.
Videholm S, Strandell K, Björmsjö M, Tornevi A, Silfverdal SA.   +4 more
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Immunological evaluation of lipopeptide group A streptococcus (GAS) vaccine: structure-activity relationship. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS) is a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen responsible for a wide variety of diseases. To date, GAS vaccine development has focused primarily on the M-protein.
Mehfuz Zaman, Abu-Baker M Abdel-Aal, Yoshio Fujita, Karen S M Phillipps, Michael R Batzloff, Michael F Good, Istvan Toth   +6 more
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Employment and Happiness of the Older People in Romania and the Visegrád Countries: Analysis of the European Quality of Life Surveys

Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiinte Economice, 2021
We used the last three waves of the European Quality of Life Surveys to analyze the happiness of older workers in Romania and the Visegrád countries.
Berde Éva, Tőkés László
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Innovativeness of Senior Consumers’ Attitudes – An Attempt to Conduct Segmentation

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2021
Research background: Ageing societies is a global phenomenon. In the media and the press, there strongly exists a stereotype of elderly people being poorly adjusted to social change, lonely, poor and not open to market novelties.
Olejniczak Tomasz
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The statistical picture of population aging in towns of Wielkopolskie Province: TERYT and DEGURBA perspectives

Journal of Economics and Management, 2020
Aim/purpose – The aim of the paper is to compare the statistical picture of aging of the urban population of the Wielkopolskie Province in terms of two typologies: TERYT and DEGURBA.
Klimanek Tomasz, Filas-Przybył Sylwia
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Social vulnerability and aging of elderly people in the United States

SSM: Population Health, 2021
We use 7 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and construct a social vulnerability index (SVI) for elderly U.S. Americans (born 1913–1966). We show that the SVI is mildly larger for men than for women and increases in age from above age 60 onwards ...
Ana Lucia Abeliansky, Devin Erel, Holger Strulik   +2 more
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