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Generation Lapse: The Problematic Parenting of Joyce Summers and Rupert Giles [PDF]

open access: yesSlayage, 2001
Much of the storytelling on Buffy: the Vampire Slayer has focused on Buffy’s and her contemporaries’ efforts to subdue a number of external threats: the Master who plans to reopen the Hell Mouth and destroy the world; Mayor Wilkins’ diabolical intention to enslave and destroy all humankind; Adam’s Frankensteinian plot to create of super- race ...
Cynthia Bowers
doaj   +3 more sources

A histological analysis of coloration in the Peruvian mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator). [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2023
Aposematism continues to be a phenomenon of central interest in evolutionary biology. The life history of the mimic poison frog, Ranitomeya imitator, relies heavily on aposematism.
de Araujo Miles M   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Mycophenolate and azathioprine efficacy in interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Open Respir Res
Objectives Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and azathioprine (AZA) are immunomodulatory treatments in interstitial lung disease (ILD). This systematic review aimed to evaluate the efficacy of MMF or AZA on pulmonary function in ILD.Design Population included ...
Lombardi F   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The clinical and cost-effectiveness of paravertebral blockade versus thoracic epidural blockade in reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain: TOPIC2 RCT synopsis.

open access: yesHealth Technol Assess
Background More than a third of patients undergoing thoracotomy suffer from debilitating chronic post-thoracotomy pain lasting months or years postoperatively.
Shelley B   +18 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Early Ultrasound Surveillance of Newly-Created Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula. [PDF]

open access: yesKidney Int Rep
Introduction: We assess if ultrasound surveillance of newly-created arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) can predict nonmaturation sufficiently reliably to justify randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation of ultrasound-directed salvage intervention. Methods:
Richards J   +32 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Vitamin D insufficiency in COVID-19 and influenza A, and critical illness survivors: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The steroid hormone vitamin D has roles in immunomodulation and bone health. Insufficiency is associated with susceptibility to respiratory infections.
David Price   +357 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of corticosteroids in treatment of COVID-19 in the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: prospective, cohort study

open access: yesThe Lancet: Digital Health, 2022
Summary: Background: Dexamethasone was the first intervention proven to reduce mortality in patients with COVID-19 being treated in hospital. We aimed to evaluate the adoption of corticosteroids in the treatment of COVID-19 in the UK after the RECOVERY ...
Fiina Närhi, BMedSci   +404 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of viral mutations on recognition by SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells

open access: yesiScience, 2021
Summary: We identify amino acid variants within dominant SARS-CoV-2 T cell epitopes by interrogating global sequence data. Several variants within nucleocapsid and ORF3a epitopes have arisen independently in multiple lineages and result in loss of ...
Thushan I. de Silva   +1012 more
doaj   +1 more source

Search for electroweak production of charginos and neutralinos at s=13TeV in final states containing hadronic decays of WW, WZ, or WH and missing transverse momentum

open access: yesPhysics Letters B, 2023
This Letter presents a search for direct production of charginos and neutralinos via electroweak interactions. The results are based on data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC ...
A. Tumasyan   +2329 more
doaj   +1 more source

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