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SUPER: Upcycling Genetic Parts for Precise Gene Expression Control, Leakage Minimization, and Genetic Circuit Stability

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
To precisely modulate natural and synthetic regulatory parts, SUPER is introduced as a sophisticated and tunable controller of genetic devices without requiring sequence modification on the target. SUPER enhances dynamic range of RNA‐, chemical‐, temperature‐, and protein‐responsive biosensors up to 1011%, and converts biosensors to cover an expanded ...
Taeyang Heo, Dongwon Park, Woosub Shin, Jongmin Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Audiences for the Arts: The New Audiences Programme Report [PDF]

, 2004
This 269 page report gives a detailed overview of a £20 million funding programme ‘New Audiences’, designed to foster new practice in audience development by arts organisations in England. It was the culmination of a five-year scheme which supported 1200
Fenn, Clare, Glinkowski, Paul, Johnson, Gill, Joy, Alan, Pfrommer, Pam, Skelton, Adrienne, Stewart, Sue   +6 more
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Metarhizium anisopliaeMitigates the Phytotoxicity of Lead and Nanoplastics on Rice by Modifying Physiological, Transcriptomic, Metabolomic Activities, and Soil Microbiome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Metarhizium anisopliae alleviates the phytotoxic effects of polyethylene nanoplastics (NP) and lead (Pb) in rice by decreasing Pb uptake, restoring antioxidant and hormonal equilibrium, and promoting growth. Additionally, the fungus modifies the rhizosphere microbiota, enhancing both contaminant tolerance and plant growth, thereby effectively ...
Jing Peng, Qi Yan, Muhammad Umair Hassan, Muhammad Imran, Fasih Ullah Haider, Jianfeng Liang, Xingmin Wang, Shaukat Ali   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The elusive ‘promised land’: South Africa’s rural community struggles after thirty years of democracy

Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies
This study highlights the struggles of Black South Africans in rural communities, which define inequalities and socio-economic conditions thirty years after the first democratic elections in 1994, regardless of the ANC's promise of “a better life for all.
Theodore Nkadimeng Mahosi
doaj   +1 more source

Institutional Challenges to Community Development: The Case of Kobodi Administrative Area in the Mnquma Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
South Africa’s key community development challenge is to overcome the legacy of colonialism and apartheid, characterised by racially segregated settlement patterns and unequal distribution of resources.
Luleka Mkosi
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
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Analyzing heirs’ property prevalence and spillover effects in the U.S. using spatial econometric analysis

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
Heirs’ property poses barriers to income and wealth generation, especially in rural and underserved communities. Using county-level data from the contiguous U.S., this study examines spatial clustering and socioeconomic correlates of heirs’ property ...
Ayoung Kim, John Green, Cassandra Johnson-Gaither, G. Rebecca Dobbs   +3 more
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Viral load and high prevalence of HR-HPV52 and 58 types in black women from rural communities

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is the main cause of cervical cancer development, and the most common types were included in the last approved nonavalent vaccine (9vHPV). Geographical, socioeconomic and ethnic barriers in
Lays Paula Bondi Volpini, Jerusa Araújo Dias, Luciana Bueno de Freitas, Maria Carmen Lopes Ferreira Silva, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Liliana Cruz Spano   +5 more
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Rising Racial Disparities in Opioid Mortality and Undertreatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Health Comorbidities in Virginia

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: There were more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021 alone. In recent years, there has been a shift in opioid mortality from predominantly White rural communities to Black urban communities. This study aimed to identify the
Jacqueline B. Britz, MD, MSPH, Kristen M. O'Loughlin, MS, MA, Tracey L. Henry, MD, MPH, MS, Alicia Richards, BS, Roy T. Sabo, PhD, Heather G. Saunders, PhD, MSW, Sebastian T. Tong, MD, MPH, E. Marshall Brooks, PhD, Jason Lowe, MSW, CPHQ, Ashley Harrell, LCSW, Christine Bethune, MSW, F. Gerard Moeller, MD, Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH   +12 more
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Unequal Lives: The State of Black Women and Families in the Rural South [PDF]

, 2015
This report aims to shed light on the most significant and persistent barriers to success, opportunity, and economic security for lower-income women and families in the rural South.
C. Nicole Mason
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