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Equilibrium mechanisms of self-limiting assembly [PDF]
Self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in synthetic and biological systems, broadly defined as the spontaneous organization of multiple subunits (e.g. macromolecules, particles) into ordered multi-unit structures. The vast majority of equilibrium assembly processes give rise to two states: one consisting of dispersed disassociated subunits, and the ...
Michael F. Hagan, Gregory M. Grason
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Self-limiting paratransgenesis
Presently, the principal tools to combat malaria are restricted to killing the parasite in infected people and killing the mosquito vector to thwart transmission. While successful, these approaches are losing effectiveness in view of parasite resistance to drugs and mosquito resistance to insecticides.
Wei Huang +2 more
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Depression mediates physical activity readiness and physical activity in patients with heart failure
Aims Although physical activity (PA) and exercise are essential for patients with heart failure (HF), adherence to the recommended guidelines is low. Not much is known about the mediating effect of HF patients' mental state with their readiness for PA ...
Pallav Deka +5 more
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Are flexibility and muscle-strengthening activities associated with functional limitation?
This retrospective cohort study examined the relationship between self-reported participation in flexibility and muscular strengthening activities and the development of functional limitation (i.e., once an individual has difficulty with or becomes ...
Craig E. Pfeifer +4 more
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Modern agriculture is becoming increasingly pollinator-dependent. However, the global stock of domesticated honeybees is growing at a slower rate than its demand, while wild bees are declining worldwide. This uneven scenario of high pollinator demand and
Aguilar, Ramiro +8 more
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The main objective of this study is to explore the relationships between the three commonly used proxies of health, morbidity, functional limitation, and subjective health, using the most recent data from 18 European countries.
Aija Duntava +2 more
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Energy poverty has been conceptualized as an environmental injustice by Walker and Day (2012). Our paper is an extension of this approach and situated it in a critical way inside Amartya Sen’ work on capabilities (1999, 2009). We show on the one hand how
Nathalie Frogneux +2 more
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Geitonogamy is inevitable in hermaphrodite and monecious. Even for self-incompatible species, the negative effects of self-pollen are unavoidable when geitonogamous or self-mating occurs.
Chun-Hui Wang +4 more
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Sexual & reproductive health self-care measurement tool [PDF]
The Sexual and Reproductive Health Self-Care Measurement Tool aims to provide a global standard approach to practical and accurate measurement of sexual and reproductive (SRH) self-care interventions, with a focus on three specific interventions: self ...
Rothschild, Clare +2 more
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Background Little is known about the wellbeing and mobility limitation of older disability retirees. Personal and environmental factors, such as time spent in working life, may either exacerbate or mitigate the onset of mobility limitation in general ...
Monika E. von Bonsdorff +8 more
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