Choosing the Right Life Partner: Ecological Drivers of Lichen Symbiosis
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021Lichens are an iconic example of symbiotic systems whose ecology is shaped by the requirements of the symbionts. Previous studies suggest that fungal (mycobionts) as well as photosynthesizing (phycobionts or cyanobionts) partners have a specific range of
Lucie Vančurová+3 more
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Influence of expiration date on analytical performance of rapid tests for HIV diagnosis [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial, 2020Introduction: Rapid tests (RTs) are ideal to provide laboratorial results within 30 minutes in a variety of situations and locations, even in underserved communities.
Feliciana L. O. Marinho+3 more
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Review of Immunohistochemistry Biomarkers in Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
Frontiers in Oncology, 2021Pancreatic cancer is one of the cancer types with poor prognosis and high rate of mortality. Diagnostic modalities for early detection of pancreatic cancer have been among the academic concerns.
Tuan Trong Luu
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Every program should be accompanied by a specification that describes important aspects of the code's behavior, but writing good specifications is often harder than writing the code itself. This paper addresses the problem of synthesizing specifications automatically, guided by user-supplied inputs of two kinds: i) a query posed about a set of function
Kanghee Park+2 more
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On the “Specifics” of Specific Reading Disability and Specific Language Impairment [PDF]
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2000The reading and oral language scores of 110 children with a specific reading disability (SRD) and 102 children with a specific language impairment (SLI) indicated that approximately 53% of children with an SRD and children with an SLI could be equally classified as having an SRD or an SLI, 55% of children with an SRD have impaired oral language, and 51%
Elise D. Mengler+4 more
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The Study for Diagnostic Value of β-Catenin Immunohistochemistry Marker in Distinction of Aggressive and Non-Aggressive Basal Cell Carcinoma [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Pathology, 2019Background & Objective: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a common skin cancer arising from the basal layer of the epidermis and its appendages. They are locally invasive, aggressive, and destructive of skin and the surrounding structures.
Parvin Rajabi+4 more
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Comparative Sensitivity and Specificity of the 7SL sRNA Diagnostic Test for Animal Trypanosomiasis
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022Animal trypanosomiasis (AT) is a significant livestock disease, affecting millions of animals across Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, and Asia, and is caused by the protozoan parasites Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma vivax, and Trypanosoma ...
Maria Contreras Garcia+12 more
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Understanding the classes better with class-specific and rule-specific feature selection, and redundancy control in a fuzzy rule based framework [PDF]
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13756. Springer, Cham, 2022, 2022Recently, several studies have claimed that using class-specific feature subsets provides certain advantages over using a single feature subset for representing the data for a classification problem. Unlike traditional feature selection methods, the class-specific feature selection methods select an optimal feature subset for each class.
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Hypercalciuria in Sarcoidosis: A Specific Biomarker With Clinical Utility
Frontiers in Medicine, 2020Background: Changes in calcium metabolism are quite common in sarcoidosis: hypercalciuria is linked to a persistent clinical phenotype and more active disease.
Paolo Cameli+9 more
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of two direct digital radiography systems: the charge-coupled device (CCD) XIOS XG Sirona® and the photostimulable storage phosphor (PSP) VistaScan DürrDental®, in the detection of ...
Ana Paola Trevejo-Bocanegra+2 more
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