ABSTRACT Candida albicans colonizes human mucosa, including the gastrointestinal tract, as a commensal.In immunocompromised patients, C.albicans can breach the intestinal epithelial barrier and cause fatal invasive infections.Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1; CD66a), CEACAM5 (CEA), and CEACAM6 (CD66c) are immunomod
Anthropogenic noise negatively impacts many species.One of the more insidious effects of elevated noise levels is the reduction in area over which animals are able to acoustically communicate, often termed communication masking.This study utilizes modeling approaches to evaluate relative levels of masking for 4 baleen whale species from the combina
The authors contribution to this paper is to present a concept solution of a remote control robot (RCR) used for the horizontal fuel channels pressure tube decommissioning in the CANDU nuclear reactor.The authors highlight in this paper, few details of geometry, operations, constraints by kinematics and dynamics of the robot Syringes movement outsi
Behavioral economics has the potential to inform the design of incentives to improve disease screening programs by accounting for various behavioral biases.We investigate the association between multiple behavioral economics concepts and the perceived effectiveness of incentive strategies for behavioral change among older patients with a chronic di