DESIGN OF A CYLINDRICAL COMPLIANT LINEAR GUIDE WITH DECOUPLING PARALLELOGRAM MECHANISMS


Transmission studies of chronic wasting disease to transgenic mice overexpressing human prion protein using the RT-QuIC assay

Abstract Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease which infects deer, elk and moose.CWD was first described as a wasting syndrome in captive deer in Colorado and Wyoming wildlife facilities from 1967 to 1979.Currently, CWD has been reported in 26 states of the USA, three Canadian provinces, South Korea, Norway and Finland.Since human

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Ethical and Legal Considerations of Healthcare Informatics

Internet, cloud computing, social networks and mobile technology, all facilitate information transfer.Healthcare professionals, physicians and patients can use informatic devices in order to simplify their access to medical information, to streamline testing, and to understand clinical results.The use of computers and software facilitate doctor-pat

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The dynamic intein landscape of eukaryotes

Abstract Background Inteins are mobile, self-splicing sequences that interrupt proteins and occur across all three domains of life.Scrutiny of the intein landscape in prokaryotes led to the hypothesis that some inteins are functionally important.Our focus shifts to eukaryotic inteins to assess their diversity, distribution, and dissemination, with

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