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Open AccessGeneralized unitary evolution for symplectic scalar fermions
The theory of symplectic scalar fermion of LeClair and Neubert is studied. The theory evades the conventional spin-statistics theorem because its Hamiltonian is pseudo Hermitian. The definition of pseudo Hermi...
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Open AccessIrreducible representations of the Poincaré group with reflections and two-fold Wigner degeneracy
Not all complete set of spinors can be used as expansion coefficients of a quantum field. In fact, Steven Weinberg established the uniqueness of Dirac spinors for this purpose provided: (a) one paid due attent...
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Open AccessMicrobiota dysbiosis in odontogenic rhinosinusitis and its association with anaerobic bacteria
Odontogenic rhinosinusitis is a subtype of rhinosinusitis associated with dental infection or dental procedures and has special bacteriologic features. Previous research on the bacteriologic features of odonto...
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Open AccessHypermethylation of TMEM240 predicts poor hormone therapy response and disease progression in breast cancer
Approximately 25% of patients with early-stage breast cancer experience cancer progression throughout the disease course. Alterations in TMEM240 in breast cancer were identified and investigated to monitor treatm...
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Open AccessCCL5 promotion of bioenergy metabolism is crucial for hippocampal synapse complex and memory formation
Glucoregulatory efficiency and ATP production are key regulators for neuronal plasticity and memory formation. Besides its chemotactic and neuroinflammatory functions, the CC chemokine––CCL5 displays neurotrop...
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Open AccessFermionic degeneracy and non-local contributions in flag-dipole spinors and mass dimension one fermions
We construct a mass dimension one fermionic field associated with flag-dipole spinors. These spinors are related to Elko (flag-pole spinors) by a one-parameter matrix transformation
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Spin-half mass dimension one fermions and their higher-spin generalizations
A self-contained review on spin-half mass dimension one fermions and their higher-spin generalizations is presented. Starting from the two-component left-handed Weyl spinors, the Dirac spinors and Elko (eigen...
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Open AccessDiversity of nasal microbiota and its interaction with surface microbiota among residents in healthcare institutes
Nasal microbial communities may have crucial implications for human health, including for residents of healthcare institutes (HCIs). Factors that determine the diversity of nasal microbiota in HCIs remain uncl...
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Open AccessIs the whole greater than the sum of its parts? De novo assembly strategies for bacterial genomes based on paired-end sequencing
Whole genome sequence construction is becoming increasingly feasible because of advances in next generation sequencing (NGS), including increasing throughput and read length. By simply overlap** paired-end r...
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Open AccessChIPseek, a web-based analysis tool for ChIP data
Chromatin is a dynamic but highly regulated structure. DNA-binding proteins such as transcription factors, epigenetic and chromatin modifiers are responsible for regulating specific gene expression pattern and...
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Open AccessFastAnnotator- an efficient transcript annotation web tool
Recent developments in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies have made it feasible to sequence the complete transcriptomes of non-model organisms or metatranscriptomes from environmental samples. The c...
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Demoralization syndrome among cancer outpatients in Taiwan
This paper aims to explore characteristics of demoralization syndrome as well as the relationship between demoralization syndrome and psychosocial issues as seen through examinations of cancer outpatients in T...
