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Overlooked Threats to Respondent Driven Sampling Estimators: Peer Recruitment Reality, Degree Measures, and Random Selection Assumption
Intensive sociometric network data were collected from a typical respondent driven sample (RDS) of 528 people who inject drugs residing in Hartford, Connecticut in 2012–2013. This rich dataset enabled us to an...
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Associations Among Dispositional Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Executive Function Proficiency in Early Adolescents
The study objective was to examine the effects of two conceptually related constructs, self-compassion and dispositional mindfulness, on executive function (EF) proficiency among early adolescents. Executive f...
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Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Identify Common Smoking Situations Among Korean American Emerging Adults
The present study provides detailed contextual information about smoking habits among young Korean American smokers with the goal of characterizing situations where they are most at risk for smoking. Relevant ...
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Identification of D-amino acid dehydrogenase as an upstream regulator of the autoinduction of a putative acyltransferase in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Expression of a putative acyltransferase encoded by NCgl- 0350 of Corynebacterium glutamicum is induced by cell-free culture fluids obtained from stationary-phase growth of both C. glutamicum and Pseudomonas aeru...
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Erratum to: Measurement and simulation of a Compton suppression system for safeguards application
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Measurement and simulation of a Compton suppression system for safeguards application
Plutonium (Pu) contents in spent nuclear fuels, recovered uranium (U) or uranium/transuranium (U/TRU) products must be measured in order to secure the safeguardability of a pyroprocessing facility. Self-induce...
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Prospective Associations between Bilingualism and Executive Function in Latino Children: Sustained Effects While Controlling for Biculturalism
The study purpose was to test 1-year prospective associations between English–Spanish bilingualism and executive function in 5th to 6th grade students while controlling for biculturalism. Participants included...
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Feasibility study of a gamma camera for monitoring nuclear materials in the PRIDE facility
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been develo** pyroprocessing technology, in which actinides are recovered together with plutonium. There is no pure plutonium stream in the process, so ...
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Study on the time-dependent simulation and input parameter sensitivity of spent nuclear fuel electrorefining
A computer program for the simulation of spent nuclear fuel electrorefining has been developed based on general Butler–Volmer kinetics and mass transport within a diffusion layer model. The effect of a solid e...
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Development of a neutron measurement system in unified non-destructive assay for the PRIDE facility
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has made an effort to develop pyroprocessing technology to resolve an on-going problem in Korea, i.e., the management of spent nuclear fuels. To this end, a test...
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Pneumolysin-mediated expression of β-defensin 2 is coordinated by p38 MAP kinase-MKP1 in human airway cells
Antimicrobial peptides act as important innate immune defense mediators against invading microbes such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Among a number of antimicrobial peptides, β-defensin 2 (BD2) has...
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Experimental comparison of uranium enrichment measurement methods
Uranium enrichment (the weight fraction of the fissile material, 235U, in the uranium sample) can be determined with passive or active methods. In the present work, the characteristics of uranium enrichment measu...
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Effect of a metal electrode on the radiation tolerance of a SiC neutron detector
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has developed a silicon carbide (SiC) diode as a neutron detector that can be used in harsh environments such as nuclear reactor cores and spent fuel. The rad...
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Up-Regulation of Bradykinin B2 Receptor by Pseudomonas aeruginosa via the NF-κB Pathway
As the first line of host defense, inflammatory responses in response to bacterial infection are initiated by the production of a range of mediators. Infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been shown to stimulat...
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Autoinduction of a genetic locus encoding putative acyltransferase in Corynebacterium glutamicum
A genetic locus, encoding putative acyltransferase, was induced by autoinducers in Corynebacterium glutamicum. The autoinducers were maximally produced by the bacterium after 24 h culture. Those molecules are res...
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MKP1 regulates the induction of MCP1 by Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumolysin in human epithelial cells
Epithelial cells act as the first line of host defense against microbes by producing a range of different molecules for clearance. Chemokines facilitate the clearance of invaders through the recruitment of leu...
