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Bacterial Dermatoses in HIV/AIDS Patients
Bacterial diseases are common opportunistic infections among HIV/AIDS patients. Skin and mucosa are the primary and predilection sites of infection. The incidence of bacterial infection significantly increased...
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West Eurasian mtDNA lineages in India: an insight into the spread of the Dravidian language and the origins of the caste system
There is no indication from the previous mtDNA studies that west Eurasian-specific subclades have evolved within India and played a role in the spread of languages and the origins of the caste system. To addre...
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Open AccessAncient inland human dispersals from Myanmar into interior East Asia since the Late Pleistocene
Given the existence of plenty of river valleys connecting Southeast and East Asia, it is possible that some inland route(s) might have been adopted by the initial settlers to migrate into the interior of East ...
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Open AccessA genetic contribution from the Far East into Ashkenazi Jews via the ancient Silk Road
Contemporary Jews retain a genetic imprint from their Near Eastern ancestry, but obtained substantial genetic components from their neighboring populations during their history. Whether they received any genet...
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Antenatal taurine improves neuronal regeneration in fetal rats with intrauterine growth restriction by inhibiting the Rho-ROCK signal pathway
The Rho-ROCK signal pathway is an important mediator of inhibitory signals that blocks central nervous cell regeneration. Here, we investigated whether antenatal taurine improved neuronal regeneration in fetal...
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Antenatal taurine supplementation increases taurine content in intrauterine growth restricted fetal rat brain tissue
This study aimed to determine the influence of antenatal taurine supplementation on taurine content in the brains of fetal rats with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Experiments were performed at the Ce...
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The relative pose between inertial and visual sensors equipped in autonomous robots is calibrated in two steps. In the first step, the sensing system is moved along a line, the orientations in the relative pos...
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Open AccessInland post-glacial dispersal in East Asia revealed by mitochondrial haplogroup M9a'b
Archaeological studies have revealed a series of cultural changes around the Last Glacial Maximum in East Asia; whether these changes left any signatures in the gene pool of East Asians remains poorly indicate...
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