Destination Areas (DAs): Recent submissions
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Cognitive function following SARS-CoV-2 infection in a population-representative Canadian sample
(Elsevier, 2022-05-01)Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection is believed to adversely affect the brain, but the degree of impact on socially relevant cognitive functioning and decision-making is not well-studied, particularly among those less vulnerable ... -
Imagining the Future to Reshape the Past: A Path to Combine Cue Extinction and Memory Reconsolidation With Episodic Foresight for Addiction Treatment
(Frontiers, 2021-07-21)Continuous maladaptive drug-related memories that are resistant to extinction and cause drug-seeking behaviors to be triggered are known to be one of the hallmarks of drug addiction (1). These drug-related memories are ... -
Neural cognitive control moderates the longitudinal link between hedonia and substance use across adolescence
(Elsevier, 2022-06-01)Hedonic dysregulation is evident in addiction and substance use disorders, but it is not clearly understood how hedonic processes may interact with brain development related to cognitive control to influence risky decision ... -
Promoting Equity by Scaling Up Summer Engineering Experiences: A Retrospective Reflection on Tensions and Tradeoffs
(Purdue University, 2021)A central challenge in engineering education is providing experiences that are appropriate for and accessible to underserved communities. However, to provide such experiences, we must better understand the process of ... -
Social Synchronization of Conditioned Fear in Mice Requires Ventral Hippocampus Input to Amygdala
(Elsevier, 2022-05-01)Background: Social organisms synchronize behaviors as an evolutionary-conserved means for thriving. Synchronization under threat, in particular, benefits survival and occurs across species, including humans, but the ... -
Streamflow and Sediment Yield Analysis of Two Medium-Sized East-Flowing River Basins of India
(MDPI, 2022-09-21)With increased demand for water and soil in this Anthropocene era, it is necessary to understand the water balance components and critical source areas of land degradation that lead to soil erosion in agricultural dominant ... -
Uncovering Inequalities in Food Accessibility between Koreans and Japanese in 1930s Colonial Seoul Using GIS and Open-Source Transport Analytics Tools
(MDPI, 2022-09-20)This study aimed to investigate the disparities and inequalities in food accessibility in colonial Seoul (Keijo [京城] in Japanese, and Gyeongseong [경성] in Korean) in the 1930s, using a geographic ... -
Probiotic as Adjuvant Significantly Improves Protection of the Lanzhou Trivalent Rotavirus Vaccine against Heterologous Challenge in a Gnotobiotic Pig Model of Human Rotavirus Infection and Disease
(MDPI, 2022-09-14)This preclinical study in the gnotobiotic (Gn) pig model of human rotavirus (HRV) infection and disease evaluates the effect of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) as a mucosal adjuvant on the immunogenicity ... -
Programmable microbial ink for 3D printing of living materials produced from genetically engineered protein nanofibers
(Nature Portfolio, 2021-11-23)Living cells have the capability to synthesize molecular components and precisely assemble them from the nanoscale to build macroscopic living functional architectures under ambient conditions. The emerging field of living ... -
Are dementia services and support organisations meeting the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) caregivers of LGBT people living with dementia? A scoping review of the literature
(Routledge, 2022)Objectives More than 60% of people with dementia live at home, where assistance is usually provided by informal caregivers. Research on the experiences of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) caregivers is ... -
Graph auto-encoding brain networks with applications to analyzing large-scale brain imaging datasets
(Academic Press-Elsevier, 2021-12-15)There has been a huge interest in studying human brain connectomes inferred from different imaging modalities and exploring their relationships with human traits, such as cognition. Brain connectomes are usually represented ... -
Transcriptional Regulation of Amino Acid Transport in Glioblastoma Multiforme
(MDPI, 2021-12)Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly invasive brain tumor that typically has poor patient outcomes. This is due in part to aggressive tumor expansion within the brain parenchyma. This process is aided by assiduous ... -
Characterization and structure-property relationships of an injectable thiol-Michael addition hydrogel toward compatibility with glioblastoma therapy
(Elsevier, 2022-05-01)Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive primary brain cancer and although patients undergo surgery and chemoradiotherapy, residual cancer cells still migrate to healthy brain tissue and lead to tumor relapse after ... -
SARS-CoV-2 European resurgence foretold: interplay of introductions and persistence by leveraging genomic and mobility data
(Springer, 2021-02-10)Following the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections in spring 2020, Europe experienced a resurgence of the virus starting late summer that was deadlier and more difficult to contain. Relaxed intervention measures and summer ... -
Biomass Valorization to Bioenergy: Assessment of Biomass Residues' Availability and Bioenergy Potential in Nigeria
(MDPI, 2021-12)The bioenergy sector in Nigeria currently lacks a proper assessment of resource availability. In this study, we investigated the bioenergy potential of agricultural residues and municipal solid and liquid waste using data ... -
A Study on Electron Acceptor of Carbonaceous Materials for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Uptakes
(MDPI, 2021-12)Significant efforts have been directed toward the identification of carbonaceous materials that can be utilized for hydrogen uptake in order to develop on-board automotive systems with a gravimetric capacity of 5.5 wt.%, ... -
The mental health of transgender and gender non-conforming people in China: a systematic review
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals are at a high risk of adverse mental health outcomes due to minority stress-the stress faced by individuals categorised as stigmatised social minority groups. This ... -
A tough woman around tender men: Dilma Rousseff, gendered double bind, and misogynistic backlash
(Frontiers, 2022-09-07)Dilma Rousseff's presidency ended in controversial form. The first woman elected to the position in Brazil, Rousseff's 2016 impeachment was seen as a coup by her supporters and as a necessary step for democracy by her ... -
A Tool for the Assessment of Forest Biomass as a Source of Rural Sustainable Energy in Natural Areas in Honduras
(MDPI, 2022-09-06)Forest biomass as a rural sustainable energy source has received much attention in recent years due to its major economic, social, and environmental benefits. This research focuses on an adapted methodology based on ... -
Recruitment and inhibitory action of hippocampal axo-axonic cells during behavior
(Cell Press, 2021-12-01)The axon initial segment of hippocampal pyramidal cells is a key subcellular compartment for action potential generation, under GABAergic control by the "chandelier"or axo-axonic cells (AACs). Although AACs are the only ...
