Background Suboptimal diets are a leading risk factor for death and disability. Nutrition
labelling is a potential method to encourage consumers to improve dietary behaviour. This …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), critical components of the innate immune system, are widely
distributed throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. They can protect against a broad …

Publisher Summary An assemble-to-order (or ATO) system includes several components and
several products. The time to acquire or produce a component is substantial. A product is …

Background Heightened surveillance of acute febrile illness in China since 2009 has led to
the identification of a severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) with an unknown …

ContextKnee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability in older persons. Few risk
factors for disease progression or functional decline have been identified. Hip-knee-ankle …

Phytophthora infestans is the most destructive pathogen of potato and a model organism for
the oomycetes, a distinct lineage of fungus-like eukaryotes that are related to organisms …

The Large sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) general survey
is a spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately half of the celestial sphere …

Posttranslational modification by the ubiquitin homologue, small ubiquitin-like modifier 1 (SUMO-1),
has been established as an important regulatory mechanism. However, in most …

Objective To identify factors that predict a poor physical function outcome over 3 years in
individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA), in an effort to aid in the development of strategies to …

Objective Varus and valgus alignment increase medial and lateral tibiofemoral load. Alignment
was associated with tibiofemoral osteoarthritis progression in previous studies; an effect …