Author(s): Steindorff AS; Cai FM; Ding M; Jiang S; Atanasova L; Baker SE; Barbosa-Filho JR; Bayram Akcapinar G; Brown DW; Chaverri P; Chen P; Chenthamara K; Daum C; Drula E; Dubey M; Brandström Durling M; Flatschacher D; Ebner T; Emri T; Gao R; Geo ...

Trichoderma fungi support sustainable agriculture by suppressing plant diseases and improving crop performance. However, emerging pathogenicity of Trichoderma warrants further ecological and genetic characterization. Here we used machine learning to correlate genomic data from 37 Trichoderma stra ...

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Author(s): Joseph T; Babouras A; Zhao KY; Corban J; Martineau PA;

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can be a source of significant morbidity, with the potential for career-altering implications for athletes who sustain them. Specific knee biomechanics during a drop vertical jump have been shown to be associated with an increased risk for ACL injury in collegiate varsity athletes. Presently, the evolutio ...

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Author(s): Sattari M; Kwakye-Nimo S; Inn Y; Karimi PA; Wood-Adams PM;

The structure of bimodal poly-(ethylene-hexene) is presented in terms of the ethylene sequence length distribution. This distribution is determined by applying statistical modeling to molecular weight and short chain branching distributions obtained from gel permeation chromatography (GPC). We found that the ethylene sequence length distribution of bimoda ...

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Author(s): Alves W; Babouras A; Martineau PA; Schutt D; Robbins S; Fevens T;

Concussions present a significant risk to athletes, with females exhibiting higher rates and prolonged recovery times than males. Current sideline concussion detection methods, such as the King-Devick test commonly used as a rapid screening tool designed to evaluate eye movement, attention, language, and cognitive processing abilities suffer from validity ...

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Author(s): Cierson T; Zhao K; Belkhelladi M; Babouras A; Jing J; Faith J; Corban J; Martineau PA;

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries can pose significant challenges for athletes, leading to significant morbidity, loss of playing time, and impaired performance. Neuromuscular training programs, such as the FIFA 11+, have shown promise in reducing the risk of lower extremity injuries in this high-risk population. Purpose/hypothesis: T ...

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Author(s): Allen MR; Frame DJ; Friedlingstein P; Gillett NP; Grassi G; Gregory JM; Hare W; House J; Huntingford C; Jenkins S; Jones CD; Knutti R; Lowe JA; Matthews HD; Meinshausen M; Meinshausen N; Peters GP; Plattner GK; Raper S; Rogelj J; Stott P ...

Achieving net zero global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), with declining emissions of other greenhouse gases, is widely expected to halt global warming. CO2 emissions will continue to drive warming until fully balanced by active anthropogenic CO2 removals. For practical reasons, however, many ...

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Author(s): Rezaei M; Liang M; Yalcin Z; Martin JH; Kazemi P; Bareke E; Ge ZJ; Fardaei M; Benadiva C; Hemida R; Hassan A; Maher GJ; Abdalla E; Buckett W; Bolze PA; Sandhu I; Duman O; Agrawal S; Qian J; Vallian Broojeni J; Bhati L; Miron P; Allias F; ...

To identify novel genes responsible for recurrent hydatidiform moles (HMs), we performed exome sequencing on 75 unrelated patients who were negative for mutations in the known genes. We identified biallelic deleterious variants in 6 genes, FOXL2, MAJIN, KASH5, SYCP2, MEIOB, and HFM1, in patients ...

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Author(s): Abdelnour P; Zhao KY; Babouras A; Corban JPAH; Karatzas N; Fevens T; Martineau PA;

Traditional motion analysis systems are impractical for widespread screening of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk. The Kinect V2 has been identified as a portable and reliable alternative but was replaced by the Azure Kinect. We hypothesize that the Azure Kinect will assess drop vertical jump (DVJ) parameters associated with ACL inj ...

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Author(s): Jenner AL; Aogo RA; Alfonso S; Crowe V; Smith AP; Morel PA; Davis CL; Smith AM; Craig M;

To understand the diversity of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and distinguish features that predispose individuals to severe COVID-19, we developed a mechanistic, within-host mathematical model and virtual patient cohort. Our results indicate that virtual patients with low production rates of infected cell derived IFN subsequently experienced highly infla ...

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Author(s): Babouras A; Abdelnour P; Fevens T; Martineau PA;

Purpose: To compare the accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect V2 with novel pose estimation frameworks, in assessing knee kinematics during athletic stress tests, for fast and portable risk assessment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Methods: We captured 254 varsity athletes, using the Kinect V2 and a smartphone application utilizing Google's M ...

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Author(s): Karatzas N; Abdelnour P; Corban JPAH; Zhao KY; Veilleux LN; Bergeron SG; Fevens T; Rivaz H; Babouras A; Martineau PA;

Knee kinematics during a drop vertical jump, measured by the Kinect V2 (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA), have been shown to be associated with an increased risk of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury. The accuracy and reliability of the Microsoft Kinect V2 has yet to be assessed specifical ...

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