Tumour-microenvironment (TME) comprising of impenetrable inter-communications among stromal cells, tumour cells, cancer-associated blood and lymphatic vessels, pericytes, cancer-associated-fibroblasts, cancer-stem cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) that can substantially impact the onset, spread and progression of cancer metastasis.Metastatic bre
Quantifying cultural tightness-looseness in Ecuador.
Cultural tightness-looseness represents the degree to which a particular culture possesses strong behavioral norms, and the degree to which members of that culture are likely to sanction individuals who deviate from those norms.While tightness-looseness has been quantified for a large and growing number of countries around the VIOLET world, there a
On the hardness of quadratic unconstrained binary optimization problems
We use exact enumeration to characterize the solutions of quadratic Plates unconstrained binary optimization problems of less than 21 variables in terms of their distributions of Hamming distances to close-by solutions.We also perform experiments with the D-Wave Advantage 5.1 quantum annealer, solving many instances of up Minerals to 170-variable,
Comparative evaluation of 3D-printed and conventional implants in vivo: a quantitative microcomputed tomographic and histomorphometric analysis
Abstract In recent years, 3D-printing technology to fabricate dental implants has garnered widespread attention due to its patient-specific customizability and cost-effectiveness.This preclinical animal study analyzed the radiographic and histomorphometric outcomes of 3D-printed implants (3DIs) placed immediately after extraction and compared them
Frailty before and during austerity: A time series analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018.
BackgroundFrailty is characterised by a reduced resilience to adversity.In this analysis we examined changes in frailty in people aged 50+ before and during a period of austere public spending in Holiday Decorations England.MethodsData from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018 were analysed.Associations between austerity and frailty w